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===[[Human-Covenant War]]===
===[[Human-Covenant War]]===
ODSTs were known to be operating as early as [[2525]] <ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''</ref>. The first and most elite division of ODSTs were the [[105th Orbital Drop Shock Trooper Division]], nicknamed "Helljumpers", and quickly gained a reputation as a brutal and effective fighting force. They are often referred to as ''elite'' and seem to have a class of their own, often coming right after the [[Elites]], [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartans]] and [[Brutes]].
ODSTs were known to be operating as early as [[2525]] <ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''</ref>. The first and most elite division of ODSTs were the [[105th Orbital Drop Shock Trooper Division]], nicknamed "Helljumpers", and quickly gained a reputation as a brutal and effective fighting force. They are often referred to as ''elite'' and seem to have a class of their own, often coming right after the [[Elites]], [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartans]], and [[Brutes]].


Barring the personnel of the SPARTAN-II Program, ODSTs are one of the most effective forms of troops available to the [[UNSC]], and the expectations placed on ODST units made them all-volunteer outfits, with some outsiders regarding such volunteers as 'crazy' <ref>''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', page 35</ref>. By [[2552]] their strength had swelled to a greater number of divisions in an attempt to fill the demands of the [[Human-Covenant War]].
Barring the personnel of the SPARTAN-II Program, ODSTs are one of the most effective forms of troops available to the [[UNSC]], and the expectations placed on ODST units made them all-volunteer outfits, with some outsiders regarding such volunteers as 'crazy' <ref>''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', page 35</ref>. By [[2552]] their strength had swelled to a greater number of divisions in an attempt to fill the demands of the [[Human-Covenant War]].