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The CHRYSANTHEMUM bioaugmentation set improved upon the augmentations of the SPARTAN-II program,<ref name="goo63"/> pioneered by [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]]. With advances in technology, the casualty rate for SPARTAN-III candidates was usually 0%, as opposed to the 56% casualty rate of the SPARTAN-IIs. The genetic requirements for the candidates could also be loosened from the exceedingly strict criteria of the previous program,<ref name="goo63"/> although the range of compatible individuals still remained incredibly narrow, with any aberrations from the required genetic set increasing the risk of failure to an unacceptable level.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 82-83''</ref> The broader selection criteria also made potential behavioral problems more likely among the SPARTAN-IIIs.<ref name="goo63"/> | The CHRYSANTHEMUM bioaugmentation set improved upon the augmentations of the SPARTAN-II program,<ref name="goo63"/> pioneered by [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]]. With advances in technology, the casualty rate for SPARTAN-III candidates was usually 0%, as opposed to the 56% casualty rate of the SPARTAN-IIs. The genetic requirements for the candidates could also be loosened from the exceedingly strict criteria of the previous program,<ref name="goo63"/> although the range of compatible individuals still remained incredibly narrow, with any aberrations from the required genetic set increasing the risk of failure to an unacceptable level.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 82-83''</ref> The broader selection criteria also made potential behavioral problems more likely among the SPARTAN-IIIs.<ref name="goo63"/> | ||
The Spartan-IIIs' augmentations were chemically induced instead of surgically implanted like many of the SPARTAN-II enhancements,<ref name="GoO102"/> and they had no need of a growth hormone catalyst in the form of a thyroid implant like the SPARTAN-IIs. However, the augmentations also still had to be administered at the onset of puberty like in the previous program, as the bodies of either prepubescents or adults would reject the chemicals. Due to the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] accelerating the schedule of the program in order to have the Spartans deployed in the field within a shorter span of time, puberty was artificially induced for the candidates via human growth hormone as well as cartilage, muscle and bone supplements added into their food. As a result, the candidates had the bodies of near-adult Olympic athletes at an average of only twelve years of age, and it took some time for them to acclimatize to their larger physiques.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 98, 100 | The Spartan-IIIs' augmentations were chemically induced instead of surgically implanted like many of the SPARTAN-II enhancements,<ref name="GoO102"/> and they had no need of a growth hormone catalyst in the form of a thyroid implant like the SPARTAN-IIs. However, the augmentations also still had to be administered at the onset of puberty like in the previous program, as the bodies of either prepubescents or adults would reject the chemicals. Due to the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] accelerating the schedule of the program in order to have the Spartans deployed in the field within a shorter span of time, puberty was artificially induced for the candidates via human growth hormone as well as cartilage, muscle and bone supplements added into their food. As a result, the candidates had the bodies of near-adult Olympic athletes at an average of only twelve years of age, and it took some time for them to acclimatize to their larger physiques.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 98, 100''</ref> | ||
==Augmentations== | ==Augmentations== | ||