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{{Quote|Die? Didn't you know? Spartans never die.|Lieutenant Commander Kurt Ambrose to Fleet Master Voro Nar 'Mantakree}} | {{Quote|Die? Didn't you know? Spartans never die.|[[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Kurt Ambrose]] to [[Fleet Master]] [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree|'Mantakree]], referencing [[ONI Directive 930]]<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 372''</ref>}} | ||
The identities of the Spartans' full names have been deleted from all military records. Only Dr. Halsey had secret files that contained the full names of all the Spartans on Reach; unfortunately, the records were destroyed after the the planet was [[Glassing|glassed]].<ref name="Sybex"/> The only other copy of these records are in the possession of [[Admiral]] [[Margaret Parangosky]].<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 433''</ref> Within the military and to the public, the Spartans are only known by their service tags, consisting of "SPARTAN" followed by a numerical ID; only a select few know even their first names.<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', ''page 90''</ref> | The identities of the Spartans' full names have been deleted from all military records. Only Dr. Halsey had secret files that contained the full names of all the Spartans on Reach; unfortunately, the records were destroyed after the the planet was [[Glassing|glassed]].<ref name="Sybex"/> The only other copy of these records are in the possession of [[Admiral]] [[Margaret Parangosky]].<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 433''</ref> Within the military and to the public, the Spartans are only known by their service tags, consisting of "SPARTAN" followed by a numerical ID; only a select few know even their first names.<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', ''page 90''</ref> | ||
The SPARTAN-IIs possess their own unique internal set of habits and [[Spartan signals|signals]], many of them conveyed by minute subtleties in their movement or gestures, making interactions among their group largely indecipherable to outsiders.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 120-121, 166, 268, 299''</ref> | |||
===Class I=== | ===Class I=== | ||