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There is some confusion concerning the number of SPARTAN-IIs throughout the series. For example In ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', it is cited on page 46 that there are 75 children on board a pelican for a training mission, however on page 47 it states that there were 67 children on the training mission out of 75 that were originally on board. No mention is made of the whereabouts of the missing 8. After the augmentation process all 75 reappear, with 33 successfully surviving, 12 surviving but were crippled, and 30 being killed as a result of the procedures. | There is some confusion concerning the number of SPARTAN-IIs throughout the series. For example In ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', it is cited on page 46 that there are 75 children on board a pelican for a training mission, however on page 47 it states that there were 67 children on the training mission out of 75 that were originally on board. No mention is made of the whereabouts of the missing 8. After the augmentation process all 75 reappear, with 33 successfully surviving, 12 surviving but were crippled, and 30 being killed as a result of the procedures. | ||
The status of SPARTAN-IIs is muddied further in the later novels. For example, [[Kurt-051]] is listed as missing in action presumed dead in [[2531]] when in reality he was drafted into the [[SPARTAN-III Program]] until his ''real death'' in [[2552]] on [[Onyx]]. Three Spartans, designated [[Gray Team]], were said to have been on "fields of battle too distant to be easily recalled" prior to the [[Battle of Reach]]<ref>The Cole Protocol Official announcement</ref>. In ''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' these three were said not to have been heard from for a year. The book, "[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]" features Gray Team as major characters, but did not explain why they had not been heard from. It is also stated in Fall of Reach that there are 30 Spartans present during the Battle of Reach,<ref> Fall of Reach Chapter 29 Page 276</ref> and in Halo: First Strike is states that there are 27 Spartans present,<Ref> First Strike Chapter 1 Page 7</ref> | The status of SPARTAN-IIs is muddied further in the later novels. For example, [[Kurt-051]] is listed as missing in action presumed dead in [[2531]] when in reality he was drafted into the [[SPARTAN-III Program]] until his ''real death'' in [[2552]] on [[Onyx]]. Three Spartans, designated [[Gray Team]], were said to have been on "fields of battle too distant to be easily recalled" prior to the [[Battle of Reach]]<ref>The Cole Protocol Official announcement</ref>. In ''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' these three were said not to have been heard from for a year. The book, "[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]" features Gray Team as major characters, but did not explain why they had not been heard from. It is also stated in Fall of Reach that there are 30 Spartans present during the Battle of Reach,<ref> Fall of Reach Chapter 29 Page 276</ref> and in Halo: First Strike is states that there are 27 Spartans present on the ground (3 taking the space mission),<Ref> First Strike Chapter 1 Page 7</ref> but only 25 Spartans could have been present.<ref> Fall of Reach Chapter 26 Page 240</ref> | ||
Bungie along with [[Eric S. Trautmann]] have said that these discrepancies only seem to be errors and that everything will be made clear in time. | Bungie along with [[Eric S. Trautmann]] have said that these discrepancies only seem to be errors and that everything will be made clear in time. | ||