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'''James Ackerson''' was a [[colonel]] in the [[UNSC Army]] employed by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]]. His [[Career Service Vitae]] was impressive, as he had survived at least three battles against the [[Covenant]]. Early in the war, he received a promotion and volunteered for a dozen black operations~~. Known for his ruthless and ambitious persona, he was the mastermind of the [[SPARTAN-III program]] and the most formidable rival of [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]]~~. Ackerson was employed by ONI as a liaison officer, likely maintaining the relationship between ONI and the Army.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 59''</ref>

'''James Ackerson''' was a [[colonel]] in the [[UNSC Army]] employed by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]]. Known for his ruthless and ambitious persona, he was the mastermind of the [[SPARTAN-III program]] and the most formidable rival of [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]]. His [[Career Service Vitae]] was impressive, as he had survived at least three battles against the [[Covenant]]. Early in the war, he received a promotion and volunteered for a dozen black operations. Ackerson was employed by ONI as a liaison officer, likely maintaining the relationship between ONI and the Army.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 59''</ref>

==Biography==

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===SPARTAN-III program===

{{Quote|multi=yes|q1=You want to trade ''lives'' for ''time''...|Admiral Parangosky|q2=Yes, ma'am. Isn't that the job of a soldier?|Colonel Ackerson|Conversation between Ackerson and Parangosky about the SPARTAN-III program}}

Shortly after [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]]'s [[SPARTAN-II program]] went active, Ackerson began to plan on a supersoldier project of his own, dubbed the [[SPARTAN-III program]]. He conducted extensive research on Halsey's work with SPARTAN-II program, obtaining the DNA profiles of the candidates and covertly observing the [[flash cloning|flash clones]] used to replace the SPARTAN-II children; he even had the clones' bodies retrieved and autopsies performed on them after they [[Metabolic Cascade Failure|died of congenital diseases]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 129'' (2001 edition)</ref> However, he would abandon the use of flash clone replacements in his own program, citing the dubious ethics of flash-cloning as one of the failures of Halsey's program when presenting his own project to ONI.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 46''</ref>

Shortly after [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]]'s [[SPARTAN-II program]] went active, Ackerson began to plan on a supersoldier project of his own, dubbed the [[SPARTAN-III program]]. He conducted extensive research on Halsey's work with the SPARTAN-II program, obtaining the DNA profiles of the candidates and covertly observing the [[flash cloning|flash clones]] used to replace the SPARTAN-II children; he even had the clones' bodies retrieved and autopsies performed on them after they [[Metabolic Cascade Failure|died of congenital diseases]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 129'' (2001 edition)</ref> However, he would abandon the use of flash clone replacements in his own program, citing the dubious ethics of flash-cloning as one of the failures of Halsey's program when presenting his own project to ONI.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 46''</ref>

In [[2531]], Ackerson proposed the SPARTAN-III program to the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] senior brass, including [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Aaron G. Gibson|Aaron Gibson]], [[Rear Admiral (Lower Half)|Rear Admiral]] [[Ned Rich]], and [[Vice Admiral]] [[Margaret Parangosky|Margaret O. Parangosky]] in a meeting aboard {{UNSCShip|Point of No Return}}. They approved the program and Ackerson went from serving as a field officer to working a desk job. At first he was upset by this, but grew to prefer it as opposed to his dangerous but more exciting job as a field officer.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 43''</ref> Ackerson chose [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN]] [[Kurt Ambrose|Kurt-051]] to serve as the commanding officer of the SPARTAN-IIIs, providing him with an officer rank as well as a new identity.

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 {{Quote|I do get the feeling that Ackerson would gladly assign members of his own family to a suicide mission if he could find an appropriately high value target to send them against.|[[Kurt Ambrose]] in a communique to [[Chief Petty Officer|CPO]] [[Franklin Mendez]].<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?cid=24530 '''Bungie.net''': ''NOBLE TEAM PERFORMANCE REPORTS'']</ref>}}
-'''James Ackerson''' was a [[colonel]] in the [[UNSC Army]] employed by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]]. His [[Career Service Vitae]] was impressive, as he had survived at least three battles against the [[Covenant]]. Early in the war, he received a promotion and volunteered for a dozen black operations. Known for his ruthless and ambitious persona, he was the mastermind of the [[SPARTAN-III program]] and the most formidable rival of [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]]. Ackerson was employed by ONI as a liaison officer, likely maintaining the relationship between ONI and the Army.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 59''</ref>
+'''James Ackerson''' was a [[colonel]] in the [[UNSC Army]] employed by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]]. Known for his ruthless and ambitious persona, he was the mastermind of the [[SPARTAN-III program]] and the most formidable rival of [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]]. His [[Career Service Vitae]] was impressive, as he had survived at least three battles against the [[Covenant]]. Early in the war, he received a promotion and volunteered for a dozen black operations. Ackerson was employed by ONI as a liaison officer, likely maintaining the relationship between ONI and the Army.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 59''</ref>
 ==Biography==
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 ===SPARTAN-III program===
 {{Quote|multi=yes|q1=You want to trade ''lives'' for ''time''...|Admiral Parangosky|q2=Yes, ma'am. Isn't that the job of a soldier?|Colonel Ackerson|Conversation between Ackerson and Parangosky about the SPARTAN-III program}}
-Shortly after [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]]'s [[SPARTAN-II program]] went active, Ackerson began to plan on a supersoldier project of his own, dubbed the [[SPARTAN-III program]]. He conducted extensive research on Halsey's work with SPARTAN-II program, obtaining the DNA profiles of the candidates and covertly observing the [[flash cloning|flash clones]] used to replace the SPARTAN-II children; he even had the clones' bodies retrieved and autopsies performed on them after they [[Metabolic Cascade Failure|died of congenital diseases]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 129'' (2001 edition)</ref> However, he would abandon the use of flash clone replacements in his own program, citing the dubious ethics of flash-cloning as one of the failures of Halsey's program when presenting his own project to ONI.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 46''</ref>
+Shortly after [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]]'s [[SPARTAN-II program]] went active, Ackerson began to plan on a supersoldier project of his own, dubbed the [[SPARTAN-III program]]. He conducted extensive research on Halsey's work with the SPARTAN-II program, obtaining the DNA profiles of the candidates and covertly observing the [[flash cloning|flash clones]] used to replace the SPARTAN-II children; he even had the clones' bodies retrieved and autopsies performed on them after they [[Metabolic Cascade Failure|died of congenital diseases]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 129'' (2001 edition)</ref> However, he would abandon the use of flash clone replacements in his own program, citing the dubious ethics of flash-cloning as one of the failures of Halsey's program when presenting his own project to ONI.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 46''</ref>
 In [[2531]], Ackerson proposed the SPARTAN-III program to the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] senior brass, including [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Aaron G. Gibson|Aaron Gibson]], [[Rear Admiral (Lower Half)|Rear Admiral]] [[Ned Rich]], and [[Vice Admiral]] [[Margaret Parangosky|Margaret O. Parangosky]] in a meeting aboard {{UNSCShip|Point of No Return}}. They approved the program and Ackerson went from serving as a field officer to working a desk job. At first he was upset by this, but grew to prefer it as opposed to his dangerous but more exciting job as a field officer.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 43''</ref> Ackerson chose [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN]] [[Kurt Ambrose|Kurt-051]] to serve as the commanding officer of the SPARTAN-IIIs, providing him with an officer rank as well as a new identity.