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Kurt cared deeply for each of the Spartan companies he trained, and was profoundly distraught by deaths of the entire [[SPARTAN-III Alpha Company]] in [[Operation: PROMETHEUS]]. Attributing their demise to the loss of unit cohesion, he vowed not to let future Spartan generations share their fate and focused on honing the Spartans' teamwork capabilities when training [[SPARTAN-III Beta Company|Beta Company]].<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 91''</ref> Nevertheless, Beta Company was also wiped out almost entirely in [[Operation: TORPEDO]] despite Kurt's efforts. | Kurt cared deeply for each of the Spartan companies he trained, and was profoundly distraught by deaths of the entire [[SPARTAN-III Alpha Company]] in [[Operation: PROMETHEUS]]. Attributing their demise to the loss of unit cohesion, he vowed not to let future Spartan generations share their fate and focused on honing the Spartans' teamwork capabilities when training [[SPARTAN-III Beta Company|Beta Company]].<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 91''</ref> Nevertheless, Beta Company was also wiped out almost entirely in [[Operation: TORPEDO]] despite Kurt's efforts. | ||
After the destruction of Beta Company, Kurt managed to have the two remaining survivors, [[Tom-B292]] and [[Lucy-B091]] reassigned to accompany him and Mendez in training [[SPARTAN-III Gamma Company|Gamma Company]]; he had to appeal to [[Margaret Parangosky|Vice Admiral Parangosky]] who eventually agreed—over Ackerson's objections. The two would become Kurt's top adjutants over the years.<ref name="goo98">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 98''</ref> Additionally, while the SPARTAN-IIIs were initially intended as cannon fodder, Kurt and Mendez recognized that a number of the trainees were too skilled to be wasted on suicide missions, so they removed them from their respective companies before they were wiped out, gave them [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|MJOLNIR armor]], and assigned them to other units, some of them becoming [[NOBLE Team]].<ref>[http:// | After the destruction of Beta Company, Kurt managed to have the two remaining survivors, [[Tom-B292]] and [[Lucy-B091]] reassigned to accompany him and Mendez in training [[SPARTAN-III Gamma Company|Gamma Company]]; he had to appeal to [[Margaret Parangosky|Vice Admiral Parangosky]] who eventually agreed—over Ackerson's objections. The two would become Kurt's top adjutants over the years.<ref name="goo98">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 98''</ref> Additionally, while the SPARTAN-IIIs were initially intended as cannon fodder, Kurt and Mendez recognized that a number of the trainees were too skilled to be wasted on suicide missions, so they removed them from their respective companies before they were wiped out, gave them [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|MJOLNIR armor]], and assigned them to other units, some of them becoming [[NOBLE Team]].<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/projects/reach/article.aspx?ucc=personnel&cid=24040 '''Bungie.net''': ''Communique from Kurt to Mendez'']</ref> | ||
With Gamma Company, whom he came to regard as the "finest Spartans ever",<ref name="goo98"/> Kurt secretly added a series of illegal drugs to the [[Project CHRYSANTHEMUM|augmentation procedures]] in order to heighten the Spartans' aggressive response, giving them a better chance of survival in battle. This was against the recommendations of Onyx's AI [[Deep Winter]], who was concerned with the Spartans' well-being.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 108-109''</ref> | With Gamma Company, whom he came to regard as the "finest Spartans ever",<ref name="goo98"/> Kurt secretly added a series of illegal drugs to the [[Project CHRYSANTHEMUM|augmentation procedures]] in order to heighten the Spartans' aggressive response, giving them a better chance of survival in battle. This was against the recommendations of Onyx's AI [[Deep Winter]], who was concerned with the Spartans' well-being.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 108-109''</ref> | ||
