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{{Quote|no=two|q1=Why me? You could have chosen anyone.|Soren-066|q2=I don't know, Soren. It just turned out that way.|Catherine Halsey|Both Soren and Doctor Halsey puzzle over why he was being allowed to choose his own future when the other candidates were not.}}<ref name="HEP3"/>

At some point in early [[2525]] Soren was summoned to Doctor Halsey's office, where she asked him if he remembered their first meeting.<ref name="HEP3">''[[Halo: Evolutions]]'', ''[[Pariah]]'', ''Chapter 3''</ref> He, of course, remembered it quite well. Recalling the choice she had put to him then, the doctor asked how he now felt about his decision to become a Spartan. Soren immediately replied that he was glad to have made the choice he had. At this, Halsey then revealed she had called him there because she was going to give him another choice. She explained that she and other intended to soon [[Biological augmentation|augment]] the trainees' bodies to make them the ~~percect~~ soldiers. The degrees to which they intended to push the boundaries of human capability, however, would bring a number adverse effects and risks—among them degenerative bone conditions, muscle atrophy and deformation, [[Wikipedia:Parkinson's disease|Parkinson's disease]], [[Fletcher syndrome]], [[Wikipedia:Ehlers–Danlos syndromes|Ehlers–Danlos syndromes]], and death. And once again, it would be up to Soren whether or not he wished to proceed, whereas the rest of the teenagers would simply be ordered to report for the procedures. Soren could not help but ask why he was the one being given this freedom, to which Halsey claimed that as an experiment, the Spartans required a [[Wikipedia:Control group|control group]]. Even so, she still could not say why she'd chosen him to represent that function when pressed on it. The boy was silent for a long time while he considered what she'd told him, but he eventually confirmed that he wanted to go forward with being augmented. Even knowing the risks, he did not want to be left behind. Once he had given his consent, Soren left.<ref name="HEP3"/>

At some point in early [[2525]] Soren was summoned to Doctor Halsey's office, where she asked him if he remembered their first meeting.<ref name="HEP3">''[[Halo: Evolutions]]'', ''[[Pariah]]'', ''Chapter 3''</ref> He, of course, remembered it quite well. Recalling the choice she had put to him then, the doctor asked how he now felt about his decision to become a Spartan. Soren immediately replied that he was glad to have made the choice he had. At this, Halsey then revealed she had called him there because she was going to give him another choice. She explained that she and other intended to soon [[Biological augmentation|augment]] the trainees' bodies to make them the perfect soldiers. The degrees to which they intended to push the boundaries of human capability, however, would bring a number adverse effects and risks—among them degenerative bone conditions, muscle atrophy and deformation, [[Wikipedia:Parkinson's disease|Parkinson's disease]], [[Fletcher syndrome]], [[Wikipedia:Ehlers–Danlos syndromes|Ehlers–Danlos syndromes]], and death. And once again, it would be up to Soren whether or not he wished to proceed, whereas the rest of the teenagers would simply be ordered to report for the procedures. Soren could not help but ask why he was the one being given this freedom, to which Halsey claimed that as an experiment, the Spartans required a [[Wikipedia:Control group|control group]]. Even so, she still could not say why she'd chosen him to represent that function when pressed on it. The boy was silent for a long time while he considered what she'd told him, but he eventually confirmed that he wanted to go forward with being augmented. Even knowing the risks, he did not want to be left behind. Once he had given his consent, Soren left.<ref name="HEP3"/>

On [[2525#March|March 9]] of that year Soren and the other Spartan-II candidates were transported to [[Medical Facility Endurance]] in orbit over [[Reach]] in order to undergo the series of invasive procedures designed to physically, chemically, and genetically augment their bodies.<ref name="HTFORTAS">''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]''</ref><ref name="HTFOR6">''[[The Fall of Reach]]'', ''Chapter 6''</ref><ref name="H5GL">''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', John-117's loadout</ref> They had their heads shaved, intravenous lines inserted to deliver a [[Drugs|sedative]], and incision vectors lasered onto their bodies.<ref name="HTFOR6"/> Other medications administered beginning on this date included [[Wikipedia:Dopamine|dopamine]] for hemodynamic support and a [[Wikipedia:Tacrolimus|tacrolimus]]/[[Wikipedia:Mycophenolate|mycophenolate mofetil]] combination for immunosuppression.<ref name="Scanned">''[[Scanned]]''</ref> The various augmentations, under the purview of [[Project ASTER|Project: ASTER]], were carried out the following day, though some preliminary work had begun by 1552 hours on the ninth.<ref name="HFORBC"/><ref name="DHPJA1">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''April 1, 2525''</ref><ref name="HOSFM83"/> With the assistance of surgeons, biotechnicians, and automated robotic machinery, the surgical procedures the recruits endured included occipital capillary reversals, the carbide ceramic ossification of their bones, the insertion of catalytic platinum [[Wikipedia:thyroid gland|thyroid implant]]s, injections to enhance muscle strength and endurance, and the fibrification of their neural dendrites to make them superconductive.<ref name="HTFOR6"/> They also were treated with [[Wikipedia:Gene therapy|gene therapy]] and underwent [[Wikipedia:Transgene|transgenic hybridization]].<ref name="HOSFM83">''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]'', ''page 83''</ref> During the myriad surgeries Soren dreamed that he was back in the forest again but in addition to contending with the cold and hunger, he was being stalked by a strange, hulking, almost-human, deformed creature.<ref name="HEP4"/> Even in the dream he felt half-asleep—walking to keep away from the creature whilst grabbing what he could from the ground to eat. He eventually took a wrong turn and found his path forward blocked, which allowed his pursuer to pluck him off the ground and hurl him through tree limbs and branches. As he seemingly died in the dream, he awoke to find himself looking up at surgeons. One of them waved fingers over his eyes but he had trouble following them instantaneously. The surgeon questioned whether he was supposed to be as he presently was before there was a flurry of movement and shouting and he slipped back into another nightmare. Before he woke again Soren was returned to the Spartan compound on Reach.<ref name="HTFORTAS"/><ref name="HEP4">''[[Halo: Evolutions]]'', ''[[Pariah]]'', ''Chapter 4''</ref> Still dreaming, he imagined he was seated in a chair and unable to move anything but his eyes. He then realized the chair was actually a bed he way lying in and that it was his mother's. His stepfather entered the bedroom.

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 {{Quote|no=two|q1=Why me? You could have chosen anyone.|Soren-066|q2=I don't know, Soren. It just turned out that way.|Catherine Halsey|Both Soren and Doctor Halsey puzzle over why he was being allowed to choose his own future when the other candidates were not.}}<ref name="HEP3"/>
-At some point in early [[2525]] Soren was summoned to Doctor Halsey's office, where she asked him if he remembered their first meeting.<ref name="HEP3">''[[Halo: Evolutions]]'', ''[[Pariah]]'', ''Chapter 3''</ref> He, of course, remembered it quite well. Recalling the choice she had put to him then, the doctor asked how he now felt about his decision to become a Spartan. Soren immediately replied that he was glad to have made the choice he had. At this, Halsey then revealed she had called him there because she was going to give him another choice. She explained that she and other intended to soon [[Biological augmentation|augment]] the trainees' bodies to make them the percect soldiers. The degrees to which they intended to push the boundaries of human capability, however, would bring a number adverse effects and risks—among them degenerative bone conditions, muscle atrophy and deformation, [[Wikipedia:Parkinson's disease|Parkinson's disease]], [[Fletcher syndrome]], [[Wikipedia:Ehlers–Danlos syndromes|Ehlers–Danlos syndromes]], and death. And once again, it would be up to Soren whether or not he wished to proceed, whereas the rest of the teenagers would simply be ordered to report for the procedures. Soren could not help but ask why he was the one being given this freedom, to which Halsey claimed that as an experiment, the Spartans required a [[Wikipedia:Control group|control group]]. Even so, she still could not say why she'd chosen him to represent that function when pressed on it. The boy was silent for a long time while he considered what she'd told him, but he eventually confirmed that he wanted to go forward with being augmented. Even knowing the risks, he did not want to be left behind. Once he had given his consent, Soren left.<ref name="HEP3"/>
+At some point in early [[2525]] Soren was summoned to Doctor Halsey's office, where she asked him if he remembered their first meeting.<ref name="HEP3">''[[Halo: Evolutions]]'', ''[[Pariah]]'', ''Chapter 3''</ref> He, of course, remembered it quite well. Recalling the choice she had put to him then, the doctor asked how he now felt about his decision to become a Spartan. Soren immediately replied that he was glad to have made the choice he had. At this, Halsey then revealed she had called him there because she was going to give him another choice. She explained that she and other intended to soon [[Biological augmentation|augment]] the trainees' bodies to make them the perfect soldiers. The degrees to which they intended to push the boundaries of human capability, however, would bring a number adverse effects and risks—among them degenerative bone conditions, muscle atrophy and deformation, [[Wikipedia:Parkinson's disease|Parkinson's disease]], [[Fletcher syndrome]], [[Wikipedia:Ehlers–Danlos syndromes|Ehlers–Danlos syndromes]], and death. And once again, it would be up to Soren whether or not he wished to proceed, whereas the rest of the teenagers would simply be ordered to report for the procedures. Soren could not help but ask why he was the one being given this freedom, to which Halsey claimed that as an experiment, the Spartans required a [[Wikipedia:Control group|control group]]. Even so, she still could not say why she'd chosen him to represent that function when pressed on it. The boy was silent for a long time while he considered what she'd told him, but he eventually confirmed that he wanted to go forward with being augmented. Even knowing the risks, he did not want to be left behind. Once he had given his consent, Soren left.<ref name="HEP3"/>
 On [[2525#March|March 9]] of that year Soren and the other Spartan-II candidates were transported to [[Medical Facility Endurance]] in orbit over [[Reach]] in order to undergo the series of invasive procedures designed to physically, chemically, and genetically augment their bodies.<ref name="HTFORTAS">''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]''</ref><ref name="HTFOR6">''[[The Fall of Reach]]'', ''Chapter 6''</ref><ref name="H5GL">''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', John-117's loadout</ref> They had their heads shaved, intravenous lines inserted to deliver a [[Drugs|sedative]], and incision vectors lasered onto their bodies.<ref name="HTFOR6"/> Other medications administered beginning on this date included [[Wikipedia:Dopamine|dopamine]] for hemodynamic support and a [[Wikipedia:Tacrolimus|tacrolimus]]/[[Wikipedia:Mycophenolate|mycophenolate mofetil]] combination for immunosuppression.<ref name="Scanned">''[[Scanned]]''</ref> The various augmentations, under the purview of [[Project ASTER|Project: ASTER]], were carried out the following day, though some preliminary work had begun by 1552 hours on the ninth.<ref name="HFORBC"/><ref name="DHPJA1">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''April 1, 2525''</ref><ref name="HOSFM83"/> With the assistance of surgeons, biotechnicians, and automated robotic machinery, the surgical procedures the recruits endured included occipital capillary reversals, the carbide ceramic ossification of their bones, the insertion of catalytic platinum [[Wikipedia:thyroid gland|thyroid implant]]s, injections to enhance muscle strength and endurance, and the fibrification of their neural dendrites to make them superconductive.<ref name="HTFOR6"/> They also were treated with [[Wikipedia:Gene therapy|gene therapy]] and underwent [[Wikipedia:Transgene|transgenic hybridization]].<ref name="HOSFM83">''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]'', ''page 83''</ref> During the myriad surgeries Soren dreamed that he was back in the forest again but in addition to contending with the cold and hunger, he was being stalked by a strange, hulking, almost-human, deformed creature.<ref name="HEP4"/> Even in the dream he felt half-asleep—walking to keep away from the creature whilst grabbing what he could from the ground to eat. He eventually took a wrong turn and found his path forward blocked, which allowed his pursuer to pluck him off the ground and hurl him through tree limbs and branches. As he seemingly died in the dream, he awoke to find himself looking up at surgeons. One of them waved fingers over his eyes but he had trouble following them instantaneously. The surgeon questioned whether he was supposed to be as he presently was before there was a flurry of movement and shouting and he slipped back into another nightmare. Before he woke again Soren was returned to the Spartan compound on Reach.<ref name="HTFORTAS"/><ref name="HEP4">''[[Halo: Evolutions]]'', ''[[Pariah]]'', ''Chapter 4''</ref> Still dreaming, he imagined he was seated in a chair and unable to move anything but his eyes. He then realized the chair was actually a bed he way lying in and that it was his mother's. His stepfather entered the bedroom.