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'''Boren's Syndrome''' is a fictitious [[human]] disease used as a cover up [[Office of Naval Intelligence | '''Boren's Syndrome''' is a fictitious [[human]] disease used as a cover-up by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] to keep the identity of the [[ORION Project|SPARTAN-I]]s classified. | ||
==Public knowledge== | == Summary == | ||
== Public knowledge == | |||
Information about this "disease" was spread to the public by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] following the end of the ORION Project, complete with a list of symptoms. The disease allegedly caused tumors and migraines, and was supposedly caused by exposure to certain types of radiation. | Information about this "disease" was spread to the public by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] following the end of the ORION Project, complete with a list of symptoms. The disease allegedly caused tumors and migraines, and was supposedly caused by exposure to certain types of radiation. | ||
Claims as to the cause of the disease include inhaling the gases released when a [[Type-51 Carbine]] magazine is ejected and being exposed to [[Type-1 Antipersonnel Grenade|Plasma Grenade]] radiation, although these causes are either ONI cover-ups or battlefield superstition. | Claims as to the cause of the disease include inhaling the gases released when a [[Type-51 Carbine]] magazine is ejected and being exposed to [[Type-1 Antipersonnel Grenade|Plasma Grenade]] radiation, although these causes are either ONI cover-ups or battlefield superstition. Several [[Insurrectionist]]s claimed to have this condition, hoping to bargain with the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] to gain treatment for the condition in trade for some [[FENRIS nuclear warhead|FENRIS Nuclear Warheads]] they had in stock. However, their status was false, as the bargain was revealed to be a trap set up by General [[Howard Graves]] in an attempt to capture [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-II]]s. | ||
=== Cover-up === | |||
[[Staff Sergeant]] [[Avery Junior Johnson|Avery Johnson]]'s falsified medical record - to hide his real, classified record - had him as a sufferer of Boren's, in which he was to have contracted the disease on [[Paris IV]], after being in contact with a dangerously high amount of radiation apparently originating from a crate of captured Plasma Grenades.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 243-245''</ref> | |||
This false record event (known to ONI as the '''Paris/BS Spoof''') was likely used as a means of avoiding any investigation into his altered DNA and physiology, which would have revealed him as a SPARTAN-I. <ref>'''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''' - ''[[Halo_Graphic_Novel_Pg122#Boren's_Syndrome_Hoax|Boren's Syndrome Hoax]]'', ''page 122''</ref> | |||
This false record event (known to ONI as the '''Paris/BS Spoof''') was likely used as a means of avoiding any investigation into his altered DNA and physiology, which would have revealed him as a SPARTAN-I. <ref>'''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''' - ''[[Halo_Graphic_Novel_Pg122#Boren's_Syndrome_Hoax|Boren's Syndrome Hoax]]'', page 122</ref> | |||
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[[Category:Diseases]] | [[Category:Diseases]] |