ORION Project: Difference between revisions

As the civil wars began to intensify in the [[Outer Colonies|Outer]] and [[Inner Colonies]], the CMA found it difficult to hold onto their assets between the colonial rebellions and usurping by the UNSC. Using data supplied by ONI, along with subtle background manipulation by the [[Assembly]],<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', ''[[Data pads|Data pad 5]]''</ref> the CMA secretly relaunched ORION in response to insurgent attacks in the colonies. The project began on [[2491|January 29, 2491]]<ref>[[Media:ILB_Say_please.ogg|say_please Axon]]</ref> with 65 test subjects. After completing their training, an additional 100 volunteers were accepted into the program. The first ORION deployment occurred on [[2496|January 12, 2496]] as part of [[Operation: CHARLEMAGNE]].<ref name="wp spartans"/> During this operation the full unit of ORION soldiers was deployed to recover the sub-orbital transit station over [[Eridanus II]]. This marked the only time a full unit of operators was ever deployed throughout the program's existence — they completed their mission with only a single casualty and without being detected.<ref name="encyc"/> As a result of the success of CHARLEMAGNE, tales of the military deploying advanced supersoldiers were born. This became fuel for a range of conspiracy theories and media speculation. As the legend of the supersoldiers continued to grow it gave birth to a new round of propaganda efforts by ONI in the coming decades. In the same year, an ORION team was deployed as part of [[Operation: VERITAS]], where they secured the [[Wikipedia:Non-official cover|non-official cover]] list of undercover [[Secessionist Union]] operatives who were working in various high-level offices within the CMA.<ref name="wp spartans"/>