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In 2525, following their recovery from the [[SPARTAN-II augmentation procedures|augmentation procedures]], the Spartans could no longer be trained at the complex due to complications that arose. On their first day back at the base, three trainers were accidentally killed during hand-to-hand combat exercises. The Spartans were relocated to the abandoned titanium mine shafts in the nearby mountains where their trainers donned [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|Mark I]] [[Powered exoskeleton|exoskeletons]] in order to protect themselves from the Spartans' newly enhanced strength. | In 2525, following their recovery from the [[SPARTAN-II augmentation procedures|augmentation procedures]], the Spartans could no longer be trained at the complex due to complications that arose. On their first day back at the base, three trainers were accidentally killed during hand-to-hand combat exercises. The Spartans were relocated to the abandoned titanium mine shafts in the nearby mountains where their trainers donned [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|Mark I]] [[Powered exoskeleton|exoskeletons]] in order to protect themselves from the Spartans' newly enhanced strength. | ||
On November 2 | On November 2, the Spartans gathered once more inside the secure briefing room of the UNSC military complex. There they were briefed by [[Vice Admiral]] [[Michael Stanforth|Stanforth]] and his AI attaché [[Beowulf]] on a new threat. Communication with the outer colony world [[Harvest]] had been lost and scout ships sent to investigate found the planet reduced to ash by an alien hegemony that called itself the [[Covenant]]. The Covenant proclaimed humanity's annihilation by broadcasting the transmission "''Your destruction is the will of the gods...and we are their instrument''" in the English language. With the UNSC's mobilization to [[Second Battle of Harvest|retake Harvest]] underway, the Spartans were to begin the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|next phase]] in their training. Before exiting the chamber, John spoke one last time with Chief Mendez who was being reassigned to train the next class of Spartans. Before parting ways, Mendez returned a [[Quarter|quarter]] which had been confiscated from John when he was first inducted into the program.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''Chapter 11''</ref> | ||
On August 27, 2552, all available | On August 27, 2552, all available SPARTAN-II's gathered inside the amphitheater of the compound for a third and final time. There they were briefed on their [[Operation: RED FLAG|next mission]]: to acquire a Covenant vessel, infiltrate the Covenant [[High Charity|homeworld]], and return with a captured Covenant [[Hierarchs|Hierarch]] in an attempt to broker a truce and bring an end to the war.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''Chapter 26''</ref> | ||
The complex was likely destroyed by the Covenant during the [[Fall of Reach]]. | The complex was likely destroyed by the Covenant during the [[Fall of Reach]], as it was reported under attack on the last day of the battle. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||