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*For some reason, Ash-G099 was referred to as a private. This may suggest that the SPARTAN-IIIs were actually Marine-esque personnel. Evidence of this includes the use of [[Long Range Stealth Orbital Insertion Pod]]s, a more sophisticated counterpart to the [[Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle|SOEIVs]] used by the ODSTs, and their only known combat experience being ground operations. However, the reference to Ash being a private may simply be a mistake, since Tom-B292, Lucy-B091, and the members of Noble Team are given Navy ranks. | *For some reason, Ash-G099 was referred to as a private. This may suggest that the SPARTAN-IIIs were actually Marine-esque personnel. Evidence of this includes the use of [[Long Range Stealth Orbital Insertion Pod]]s, a more sophisticated counterpart to the [[Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle|SOEIVs]] used by the ODSTs, and their only known combat experience being ground operations. However, the reference to Ash being a private may simply be a mistake, since Tom-B292, Lucy-B091, and the members of Noble Team are given Navy ranks. | ||
*The number of 300 SPARTAN-IIIs in both Alpha and Beta companies, who were both massacred but completed their missions and killed many [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] warriors in the process is a reference to the last stand of the 300 Spartans in the [[Battle of Thermopylae]]. | *The number of 300 SPARTAN-IIIs in both Alpha and Beta companies, who were both massacred but completed their missions and killed many [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] warriors in the process is a reference to the last stand of the 300 Spartans in the [[Battle of Thermopylae]]. | ||
*The protagonist of ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' is [[SPARTAN-B312]], a SPARTAN-III who was pulled from Beta Company right after training.<ref name="comm"/> | *The protagonist of ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' is [[SPARTAN-B312]], a SPARTAN-III who was pulled from Beta Company right after training.<ref name="comm"/> Several of B312's teammates are also SPARTAN-IIIs. | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||