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[[File:Spartan III Alpha Company.png|thumb|A section of Alpha Company being inspected by Franklin Mendez.]] | |||
On December 27, [[2531]], the first group of Spartan-III's, known as Alpha Company, were sent to [[Onyx]] to be trained. Of the 497 candidates conscripted, only 300 became Spartans. This class of [[Spartan]]s all survived the augmentations and was activated in November of [[2536]]. Their record was at first exemplary, as they saw action at the insurrection of [[Mamore]], the [[Battle of New Constantinople]], and the [[Bonanza Asteroid Belt]]. Nine months after they were activated, they were massacred in [[Operation: PROMETHEUS]]. All of the three-hundred Spartans on the mission were supposedly killed. The only fire team mentioned for Alpha Company is [[Team Wolf Pack]].<ref name="Page 83"/> | On December 27, [[2531]], the first group of Spartan-III's, known as Alpha Company, were sent to [[Onyx]] to be trained. Of the 497 candidates conscripted, only 300 became Spartans. This class of [[Spartan]]s all survived the augmentations and was activated in November of [[2536]]. Their record was at first exemplary, as they saw action at the insurrection of [[Mamore]], the [[Battle of New Constantinople]], and the [[Bonanza Asteroid Belt]]. Nine months after they were activated, they were massacred in [[Operation: PROMETHEUS]]. All of the three-hundred Spartans on the mission were supposedly killed. The only fire team mentioned for Alpha Company is [[Team Wolf Pack]].<ref name="Page 83"/> | ||