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Beginning of SPARTAN-II ("First" Spartans) originally selected 150 potential candidates, however there was only funding for half that number, so the Spartan candidates were further scrutinized, producing 75 "test subjects". | Beginning of SPARTAN-II ("First" Spartans) originally selected 150 potential candidates, however there was only funding for half that number, so the Spartan candidates were further scrutinized, producing 75 "test subjects". | ||
SPARTAN-II ("Second" Spartans) | SPARTAN-II ("Second" Spartans) were not "allowed" to be marked as [[Wikipedia:killed in action|KIA]] as it was thought that the idea that SPARTANs were dying would be a crushing blow to morale of the UNSC soldiers. This gave rise to the idea that SPARTANs could not die. | ||
{{quote|No Spartan could be listed [[KIA]], only [[MIA]] or [[WIA]]. This is so it could be said that no Spartan could ever be killed in combat.|Lt Niraj Shah; [[UNSC]] (retired; active duty: 2548-2573)}} | {{quote|No Spartan could be listed [[KIA]], only [[MIA]] or [[WIA]]. This is so it could be said that no Spartan could ever be killed in combat.|Lt Niraj Shah; [[UNSC]] (retired; active duty: 2548-2573)}} | ||
Spartans are only recorded as [[Wikipedia:missing in action|MIA]], even if there are eyewitnesses to their deaths. This | Spartans are only recorded as [[Wikipedia:missing in action|MIA]], even if there are eyewitnesses to their deaths. This maintainsss the morale of UNSC soldiers and the rumor that Spartans never die. | ||
====Class I==== | ====Class I==== | ||