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{{Quote|There won’t ''be'' any program — not like the Spartan-Twos, anyway. Or the Spartan-Threes, if I can help it. We’re back to using consenting adults now, like we did in Project Orion.|[[Margaret Parangosky]]<ref name="Halo: Glasslands, page">''[[Halo: Glasslands]]'', page ??</ref>}}
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{{Quote|There won’t ''be'' any program — not like the Spartan-Twos, anyway. Or the Spartan-Threes, if I can help it. We’re back to using consenting adults now, like we did in Project Orion.|[[Margaret Parangosky]]<ref name="Halo: Glasslands434"/>}}
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The '''SPARTAN-IV Program''' was the fourth generation of the [[SPARTAN Program]] consisting of members recruited from the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]]'s military who were [[SPARTAN-IV augmentation procedures|augmented]] to be capable of wearing a new variant of the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN2)]] armor. This phase was initiated by Admiral Margaret Parangosky after the [[Human-Covenant war]].<ref name="Halo page 422">'''[[Halo: Glasslands]]''', ''page 422''</ref>
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Similar to the original [[ORION Project]], the SPARTAN-IV Program would only consist of adult volunteers as opposed to young children.<ref name="Halo: Glasslands434">'''[[Halo: Glasslands]]''', ''page 434''</ref> When the program was started, surviving members of previous Spartan generations were offered an opportunity to be integrated into it.<ref name="Page435">'''[[Halo: Glasslands]]''', ''page 435''</ref> SPARTAN-IV recruits are drawn from active combat veterans of any branch as well as young soldiers who show potential to be Humanity's next guardians.<ref name="EH">'''[[Eleventh Hour reports]]''', ''part 3''</ref> The physical augmentations of the SPARTAN-IVs, while more advanced than their predecessors, still cannot produce similar results without risk of a high failure rate, due to no genetic requirements.<ref>'''Halo: Initiation'''-''Issue 2''</ref> This drawback is reconciled by modifying the individual to the closest margin possible of the two previous Spartan programs physical results and then relying on MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN2) armor to enhance the Spartan's abilities even more than that of [[MJOLNIR]] GEN1 armor.<ref name="frankie">[http://members.shaw.ca/laird2/temp/derp/interview.mp3 '''Frank O'Connor interview during San Diego Comic-Con 2012'''] 1:15 - 2:10</ref><ref>'''Halo: New Blood'''-''Chapter 14''</ref>
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==History==
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Sometime prior to the public iteration of the SPARTAN-IV program, [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] Section III authorized a top secret, experimental phase of the program, without direct permission from High Command. This variation of the program would attempt to produce super-soldiers whose physical prowess rendered [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|MJOLNIR]] obsolete. Only one of the ten candidates, [[Ilsa Zane]], survived the augmentation process. She was considered mentally unstable due to the augmentations and was forced deep within the layers of ONI.<ref name="Initiation3">'''Halo Initiation''' - ''Issue 3''</ref>
   
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The current SPARTAN-IV program was commissioned due to the success of the [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-II]] and [[SPARTAN-III Program]]s. The program was initiated by [[Musa-096]], a washout of the SPARTAN-II program's augmentation process. Even with his resentment for Dr. Catherine Halsey, Musa recognized the importance that SPARTANs had in the effort of protecting Humanity, even after the [[Human-Covenant war]].<ref name="HI1">'''[[Halo: Initiation]]''', ''[[Halo: Initiation Issue 1|Issue 1]]''</ref> The SPARTAN-IV program was approved by Admiral [[Margaret Orlenda Parangosky]], when she was still in command of the Office of Naval Intelligence. At first, Parangosky wanted [[James Ackerson]] to head the program with Halsey by his side. However, Ackerson died during the aftermath of the [[Battle of Mare Erythraeum]] and Halsey was arrested after returning from Onyx.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 147''</ref> The program was continued by Musa and [[Jun-A266]], a former member of the [[SPARTAN-III Alpha Company]].<ref name="Halo page 422" /><ref name="HI1" />
The '''SPARTAN-IV Program''' was the fourth generation of the [[SPARTAN Program]] consisting of members recruited from the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]]'s military who were [[SPARTAN-IV augmentation procedures|augmented]] to be capable of wearing a new variant of the [[MJOLNIR GEN2]] armor. This phase was initiated by Admiral Margaret Parangosky after the [[Human-Covenant war]].<ref name="Halo page 422">'''[[Halo: Glasslands]]''', ''page 422''</ref>
 
   
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In addition to the majority of the SPARTAN-IVs being adult volunteers, all remaining SPARTAN-IIIs were offered to be incorporated into the Spartan branch.<ref name="Page435" /> Many of the remaining SPARTAN-IIIs were fitted into the Spartan branch while the rest were moved to non-combatant status.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/db05ce78845f4120b062c50816008e5d/topics/catalog-interaction/4c3e1c6f-6519-4ee0-83a4-4bac13bf07a3/posts?page=14 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Catalog Interaction - Page 14'']</ref> The first class of SPARTAN-IVs consisted of 145 individuals and went active on January 7, 2553.<ref name="wp spartans">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/factions/spartans '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Spartans'']</ref> They trained with each other in [[War Games]] simulations in order to be constantly prepared for battle. SPARTAN-IVs also train in multiple different forms of martial arts when not active in the War Games simulator.<ref>[http://i.imgur.com/ZZPJzfA.png Image showing Thorne, Madsen, and other Spartan-IVs sparring in different forms of MixedMartialArts.]</ref> Select SPARTAN-IIs who were thought to be MIA have also participated in their training.<ref name="wp spartans" />
Similar to the original [[ORION Project]], the SPARTAN-IV Program would only consist of adult volunteers as opposed to young children.<ref>'''[[Halo: Glasslands]]''', ''page 434''</ref> When the program was started, surviving members of previous Spartan generations were offered an opportunity to be integrated into it.<ref>'''[[Halo: Glasslands]]''', ''page 435''</ref> ODSTs were also invited.<ref>''[[Halo: Initiation]]'', page ??</ref> The first active SPARTAN-IVs were already deployed as early as [[2553]] as some of them were temporarily assigned to {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} before it was scheduled to launch.<ref name="Halo page 422"/>
 
   
 
==Known Personnel==
 
==Known Personnel==
*[[Sarah Palmer]]<ref name="panel"/>
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*[[Sarah Palmer]]<ref name="panel" />
 
*[[Jared Miller]]<ref name="Spartan Ops">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTPIFWHlZ0c '''YouTube''' - ''Halo 4: Spartan Ops Gameplay'']</ref>
 
*[[Jared Miller]]<ref name="Spartan Ops">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTPIFWHlZ0c '''YouTube''' - ''Halo 4: Spartan Ops Gameplay'']</ref>
*[[Robert Dalton]]<ref name="Spartan Ops"/>
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*[[Robert Dalton]]<ref name="Spartan Ops" />
 
*[[Carmichael]]
 
*[[Carmichael]]
 
*[[Bethany Kossup]]
 
*[[Bethany Kossup]]
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*[[Hong]] {{C|KIA}}
 
*[[Hong]] {{C|KIA}}
 
*[[Ernst Deming]] {{C|KIA}}
 
*[[Ernst Deming]] {{C|KIA}}
*[[Estey-Bethel]]<ref name="H4 Unboxing"/> {{C|KIA}}
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*[[Estey-Bethel]]<ref name="H4 Unboxing" /> {{C|KIA}}
*[[Lincoln]]<ref name="H4 Unboxing"/> {{C|KIA}}
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*[[Lincoln]]<ref name="H4 Unboxing" /> {{C|KIA}}
*[[Dunlap]]<ref name="H4 Unboxing"/> {{C|KIA}}
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*[[Dunlap]]<ref name="H4 Unboxing" /> {{C|KIA}}
*[[Casillas]]<ref name="H4 Unboxing"/> {{C|KIA}}
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*[[Casillas]]<ref name="H4 Unboxing" /> {{C|KIA}}
*[[Toshi]]<ref name="H4 Unboxing"/> {{C|KIA}}
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*[[Toshi]]<ref name="H4 Unboxing" /> {{C|KIA}}
 
*[[Esposito]]
 
*[[Esposito]]
 
*[[Naiya Ray]]
 
*[[Naiya Ray]]
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*[[Bradford Gale]]
 
*[[Bradford Gale]]
 
*[[Jameson Locke]]
 
*[[Jameson Locke]]
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*[[Holly Tanaka]]
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*[[Olympia Vale]]
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*[[Edward Buck]]<ref name="NB">''[[Halo: New Blood]]''</ref>
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*[[Kojo Agu]]<ref name="NB" />
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*[[Michael Crespo]]<ref name="NB" /> {{C|Arrested}}
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*[[Frank Kodiak]]
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*[[Elias Holt]]
   
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
 
*An average SPARTAN-IV in GEN2 MJOLNIR armor can take on an average SPARTAN-II in GEN1 MJOLNIR armor and has the capability of being a little better off due to the GEN2 armor being more advanced. However, without armor, SPARTAN-IIs are superior to most Spartan IVs.<ref name="frankie" /><ref>[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2015/06/11/halo-5-guardians-unmasking-the-fireteam-hunting-master-chief.aspx '''Gameinformer, Halo 5: Guardians''' ''Unmasking The Fireteam Hunting Master Chief'']</ref>
*There were a small fraction of SPARTAN-IVs active before the end of the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref name="Halo: Glasslands, page"/>
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*There were a small fraction of SPARTAN-IVs active before the end of the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands'''-''Page ???''</ref>
*SPARTAN-IVs are part of a new branch in the UNSC simply called "Spartan." The new branch operates independently of the [[UNSC Army|Army]], [[UNSC Navy|Navy]], and [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]]. They are no longer considered assets of the Navy or Office of Naval Intelligence.<ref>[http://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/intel/inteldetail/1d0a6d23-88a6-4f95-858d-29115ca16cf4/spartan-iv?category=story '''Halo Waypoint''' – ''SPARTAN-IV'']</ref><ref>''[[Halo: Initiation]]'', page 23-25</ref><ref>''[[Halo 4 Limited Edition]]''</ref>
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*SPARTAN-IVs are part of a new branch in the UNSC simply called "Spartan." The new branch operates independently of the [[UNSC Army|Army]], [[UNSC Navy|Navy]], and [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]]. They are no longer considered assets of the Navy or Office of Naval Intelligence.<ref name="H4 Unboxing">''[[Halo 4 Limited Edition]]''</ref><ref>[http://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/intel/inteldetail/1d0a6d23-88a6-4f95-858d-29115ca16cf4/spartan-iv?category=story '''Halo Waypoint''' – ''SPARTAN-IV'']</ref><ref>''[[Halo: Initiation]]'', ''page 23-25''</ref>
 
*In addition to being deployed on {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}, SPARTAN-IVs are also stationed on [[Trevelyan|ONIRF Trevelyan]] and [[Installation 03]].<ref>''[[Halo 4]]'' – [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Defender|Defender]] armor description</ref>
 
*In addition to being deployed on {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}, SPARTAN-IVs are also stationed on [[Trevelyan|ONIRF Trevelyan]] and [[Installation 03]].<ref>''[[Halo 4]]'' – [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Defender|Defender]] armor description</ref>
 
*Red and Blue SPARTAN-IVs were released in ''Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition'' Skin Pack 4.
 
*Red and Blue SPARTAN-IVs were released in ''Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition'' Skin Pack 4.
*Instead of being given a number to go with their first name, SPARTAN-IV's are referred to as ''Spartan'' followed by their last name or full name.
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*Instead of being given a number to go with their first name, SPARTAN-IVs are referred to as ''Spartan'' followed by their last name or full name.
*Dr. Catherine Halsey considers SPARTAN-IVs to be inferior to SPARTAN-II's because they haven't undergone a lifetime of military training and indoctrination.
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*Dr. Catherine Halsey considers SPARTAN-IVs to be inferior to SPARTAN-IIs because they haven't undergone a lifetime of military training and indoctrination.
*An average SPARTAN-IV in GEN2 MJOLNIR armor can take on an average SPARTAN-II in GEN1 MJOLNIR armor and has the capability of being a little better off due to the GEN2 armor being more advanced. However, without armor, SPARTAN-IIs are superior.<ref>[http://members.shaw.ca/laird2/temp/derp/interview.mp3 '''Frank O'Connor interview during San Diego Comic-Con 2012''' 1:15 - 2:10]</ref>
 
   
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
 
<gallery widths="150" spacing="small">
 
<gallery widths="150" spacing="small">
 
Halo_Initiation_Cover_3.jpg|Commander Sarah Palmer leading the SPARTAN-IVs.
 
Halo_Initiation_Cover_3.jpg|Commander Sarah Palmer leading the SPARTAN-IVs.
Halo_Initiation_Spartans-IV.jpg|In the beginning...
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Halo_Initiation_Spartans-IV.jpg|In the beginning…
 
Halo-spartan-assault-FC.png|[[Edward Davis]] during the [[Battle of Draetheus V]].
 
Halo-spartan-assault-FC.png|[[Edward Davis]] during the [[Battle of Draetheus V]].
 
H4-SpartanIVRecruit-ScanRender.png|A SPARTAN-IV during the [[First Battle of Requiem]].
 
H4-SpartanIVRecruit-ScanRender.png|A SPARTAN-IV during the [[First Battle of Requiem]].
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“There won’t be any program — not like the Spartan-Twos, anyway. Or the Spartan-Threes, if I can help it. We’re back to using consenting adults now, like we did in Project Orion.”

The SPARTAN-IV Program was the fourth generation of the SPARTAN Program consisting of members recruited from the UNSC's military who were augmented to be capable of wearing a new variant of the MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN2) armor. This phase was initiated by Admiral Margaret Parangosky after the Human-Covenant war.[3]

Similar to the original ORION Project, the SPARTAN-IV Program would only consist of adult volunteers as opposed to young children.[2] When the program was started, surviving members of previous Spartan generations were offered an opportunity to be integrated into it.[4] SPARTAN-IV recruits are drawn from active combat veterans of any branch as well as young soldiers who show potential to be Humanity's next guardians.[5] The physical augmentations of the SPARTAN-IVs, while more advanced than their predecessors, still cannot produce similar results without risk of a high failure rate, due to no genetic requirements.[6] This drawback is reconciled by modifying the individual to the closest margin possible of the two previous Spartan programs physical results and then relying on MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN2) armor to enhance the Spartan's abilities even more than that of MJOLNIR GEN1 armor.[7][8]

History

Sometime prior to the public iteration of the SPARTAN-IV program, ONI Section III authorized a top secret, experimental phase of the program, without direct permission from High Command. This variation of the program would attempt to produce super-soldiers whose physical prowess rendered MJOLNIR obsolete. Only one of the ten candidates, Ilsa Zane, survived the augmentation process. She was considered mentally unstable due to the augmentations and was forced deep within the layers of ONI.[9]

The current SPARTAN-IV program was commissioned due to the success of the SPARTAN-II and SPARTAN-III Programs. The program was initiated by Musa-096, a washout of the SPARTAN-II program's augmentation process. Even with his resentment for Dr. Catherine Halsey, Musa recognized the importance that SPARTANs had in the effort of protecting Humanity, even after the Human-Covenant war.[10] The SPARTAN-IV program was approved by Admiral Margaret Orlenda Parangosky, when she was still in command of the Office of Naval Intelligence. At first, Parangosky wanted James Ackerson to head the program with Halsey by his side. However, Ackerson died during the aftermath of the Battle of Mare Erythraeum and Halsey was arrested after returning from Onyx.[11] The program was continued by Musa and Jun-A266, a former member of the SPARTAN-III Alpha Company.[3][10]

In addition to the majority of the SPARTAN-IVs being adult volunteers, all remaining SPARTAN-IIIs were offered to be incorporated into the Spartan branch.[4] Many of the remaining SPARTAN-IIIs were fitted into the Spartan branch while the rest were moved to non-combatant status.[12] The first class of SPARTAN-IVs consisted of 145 individuals and went active on January 7, 2553.[13] They trained with each other in War Games simulations in order to be constantly prepared for battle. SPARTAN-IVs also train in multiple different forms of martial arts when not active in the War Games simulator.[14] Select SPARTAN-IIs who were thought to be MIA have also participated in their training.[13]

Known Personnel

Trivia

  • An average SPARTAN-IV in GEN2 MJOLNIR armor can take on an average SPARTAN-II in GEN1 MJOLNIR armor and has the capability of being a little better off due to the GEN2 armor being more advanced. However, without armor, SPARTAN-IIs are superior to most Spartan IVs.[7][19]
  • There were a small fraction of SPARTAN-IVs active before the end of the Human-Covenant War.[20]
  • SPARTAN-IVs are part of a new branch in the UNSC simply called "Spartan." The new branch operates independently of the Army, Navy, and Marines. They are no longer considered assets of the Navy or Office of Naval Intelligence.[16][21][22]
  • In addition to being deployed on UNSC Infinity, SPARTAN-IVs are also stationed on ONIRF Trevelyan and Installation 03.[23]
  • Red and Blue SPARTAN-IVs were released in Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition Skin Pack 4.
  • Instead of being given a number to go with their first name, SPARTAN-IVs are referred to as Spartan followed by their last name or full name.
  • Dr. Catherine Halsey considers SPARTAN-IVs to be inferior to SPARTAN-IIs because they haven't undergone a lifetime of military training and indoctrination.

Gallery

Appearances

Sources