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10/9/2013 6:45:38 PM
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Spartan IV´s Aren´t Even Spartans
Got this bit of information from Halo: Initiation, which was posted by a fellow member who go the comic on [url=http://w11.zetaboards.com/Halo_Archive/index/]Halo Archive[/url]. If you love Halo´s lore, check the site out. We´re always discussing any new news or information on anything Halo related.
[quote]The originals had augmentations not unlike the Spartan IIs, unbreakable bones, super strength, all of which the current IVs only have thanks to their armor. 8 of the 9 originals died after their augmentations[/quote]
Finally information about the SIV´s augmentations have been released and, just as I had thought, they don´t have augmentations on par with Spartan II´s or even Spartan III´s. All their strenght and reflexes come thanks to MJOLNIR gen 2 essentially, which literally doesn´t even make them Spartan´s anymore, just marines/ODST´s in fancy armor. Apart from the fact that the augmentations, on the first batch, were even more lethal than the Spartan II´s were and dozens of times more than the Spartan III´s first batch.
I´ve always stated that they were not up to level of the Spartan III´s and that they were objectively worse than Spartan III´s in pretty much all fields. Now we know that a Spartan III in SPI armor is pretty much equal to a Spartan IV in MJOLNIR in terms of physical prowess. With all the training and field experience Spartan III´s have, they curbstomp Spartan IV´s. And not let even talk about Spartan III´s with MJOLNIR armor...
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26 RepliesEdited by ROBERTO jh: 10/15/2013 12:29:29 PMGen 2 armor is more advanced; Frank O'Connor has said that while out of armor a SII would handily beat a SIV, in-armor they're fairly equal. So Gen2 MJOLNIR boosts a normal human to the level of a fully armored Spartan II. So long as they can punch through tanks, outrun a car and shoot with superhuman accuracy, yes they are still Spartans in practice whether you like it or not. Although normal human is relative here. [quote]Bones are infused with a substance that makes them nearly unbreakable. Muscles are injected with a material that allows them to work harder without breaking the subject's skeleton. Corneal implants are provided to improve night vision. Heart is implanted with a synthetic weave which significantly increases its capacity to pump blood, allegedly allowing a SPARTAN-IV to "outrun a horse". Lungs are lined with a polymer that enhances oxygen intake and allows them to process toxins or foreign gas mixtures, potentially allowing a SPARTAN-IV to breathe methane for around an hour. Intestinal bacteria are altered to enable the digestive system to absorb more nutrients out of food. Pancreas is replaced by a completely new, vat-grown organ. Blood is altered to allow for faster clotting. Subject is given several implants to help medical teams keep tabs on them.[28] A series of additional augmentations were included in the earliest, prototypical phase of the program. While these enhancements would have made the Spartans significantly stronger and more resistant to injury, they proved to have an unacceptable casualty rate, killing or crippling nine of the ten initial candidates while leaving the sole survivor mentally unstable.[22] [/quote] They don't have the same level of strength unarmored, but they DO have advantages no other Spartan has.
