Portal:Spartans

A list of Spartans in Daybreak's version of the Halo setting. As with everything UNSC, when it comes to Spartan numbers (and programs) we're trying to do more with less. Note that this list is not final; the Spartan numbers are open for expansion, but to what extent depends on the generation; the S-IIs are the least flexible as their numbers are the most fixed.

ORION project

 * 1) Avery Johnson
 * 2) John Forge's father
 * 3) Sieghard Schuchardt
 * 4) Kores Van Schalkwyk
 * 5) James James?
 * 6) Others?

Successfully augmented
33 of the candidates officially made it through the augmentations, so let's try to keep their numbers within that figure. Some of the washouts may have been rehabilitated later, as Halsey suggested in her journal, but only maybe one or two would be able to enter active combat duty. Just because one might technically get away with adding an indefinite number of extra S-II survivors doesn't mean it's a good idea from the standpoint of staying true to the narrative intent; rather, the focus should be on expanding on existing characters, many of whom have had little to no development. Note that some 343i-era Spartan-IIs have been cut from Daybreak to restore their numbers back within reasonable levels.

Notable omissions from the list include most of the Spartans introduced (and subsequently killed off) in Halo Legends, as well as Black Team.

There is no Spartan-II Class 2, as the concept is too difficult to reconcile with everything else we know about the progress of the Spartan programs. Some candidates identified for the second class of S-II would likely have been recruited in to the S-III program instead, provided the opportunity presented itself.


 * 1) James-005 - MIA. Assumed KIA during the mission to Gamma Station in the Fall of Reach (8/30/2552). Potentially recoverable, possibly captured by the Covenant. Would have to be a story.
 * 2) Jai-006 - Active as of 2560
 * 3) Li-008 - Assumed KIA during a battle inside an anomalous slipspace bubble (September 2552)
 * 4) Daisy-023 - Confirmed KIA during the Battle of Sargasso (September 2546)
 * 5) Joshua-029 - Assumed KIA during the Fall of Reach while assaulting a Covenant cruiser (8/30/2552)
 * 6) Vinh-030 - Assumed KIA while attempting to escape Reach (9/7/2552). Potentially recoverable, but most likely gone for good.
 * 7) Samuel-034 - Confirmed KIA aboard the Covenant vessel Unrelenting. First SPARTAN-II to be killed in action (11/27/2525)
 * 8) Isaac-039 - Assumed KIA while attempting to escape Reach (9/7/2552). Potentially recoverable, but most likely gone for good.
 * 9) Douglas-042 - MIA with the UNSC Spirit of Fire (2531)
 * 10) Will-043 - Confirmed KIA during the Battle of Onyx (11/3/2552)
 * 11) Anton-044 - Assumed KIA during a battle inside anomalous form of slipspace (September 2552)
 * 12) Keiichi-047 - Last seen on Harvest on February 4, 2531. Potentially part of Omega Team and/or Beta-Red.
 * 13) Kurt-051 - Confirmed KIA after the detonation of two FENRIS nuclear warheads at the core of Onyx (11/3/2552)
 * 14) Jorge-052 - Confirmed KIA during Operation: UPPER CUT in the Fall of Reach (X/XX/2552)
 * 15) Linda-058 - Active as of 2560
 * 16) Malcolm-059 - Confirmed KIA during the Fall of Reach (8/30/2552)
 * 17) Maria-062 - Retired active duty to start a family and assigned to UNSC reserves (potentially WIA/later complications with augmentations?). Worked with SWC Songnam on armor testing; participated in the Battle for Earth.
 * 18) Sheila-065 - Confirmed KIA during the Battle of Miridem (2544)
 * 19) Kelly-087 - Active as of 2560
 * 20) Jerome-092 - MIA with the Spirit of Fire (2531)
 * 21) Grace-093 - Confirmed KIA during Operation: FIRST STRIKE (9/13/2552)
 * 22) Frederic-104 - Active as of 2560
 * 23) Adriana-111 - Active as of 2560
 * 24) John-117 - MIA aboard the Forward Unto Dawn (2552)
 * 25) Mike-120 - Active as of 2560
 * 26) Alice-130 - MIA with the Spirit of Fire (2531)
 * 27) "Beta-Red Actual" - Assumed KIA during the Fall of Reach (8/30/2552). May be one of the aforementioned Spartans (Keiichi?)
 * 28) "Red-Fifteen" - Assumed KIA during the Fall of Reach (8/30/2552). May be one of the aforementioned Spartans (Keiichi?)

Washouts

 * 1) Kirk-018 - Discharged. Possibly rehabilitated, for which Halsey had expressed hope.
 * 2) Serin-019 - Rejected most physical augmentations; physical damage largely repaired by ONI. Recruited as an ONI field agent, adopting the surname "Osman". Later head of ONI's Section III Beta-5 Division as of 2554.
 * 3) Soren-066 - Discharged due to failures in augmentation process in 2527. Listed as missing in action on Reach after defecting to the insurrectionists.
 * 4) Cassandra-075 - Discharged due to failures in the augmentation procedures in 2525. Residing on the M25L Recovery Station as of October 2552.
 * 5) René-081 - Discharged after washing out. Possibly rehabilitated, for which Halsey expressed hope in her journal.
 * 6) Fhajad-084 - Discharged and reassigned to ONI. Suffered uncontrollable muscle spasms due to failures in augmentation; the most critical damage was likely repaired. Later advanced to lieutenant commander within ONI, and authored a paper on slipspace theory.
 * 7) Ralph-103 - Discharged after washing out; partially rehabilitated and served as an ONI field attaché with the Marine Corps. KIA during the Battle of Sargasso.
 * 8) Shannon-150 - Discharged and initially reassigned to ONI Section 3. Later served in the UNSC Navy.

Unassigned

 * 1) Carris-137 - status unknown after September 27, 2520. Potentially part of Omega Team.

Spartan-III
There were a few candidates in each company that dropped out fairly early due to total psychological unsuitability - mostly issues with enduring the training. Those who could not be used in other duties, even as base personnel or ONI agents (due to e.g. psychological instability or outright refusal) were likely discarded by other means; they may have e.g. been subjected to targeted amnesia to wipe their memories of Spartan training and dropped off in groups of refugees.

Trainees who didn't make it to the final companies but remained motivated usually became either trainers or were assigned to separate ONI black ops units. Some may have volunteered for experimental augmentation programs run in parallel with the S-III program (e.g. YOKAI); most would likely have accepted the offer, bitter as they were over not becoming true Spartans, even if survival in offshoot efforts was not guaranteed. It's also possible that some were put into cryo to wait for a time there might be resources or need to augment them all. Still, there were several pseudo-Spartan spec ops teams, with few to no augmentations but Spartan-level training, operating during and after the war, mostly in ONI and NAVSPECWAR. These groups would be very much their own thing and might provide and interesting contrast to the S-IIIs that "made it".

The companies may've also had small "reserves" of candidates set apart for special duties but slated to replace any potential losses that might occur.

There were likely a small number of medical washouts from Alpha Company (though very few as severe as in the S-II program). As the augmentation technology improved, success rate rose to 100% by Gamma Company.

Alpha Company's roaring successes prior to PROMETHEUS made their superiors overconfident, and few to no "mainline" Spartans were extracted from the company's main body before it was too late (possible exceptions: severe WIAs). Still, Ackerson may have used the extracted Spartans as chess pieces in his bid for power within ONI, handing them out to different parties for favors, along with keeping some to himself. Still, augmented Alpha Company survivors should number in less than 10.

Several - 10-20, perhaps - candidates from Beta Company were set apart for special duties before the final company of 300 was organized, usually with entire teams -- rather than individuals -- being picked given how integral team-level training was to the IIIs. As well, only 291 of the final company made it to the ground on Pegasi Delta. Tom-B292 assumed that the missing nine were killed on entry or landing, but it could be that a handful - up to five, maybe - pods were never launched to begin with as a last-minute, potentially impromptu extraction. Still, a few of them should be true fatalities just for realism's sake.

Most of these off-company teams would still use SPI armor, as would some of the washout teams, though MJOLNIR suits were procured for a handful of Spartan-IIIs in the war's final years.

The Headhunters receive minor adjustments to their background to shift the focus of their presentation from "elite of the elite" to simply being specialized in a different way. Namely, they were less of an outfit for the best-performing candidates and more of a side project reserved for the most antisocial kids deemed incapable of functioning in larger teams, either because they were chronic bullies, extremely closed-off, or just emotionally immature to the extreme. Virtually all of the S-IIIs were traumatized and scrappy, and many had psychological issues, but the Headhunters would've been actively detrimental to team cohesion even after multiple attempts to rehabilitate them. Such cases were usually spotted fairly early on, and picked out from the general company population accordingly. Those that could bear working with another similarly antisocial individuals were paired up, though many were also deployed alone. But few if any of them received any special equipment because being a Headhunter wasn't any particular honor, it was a sign you couldn't play with others. Alpha likely had few to no Headhunters; the concept was codified into a proper training program with Beta Company.

Of Gamma Company, Team Saber, Gladius and Katana were the ones to be set apart; there were no washouts per se, though some trainees may have quit early on. Unbeknownst to the Spartans themselves, the final "top honors" training exercise would have determined which team of the three would have been issued with MJOLNIR armor. There are also the 15 others, in addition to the main company of 300, who may have been assigned to special duties, e.g. Headhunter teams, reconnaissance and other off-company deployments, etc.

Note that the Noble Team S-IIIs are still in limbo; while they're likely to be featured in some form, they might still receive adjustments to their company affiliations especially in light of Alpha Company's overwhelmingly high casualty rate. Whatever the case, their ages will certainly be adjusted.

Alpha Company

 * 1) Sonam-A031 - Part of Team Cobra, KIA during Operation: PROMETHEUS.
 * 2) Robert-A057 - Part of Team Wolf Pack, KIA during Operation: PROMETHEUS.
 * 3) Shane-A112 - Part of Team Wolf Pack, KIA during Operation: PROMETHEUS.
 * 4) Jane-A203 - Part of Team Wolf Pack, KIA during Operation: PROMETHEUS.
 * 5) Emile-A239 - Headhunter, later served with NOBLE Team; KIA during Fall of Reach
 * 6) Jun-A266 - Withdrawn from main company deployment due to augmentation complications; later assigned to NOBLE Team
 * 7) Carter-A259 - Set apart for special duties; led NOBLE Team; KIA during Fall of Reach
 * 8) Marica-A288 - Leader of Team Cobra, KIA during Operation: PROMETHEUS.
 * 9) Thom-A293 - Part of augmented company reserve; KIA during Battle of Fumirole
 * 10) Rosenda-A344 - Part of augmented company reserve; later served in specialist teams
 * 11) Axton-A423 - Headhunter

Beta Company

 * 1) Adam-B004 - KIA
 * 2) Beatrix-B072 - Company Commander of Beta Company. Killed during Operation: TORPEDO.
 * 3) Lucy-B091 - active as of 2565
 * 4) SPARTAN-B170 - Unknown status; potentially deployed in advance prior to Operation: TORPEDO for deep reconnaissance
 * 5) Min-B174 - KIA
 * 6) Roland-B210 - Headhunter, KIA
 * 7) Tom-B292 - active as of 2565
 * 8) Jonah-B283 - Headhunter, KIA
 * 9) SPARTAN-B312 - Withdrawn from Beta Company as a solo operator by Col. Ackerson pre-deployment; served with NOBLE Team; KIA during Fall of Reach
 * 10) Katharine-B320 - Withdrawn from Beta Company following Operation: CARTWHEEL on the basis of combat injury; assigned to NOBLE Team; KIA during Fall of Reach

Gamma Company
As per current plans, about 2/3rds of Gamma Company made it through the war. Fatalities couldn't of course be avoided altogether, though they were fewer than before, and high-intensity operations ceased before the company could be ground down entirely. Overall, Gamma Company is the most flexible generation in terms of new Spartan characters.


 * 1) Holly-G003 - KIA (2552)
 * 2) Jelena-G012 - KIA (2552)
 * 3) Yui-G066 - WIA; discharged from active duty on medical grounds (2552)
 * 4) Maya-G067 - active as of 2565
 * 5) Connor-G085 - KIA (2552)
 * 6) Zahra-G098 - active as of 2565
 * 7) Ash-G099 - active as of 2560
 * 8) Laura-G179 - active as of 2565
 * 9) Dante-G188 - KIA (2552)
 * 10) Abraham-G195 - active as of 2565
 * 11) Sigurd-G203 - active as of 2565
 * 12) Flynn-G228 - active as of 2565
 * 13) Olivia-G291 - active as of 2560
 * 14) Pavel-G311 - MIA, assumed KIA (2552)
 * 15) Mark-G313 - active as of 2560


 * Team Gladius
 * Five Spartans; all KIA on Onyx (2552)


 * Team Katana
 * Five Spartans; placed in Forerunner stasis pods, status TBA

Delta Company
Delta Company does happen in Daybreak, but lore around it is not yet very established. Ideas so far include a reduced budget (which may lead to fewer inductees trained and/or augmented, with the rest being kept in cryo indefinitely or shifted to other duties) and a training regimen re-focused to the different strategic and tactical environment of the post-war era (i.e. an emphasis on covert small-unit actions over full company-strength assaults).