Spartan-III Augmentations

[@pulsespear9914]

It's upsetting that we really are never able to actually see how fast a Spartan would move during combat. Theoretically, a Spartan could empty the magazine of a BR as fast as the chamber would cycle and make every burst land on target. The sheer potential of that is never shown.

[@avixka7751]

Pulse Spear our peasant eyes will never catch up to their movement

[@tristanbackup2536]

I want game base of pure lore but we can't becuase people will b*tch & want Spartans to be slow & walk everywhere.

[@justinlacek1481]

There's an old sci-fi movie where the main character (name Todd) is abducted into a spec-ops supersoldier program with other 6 year old kids. There's a scene or two in it where you see them shooting targets like psychopaths, and anpther scene where a next-gen soldier (basically their spartan 3) ascends a ropeclimb like a machine in less than a few seconds. Can't remember the name of the movie

[@tristanbackup2536]

@@justinlacek1481 Soldier?

[@justinlacek1481]

@@tristanbackup2536 i think that's it! I wanted to say Spartan but I knew that was wrong

[@DaManBearPig]

I always liked the SIIIs. The represented the state of humanity perfectly at that point in time. Desperate, ferocious, feral, ridiculously violent, and adrenaline personified. The SIIs grew up enjoying relative peace and stability while the SIIIs only knew war, chaos, and doom. To me, they were always ever so slightly more badass than the SIIs. And unlike the SIVs, they actaully showed respect for their elders (SIIs).

[@EndLess009]

My thoughts exactly. Most SIII's had an intense hatred of the Covenant because most of them had suffered in some way due to their influence.

[@theholyfrijole4795]

SII’s grew up only knowing war from the time they were kidnapped as kids. they were raised to be soldiers.

[@DaManBearPig]

@@theholyfrijole4795 but this occurred during peace time, the covenant wasn't wiping out humanity yet

[@digitalninja5941]

DaManBearPig that’s not entirely correct since there was many conflicts with rebels on a daily basis and getting closer to full blown total war.

[@DaManBearPig]

@@digitalninja5941 but nothing in comparison to the extinction level threat of the covies

[@Stratonetic]

I think we sympathise more with the Spartan III's than the God like II's; III's were young men and women who lost everything because of the Covenant, their homes glassed, their families massacred, they volunteered willingly because of this. The II's were abducted before the Human Covenant War and used against insurrectionists who were once their very own neighbors, most II's are probably hopeful that their families are still alive; III's didn't have that luxury, so they were burning for vengeance, revenge for their brothers, for their sisters, their fathers and their mothers.

[@Sanya6496]

All this doesn't mke the 2's any less effective. Actually I think if the 2's had this revenge and had indoctornation in addition to the augmentations and training, the 3's would probably be the best breed of supersoldiers ever made by the UNSC.

[@Stratonetic]

@@Sanya6496 I never mentioned effectiveness, I just pointed out that people probably sympathise with the III's more than the II's, being that the II's never saw their biological families fall to the Covenant, only their brothers and sisters in arms, they were abducted early on in their childhoods, some as old as six years and were indoctrinated into their military career, that's a fancy way of saying that they were told that what they were doing was for the greater good, the II's became their own family, maybe even closer than they could ever get to their biological families, but the III's were older when they volunteered, there is a big difference between being a volunteer and being illegally drafted, the III's did this to get back at the Covenant for what they did to them, they didn't care about the UNSC that much, or ONI either, they watched their families be slaughtered and had their blood splashed in their face, but the II's were made to fight insurrectionists quite literally in their own backyard, they didn't have the luxury of knowing their families or even if they were still alive, the III's knew their families were either dead or suffering, this is what drove them to join the UNSC. I will say though, with the neural interface that the II's possess and with the communication network, Spartan II's were effectively telepaths and these links between them could not be severed or blocked easily, so if you as a Spartan II were to suddenly spot an enemy, every other member of their team would know exactly where it is too, or if a Spartan II were to die, the others would know and could possibly feel it, this may be an advantage over the III's, and maybe other generations, I do think these augmentations did make II's outperform III's, but there are psychological setbacks that probably also occurred, I mean, any normal human would be traumatized if they could literally hear their friend's sporadic last dying thoughts as they can also feel the sensation of their friend's wound slowly creeping over them because simply one of them thought of the other; think of that feeling, to know that in their last moments, they thought of you and they couldn't break that link until it was brutally broken with nothing but echoes left for a response, this must had brought on night terrors or even paranoia in some II's, perhaps even the night terrors and social disabilities in Spartan II's are shared because of these linked senses, it is hard to control one's thoughts once unconscious, stressed or approaching death.

[@Sanya6496]

@@Stratonetic Just pointing it out. I do agree with you though

[@JStacksE3]

I believe the IIIs are just as effective as the IIs, Gamma being the exception. I will always see Gamma as inferior due to their dependence on smoothers.

[@harrytaint8681]

I don't think any of the Spartan lls give a single fuck about anything but each other, and war.

[@Jedi_Spartan]

"Spartans never die... unless they're Spartan-IIIs, they die all the time."

[@TyraziumGod]

I mean if they'd given them Mjolnir a LOT more of the Spartan IIIs would be alive in cannon; and them surviving would create such massive impact on the war that I couldn't even begin to fathom how much faster the Covenant would buckle under their might.

[@tristanbackup2536]

@@TyraziumGod Few things got in way for more Spartan IIIs capabilities & effectiveness. Costs & time.

[@justchilling704]

Jedi Spartan 38 It’s just a saying for propaganda ffs we all know SPARTAN II’s can, and do die.

[@Jedi_Spartan]

@@justchilling704 yeah but dying is pretty much what Spartan-IIIs were designed for.

[@justchilling704]

Jedi Spartan 38 Not at all, that’s like saying saying “dying is what joining the military is for” not to mention the same poor argument could be made for the SPARTAN II program, in fact it would be more accurate considering over 70% of the SPARTAN II Cadets/ candidates died during augmentations.

[@RexWort]

Spartan 3 in a nutshell *"Rip and Tear until death silence us!!!!"*

[@shadowsniper3342]

YES

[@camerongooch9606]

Now that's a fucking war cry.

[@thespikeheadboy3164]

Doom Slayers in training to prove themselves I see.

[@thexskating]

FUCK YES!!

[@RexWort]

@@thespikeheadboy3164 Technically it was a Spartan 2 that trained them So Spartan 2 = Doom Slayer? 😅

[@spartanalex9006]

For as much as I love the IIs, there's just something about the IIIs that make them my favorite. I think it's just the sheer courage, heart, and backbone that they had to do their missions that they knew they would never return from just because no one else would and for the greater good.

[@resultedchutoy3353]

It's no wonder that I feel like if the SPARTAN-III program could've been the ultimate culmination of what a Spartan was. (At the time). They could've potentially been even stronger than the II's. Even better, even faster. They're disciplined but not machine like. What holds them back is they're age and their lack of resources, Aka MJOLNIR. I believe the way the III's were treated as disposable was a "gross misallocation of valuable resources".

[@ICEMAKERM14]

Could have been over 100,000 by by now.

[@thexskating]

Holy shit I completely agree!!!

[@DaManBearPig]

No, MJOLNIR costs as much a frigate. They could never outfit that many of them. See the headhunters and Noble team as examples of what you're speaking of. SO they were used in ways to buy time aka suicide missions.

[@mjohnsimon1337]

Spartan 3s were just buying time for humanity. Maybe we can delay this planet from being glassed for a couple more months or years, or hell, maybe we can kill as many covenant as we can so more people can escape and live on. That was the general idea behind the Spartan 3s.

[@kolinmartz]

DaManBearPig no. They cost as much as a frigate to train AND equip each. So think all the research and development money added to the unit cost of the suit, the augmentation, the training, the facilities needed for each of those. If you break it down. Each spartan cost as much as an old frigate.

[@justiceforjoggers2897]

As a tea drinker that puts milk in before the tea I am incredibly refreshed

[@Blox117]

godamned degenerate...

[@abdulbah2176]

You monster

[@dovahkiin7253]

Now I hope the Covenant invade

[@viciousrage5548]

All these lore videos make me want to replay halo.

[@FrozenPhoenix15]

Always nice to see the IIIs getting some love.

[@MrLim-wq2gn]

The Spartan III's deserves some Praise and Recognition.

[@dan240393]

The Augmented Eye is based on Cephalopod physiology. It would have some very freaky side-effects in terms of visual acuity and, more drastically, colour perception. They'd end up with "cuttlefish vision".

[@Jedi_Spartan]

Also nice Noble Six armour.

[@justchilling704]

I personally always preferred the SPARTAN I & III augmentations.

[@emmanuelmorris7653]

Same

[@rangamans1060]

Can't really comment. I've only had Spartan II augmentations

[@808INFantry11X]

It's probably the most practical augmentation.

[@justchilling704]

80811B Yeah, and the III’s have superior SPARTAN time than the twos.

[@808INFantry11X]

@@justchilling704 to certain extent yes. I would say Spartan 2 are the pinnacle of engineering too perfect though because they have to be this exact physical and psychological profile and they got pass selection and then actual training then the augmentation process and then even more training attrition rate really sets the reality there was less then 50 Spartan 2s and when one of them is killed well you got to think about replacements and the cycle restarts.

[@dovahkiin7253]

Ah the Spartan III's, my favourite spartan generation

[@nihilityjoey]

Great video. For everyone wondering why spartan III's were always portrayed as being less capable and weaker than spartan II's, (or at least up until this video has been put up) is for the same reason ships are 100km long, and the shield world trevelyan is now 300 million km in diameter, and a plethora of other halo inconsistencies. The fan base.

[@strellettes8511]

Video on what happens to spartans when they are retired from military service? Or if they retire at all?

[@thecoolnewtgames2872]

I have a feeling that like Witchers, no spartan has died in their own bed

[@harrytaint8681]

I believe that Spartans only retire when they die.

[@roizcumpexe8588]

I think when they are retired from military service,they are also retired from life.

[@hugostigglitz9639]

Jun got retired and trained the spartan program 4

[@LegatusLucius1994]

So this tricks a Spartans bones to grow and repair damaged using metal instead of regular bone tissue fuckingawsome so spotting threes are super soldiers in every sense of the word but it was heavily chemical augmentations replacing mechanical augmentations of the Spartan 2

[@HarrisonTarabella]

Ah yes. Human growth hormone. Here is a rare instance where my knowledge of halo lore and my knowledge of anabolic steroids comes together. This is what we’ve been training for.

[@Zenlore6499]

I get that this is for S-IIIs, but imagine if the superpowered primal rage kicked in during the Chief vs Locke scene in Halo 5. Or during the retrieval of Halsey against the Elites.

[@nihilityjoey]

What is the super primal rage?????

[@Zenlore6499]

In the Illegal Augments section, in short, super adrenaline kicks in and the Spartan loses control or doesn’t realize the damage they’ve taken.

[@gabrielqitsualik6885]

III'S and IV's have their pros and cons, being able to distinguish friends from enemies is very important much as psychological stability

[@yodaslovetoy]

Surprised ONI let this get released...

[@Installation00]

They don't have a choice anymore. I answer to a higher power.

[@commanderknight9314]

So ONI's elimination teams failed to eliminate you.

[@osedebame3522]

the enemies of the state are never safe

[@pj5403]

@@Installation00 are the precursor

[@abdulbah2176]

ONI answers to Installation00

[@SMG_Games]

I would point out that the only reference that asserts that the Spartan 3's of Gamma are the "Finest ever" was the single instance from Kurt. I would also point out that just because it made them more effective those illegal modifications also made them more erratic and unpredictable, and hard to work with potentially based on the observations of Fred, and Kelly, and even Kurt himself.

[@alexbreeze4978]

Seeing as Kurt was one of the finest Spartans produced by the SII program its safe to say his word has merit

[@foxc8646]

Hey man fan of this channel, I would love you if you could release a version of this with no surgery footage😂😂 I’m way too squeamish sure I’m not the only one, anyway thanks🙂

[@huzaifahahmed4303]

On the subject of the nervous system augmentation, I'm confused. Do the crystals form a coating over the already existing nervous system to facilitate nerve impulse transmission, or do they alter the arrangement of the nervous system altogether? Or is it something else?

[@ethanworner864]

Could you do a most detailed for SPARTAN-IV augmentations and the UNSC Infinity?

[@blindvalkyrie9352]

what books are about Spartans III's

[@jongsungchoi9993]

Whenever it comes to orion and s 3 augmentations I see it as a leeway immunity to prevent flood supercells from hijacking the nervous system or as both a star wars fan, considering the possibility with experimenting with midiclorian cells with the orion and spartan 3 biochemical components as to see if a midiclorian can prevent infestation of a sentient body from blackwing biological agents or even probably quarantining super cells

[@holyroller56]

Please do a video comparing Spartan 2 and 3’s detailing which you find to be the best overall. I heard some areas that you stated make Spartan 3’s superior (augmentations, superior numbers etc). But there are also intangibles, and history.

[@derubermuller5971]

is it weird that I got even more excited with viewer digression advised

[@Aichi1138]

Jun? An equal sniper to Linda? Almost sounds like Herasy

[@KurtT-051]

Excuse me sir, how did you obtain this information?

[@bigthoughts2644]

Little late but a biologist and physical therapist here, flipping the order of the photoreceptors in the eye to the outer surface might improve vision for a couple days. To then be burned out and quite frankly destroyed via malignant cancers and blindness due to an over abundance of UV A and B exposure. The entire point of the photoreceptors being designed this way is because air does not like to block UVA and UVB. Water does and that is why say the octopus has the “augmented” order in layering 11:35. This could never work for humans unless they never took off their helmets when outside risking even an hour of actual starlight exposure would jeopardize their vision integrity immensely.

[@capybara9521]

No you're not, i'm the president in that case because i said so.

[@bigthoughts2644]

@@capybara9521 i have a bachelors in cellular and molecular biology and a doctorate in physical therapy.

[@jordanhealy628]

My favourite videos are this and your SPARTAN-II augmentation breakdown. I’ve always been fascinated by the SPARTAN augmentations and wondered how exactly they worked. Edit: wouldn’t the III’s also get the bionic lens replacement the II’s got for their eyes.

[@snowjacobson5299]

Negative cost to much that was the whole premise of the project make Spartans in Mass on the cheap

[@kallemort]

@@snowjacobson5299 The augmentations (and recovery) were never the costly part, so it makes no sense they'd skimp out on that part. I'd say it's fair to assume every S3 augmentation is similar or superior to the S2 equivalent unless specifically stated otherwise.

[@snowjacobson5299]

@@kallemort why yes the augmentations got cheaper and safer down the line but mjolnir and the initial cost of the s2 augmentation which were physically induced instead of chemically the S3 was by ackersons words a cheaper Spartan to make and deploy en mass. It's noted that S2 augments outpace the newer generation Spartans with only the S3 mildly keeping pace through rage while S2 outclass with experience and calculation

[@kallemort]

@@snowjacobson5299 ​ It's not exactly fair to compare based on experience, since S2's were created earlier. It's obviously impossible to catch up to that fact. As stated in the video, Alpha and Beta company S3's were already on par with S2's, with Gamma company S3's situationally exceeding them. And we haven't even seen fully matured S3's yet. As for "it's noted that the S2 augments outpace the newer generation Spartans", got a source? Because I have seen zero indication they're in any way superior to the S3 augs.

[@snowjacobson5299]

@@kallemort H5 gen 2 mjolnir states that newer generation Spartans require further augments to wear the armor while S2 have to have safety measures removed so the armor functions properly. Edit: asking for a mature S 3 is jun as one of the few survivors. I am willing to concede S3 and S2 can be equal but the S3 was designed and created to be cheap and thrown at a problem till the problem stopped being one at the cost of all Spartans sent on mission

[@ambiguumspectatoremespecta9803]

All that is left is the Spartan 4 augmentation and then this series will be complete

[@nihilityjoey]

I'd defo like too see a most detailed break down of halo ship sizes and comparisons.

[@FUCKUOXY98]

ur vids r fucking amazing. halo was always my fav game and i did alot of gamebattles back in the day but i never knew how amazing the lore was especially the human history and slip space and i like how scientific it is i feel like im watching a science channel on future tech

[@kilianhufgard1035]

What happened to sparten 2 augmentation most detailed breakdown ?

[@Cowarethegreatest]

You deserve so much more subs

[@ur-didact1991]

So they were true Astarties of halo universe

[@MrLim-wq2gn]

That is True.

[@xerthetvaoan]

Favorite channel

[@RedTheVariant]

Ok.i was thinking. What if we give a nanosuit 2.0 to the spartan 3s. I mean come on that sounds like overkill but up against the covenant youll need it. I thought maybe the spartan 2s at first but than decided against because of the nature of the augments and the nature of the nanosuit to fuse with the wearer.

[@ollaniuspius1211]

Not as bad as the augmentation the Adeptus Astartes underwent, but damn that is painful.

[@JGooden762]

So what were the Spartan-IV augmentations and why do Halsey and the other Spartans think they're so inferior? I know they were augmented as adults, but if their capabilities are similar, then what's the big deal?

[@undeaddragon1158]

The augmentations that were given to the Spartan-IVs that enhanced their strength and speed were inferior to the ones from the previous two generations which is why they need gen 2 mjolnir to compensate for the drawback.

[@ninepuchar1]

If the spartans in game were to follow real-time,we players probably wont be able to keep up or even process😂. It would be nice if it can be manually changed so we can experience a bit of spartan-time.

[@LegatusLucius1994]

Don't these materials need to be already a part of the body in order for the body to use wouldn't iron be the metal that's already present in the body

[@bigbitehood1353]

9:11 whats wrong with Carter? He has no hair and his armor looks different?

[@KillMonger592]

Imagine if a spartan 3 got Into the spartan 5 program...

[@Brandon-gz5en]

Can you go in depth on operation Torpedo?

[@tappingninja]

All they are missing are the Butcher's Nails...

[@godspurpose2056]

I'm a big fan of Sllls

[@d0su]

21:12 "...400 sections separated..." 400... I always thought ONI lied about making only 300, but 400 augmentation beds 🤔

[@Jedi_Spartan]

They'd always need them Alpha Company had 497 candidates (admittedly some weren't augmented but 300 were sent on Prometheus and we know of at least 7 specialised Spartans) Beta Company had 418 (at least 5 specialised Spartans) Gamma Company had 330 (all augmented)

[@cyrusheckathorn3689]

Why does Carter look different at 9:10? in the game he had hair and his face was different.

[@MEXUS.]

10 months late, I know, but that footage was from the 2009 VGA Reach trailer.

[@jcold007]

If a Spartan 2 fought a Spartan 3.. Who would be the most likely winner ??

[@KyleC-1337]

jcold007 Spartan II.

[@justchilling704]

Really if you think about it, if all humans became naturally augmented then, no one would be augmented and we’d all seem the same as we are now, and ironically would think we are weak again.

[@but1z]

Dickheads Rebuked when everybody’s super, no one is

[@justchilling704]

butiz Exactly, weapons would actually be made more deadly, and stronger materials would be sought and used.

[@421rationalargument4]

Interesting

[@yaboijosh2645]

Impressive, to say the least lol

[@Daimon-X]

Gloria Victis!!! SPARTANS III

[@tragic_solitude7992]

Spartan 2's and Spartan 3's are amazing. Spartan 4's are meh.

[@backtheblue9962]

First comment

[@sunlightspear7000]

Joe Bob dang it only two seconds away!

[@AKlover]

The Spartan 3 augmentation process is fascinating if you grasp the basic science, and would seem much more repeatable and ethical. The augmentation that required "Smoothers" at regular intervals was not worth the trade-off though. The authors who laid down the canon of the Spartan IIIs really did their research. Myostatin suppression and bone ossification is something we are researching now.

[@TheAznWaffle]

Alpha and Beta Company did not have the need for smoothers because they did not have the aggression drug. Gamma only had it due to the almost 100% casualty rate of the previous companies.

[@AKlover]

@@TheAznWaffle The one example we had IIRC it was useful for a moment before the III in question dropped dead. An augmentation that is only useful in the terminal phase is dubious at best.

[@jameson1239]

AKlover there was a spartan III I forget witch one who carried Fred 104 to safety while the spartan IIIs entire chest had been melted open

[@FrozenPhoenix15]

Eric Nylund has a Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, and a Master’s degree in theoretical chemical physics. So yes, I think we can assume that he wasn’t just pulling stuff out of his ass.

[@AKlover]

@@FrozenPhoenix15 the comment was not disrespectful at all quite the opposite.

[@Ratkill9000]

Still functioning even with your chest blown apart. That is about as brutal as the guy in Fury who took a panzerfaust to the chest.

[@guy253]

Aaron .J you read the book to or KZbin

[@thexskating]

I love when he says he got kicked. Goes to show the amounts of adrenaline going through him.

[@ur-didact1991]

Proto Astarties

[@istherenoother]

Oh shit. I remember that part. He's the first to go then the driver after he human shields himself from the German grenade.

[@Manoooolo]

Jon Bernthal

[@ItzKyber]

You know a video is going to be good when there’s a warning at the beginning

[@pastordonkoh7692]

Imagine a situation where the *Nanosuit 2.0* was the undersuit of *Mjonir Gen III.* . Would be some unstoppable weapon.

[@V1p3r65]

ONI would like to know your location Just kidding......they already do.

[@InveterateMendaciousness]

basically forerunner combat skins

[@thanqualthehighseer]

Forerunner armour was nanite based and able to adapt to various environments and tasks like the crysis suit. But organic similarity and AI dependence made it more vulnerable to the evolved flood, Ironically the more mechanical based less advanced MJOLNIR armour could fight effectively against flood through sheer brute force with less exploitable weaknesses.

[@TyraziumGod]

I saw threads for merging the Nanosuit 2.0 and Mjolnir(Though this was before Gen III was a concept), and I found it fascinating, the person in that armor would be only taken down by Tactical Nukes and Glassing(Maybe consistent Covenant Vehicle fire)

[@MeUngaBungaButYouAreWorst]

Now imagine a spartan with a Nanosuit wich have complete the last subroutine and the suit become the spartan like the ending of crysis 3 with prophet . now imagine that with a mjolnir modified without shield (because he dont need shield) and imagine the spartan after that interact with some forerunner technology. the nanobots will start to f***ing interact with forerunner technology and start to assimilate that technology :0

[@AlindBack]

Makes you wonder which, if any, of these augmentations could be applied to the existing Spartan-II's. Or for that matter, which Spartan-IV augments could work on the 3's or 2's. Might be worth a video all on its own: Spartan Augmentation Reverse Compatibility.

[@Installation00]

Already being written my good man!

[@TyraziumGod]

@@Installation00 YESSSS!!! I always was curious if some augmentations "Stacked". Btw I love your channel, it is the epitome of quality content and I'm always giddy when i see a notification from you. Do you think you'd run down tech from other universes? Also, does "Spartan Time" "Stack" on top of their already insane reaction speed, or is it their perception of the world now that their reaction time was tripled?

[@zalrohglekgolo6149]

According to the lore given in Halo 4 by the devs the Spartan IV formula is meant to work safely to on existing Spartan IIs and IIIs with some of the Halo 5 armor details talking about it (vaguely) However after the the main dev writing all this stuff from Halo 4 left the team before Halo 5 all of that was subject to possible retcon when Brian Reed started writing his own stuff.

[@Installation00]

@@TyraziumGod it stacks on top during times of stress.

[@Donny2200]

A spartan can have his augmentations removed, take Randall 037, he got oni to get rid of his augmentations with the catch that he stays away from the service

[@guardian1326]

I would love to see a Halo Spartan III campaign. I know will say we had that with Reach, but no. Those Spartan IIIs wore the Spartan II armor. I want one SPI armor, with missions that require more stealth. Maybe a headhunter game. I picture like Halo 3 ODST, but a with a strong Spartan and SPI.

[@damirzlatkic8134]

You know what, that's a very interesting idea 😊

[@robertwilson8184]

So, essentially Halo 3: ODST, but with movement speed, jump height, melee damage, etc. being more similar to Halo CE-3. Definitely an interesting thought.

[@Dd-fb2tj]

The important thing to realize for all the Halo fans who lean on master-chief nostalgia a bit too heavily, is that the 3's augmentations are NEVER stated to be worse than the spartan 2's. as mentioned here, they represented a "quantum leap" (though perhaps referring to survival rate efficiency)...also readers of ghosts of Onyx will know they were designed to be better trained and even KURT called his training troop "the finest spartans ever"....the fact that they were designed in mass and they (mostly) were only given SPI armour doesn't take away how effective they were OUT of armor.

[@ajduong]

This, and the fact that it's repeatedly asserted IIIs like Noble 6 could probably be a match for the Masterchief. The IIIs were no slouch (maybe a small drop from IIs) but a primary reason for their casualty rates was that they were given primarily suicide missions that the IIs couldn't be given because of how costly they were. There's no evidence the IIs would have fared better in the same situation

[@East_Coast_Toasty_Boy]

"never stated" bro they were cheaper to cut costs. Not saying they were completely bad, just not as good as the 2s enhancements as far as performance (except a handful) it was only better in survivability, which is obviously important.

[@East_Coast_Toasty_Boy]

​​@@ajduong We're not talking about surviving a certain situation, we're talking about performance. It's stated that Spartan 3s missions were ones that NO ONE would survive.

[@Jiub_SN]

They may be effectively the same augmentation wise they aren't psychologically. 2s are literal machines, whereas 3s are prone to emotional outbursts that can cause brash decisions. Emile is a great example. 2s are generally more effective warriors because of this, where a 3 may see a child losing their parents and go berserk and get themself killed, a 2 would kill all of the covenant calmly and strategically. It isn't all about who is actually stronger

[@East_Coast_Toasty_Boy]

@@Jiub_SN 2s aren't emotionless though. They do express them and care for others and have done so in the past.

[@kroganbers3rker778]

I never understood why people thought that Spartan IIs augmentations were superior to Spartan IIIs. Just because one procedure is more invasive and risky then the other does it mean that it's more effective. The Spartan III program came about 10 years after the Spartan IIs; this is alot of time to discover more efficient procedures for augmentation. For example, here's an analogy; compare a modern day phone to one from 10 years ago, and guess which one is superior. The same can be said about the Spartans. Not to mention Spartan IIIs had tougher training regiments than each generation before. Therefore I believe that Spartan IIIs are more than worthy of the title of "Spartan".

[@Installation00]

On that analogy... Nokia 3310s were indestructible. If you look at an iPhone the wrong way the screen spontaneously shatters...

[@kroganbers3rker778]

@@Installation00 I never personally had an iPhone, but I went for a swim once and I didn't realize that my Galaxy was in my pocket until I got out. Worked perfectly fine though. The quality of the device usually depends on the company in question; Nokias are very sturdy phones and still are. BTW great vid.

[@justiceforjoggers2897]

Another analogy to use is to compare a II to that of a 60's muscle car to a III being a 2002 Subaru

[@MarioTheLiopleurodon]

Nobody dislikes the 3's, but the 4's are weak sauce compared to either of them

[@ranger3576]

I think that the best of the Spartans 3s are comparable to the best of the spartan 2s. With the the three squads of Gamma Company in Onyx fight on par and possibly surpassing Blue team(I haven’t read ghosts of Onyx, just read the descriptions of the battle and the descriptions of S-3 program.) I do believe that the next level down is where it’s gets a bit hazier. The spartan 2 were genetically superior but the S3s has a tougher training regimen. But the S2s were trained as spec ops teams and undertook missions that were on par with what Noble team and headhunters undertook I believe. Whereas the S3s were trained as more frontline infantry that were expected to die. However, this is because they were deliberately put in situations where there was an enormous chance of death with less than a 40% chance of survival and still completed their mission. So overall I’d say the average S2 is less effective then the average S3.

[@isaacgoeth5158]

*So...SPARTAN II's were the best of the best warriors of humanity. And the SPARTAN III's were... basically "highly effective cannon fodder"?*

[@aylamaiia]

2nd best, used as cannon fodder in suicide missions to change the tides. They have just as much right of claim to saving humanity as John does.

[@mjohnsimon1337]

Spartan 3's were made to be expendable just to buy humanity more time. Headhunters for example, while normally not surviving their missions, can easily determine whether a planet gets glassed within a year, or delay it by several more years (or save the planet entirely) by going deep behind enemy lines and taking out critical targets. The loss of a Spartan 2 was simply not an option due to the amount of resources invested in them and the fact that they're the only effective thing humanity had to offer against the Covenant, so they would normally not get those type of suicide missions.

[@GlennKurusu]

mjohnsimon1337 Especially when considering the result of OPERATION: Prometheus.

[@nightterrors2976]

In a sense yes, except for Noble Six ofc

[@aylamaiia]

@@nightterrors2976 Not all Spartan-III's were cannon fodder, some were like the 2's, going on insane missions, with low success rate and making it out anyway.

[@rustyshackle8000]

I will always be a Spartan III guy. Yeah Chief is cool and all, but there's something so tragic about the IIIs. They had a life before the augmentations. They knew their families and homes, yet they lost them and the anger of that loss was used ad a weapon against the Covenant, and just used as glorified cannon fodder. Plus the fact they were basically teenagers yet still able to match Spartan IIs is just badass

[@420-V.T.L-Machinist]

The Spartan 3s have been a personal favorite ever since I read Ghosts of Onyx. Glad you showed them some love

[@lillyalightbornexo1036]

As a spartan III role player I’m very intrigued.

[@matthalo871]

You should do a video on how we can make real Spartans now.

[@theAverageJoe25]

Matthew Blandin we cannot

[@Lustie]

JBear Antonicic he has already made a video about this topic and the short answer is, basically we can, won’t be exact but we can.

[@Nattyplatinum]

US CIA and DoD are already working on it…it’s just not known.

[@Davidofthelost]

@@theAverageJoe25 we will eventually, just a matter of morals and time.

[@capybara9521]

​@@Lustiesource: trust me bro.

[@killjoy76au]

Remember that time Olivia-G291 had a slab of lime stone fall on her legs, crushing both of her femurs and still held a sentinel in place and smashed it to death with a rock?

[@amgprod.55]

I stubbed my toe last week and I'm still in pain. Olivia puts the G in G-291

[@Nattyplatinum]

Ohhh I member

[@AuroraAustralis_]

The Spartan IIIs truly are the most underrated of the bunch. Kurt even came to regard Gamma Company as the finest Spartans ever, and if they had all been given time for their augmentations to mature like the Spartan IIs had, they could have been as good, or better than their predecessors.

[@ezyo1000]

Gammas are still around. Lead halo last light, retribution, and divine wind. They really show just how insane gammas really are (also keep in mind all the feats they pull are all WITHOUT Mjolnir, either in SPI which provides minimal strength and speed boosts, or regular armor completely) this whole talk of S2s being superior is simply false. Truly, S3s are only behind S2s due to experience. But in terms of combat effectiveness they are equal to and in some cases greater than 2s. Fred himself even comment's on this on multiple occasions

[@Povsa_]

I always respect that even though Kurt told them about the risks involved in the Augmentations during the Spartan 2 test implying that they would have to face the same risks each and every Spartan still volunteered despite the 'risks'

[@Installation00]

Totally get where you're coming from. Their sense of duty and higher purpose is envious. Technically speaking it wasn't really voluntary. They were orphans, they were 12 years old, they knew too much to be cut loose. It was Augs or Die really.

[@Povsa_]

@@Installation00 My bad in the Book Ghosts Of Onyx it describes them all ''volunteering'' (Or at least they thought they were) though I understand that with their indoctrination their answer was almost pre-programmed

[@phd9335]

Your videos are addictingly entertaining man. Awesome work. Spartan IIIs have always been my favorite generation of Spartans

[@geekofnature2973]

Halo fans: "Spartans can run faster than any human!" Halo fans when sprinting was added: *"REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"*

[@dovahkiin7253]

Halo fans can be so annoying sometimes

[@Ilyas-ty6cy]

It sure the first time is added sprinting it's when Halo Reach came out and seem people love it and dont have issue with it. People did have issue when Halo 5 out, because they literally just turn Halo like a COD Advance warfare with its silly feature by making Mjolnir have a booster and can jumping around like a ninja so unnecessary, literally just take the authentism of mjolnir armor it self.

[@gavinrobinson8925]

@@Ilyas-ty6cy It' an armour ability in reach, it a default piece of your kit in 4 onward, thats when it became bad.

[@MadDadLad]

I've said this more times than I can count but we NEED to see the III's more in the games! I know we got a squad of them in Reach with the exception of Jorge but I really wanna know more about Tom, Lucy, Ash and Livi. I love their characters in the lore and we all know that along with Noble 6, Tom and Lucy were fellow suriviors of the Pegasi Delta Misson which wiped out a force of 300 SIII's. And besides them, m'boy Kurt needs a lot more love as the man who helped forge the S III's along with Mendez.

[@plorgus9293]

Another fantastic video from a fantastic halo lore youtuber. Keep up the good work man!

[@ur-didact1991]

They never left their land, never retreated, never had the best set for fighting, for their honour, they never fall to the hands or betrayed humanity and always stayed loyal and selfless service, the true reincarnation of Leonidas and his 300 fellow Spartan

[@thorshammer7883]

If the Forerunners had what they considered a super soldier how strong and combat ready would you think they would be? My guess would be they would be wearing any kind of armor above Tier-12 because that's standard Forerunner soldier armor and we can already speculate how tough that combat Skin is but I bet a Forerunner super soldier would be like a walking space ship with super strength, speed, and super advanced Forerunner technology augmentations they would be almost unstoppable in the field of battle likely needing weapons above megatons of destructive force that are constrainted blasts to stop them. Maybe a new quote saying "Forerunner super soldiers never die they just go missing in action." Would be pretty nice.

[@fadelsukoco3092]

@@betaraybill1189 True, Promethean-class warriors also had significantly-augmented brains, being able to control and direct up to a million attack ships at once and the officer-types like the Didact being able to concieve of strategies in numerous dimensions As for the equipment of Forerunner supersoldiers, they could use things like War Sphinxes and Seekers, which could upturn entire continents in pairs.

[@revolverocelot1380]

Forerunner warrior servants on average were OP as hell. Promethean Warrior Servants were their supersoldiers and their battles almost went into dbz bullshit.

[@thorshammer7883]

@@fadelsukoco3092 Definitely the Space Marines and Necrons would stand no chance.

[@VanOfSalt]

Great most detailed video as all of your videos. Would you ever consider doing a “Most Detailed” video of a Halo ring firing? What happens to the life in the 25,000 light-year blast radius?

[@omarcj789]

Question can a spartan survive having both spartan 2 and 3 augmentation or would it be to much to handle

[@PackHunter117]

Here’s a really cool idea for a Halo mission. The Covenant have infiltrated a secret ONI base. Stolen technology from Alpha, Delta, and Gamma Halo alongside the Ark is located in the base. Blue Team are deployed to destroy the Covenant forces and recover the Forerunner weapons. After killing lots of Grunts, Jackals and Skirmishers, Brutes, Elites, Engineers, and a swarm of Drones Blue Team enters near the inner section of the base they encounter static on their huds and an armored face briefly appears and says “You demons have killed many of those faithful in the Great Journey. Without you your kind would’ve fallen. You humans continue to mess and meddle with what the gods gifted us. It’s time for your meddling to stop. We are the rightful owners of their gifts not you. I never got the chance to face you in battle during the Great War and now my chance has finally come. My entire family was destroyed when the Holy City was consumed by the parasite and destroyed on the birthplace of the Holy Rings. If you all want these gifts of the gods you all will have to come get them. And I will be waiting for you.” After the transmission ends the experienced lore fans will be yelling at the tops of their lungs when they realize that the being was a San Shyumm Prelate. The regular players are shocked and have massive goosebumps when they realize that was a new enemy never seen before in a Halo game. After Blue Team goes down an elevator they see through the glass that 12 Hunters, and 8 Serpentine Red Hunter Majors stand guard around a massive Forerunner structure that ONI designated as a “weapons container”. Blue Team also notices on their HUD strange Forerunner symbols that lead to some unknown Forerunner weapons near the bottom of the elevator and they notice a lot of The Answer SAW lmgs, Halo CE Magnums, ARs with underslung nade launchers, and SPNKRs that Fred says fire rockets like the High Five launcher from Halo 5. Blue Team is equipped with Jetpacks and they can sprint like in Halo 4. The Hunters aren’t op like they are in Halo 5 but they can smack nades out of the air and the red ones can doge nades being thrown at them and their shots can track like in Halo 5. But a few shots to the back or melees can kill them. Once all the Hunters have died. A portal appears from the Forerunner artifact and a Gold Hunter pair shows up with 4 Ultra Elder Hunters. The Gold Hunters use blamite canons instead of Fuel Rods. Once Blue Team kills them a final portal shows up and a Squad of San Shyumm Prelates show up with the leader using some kind of Forerunner spear. “You demons cant just stop meddling in the ways of gods can you. You destroy all the faithful and continue to attempt to stop our progress to the gold path on the Great Journey.” He briefly looks to his companions and then back at Blue Team. “Your kind is responsible for the destruction of the Holy Hierarchs and helped destroy our holy city. We have almost nothing now because of your kind. Humanity continues to be a thorn in our side. I can forgive and forget. The Sangheili that joined Thel Vadam are the scum of their race. But not all Sangheili are like them. The Hierarchs were fools to kick out the Sangheili. With their help we could’ve saved the High Prophet of Regret, killed that demon you call Master Chief, and destroyed your species and went onto godhood. Now I can finally avenge all those that were slain by your kind. Your deaths will makeup those that may have missed the Great Journey. Your time ends here humans.” Then he and the other Prelates activate their energy shields and they pull out modified Covenant plasma weapons. And after the battle finishes Fred and Linda end up very injured. Luckily the Prowler is still stationed. Kelly moves Fred and Linda into a comfortable place into the ship. And the Forerunner artifact. And finally zooms off to meet ONI. Fred and Linda are moved to a medical bay. ONI immediately dispatches a team to go recover the bodies and prevent others from snooping around. Then the mission ends.

[@darksyner7682]

*ONI wants to know your location*

[@Mythmaker95]

Loving your videos man! Is the Spartan IV agumentations any different from the Spartan III's? Have you or will you do a video about those agumentations as well? Sorry for any spelling mistakes. sir. ^^;

[@JGooden762]

So what were the Spartan-IV augmentations and why do Halsey and the other Spartans think they're so inferior? I know they were augmented as adults, but if their capabilities are similar, then what's the big deal?

[@Rune-cyber]

Please tell me there is going to be a video on spartan IV. The glorified ODST as i call them

[@alexrhinehart9604]

Could you do the augmentations of spartan 4s and spartan 1s?

[@rogueninja4719]

22:04 Notices player nodding before proceeding to fire at the body... thats messed up :|

[@blackbiscuit68]

The only thing wrong with your videos are that they have to end. I cannot express how much I love your videos.

[@Cresc3n1]

Seriously breathtaking video, just amazing how detailed and on point this analysis was and immersion was off the charts, made me feel each and every detail in my body. Thank you for your amazing contents.

[@theannouncer5538]

Spartan 3s were pretty cool, but the unsc kinda shafted them with the equipment

[@quentinbell5617]

Eye color is caused by structure, not pigment BY SHERRY SEETHALER MAY 30, 2011 Q: When first learning about genetics, we’re taught that blue eyes are recessive and brown is dominant, but what about green eyes? Also, what are the squiggly lines in light-colored eyes? - Tim Patten A: Eye color is due to the pigmentation and the structure of the iris - the part of the eye that contracts and dilates the pupil to control the amount of light entering. The structure is named after Iris, the Greek goddess of the rainbow. The innermost layer of the iris consists of tightly fused, pigmented cells to block light from passing through to the retina. The amount and distribution of melanin pigment in this layer is similar regardless of eye color, except in albinos. Because they lack melanin, their eyes can appear pink when light reflects off blood vessels. The outermost layer of the iris is mainly composed of connective tissue that is loosely arranged and melanocytes - cells that produce melanin. Within each melanocyte, melanin is stored in compartments called melanosomes. The number of melanocytes is similar in blue, green and brown eyes, but the amount of melanin and number of melanosomes differs. Melanin is minimal in blue eyes, intermediate in green and highest in brown eyes. Melanin comes in two varieties, brown-black eumelanin and red-yellow pheomelanin. Blue eye color arises because tiny protein particles in the outer layer of the iris reflect blue light. In other words, the blue color results from structure rather than the presence of a blue pigment, and the shade of blue varies with the density and cellular composition of the outer layer of the iris. Blue scattering occurs in irises of all colors, but the greater the quantity of melanin around, the harder it is to see the blue www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-eye-color-is-caused-by-structure-not-pigment-2011may30-story.html

[@Atoneeo]

I know you have done a Spartan IV Reputation - Lore and Theory. However, I wanted to know when you are planning on doing a Most Detailed Breakdown of Spartan IV Augmentations?

[@sapphire71zel.s62]

@Installation00 could you post the script for the what it would be like to be a flash clone of a spartian 2 as a child.

[@gold-irondarkus4939]

So does noble six need smoothers or was there i missed because other than the sadistic and sociopathic nature and laugh noble six doea not seem to have any of those traits and six was surprisingly calm during reach's invasion. Correct me if i am wrong.

[@flatarthur3161]

He was a part of Beta Company, so he didn't need smoothers.

[@TheAxmore]

The S-IIIs will always be my favorite

[@dougsmith6262]

Say it with me: "Per-me-eight" not "per-meat", lol.

[@SwiftGundam]

Glad you brought up that there is a failure rate in the IIIs depending on how it departs from the genetic requirements. I do have to wonder what they do for the candidates of more advance age like Carter. The obvious theory that comes to mind is a strict medication that would suppress puberty till the appropriate time.

[@sableakoma1539]

He lied about his age I thought thus they would’ve given him the same medication and procedure