ssj12 said:
kiefer23 said:
That would be wrong. They went through the same procedures (Plus one extra which was authorized illegally *green*) but advances in medical science made the success rate 100%. Everything else you said was correct. I believe the liquid in the trailer may have been this drug or pehaps the IIIs in Noble Team never had it. They don't see like throw-away Spartans and are quite high ranked.
http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/SPARTAN-III_Program
Project CHRYSANTHEMUM
The Spartan-IIIs underwent enhancement procedures similar to those of the Spartan-IIs, but with higher success rates due to the advances in technology. The rate of survival went up from 44% for the Spartan-IIs to 100% for the Spartan-IIIs
Results
| Drug | Description | Effect |
| 8942-LQ99 |
"carbide ceramic ossification catalyst" drug. |
Skeletons become virtually unbreakable, allowing survival in harder impacts. |
| 88005-MX77 |
"fibroid muscular protein complex" drug. |
Increased density of individual's muscles, allowing heavier lifting. |
| 88947-OP24 |
"retina-inversion stabilizer" drug. |
Color sharpness is significantly improved upon, and night vision is adapted. |
| 87556-UD61 |
improve the colloidal neural disunification solution |
Greatly improves the individual's reaction time, decreasing the time taken to react significantly. "Spartan time". |
| 009127-PX (cyclodexione-4) |
bipolar integration drug |
Counters the effects of 009762-OO. |
| 009762-OO |
Neural-altering non-carcinogenic mutagen. |
Alters key regions in the individual's frontal lobe. Enhances aggressive response to dangerous levels. Requires regular doses of 009127-PX and 009927-DG are to be taken to avoid uncontrollable aggression. |
| 009927-DG |
miso-olanzapine |
counters psychological effects of 009762-OO.
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Exactly, thought they went through the same thing. I think its somewhere in the 2nd Halo book. Is it that the added drug makes them weaker? otherwise I dont see how they could be any weaker then Spartan II's. Like I said, it has to be the armor since the Spartan II armor increases user vitals 100% more than ODST armor.
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The booked that talked about this was Ghosts of Onyx - now, I realize they went through "similar" enhancements(all that the articles say), but I could have sworn they were somewhat toned down in order to achieve that 100% survival rate. I'll have to flip through the book to see.
