The ORION Project was eventually refined into the SPARTAN-II program by Catherine Halsey, one of the key figures in the Halo games, though players don't see much of her until Halo: Reach. Halsey determined that the ideal candidates for such a program would have to be children, both because of their malleable DNA and their lack of deeply embedded pro-rebel sentiment due to their youth. The ORION Project ultimately failed, however, as the candidates that took part in the project – typically UNSC special forces – were too old, and the screening measures for their DNA were inadequate. ![]() The goal was to thwart dissent in the Outer Colonies, which, if left unchecked, would have catapulted humanity into a decades-long war against itself with millions of casualties. The SPARTAN program began in earnest with the ORION Project, a measure taken by the UNSC and ONI to create a new form of non-traditional super-soldier.
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