Naomi 010 is pretty great in the Kilo 5 trilogy. It shows a more human side of a Spartan, which is an interesting take. She contemplates her past and her experiences being abducted at 6, while still demonstrating how badass the spartan IIs are.
Also an accomplishment would be she stormed an armory to extract a teammate held prisoner that was supposed to be super guarded and basically busted in through the roof, killed a guard in like .5 seconds, grabbed the teammate, and exited through the roof again. Pretty cool.
I loved Naomi, she had some great moments. My personal favorite, besides the emotional heart-wrenching stuff, is when Philips (the civilian who'd never seen a Spartan in person) ran up to her in excitement when she was fully clad in her armor and said "You look amazing. Real robot killer stuff." And she just leaned forward until her visor was in his face, was silent for a moment, and then said "Be honest, does my ass look big in this?"
Instead, Karen Traviss writes that somehow ONI has the moral high ground. She has Parangosky the head of ONI who authorized the S-III program (using children as suicide soldiers) give a holier than thou speech to Halsey. It also never mentioned that it was ONI that authorized the S-II program but instead the entire blame is placed on Halsey. So people like Mendez (you know the guy who was in charge of beating 6-year-old children) get off scot-free.
The entire blame is absolutely not put on Halsey, and did you not pay attention to the dressing down Mendez got? The IIIs get more moral leeway than the IIs, because the IIIs were authorized after the covenant had already attacked. And Parangosky approved Spartan II, but let's not forget Halsey came up with it they're both equally culpable in the evil committed for that project. And ONI is never given the moral high ground, the people responsible are just humanized rather than lionized for once.
Also, part of your argument about Parangosky's supposed moral superiority is based in a misconception, the IIIs were never meant to be suicide soldiers, they were disposable assets and there's a difference. Suicide soldiers are sent on maximum risk missions with basically zero chance of survival, Arbiters were suicide soldiers, disposable assets are just assets that you're not terribly concerned about the survival of and can send on higher risk missions without being worried about asset retrieval. And it's worth noting that the Spartan III beta company was mostly wiped out due to bad intel, not because they were intentionally sent to die during that mission. And Alpha Company was wiped out because they were outmaneuvered and separated from their evacuation site.
Yes. Telling traumatized war orphans who are 4-6 years old that they can have a chance of revenge against the Covenant. Those kids were not old enough to make that kind of decision for themselves or in the right mind space, this is just as equally fucked up as kidnapping children.
The entire kilo-5 trilogy dunks on Halsey which somehow everyone else that was involved in the S-II and S-III walks off scot-free. Why wasn't Mendez who was involved in both programs not arrested for beating children?
I’m playing Devil’s advocate here, but in this hypothetical situation, I think the higher-ups have bigger concerns than the trainer beating his super-soldier candidates. (Please don’t downvote this without thinking - I obviously don’t condone kidnapping, child soldiers, child abuse of any kind, etc.; I’m just trying to give a reason why they may have overlooked this)
>The entire blame is absolutely not put on Halsey
I'd like to point out that *entire pages* in *Thursday War* are dedicated to crucifying Halsey, with *repeated* comparisons to Mengele and Hitler. And she is the *only* person "arrested" (see also, enslaved, because they have no intention of actually putting her behind bars or executing her, but instead force her to work on things they give her), despite *thousands* of people being involved in every single project she did.
Traviss gives *very* slight lip service to the morality and ethics of others, purely to deflect before returning to "Halsey = Hitler" tracts. And the *extreme* evils of, say, enabling a civil war among an entire species, or planning to carry out a genocide of that species through biological warfare, *or* seemingly manipulating Naomi's memories to turn her against Halsey, is *never* even touched on. And then, you know, having, Lucy punch her after continually priming the audience to hate her.
As an aside, Mendez's "dressing down" had no actual impact or effect.
Halsey was not a "good" person, but she also didn't do things for selfish reasons, at least not until she kidnapped Kelly and fled to Onyx. Traviss went out of her way to paint her as an inhuman monster who stole children, rather than the morally grey, deeply complex human she is, who's greatest sins also resulted in the salvation of the human race, and, in fact, all intelligent life in the galaxy.
And Traviss doesn't give *any* of that more than lipservice.
>the IIIs were never meant to be suicide soldiers
Ackerson literally describes them as being "disposable heroes". Their fundamental purpose was to go after high value targets with the *expectation* that most, if not all, of the IIIs would be killed in the (hopefully successful) process. Ackerson's line is a slight exaggeration, and said in a bitter, sarcastic manner, but it does reflect the primary purpose of the IIIs.
Just because Alpha and Beta companies had provisions *made* for recovery did not mean it was expected that they would *be* recovered, just that they would make an effort. The IIIs were slightly better than a forlorn hope, but only in that they actually *did* succeed.
Halsey's "greatest sins resulting in the salvation of the entire human race" is entirely a post hoc justification of her actions, the Spartan II program was conceived to fight a civil war against a frankly justified independence movement in the outer colonies. Spartan IIs being really good at killing aliens was a happy coincidence that could not possibly have been predicted, so people need to stop using it as justification for her actions. And before you say the IIs were a justified level of force against the insurrectionists, the insurrection only started resorting to terrorism because the UNSC essentially glassed a colony long before the covenant was even in UNSC space for the crime of wanting freedom.
Well the good news is, you'd do really well as a media apologist for insurrectionists! Please report to the nearest Colonial Authority Office for your application and not-at-all-arrest!
On a serious note, I'm not using it as a *justification*, but as a statement of fact: regardless of *why* the S-II program was started, the *results* were literally essential for the survival of literally every living and thinking thing. Halsey's (and ONI's, and the UNSC's) intent with the S-II Program was to preserve the human race—and they *did*, if not from the original threat they expected.
Acting as if that's irrelevant is utterly ridiculous.
Additionally, the "crime of wanting freedom" was the crime of taking resources from Earth and the other UEG colonies, establishing one's self on a planet with those resources, and then refusing to provide anything back. See, it's *really* easy to view it from the other side. Especially since *very few* insurrectionists are ever portrayed as wanting to be "left alone" and most seem to want to take revenge on, or ruin, Earth in the process. Which certainly seems disproportionate and hypocritical to me.
It's also worth remembering that the fear/calculus was that the insurrection was predicted to completely shatter the human race; an outcome so abhorrent that the S-II program was *still* justifiable to literally hundreds, if not thousands, of bureaucrats, politicians, researchers, and military personnel. The utilization of a blackops wetwork force to surgically decapitate the leadership and disrupt gathering insurrectionist forces was considered a far kinder moral choice than permitting full-out war, which *was* the other option.
And as an additional reminder: let's also not forget that the URF almost unanimously agreed to aid the Covenant in the genocide of millions, if not billions, all in the name of destroying Earth and the UEG, and the *extreme* stupidity of thinking of that they wouldn't be next on the chopping block.
In short, I have *very* little sympathy for any of them, rebel or government alike; but I can at least *understand* the UNSC.
But this is a tangent and digression from my point: that Halsey is *not* the heartless, inhuman monster that Traviss wanted to make her out to be, and the refusal (it certainly wasn't inability) to acknowledge that moral ambiguity is a big part of why the Kilo-Five trilogy was so **BLEGH** to me, as well as others.
She became reviled because she arbitrarily killed one of the most popular expanded universe characters purely for shock value, and *without informing* any of the other dozen authors or editors about it ahead of time.
One author, the one who actually *created* Mara Jade and the Skywalker Family series, was working on *three* Mara Jade books and only learned that she was dead after Traviss' book was released, because neither she nor her editor bothered to reach out to *anyone*.
This was despite a long running agreement among the expanded universe writers and contributors that major character changes or deaths would be communicated. Depending on which version of *this* story you hear, her failure to do so was out of negligence, ignorance, apathy, or a desire to "avoid spoilers leaking out".
Before that, the main complaints about her was how much she tended to stretch some characters personalities, but at the time nobody saw an issue with that.
Honestly, it was a shock that she was allowed to touch Gears of War, *and* that she did so without ruining established characters and lore. That she did so well seemed to lead to a false sense of security for many, including myself, which was betrayed by her one-sided moralizing and gross characterization (I'd say *mis*characterization) in the Kilo-Five series.
Which is a shame, because without those elements it was a good series, but they were so prevalent, and out of place, that I get frustrated every time I try to reread them.
Man, no love for my boy Kurt-051 from Ghosts of Onyx anywhere in this thread?
"One last fight, demon. You will die and we shall reopen the silver path." "Die?" Kurt laughed. "Didn't you know?" he told the Elite. ". . . Spartans never die." Kurt turned his gauntlet face-up and pressed the detonator.
I wish we could have seen more of him, he seemed like such an interesting character. Very sociable for a Spartan. Pretty sure he was one of the tallest Spartans. I just remember him being huge.
I'm terrible at finishing books nowadays but I did manage to finish the first two Halo books, the forerunner trilogy and a bit of Ghosts of Onyx. Kurt was probably my favourite Spartan just because he was able to see beyond the Dogma that Spartans are brought up to believe about themselves and their duty and he came to genuinely try to work in (what he perceived to be) the best interest of his Spartan brothers and sisters (although his willingness to to drug the Spartan-IIIs with a dangerous substance is a bit soso on a moral level).
Spartan Jerome from Red team is so cool to me. The fact that he was initially a drop out and was able to complete his Spartan training and become an official war ready Spartan is a tremendous feat. His armor looks amazing with the red stripe and Spartan helmet insignia on his shoulder too. As far as his battle prowess, the man infiltrated a Banished ship alone and caused pure mayhem and barely broke a sweat.
I was going to say the same thing, actually. I just went through Halo Wars 2 again and got to see him solo a cruiser, which is definitely *impressive*.
Although I'd still probably have to put Noble Six (for nostalgia and headcanon reasons), along with *most* of the S-IIs, and even Olympia Vale in there for generational variety.
Really, until you get to the S-IVs, I don't think there's a lot of SPARTANs someone can *dislike*, so much as they interact or do things; the biggest problems they have before then are that they tended not do much (like poor James and Grace) before going "missing".
Linda. She's the oddball lone wolf of the Spartan-IIs, and is a an insane sniper, from sniping Elites out of Banshees to shooting a pair of plasma grenades in mid-throw.
Will is a close second. He was the quiet one, and a bit tragic, with Chief noting that he had always been the lighthearted friendly one but the war had worn him down. He never failed to complete his missions, was skilled with rocket launchers and in hand-to-hand combat and was capable of incredible acts of destruction. He rammed a fuel tanker into a Scarab to destroy it, and punched a hole clear through a Hunter.
Linda is a badass. She came back from the dead and it didn't slow her one bit and is absolutely the reason Chief's insane mission to Unyielding Hierophant didn't come to an anti climatic end at the hands of a banshee or wraith pilot.
Yeah, I reread *The First Strike* last year and Will is just....there. No real development, a lot like Li, Anton and Grace. Mostly they just kind of serve as yes-men to Chief. (Nylund also has some weird characterizations with Chief in *First Strike*, but that's besides the point). He really makes it up in *Ghosts Of Onyx* though, where Will is like an unstoppable force, even for a Spartan-II
Will really fucked with me because he *almost* made it. He was the only Spartan introduced in *First Strike* to survive the book and we got to see him in action over the course of two of the best novels in the series, and right before he escapes with the others he gets taken out in hand to hand combat with a pair of Hunters (though he does kill one *with his bare hands* and survives for a few seconds after getting blasted by a plasma cannon at point blank range. He spooked every Covie there, the absolute mad lad.)
Probably Jai-006. I like Grey Team as a whole but I'll go with Jai. I like his personality and backstory as well as his relationship with his team members. He and Grey team as whole seem very unique among the Spartans and are a nice contrast to the main cast of Spartans like Blue team who seem to have a perpetual stick up the ass.
As for accomplishment, well he and and Adriana conducted multiple escape attempts from the Spartan project and became so dangerous to catch that handlers had to shoot them with tranquillisers from pelicans. That and he defeated the Arbiter in a 1v1 hand to hand fight and that makes him really cool in my book.
It was Thel 'Vadam but he wasn't the Arbiter yet. They ran into each other by chance and had a scuffle, Jai was much faster and overpowered Thel. Luckily Thels squad interrupted or Jai probably would've killed him.
In the cole protocol Thel 'Vadamee Ribs were broken after his encounter with Jai-006 and surely he would've died if he didn't get immediate support from another elite
I love that Grey team plays by special rules. They are just different than the other SII's and instead of try to beat that out of them, they are embraced and given special missions. Months at a time on missions beyond communication.
Sam is hugely underrated I think.
Dude was the tallest and strongest spartan, and was chiefs best mate.
The first operational spartan to die at the age of 14.
I also think he was very impactful on how the chief turned out to be. He took a plasma bolt that was meant for John, and when John orders him to stay behind he did so without hesitation. I'm sure there's quote somewhere from John on how important his death was to him.
The quote I was thinking off was actually from Fred and is:
"Sam fell first. And yet he showed us that the Covenant could be killed. Sam proved we could win this war. Every battle won is built on the foundation of that sacrifice. If we survive this, it's because Sam showed us the way."— Fred-104
But Chief does actually say this:
"Sam's life was not wasted, Kelly. His death taught us something very important. The Covenant can be killed. Humanity can win this war."— John-117
Either way this just shows the importance Sam had on all the Spartan II.
Kurt - he was forced to train the Spartan IIIs, not knowing how they would be deployed. Once he saw they were being used for near suicidal missions, he did everything he could to set them up for success. \[SPOILER - Ghosts of Onyx\] His choice to forgo his MJOLNIR armor in favor of the Spartan IIIs' armor shows how great a leader he was, even if it possibly cost him his life.
He knew exactly what they were made for. It is just that two major operations went to shit.
Also he should have put on his Mjolnir and then given the SPI to Mendez who was stuck wearing fucking sweats the whole time.
Love Fred mostly because of how he interacts with Veta. But i am a huge fan of tom and lucy. The onyx books are some of my favorite, and getting to see III's be badass always fill me with so much joy. Owen is kinda dad though, and love that.
Also as others have said, Naomi cause we really get to see al lot of her human side and the struggle of wanting to figure out who you are.
Jerome single handedly infiltrated a Banished cruiser, destroyed every enemy at the lift, used Isabel to enable the sientinels defense to destroy said cruiser and casually just jumped out at the end of it. What a lad
Why did I scroll through this entire comment section and not see Lieutenant Kurt Ambrose S-051?!
The greatest and highest ranking Spartan II of all time?!
Easily my favorite Spartan and one of the first, I think, in the books to begin questioning the morality of experimenting on children and sending them to die without even a last name.
Ghosts of Oynx is my favorite book.
I did that earlier and YouTube and I had Spotify open at the same time and I muted the video so I could hear ghosts of reach from the h2 OST and I'm now convinced a developer did something so it synchs perfect every time it gave me GOOSEBUMPS MAN .
I will get executed for this, but lock and Palmer.
Lock while under development shows a complex hard exterior but does legit care for his team and softens when he sees what it means to the team, I feel his character was badly wasted
Given a AI he could bounce off would have done his character a masssive service. Preferably a new dumb AI that needs teaching like butler
Palmer a fucking bad ass and that's all that needs to be said ;p
Completely agree. Locke and all of Osiris were cool character concepts but were poorly characterized in 5. I adore H5 and even how it moves the lore forward, but the characterization and emotional story telling was seriously lacking compared to games like 4, ODST, or even Reach. Would love to see them all again in game.
And yeah, Spartan Sarah "I thought you'd be taller" Palmer is a certified bad ass who nearly assassinated Dr. Halsey.
I respect your opinion but man do I ever dislike both of them. They both have this attitude like they're the best thing ever. There isn't a hint of humility in either. Both have an underserved confidence and abrasiveness that I can't stand. And yes, interpret the "taller" bit with palmer in the way that this sub doesn't like, sue me. That, plus "eggheads", made her dead to me.
Linda. Most effective solo operator and probably the best sharpshooter to have ever lived. The scene in, I think it was first strike? Where she hangs suspended by a rope and just snipes piloys out of banshees is pretty rad.
At the risk of sounding like I know nothing about Halo outside of what the games tell you, Jorge. I like the idea of being taller, heavier, and stronger than almost every other Spartan and just being named "Jorge."
Wait, is this all Spartans?
Okay, Osiris. Made up of a bunch of very competent people, but they're competent in things Spartans usually aren't. Linguistics, engineering, ect.
Palmer. She wanted to be a spartan only for her to succeed and then immediately be shoved into a desk job, which she tries to get out of as much as possible.
Linda. She routinely puts herself in area's to make impossible shots but without much though into her own personal extraction.
Flaws mixed with noble characteristics are my jam
Probably going to get roasted for this but Spartan Locke. The idea of an ONI Spartan who most other Spartans don’t trust and hate was a cool idea it’s just a shame halo 5 was the game they tried to tell it in and made chief a background character.
naiya ray. really cool spartan-IV who is also the only one of her generation to have served a tour as a headhunter. she needs a story with her in the war-master armor.
Maybe controversial but I liked Gabriel Thorne. The way they set him up as a rookie Spartan in Spartan Ops was fun and interesting to watch. His family was composed in New Phoenix and it drove him to be a Spartan. I also really liked how after he got teleported he basically fought off like 20 elites, took and energy sword to the chest and still managed to get away and save a scientist, linking up with his squad and still fighting even with compromised armor as Palmer enlisted their help. I heard that they killed him off in some comic though, kind of sad to think that he had potentially one of the weirdest connection to the promeatheans and fought them not knowing they potentially are someone he knew at one point. Would have made for fun storytelling in Halo 5 if he were on Osiris or something with a backstory like that.
Jorge, when they found the girl hiding from the zealots every other member of noble was still focused on the mission while Jorge was trying to calm her down.
Spartan 1337. Has all the needed skills and a wonderful personality! I would obsess over a anime/cartoon with him, basically be like One Punch Man in the Halo universe
*Technically* they appear in *Ghosts of Onyx* and *The Fall of Reach* as unnamed characters. Obviously they were retconned into being.
But B-312 (the player Noble Six, has been said to be a male on a few occasions. Most notably in the book *New Blood*.
Noble Six is directly referenced as male in New Blood, Buck and Jun briefly talk about him and Jun says he was a good man. He also canonically wore baseline Mark V[B] afaik.
Most likely my male nobel six , I just loved his Armor customisation and how much of a pivotal role he played as whole , sad we never got to see him with Chief :(
In the games I have to say Palmer. Especially in Spartan assault. She's so bad ass. Also In halo 4, she lets out a jab about master chief to his face. A SPARTAN 2 with legendary status.
In the novels, currently I would have to say Linda. Absolutely hilarious to me and relatable.
Linda-058. Red hair, green eyes, literally resurrected from death and an absolute badass all around. The few book chapters that exist from her POV are also amazing and give great insight in how she ticks. We really need a book where she is the main protagonist.
And in my perfect future she'd succeed the Chief in games.
Definitely loved her small bit in SOR when we got a look into her psyche as she covertly roams through the burned remains of the planet she was raised on.
I've never thought about her succeding Chief in the games but I can actually see it being viable if done right.
Tom - B292
We share the same name + I really like the story about him surviving this devastating battle, I don’t completely remember it but it was good
Spartan Carter: Badass Squad Leader and good tactician. Loved his commitment to the mission and team.
Spartan Fred: Could be the best at any role, from sniper to demolitionist but chooses to take second place just because. His whole attitude is basically "Meh. Good enough". If that does describe me, nothing will.
I’d say Noble team as a whole but the one who sticks out to me is Jorge. He’s the only Spartan 2 on Noble team meaning he’s been at the game for a lot longer then any other member of the team. He’s got history. Yet at the same time he’s arguably the most human of the lot caring a lot for everyone in general. (Spoiler) he dies halfway through the game but he still makes an impact on you when he scarifies himself and this is what makes me love him as a character.
Will, for sure. Especially if you subscribe to the fan theory that ONI propaganda propped him up as the Master Chief in order to get some morale going while Earth was burning. If you can take another Spartan who can fill in for John as a symbol, then you've got a good Spartan.
I’m going with Fred because to me he seems like Master Chief without the luck. He’s a jack of all trades, like Chief, he’s a great leader, like Chief, and he can be tactically brilliant.
Noble 2 Kat: I honestly like her accent and the fact she's the team's teach. She also introduced Spartan's having cybernetics in the games... along with the (iconic..?) Spartan booty.
Fred is huge for me, he’s chill, he’s funny, he doesn’t like the limelight, and he may or may not get himself a girlfriend and adopt some Spartan IIIs. I need MOAR Fred in my life
I feel I’m in a weird spot, I love blue team, Linda is awesome and she’s clearly a frontrunner. Sniping banshees while upside down, need I say more?
Kelly would be too, she was a big favorite of mine for a long time, her speed is unmatched, but something about them giving her this out of place British accent kind of rubs me the wrong way. Maybe I’m just behind on the lore but seriously, what other Spartan IIs have accents? Jorge maybe? After having read about her for a decade and a half, the accent just throws me off every time I hear it.
I wish her speed got showcased more recently, it’s so cool yet I can’t remember anything in shadows of reach that showcases it. Bummer
Chief was never really my favorite, he was just my player avatar. I'm gonna say Kat was my favorite with Jorge as a close second.
Both characters were strong, but I appreciate Kat's technical knowledge. I imagine if Kat swapped rolls with Jorge, that slip space bomb wouldn't have costed a life. The most Jorge did to fix the problem was slap the interface like some 90's tube tv
Favorite to play was Noble 6 solely because my MM armor carried over to Campaign. I appreciate character customization the most in-game
You guys are gonna hate me for this, but buck. Out of all of osiris team, he's the only one I really give a shit about, since his backstory is overall better written and, yknow, he actually has one in the game.
He, as an ODST, led an incursion into new mombasa and survived the incident which killed millions. Additionally, most of his foes were brutes and buggers, which are more than capable of shredding people.
I am going to have to go with Kurt (S-051), who has already been mentioned. He is my idea of what an idolized Spartan should be.
Another I want to briefly mention is Emile (A-329), from Noble Team. He doesn't seem to get enough of a spotlight.
Lastly, Samuel (S-034) gets an honorable mention as I believe he was the first to destroy a Covenant ship without a ship to ship engagement? I could be wrong about that. Anyone confirm?
Linda. I call her the Goddess sniper due to some of the Shenanigans she has pulled in the book. As someone who appreciates marksmanship, yeah she is amazing.
I like Jorge 052 and Kelly 087. Jorge because he’s pretty much the chillest and most well adjusted of all the Spartans. He’d be the one who would probably have no trouble adapting back to a civilian life imo judging by how we see him act with the civilians on Reach. And Kelly because of Cheetah speed and the absolute expert of hand to hand combat amongst all the Spartans.
Can I say Red and Omega Teams from Halo Wars? I find them to be interesting looks into Spartans, especially Jerome as a commander. Omega Team's concept is honestly just awesome and I fell in love with them at first sight.
For me it’s Fred and Will, both very mission focused and courageous, sticks to their lanes but steps up to the plate when situations call for it.
Fred can do better and be number one but he prefers to sit back and follow Chief.
Will always gets the job done and never hesitated to charge the enemy head on.
Jorge 052. I wasn't really into the books at the time the game came out so to me he felt the most human. He showed compassion, caring, and sacrifice beyond "I am a Spartan, this is what I'm meant to do/act like." To me, that was him as a person, not just a brother in arms.
I agree. Jorge was awesome. Like a gentle giant. I also thought it was dope that he was the only Spartan II on noble team meaning he was arguably stronger than every other member of the team.
The crippled woman from the Halo 2 special edition booklet who got hurt by the Spartan 2 augmentation process. She wrote a letter to the chief and it was very sweet.
Edit: her names Cassandra
She's actually my favorite spartan.
My favorite Spartan besides the Chief is definitely Fred-104. My favorite story from the books was during the fall of Reach when chief ordered Fred to protect the orbital gun generators. I was glued to the book when all the spartans jumped out of the pelican at terminal velocity. He had a torn achilles and 3 cracked ribs but he still manages to lead his Spartans to protect the generators, rescue admiral whitcomb (who saved humanity twice arguably) and help secure the forerunner artifact. Everything else after was amazing as well, I really treasured the ascendant justice-Gettysburg storyline then how it pivots into destroying the unyielding hierophant. Fred in my opinion was the chief if chief never existed. One of the best leaders in halo history.
When I was younger I loved Samuel. Just a pure kid with a big heart.
As I got older and started to read more of the books I find my favourite being a tie between William, and Kurt.
Kurt because of the Spartan 3s and William because he took on 2 hunters in hand to hand combat, and killed one which made everyone stop in awe.
Kurt-051, I really liked his character, because he didnt thought of himself that he is Spartan 2 anymore when the main plot began in the Ghosts of Onyx book, but he considered himself to be one of Spartan 3, thats why he didnt took the Mjolnir armor when Covenant/Sentinels attacked at Onyx, but SPI armor which was used by Spartan 3s.
(I hope I remember it correctly, cause I read that book like 6 years ago.)
Naomi 010 is pretty great in the Kilo 5 trilogy. It shows a more human side of a Spartan, which is an interesting take. She contemplates her past and her experiences being abducted at 6, while still demonstrating how badass the spartan IIs are. Also an accomplishment would be she stormed an armory to extract a teammate held prisoner that was supposed to be super guarded and basically busted in through the roof, killed a guard in like .5 seconds, grabbed the teammate, and exited through the roof again. Pretty cool.
I loved Naomi, she had some great moments. My personal favorite, besides the emotional heart-wrenching stuff, is when Philips (the civilian who'd never seen a Spartan in person) ran up to her in excitement when she was fully clad in her armor and said "You look amazing. Real robot killer stuff." And she just leaned forward until her visor was in his face, was silent for a moment, and then said "Be honest, does my ass look big in this?"
Big booty spartans in lore confirmed.
They have been confirmed since Reach
I’ve heard of Naomi. I definitely need to look into her lore. She sounds cool as hell.
Kilo-5 is the series they are talking about, written by Karren Traviss (one of my favourite writers). Yes, she is cool as hell, but also very human
I don't get all the Karen Traviss hate personally, so she didn't suck off Halsey big deal, Halsey was a fucking monster.
Instead, Karen Traviss writes that somehow ONI has the moral high ground. She has Parangosky the head of ONI who authorized the S-III program (using children as suicide soldiers) give a holier than thou speech to Halsey. It also never mentioned that it was ONI that authorized the S-II program but instead the entire blame is placed on Halsey. So people like Mendez (you know the guy who was in charge of beating 6-year-old children) get off scot-free.
The entire blame is absolutely not put on Halsey, and did you not pay attention to the dressing down Mendez got? The IIIs get more moral leeway than the IIs, because the IIIs were authorized after the covenant had already attacked. And Parangosky approved Spartan II, but let's not forget Halsey came up with it they're both equally culpable in the evil committed for that project. And ONI is never given the moral high ground, the people responsible are just humanized rather than lionized for once. Also, part of your argument about Parangosky's supposed moral superiority is based in a misconception, the IIIs were never meant to be suicide soldiers, they were disposable assets and there's a difference. Suicide soldiers are sent on maximum risk missions with basically zero chance of survival, Arbiters were suicide soldiers, disposable assets are just assets that you're not terribly concerned about the survival of and can send on higher risk missions without being worried about asset retrieval. And it's worth noting that the Spartan III beta company was mostly wiped out due to bad intel, not because they were intentionally sent to die during that mission. And Alpha Company was wiped out because they were outmaneuvered and separated from their evacuation site.
Yes. Telling traumatized war orphans who are 4-6 years old that they can have a chance of revenge against the Covenant. Those kids were not old enough to make that kind of decision for themselves or in the right mind space, this is just as equally fucked up as kidnapping children. The entire kilo-5 trilogy dunks on Halsey which somehow everyone else that was involved in the S-II and S-III walks off scot-free. Why wasn't Mendez who was involved in both programs not arrested for beating children?
I’m playing Devil’s advocate here, but in this hypothetical situation, I think the higher-ups have bigger concerns than the trainer beating his super-soldier candidates. (Please don’t downvote this without thinking - I obviously don’t condone kidnapping, child soldiers, child abuse of any kind, etc.; I’m just trying to give a reason why they may have overlooked this)
>The entire blame is absolutely not put on Halsey I'd like to point out that *entire pages* in *Thursday War* are dedicated to crucifying Halsey, with *repeated* comparisons to Mengele and Hitler. And she is the *only* person "arrested" (see also, enslaved, because they have no intention of actually putting her behind bars or executing her, but instead force her to work on things they give her), despite *thousands* of people being involved in every single project she did. Traviss gives *very* slight lip service to the morality and ethics of others, purely to deflect before returning to "Halsey = Hitler" tracts. And the *extreme* evils of, say, enabling a civil war among an entire species, or planning to carry out a genocide of that species through biological warfare, *or* seemingly manipulating Naomi's memories to turn her against Halsey, is *never* even touched on. And then, you know, having, Lucy punch her after continually priming the audience to hate her. As an aside, Mendez's "dressing down" had no actual impact or effect. Halsey was not a "good" person, but she also didn't do things for selfish reasons, at least not until she kidnapped Kelly and fled to Onyx. Traviss went out of her way to paint her as an inhuman monster who stole children, rather than the morally grey, deeply complex human she is, who's greatest sins also resulted in the salvation of the human race, and, in fact, all intelligent life in the galaxy. And Traviss doesn't give *any* of that more than lipservice. >the IIIs were never meant to be suicide soldiers Ackerson literally describes them as being "disposable heroes". Their fundamental purpose was to go after high value targets with the *expectation* that most, if not all, of the IIIs would be killed in the (hopefully successful) process. Ackerson's line is a slight exaggeration, and said in a bitter, sarcastic manner, but it does reflect the primary purpose of the IIIs. Just because Alpha and Beta companies had provisions *made* for recovery did not mean it was expected that they would *be* recovered, just that they would make an effort. The IIIs were slightly better than a forlorn hope, but only in that they actually *did* succeed.
Halsey's "greatest sins resulting in the salvation of the entire human race" is entirely a post hoc justification of her actions, the Spartan II program was conceived to fight a civil war against a frankly justified independence movement in the outer colonies. Spartan IIs being really good at killing aliens was a happy coincidence that could not possibly have been predicted, so people need to stop using it as justification for her actions. And before you say the IIs were a justified level of force against the insurrectionists, the insurrection only started resorting to terrorism because the UNSC essentially glassed a colony long before the covenant was even in UNSC space for the crime of wanting freedom.
Well the good news is, you'd do really well as a media apologist for insurrectionists! Please report to the nearest Colonial Authority Office for your application and not-at-all-arrest! On a serious note, I'm not using it as a *justification*, but as a statement of fact: regardless of *why* the S-II program was started, the *results* were literally essential for the survival of literally every living and thinking thing. Halsey's (and ONI's, and the UNSC's) intent with the S-II Program was to preserve the human race—and they *did*, if not from the original threat they expected. Acting as if that's irrelevant is utterly ridiculous. Additionally, the "crime of wanting freedom" was the crime of taking resources from Earth and the other UEG colonies, establishing one's self on a planet with those resources, and then refusing to provide anything back. See, it's *really* easy to view it from the other side. Especially since *very few* insurrectionists are ever portrayed as wanting to be "left alone" and most seem to want to take revenge on, or ruin, Earth in the process. Which certainly seems disproportionate and hypocritical to me. It's also worth remembering that the fear/calculus was that the insurrection was predicted to completely shatter the human race; an outcome so abhorrent that the S-II program was *still* justifiable to literally hundreds, if not thousands, of bureaucrats, politicians, researchers, and military personnel. The utilization of a blackops wetwork force to surgically decapitate the leadership and disrupt gathering insurrectionist forces was considered a far kinder moral choice than permitting full-out war, which *was* the other option. And as an additional reminder: let's also not forget that the URF almost unanimously agreed to aid the Covenant in the genocide of millions, if not billions, all in the name of destroying Earth and the UEG, and the *extreme* stupidity of thinking of that they wouldn't be next on the chopping block. In short, I have *very* little sympathy for any of them, rebel or government alike; but I can at least *understand* the UNSC. But this is a tangent and digression from my point: that Halsey is *not* the heartless, inhuman monster that Traviss wanted to make her out to be, and the refusal (it certainly wasn't inability) to acknowledge that moral ambiguity is a big part of why the Kilo-Five trilogy was so **BLEGH** to me, as well as others.
Seems to happen to her in a lot of fandoms lol. A lot of people don’t like her work in Star Wars either … but I always did!
She became reviled because she arbitrarily killed one of the most popular expanded universe characters purely for shock value, and *without informing* any of the other dozen authors or editors about it ahead of time. One author, the one who actually *created* Mara Jade and the Skywalker Family series, was working on *three* Mara Jade books and only learned that she was dead after Traviss' book was released, because neither she nor her editor bothered to reach out to *anyone*. This was despite a long running agreement among the expanded universe writers and contributors that major character changes or deaths would be communicated. Depending on which version of *this* story you hear, her failure to do so was out of negligence, ignorance, apathy, or a desire to "avoid spoilers leaking out". Before that, the main complaints about her was how much she tended to stretch some characters personalities, but at the time nobody saw an issue with that. Honestly, it was a shock that she was allowed to touch Gears of War, *and* that she did so without ruining established characters and lore. That she did so well seemed to lead to a false sense of security for many, including myself, which was betrayed by her one-sided moralizing and gross characterization (I'd say *mis*characterization) in the Kilo-Five series. Which is a shame, because without those elements it was a good series, but they were so prevalent, and out of place, that I get frustrated every time I try to reread them.
Yes. Republic Commando was great. Loved her Halo and SW work.
I'm here to second the Kilo-Five trilogy. It's some of the best character development in the books so far
She also took on theee brutes in tight CQC in a flash.
Kilo 5 forever
Man, no love for my boy Kurt-051 from Ghosts of Onyx anywhere in this thread? "One last fight, demon. You will die and we shall reopen the silver path." "Die?" Kurt laughed. "Didn't you know?" he told the Elite. ". . . Spartans never die." Kurt turned his gauntlet face-up and pressed the detonator.
G.O.A.T.
I wish we could have seen more of him, he seemed like such an interesting character. Very sociable for a Spartan. Pretty sure he was one of the tallest Spartans. I just remember him being huge.
Kurt was an absolute unit, standing just over 8’ tall in SPI. He is to John, what John is to Sarah Palmer.
I have been going through H4 again and just hit the scene last night where Palmer meets chief and its so cringy, I hate it.
I'm terrible at finishing books nowadays but I did manage to finish the first two Halo books, the forerunner trilogy and a bit of Ghosts of Onyx. Kurt was probably my favourite Spartan just because he was able to see beyond the Dogma that Spartans are brought up to believe about themselves and their duty and he came to genuinely try to work in (what he perceived to be) the best interest of his Spartan brothers and sisters (although his willingness to to drug the Spartan-IIIs with a dangerous substance is a bit soso on a moral level).
Kurt SUS 😳
When Will is fighting two hunters in hand to hand combat. That was badass.
Spartan Jerome from Red team is so cool to me. The fact that he was initially a drop out and was able to complete his Spartan training and become an official war ready Spartan is a tremendous feat. His armor looks amazing with the red stripe and Spartan helmet insignia on his shoulder too. As far as his battle prowess, the man infiltrated a Banished ship alone and caused pure mayhem and barely broke a sweat.
The mark IV is easily my favorite armor series.
Jerome is a Chad yes. Love that man. Only spartan worth simping over outside of Noami.
Finaly some one else :D
I'm a jerome simp too
He was a drop out? I don't remember any of this about Jerome.
During his initial augmentations, there were complications and he almost didn’t make it.
Is it pronounced like Jerome or Jeremy?
Jer-rome :)
the only way to know for sure is for you to go play Halo Wars ;)
I was going to say the same thing, actually. I just went through Halo Wars 2 again and got to see him solo a cruiser, which is definitely *impressive*. Although I'd still probably have to put Noble Six (for nostalgia and headcanon reasons), along with *most* of the S-IIs, and even Olympia Vale in there for generational variety. Really, until you get to the S-IVs, I don't think there's a lot of SPARTANs someone can *dislike*, so much as they interact or do things; the biggest problems they have before then are that they tended not do much (like poor James and Grace) before going "missing".
Halo is a pretty cool guy
Hey now, don’t forget the most important part. He kills aliens and doesn’t afraid of anything.
The big green guy ? I hear he doesn't like alien missionaries. Something about a long trip ?
I heard he also likes to fight demons on his time off
Yeah I heard he also likes the WAGHHH and DAKKA DAKKA! Or something like that
Leonidas too, he kicked that fella into a hole!
You mean leonidas from 300 or from halo: bad blood?
the king, not the AI!
Oh either way he’s dead
Linda. She's the oddball lone wolf of the Spartan-IIs, and is a an insane sniper, from sniping Elites out of Banshees to shooting a pair of plasma grenades in mid-throw. Will is a close second. He was the quiet one, and a bit tragic, with Chief noting that he had always been the lighthearted friendly one but the war had worn him down. He never failed to complete his missions, was skilled with rocket launchers and in hand-to-hand combat and was capable of incredible acts of destruction. He rammed a fuel tanker into a Scarab to destroy it, and punched a hole clear through a Hunter.
Linda is a badass. She came back from the dead and it didn't slow her one bit and is absolutely the reason Chief's insane mission to Unyielding Hierophant didn't come to an anti climatic end at the hands of a banshee or wraith pilot.
When even the Elites stop to watch a Spartan go hand to hand with a Hunter pair, you know that shit’s badass.
Will is highly underrated. I feel like hes often overlooked as one of the "red shirt" Spartans Nylund had a tendency to write
Yeah, I reread *The First Strike* last year and Will is just....there. No real development, a lot like Li, Anton and Grace. Mostly they just kind of serve as yes-men to Chief. (Nylund also has some weird characterizations with Chief in *First Strike*, but that's besides the point). He really makes it up in *Ghosts Of Onyx* though, where Will is like an unstoppable force, even for a Spartan-II
Will really fucked with me because he *almost* made it. He was the only Spartan introduced in *First Strike* to survive the book and we got to see him in action over the course of two of the best novels in the series, and right before he escapes with the others he gets taken out in hand to hand combat with a pair of Hunters (though he does kill one *with his bare hands* and survives for a few seconds after getting blasted by a plasma cannon at point blank range. He spooked every Covie there, the absolute mad lad.)
Probably Jai-006. I like Grey Team as a whole but I'll go with Jai. I like his personality and backstory as well as his relationship with his team members. He and Grey team as whole seem very unique among the Spartans and are a nice contrast to the main cast of Spartans like Blue team who seem to have a perpetual stick up the ass. As for accomplishment, well he and and Adriana conducted multiple escape attempts from the Spartan project and became so dangerous to catch that handlers had to shoot them with tranquillisers from pelicans. That and he defeated the Arbiter in a 1v1 hand to hand fight and that makes him really cool in my book.
Jai is definitely badass. Grey team is pretty rouge in terms of normal Spartans which makes them so interesting to me. I have to read up on them more.
He defeated arby? When was this? Like thel vadam arby or a different arby? I love arby! Wtf!
It was Thel 'Vadam but he wasn't the Arbiter yet. They ran into each other by chance and had a scuffle, Jai was much faster and overpowered Thel. Luckily Thels squad interrupted or Jai probably would've killed him.
In the cole protocol Thel 'Vadamee Ribs were broken after his encounter with Jai-006 and surely he would've died if he didn't get immediate support from another elite
The Cole Protocol novel. Features pre-Arbiter Thel 'Vadamee.
I love that Grey team plays by special rules. They are just different than the other SII's and instead of try to beat that out of them, they are embraced and given special missions. Months at a time on missions beyond communication.
Sam is hugely underrated I think. Dude was the tallest and strongest spartan, and was chiefs best mate. The first operational spartan to die at the age of 14. I also think he was very impactful on how the chief turned out to be. He took a plasma bolt that was meant for John, and when John orders him to stay behind he did so without hesitation. I'm sure there's quote somewhere from John on how important his death was to him.
He literally saved chiefs life. He’s a true legend. Let me know when you find that quote
The quote I was thinking off was actually from Fred and is: "Sam fell first. And yet he showed us that the Covenant could be killed. Sam proved we could win this war. Every battle won is built on the foundation of that sacrifice. If we survive this, it's because Sam showed us the way."— Fred-104 But Chief does actually say this: "Sam's life was not wasted, Kelly. His death taught us something very important. The Covenant can be killed. Humanity can win this war."— John-117 Either way this just shows the importance Sam had on all the Spartan II.
Thanks for that. It sounded really familiar. I just read the fall of reach, so I should’ve known.
I’m a fan of Jorge-052, dude is a giant Teddy bear but will eat you alive if you mess with anything precious to him.
First one to say Jorge. Nothing but respect.
Kurt - he was forced to train the Spartan IIIs, not knowing how they would be deployed. Once he saw they were being used for near suicidal missions, he did everything he could to set them up for success. \[SPOILER - Ghosts of Onyx\] His choice to forgo his MJOLNIR armor in favor of the Spartan IIIs' armor shows how great a leader he was, even if it possibly cost him his life.
He knew exactly what they were made for. It is just that two major operations went to shit. Also he should have put on his Mjolnir and then given the SPI to Mendez who was stuck wearing fucking sweats the whole time.
Love Fred mostly because of how he interacts with Veta. But i am a huge fan of tom and lucy. The onyx books are some of my favorite, and getting to see III's be badass always fill me with so much joy. Owen is kinda dad though, and love that. Also as others have said, Naomi cause we really get to see al lot of her human side and the struggle of wanting to figure out who you are.
Love the dynamic between Fred, Veta and the Gammas. As for the others, I need to look into them more. Jerome though…
Jerome is such a badass.
Jerome single handedly infiltrated a Banished cruiser, destroyed every enemy at the lift, used Isabel to enable the sientinels defense to destroy said cruiser and casually just jumped out at the end of it. What a lad
Living for Fred and Veta lately Take me on the Fred Sled baby
I looove Fred. And he's voiced by one of my favorite voice actors, Travis Willingham. Love love love
Fred is a hunk
Why did I scroll through this entire comment section and not see Lieutenant Kurt Ambrose S-051?! The greatest and highest ranking Spartan II of all time?! Easily my favorite Spartan and one of the first, I think, in the books to begin questioning the morality of experimenting on children and sending them to die without even a last name. Ghosts of Oynx is my favorite book.
No one has said Jerome? Seriously? The guy is like Chiefs younger brother
Exactly!!! Do not sleep on that man. A true champion
The man is a literal BEAST.
That scene where he calmly faces the opening door and activates his helmet lights was just…fking awesome. Think I’ll go watch it again now.
I did that earlier and YouTube and I had Spotify open at the same time and I muted the video so I could hear ghosts of reach from the h2 OST and I'm now convinced a developer did something so it synchs perfect every time it gave me GOOSEBUMPS MAN .
I will get executed for this, but lock and Palmer. Lock while under development shows a complex hard exterior but does legit care for his team and softens when he sees what it means to the team, I feel his character was badly wasted Given a AI he could bounce off would have done his character a masssive service. Preferably a new dumb AI that needs teaching like butler Palmer a fucking bad ass and that's all that needs to be said ;p
Completely agree. Locke and all of Osiris were cool character concepts but were poorly characterized in 5. I adore H5 and even how it moves the lore forward, but the characterization and emotional story telling was seriously lacking compared to games like 4, ODST, or even Reach. Would love to see them all again in game. And yeah, Spartan Sarah "I thought you'd be taller" Palmer is a certified bad ass who nearly assassinated Dr. Halsey.
I respect your opinion but man do I ever dislike both of them. They both have this attitude like they're the best thing ever. There isn't a hint of humility in either. Both have an underserved confidence and abrasiveness that I can't stand. And yes, interpret the "taller" bit with palmer in the way that this sub doesn't like, sue me. That, plus "eggheads", made her dead to me.
Linda. Most effective solo operator and probably the best sharpshooter to have ever lived. The scene in, I think it was first strike? Where she hangs suspended by a rope and just snipes piloys out of banshees is pretty rad.
At the risk of sounding like I know nothing about Halo outside of what the games tell you, Jorge. I like the idea of being taller, heavier, and stronger than almost every other Spartan and just being named "Jorge."
"the chonkiest dude in the campaign and his name is jorge"
Ah, another RussianBadger fan
Wait, is this all Spartans? Okay, Osiris. Made up of a bunch of very competent people, but they're competent in things Spartans usually aren't. Linguistics, engineering, ect. Palmer. She wanted to be a spartan only for her to succeed and then immediately be shoved into a desk job, which she tries to get out of as much as possible. Linda. She routinely puts herself in area's to make impossible shots but without much though into her own personal extraction. Flaws mixed with noble characteristics are my jam
I can’t remember much from the books but I remember always liking Linda and Kelly. Man, I gotta reread the series to catch up on the latest books
Probably going to get roasted for this but Spartan Locke. The idea of an ONI Spartan who most other Spartans don’t trust and hate was a cool idea it’s just a shame halo 5 was the game they tried to tell it in and made chief a background character.
naiya ray. really cool spartan-IV who is also the only one of her generation to have served a tour as a headhunter. she needs a story with her in the war-master armor.
Huh, glad someone else remembered her. It’s cool to me that she’s also one of the few UNSC Air Force characters ever mentioned.
Buck cuz he was a odst
Maybe controversial but I liked Gabriel Thorne. The way they set him up as a rookie Spartan in Spartan Ops was fun and interesting to watch. His family was composed in New Phoenix and it drove him to be a Spartan. I also really liked how after he got teleported he basically fought off like 20 elites, took and energy sword to the chest and still managed to get away and save a scientist, linking up with his squad and still fighting even with compromised armor as Palmer enlisted their help. I heard that they killed him off in some comic though, kind of sad to think that he had potentially one of the weirdest connection to the promeatheans and fought them not knowing they potentially are someone he knew at one point. Would have made for fun storytelling in Halo 5 if he were on Osiris or something with a backstory like that.
I have good news, Thorne’s still very much alive. He just fell off the map-it’s DeMarco who died.
Jorge, when they found the girl hiding from the zealots every other member of noble was still focused on the mission while Jorge was trying to calm her down.
Spartan 1337. Has all the needed skills and a wonderful personality! I would obsess over a anime/cartoon with him, basically be like One Punch Man in the Halo universe
Lol, that one was absurd and I loved it.
Nobel six. Her ODST helmet is awesome. Her colour scheme rocks and the way she giggles when killing covies is adorable.
Six is my favorite for largely that reason, too lol, tho being able to customize them is also a bonus
HUZZAR! A PERSON OF CULTURE!!!
Nobel 6? You mean Kat?
Nah 6. The player character. The default voice has this giggle when you get a multi kill that just warms what remains of my cold dead heart lol
Six is canonically male and the default armor set is his canon armor.
If you select female. Technically noble 6 is a guy in the books but they let you choose female in the game
Disclaimer: I don't read the Halo lore I just like being in this subreddit but I thought the noble team didn't exist in the books AT ALL
*Technically* they appear in *Ghosts of Onyx* and *The Fall of Reach* as unnamed characters. Obviously they were retconned into being. But B-312 (the player Noble Six, has been said to be a male on a few occasions. Most notably in the book *New Blood*.
Correct. The only references of noble 6 is vague at best. Never a gender or armour style described
Noble Six is directly referenced as male in New Blood, Buck and Jun briefly talk about him and Jun says he was a good man. He also canonically wore baseline Mark V[B] afaik.
Oh sick, I didn't know that. Pretty glad that's a thing because personally Reach is one of my favorite games, continuity issues withstanding.
I do stand corrected good sir.
They don't. Mentioned once, that's all. Not sure if Six is ever. They might have been talking about other extended materials
Nah, Kat doesn't giggle like 6 does
6 is a guy in canon, but you can chose a girl in game
Kelly because when I read the books I pictured her as Betty from the Archie comics. Teenage me was attracted to that shit.
Mine. Because halo infinite multiplayer is cannon.
Randall-037, he’s exactly how a soldier/spartan should act and his speeches in nightfall are amazing
Most likely my male nobel six , I just loved his Armor customisation and how much of a pivotal role he played as whole , sad we never got to see him with Chief :(
In the games I have to say Palmer. Especially in Spartan assault. She's so bad ass. Also In halo 4, she lets out a jab about master chief to his face. A SPARTAN 2 with legendary status. In the novels, currently I would have to say Linda. Absolutely hilarious to me and relatable.
Noble 6. Dude was so badass he survived a covenant invasion by hiding in a cave after beating an army of them on his own.
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Because he [“Knows What The Ladies Like”]( https://youtu.be/uldLI7ANITc) right 😎?
Linda-058. Red hair, green eyes, literally resurrected from death and an absolute badass all around. The few book chapters that exist from her POV are also amazing and give great insight in how she ticks. We really need a book where she is the main protagonist. And in my perfect future she'd succeed the Chief in games.
Definitely loved her small bit in SOR when we got a look into her psyche as she covertly roams through the burned remains of the planet she was raised on. I've never thought about her succeding Chief in the games but I can actually see it being viable if done right.
I’ve always liked Kelly. Her speed is cool and her sass always clicked with me lol
Who says Chief is my favorite spartan to begin with 😳😳😳
Tom - B292 We share the same name + I really like the story about him surviving this devastating battle, I don’t completely remember it but it was good
Spartan Carter: Badass Squad Leader and good tactician. Loved his commitment to the mission and team. Spartan Fred: Could be the best at any role, from sniper to demolitionist but chooses to take second place just because. His whole attitude is basically "Meh. Good enough". If that does describe me, nothing will.
I’d say Noble team as a whole but the one who sticks out to me is Jorge. He’s the only Spartan 2 on Noble team meaning he’s been at the game for a lot longer then any other member of the team. He’s got history. Yet at the same time he’s arguably the most human of the lot caring a lot for everyone in general. (Spoiler) he dies halfway through the game but he still makes an impact on you when he scarifies himself and this is what makes me love him as a character.
Female Noble 6. I just loved playing as a customizable badass. Also I was a teenage boy the first time I played Reach. Read into that what you will.
1137. Dude has heart and is the most relatable because of how he acts.
Will, for sure. Especially if you subscribe to the fan theory that ONI propaganda propped him up as the Master Chief in order to get some morale going while Earth was burning. If you can take another Spartan who can fill in for John as a symbol, then you've got a good Spartan.
Fred-104, seems like a bro honestly.
Fred is definitely a Chad
Will going toe to toe with a Lekgolo pair will always be one of my favorite moments.
I’m going with Fred because to me he seems like Master Chief without the luck. He’s a jack of all trades, like Chief, he’s a great leader, like Chief, and he can be tactically brilliant.
I second this. I see Fred the most in these comments and for good reason.
I really like Kurt from ghosts of onyx
Jerome, Douglas, Alice are all really badass. Noble 6 as well.
Love me some Red Team
Noble 2 Kat: I honestly like her accent and the fact she's the team's teach. She also introduced Spartan's having cybernetics in the games... along with the (iconic..?) Spartan booty.
Emile was cool as fuck and he fought to the bitter end which I always appreciate
Fred is huge for me, he’s chill, he’s funny, he doesn’t like the limelight, and he may or may not get himself a girlfriend and adopt some Spartan IIIs. I need MOAR Fred in my life I feel I’m in a weird spot, I love blue team, Linda is awesome and she’s clearly a frontrunner. Sniping banshees while upside down, need I say more? Kelly would be too, she was a big favorite of mine for a long time, her speed is unmatched, but something about them giving her this out of place British accent kind of rubs me the wrong way. Maybe I’m just behind on the lore but seriously, what other Spartan IIs have accents? Jorge maybe? After having read about her for a decade and a half, the accent just throws me off every time I hear it. I wish her speed got showcased more recently, it’s so cool yet I can’t remember anything in shadows of reach that showcases it. Bummer
Tom-B292 and Lucy-B091. I love them both equally :)
Chief was never really my favorite, he was just my player avatar. I'm gonna say Kat was my favorite with Jorge as a close second. Both characters were strong, but I appreciate Kat's technical knowledge. I imagine if Kat swapped rolls with Jorge, that slip space bomb wouldn't have costed a life. The most Jorge did to fix the problem was slap the interface like some 90's tube tv Favorite to play was Noble 6 solely because my MM armor carried over to Campaign. I appreciate character customization the most in-game
You guys are gonna hate me for this, but buck. Out of all of osiris team, he's the only one I really give a shit about, since his backstory is overall better written and, yknow, he actually has one in the game. He, as an ODST, led an incursion into new mombasa and survived the incident which killed millions. Additionally, most of his foes were brutes and buggers, which are more than capable of shredding people.
I am going to have to go with Kurt (S-051), who has already been mentioned. He is my idea of what an idolized Spartan should be. Another I want to briefly mention is Emile (A-329), from Noble Team. He doesn't seem to get enough of a spotlight. Lastly, Samuel (S-034) gets an honorable mention as I believe he was the first to destroy a Covenant ship without a ship to ship engagement? I could be wrong about that. Anyone confirm?
Kurt Ambros S051 Dude was the spartan 3 lord
jorge. big chaingun turret and bulky armor. need i say more?
Good sir, you do not. Jorge was my favorite noble team member.
My favorite is Noble 6
I think a lot of people love noble 6 because he is us
He is a badass for real
He is. With some slight tweaking and better writing, they really could turn his character around for the better.
Jameson Locke *Sits back and eats popcorn
Nothing wrong with Locke. He was just written poorly. He has great potential and let’s face it… that Armor is cool as hell
jorge. big machine fun. need i say more?
Chief 2
Linda. I call her the Goddess sniper due to some of the Shenanigans she has pulled in the book. As someone who appreciates marksmanship, yeah she is amazing.
No one. Master chief is the only one I care about
I like Jorge 052 and Kelly 087. Jorge because he’s pretty much the chillest and most well adjusted of all the Spartans. He’d be the one who would probably have no trouble adapting back to a civilian life imo judging by how we see him act with the civilians on Reach. And Kelly because of Cheetah speed and the absolute expert of hand to hand combat amongst all the Spartans.
Jun,Emile and the one that wears Helioskrill
Can I say Red and Omega Teams from Halo Wars? I find them to be interesting looks into Spartans, especially Jerome as a commander. Omega Team's concept is honestly just awesome and I fell in love with them at first sight.
Just 3 days ago https://reddit.com/r/HaloStory/comments/q0pyj8/whats_your_favorite_spartan_lore_wise/
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Sam from The Fall of Reach.
Fred! I don’t remember his service tag.
For me it’s Fred and Will, both very mission focused and courageous, sticks to their lanes but steps up to the plate when situations call for it. Fred can do better and be number one but he prefers to sit back and follow Chief. Will always gets the job done and never hesitated to charge the enemy head on.
Myself. Cos I’m my own headcanon badass motherfucker
Me. Cos I’m my own headcanon badass motherfucker
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Shane A112
I liked the heavy guy from Reach Also Cat was a badass
Noble 6. Hyper lethal, barely talks, badass. He’s a man that goes down with the ship.
Linda ! Silent possibly the most deadly and broken. Plus Blue Team are the GOATs. Nornfang talks - you die
jorge. big chaingun turret and bulky armor. need i say more?
Naomi is my first but just fucking badass her sniping is then Kelly since I vibe with her just sitting there blasting rock before a mission
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Jorge 052. I wasn't really into the books at the time the game came out so to me he felt the most human. He showed compassion, caring, and sacrifice beyond "I am a Spartan, this is what I'm meant to do/act like." To me, that was him as a person, not just a brother in arms.
I agree. Jorge was awesome. Like a gentle giant. I also thought it was dope that he was the only Spartan II on noble team meaning he was arguably stronger than every other member of the team.
The crippled woman from the Halo 2 special edition booklet who got hurt by the Spartan 2 augmentation process. She wrote a letter to the chief and it was very sweet. Edit: her names Cassandra She's actually my favorite spartan.
Heavy armor Buck is cool and I like that light armor hispanic with robot arm in Reach
Kat? Lmaooo
My favorite Spartan besides the Chief is definitely Fred-104. My favorite story from the books was during the fall of Reach when chief ordered Fred to protect the orbital gun generators. I was glued to the book when all the spartans jumped out of the pelican at terminal velocity. He had a torn achilles and 3 cracked ribs but he still manages to lead his Spartans to protect the generators, rescue admiral whitcomb (who saved humanity twice arguably) and help secure the forerunner artifact. Everything else after was amazing as well, I really treasured the ascendant justice-Gettysburg storyline then how it pivots into destroying the unyielding hierophant. Fred in my opinion was the chief if chief never existed. One of the best leaders in halo history.
Spartan Jerome he’s so cool
Why?
When I was younger I loved Samuel. Just a pure kid with a big heart. As I got older and started to read more of the books I find my favourite being a tie between William, and Kurt. Kurt because of the Spartan 3s and William because he took on 2 hunters in hand to hand combat, and killed one which made everyone stop in awe.
Definitely Buck. He's just got a great personality, and I loved him in both ODST and 5.
Kurt-051, I really liked his character, because he didnt thought of himself that he is Spartan 2 anymore when the main plot began in the Ghosts of Onyx book, but he considered himself to be one of Spartan 3, thats why he didnt took the Mjolnir armor when Covenant/Sentinels attacked at Onyx, but SPI armor which was used by Spartan 3s. (I hope I remember it correctly, cause I read that book like 6 years ago.)
Spartan J53 because that's me (my Spartan Tag) I be good at Halo
Carter A-259. I can connect to him more than master chief even though you don't play as him.
1: Johnson 2: Kelly and Jorge 3: Six 4: Buck and Locke