V/ORION Project

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Initiated in 2583, the efforts of the SPARTAN-IV Project resulted in a secondary program, nicknamed ORION Five. Ironically named, as the original Orion program recruited consenting adults compared to its successor. The purpose of ORION Five was to, once again draft children into the UNSC for later deployment as SPARTAN Commandos.

As most consenting adults inducted into SPARTAN-IV would be of lesser physical and mental prowess than their predecessors, the United Nations Space Command would eventually require soldiers as capable as SPARTAN-II Class I Commandos, and select SPARTAN-III Supersoldiers such as those in NOBLE, and Gauntlet Teams.

The V/ORION Program would provide up to a decade's worth of experience, and expertise before the subject reaches the minimal age of enlistment, and would be issued equipment equal to, or greater than their SPARTAN counterparts. Though years of training, and bleeding-edge equipment comes at a price, meaning as few as 45 recruits would be trained per generation.

This would provide the UNSC with extremely valuable, highly capable soldiers with greater prowess than those before them, surpassing those who came before them. These unparalleled soldiers would safeguard humanity and accomplish feats no other humans, and no other SPARTANs are capable of.

Deployment
The first company, Alpha, nicknamed "Juno" initiated in 2561, and officially deployed in 2569. Consisting of initially 145 candidates, a vetting process determined that only 45 would move on to training, (though a select number of rejects eventually went on to join SPARTAN-IV). This company, trained by Tom-B292, was first sent to battle in 2567 and issued MJOLNIR Mk. VI after graduation in 2569. }}