Spartan-II Augmentations

The SPARTAN-II augmentations were a series of biological and cybernetic enhancement procedures administered to the candidates of the SPARTAN-II Program. The augmentations were divided into two stages, Primary and Secondary, and ranged from relatively harmless treatments such as endocrine therapy to the highly experimental and dangerous chemical and technological enhancements performed once the candidates entered puberty. As a result of the augmentations, the Spartans were given superhuman abilities, but at a high cost; out of the seventy-five Class I candidates, only thirty-three remained viable post-surgery. Despite the apparent flaws of the procedures and the development of better bioengineering methods such as Project: CHRYSANTHEMUM, they were again utilized to augment the second class of SPARTAN-IIs in 2544, with disastrous results; this regimen of augmentations was thus discontinued.