Kryptes

"For the Spartans who came before us and the Spartans who will come after, we will dedicate ourselves to building a place where we can be what we are without being used as tools of any government. There's always a war in this galaxy. Always has been, always will be. And we Spartans were built for war!"

- Saul-G313

The Kryptes are a group of renegade who deserted from the  following the end of the  and attempted to establish their own independent society. Formed from a number of, the Kryptes believed that augmented humans like the Spartans were "" and did not want to remain tools of the 's military industrial complex. Although the Kryptes' attempt to build a sustainable colony was met with some success, their lack of civilian experience and military-centric upbringing led them to resort to raids on former client colonies and even piracy in order to survive. The eventually brokered a deal with the Kryptes; in exchange for weapons, resources, and diplomatic immunity, the Spartan secessionists carried out plausibly deniable and often morally questionable black operations against such targets as the, , and even non-hostile objectives such as. Though few knew of their involvement with ONI, the Kryptes were feared for their brutal efficiency and ruthless tactics.

Trivia

 * The Kryptes derive their name from the Crypteia, a tradition of the ancient Greek Spartans in which young warriors were sent out to live off the land and hunt Sparta's subjugated helot population; it is believed this tradition was a rite of passage that was used to control the helots.

Behind the Scenes

 * The Kryptes were heavily inspired by the Spartan Enclave, created by users Laconia and Tuckerscreator, particularly its idea of a Spartan culture dedicated to training and giving a home to Spartans. It was also inspired by non-Halo sources such as Metal Gear Solid's Outer Heaven and Death Watch from the Star Wars franchise.