That Twily Face makes me think he’s about to crouch repeatedly over a defeated enemy’s head.

I like to imagine him being Caboose in this.
 
(RedVSBlue)

hes part of fireteam majestic?

THERE IS NO ESCAPE

Im not a fan of Halo, so I’ll just say annoying words.
 
MAU CHIKA BA WAU! SHOO BE DO BE DOO! TRA LALALALALAAAAAAAAA!  
(glass breaks)

@Jackarunda
 
Acuity they worked out the “kills or cripple” by the time of the IIIs, granted its due how they were made
 
So the IV’s (who are the new ones)

Are you guys forgetting Spartan RED team from Halo Wars? There may be a small chance that MC might run into them (and what remains of the crew of the Spirit of Fire). Its a possibility that I want to keep.

@Jackarunda  
The Spartan IV’s actually go back to the program’s roots in Project ORION. All of the new Spartans are consenting adults who receive something closer to gene therapy rather than crazy surgical augmentations.
 
And the novels make it clear that the UNSC still has some baddies to fight after the war; the Insurrection is making a comeback and a pretty sizable portion of the Elite population wants to finish humanity off. Super-soldiers are still pretty useful.

Well it would be cool to see one of them in Halo 4.

@Yorec
 
There was a whole host of Spartan-IIs. Jeorge is (was, R.i.P.) one, and John trained with a whole class during his younger years. John’s class was one of many. Had friendships. Most got killed in action went missing in action. John actively saved Linda’s life by putting her in cryo-sleep and sending her off before shit exploded (IIRC, as I said before it’s been years since I read the books), and I think some others did survive, but of course were lost. Since Jeorge died, John is the only Spartan-II whose whereabouts are currently known by the gamer community. Spartan-IIs were resilient as all hell, far more so than the cheaper Spartan-IIIs; it is likely some of the MiA (for real) Spartan-IIs are still alive by the end of Halo 3. Somewhere.

@BP
 
Thank you!

^ the armor’s movement systems are sensitive and incredibly powerful. Regular soldier can’t use it without fucking himself up :V

Well actually I think word of god confirmed that Jun survived Reach at the very least.
 
I don’t know if he survived to the time Halo 4 is set in.
 
Also are there no Spartan-IIs besides John? I have never read the expanded universe.

Does shining even know how to use that armor don’t you need special training to be a badass?

But now they face neither rebels nor covenant. Still doesn’t make sense to continue a program that kills or cripple more than half its inductees.
 
Unless… I guess… there’s a new galaxy-wide threat :/
 
It’s been a while, but if I remember correctly, the books saw some spartan-IIs survive, I think locked in cryo-sleep and then lost, much like John.
 
pretty much all the spartan-IIIs died (the last of them on Onyx IIRC), but some may have lived or simply have been stationed elsewhere (and pulled back before their planet was taken), it’s not an impossibility. And we never saw Jun die, as you said, so he adds to the Spartan-III potential-living count.

*They are not

Also there are still other spartans besides MC. Jun is still alive as far as I know, he survived Reach at least.
 
There not gonna decommission super soldiers when they can still be used for special missions.

Considering the spartan program was in business about 12? years before the covenant even rocked up I’m not surprised.  
You forget the Spartans were originally meant to kill human rebels till that rather inconvenient alien invasion.

Wh…
 
Why would the UNSC reinstate the Spartan program? It was desperate and dangerous, only appropriate for a time when humanity faced annihilation
 
I don’t have high hopes for Halo 4. I hope I’m wrong, but every Halo game made by anyone other than Bungie has simply failed to compare. Oh well. We’ll see.

It’s supposed to be the Gen 2 model. You know… since Halo 4 is bumping the tech up a few years. Bout time, too. Getting bored of the ol’ Mark VI.

…what the hell mark number is that?