Melthris:I do not wish to offend when I say this but alot of you in this thread
do not remember/know what happened in the books properly. From alot of
the messages I have read in this forum I gather that people think
Kelly, Linda, James etc will make an appearence in Halo Wars. Let me be
blunt. NO. None of the Spartan-II soldiers will be in Halo Wars, unless
you see cut scenes when they are training or something which I see as
unlikely. I think those spartans we see in Halo Wars are the Spartan-1
soldiers possibly. Eh too tired to explain this properly but alot of
you guys need to re-read the books before you post things on here lol,
alot of what has been said in here is just completley wrong
The SPARTAN-II program finished before first contact and the start of the war. The Covenant glassed Harvest in April 2525. Earlier that year, SPARTAN-IIs had been on active duty against rebels and pirates. In September 2525, MCPO John-117 was briefed on the Covenant situation and role the SPARTAN-IIs would be playing in combat versus the Covenant. December 2525 saw the first SPARTAN-II lost in combat; Sam-038 died whilst infiltrating a Covenant ship.
The first series of SPARTAN supersoldiers were not commissioned to combat, due to the program highlighting that the volunteers were not physically or psychologically able to provide the ability that the ORION project needed to get out of its supersoldiers. The SPARTAN-II project was the second phase; a replanned project where children showing genetic traits of strength, reflexes, and intelligence, would be abducted and replaced with short-living flashclones, so the the children could be trained, genetically enhanced, and physically augmented to create a true supersoldier.
We won't see named SPARTAN-IIs, probably with the exception of the Master Chief, but any SPARTANs we see will definitely be SPARTAN-IIs, because they are the only SPARTANs that saw active duty at all, nevermind in the Covenant War.