Third, there were far too few of them for them to turn the tide of the war. Next, funding the Spartans, including their training and Mjolnir armor, cost as much as a battle group, at least according to Rear Admiral Ned Rich. Firstly, the high mortality rate of the children during augmentation was counterproductive to the goal of the program. The SPARTAN-II program also had several problems and deficiencies which overshadowed its success to the Office of Naval Intelligence. Catherine Halsey, had postponed the training of new Spartan-IIs for years due to the specific age selection criteria, despite having candidates who met the genetic requirements. Unfortunately, there were too few Spartan-IIs to turn the tide of the war. Tales of Spartan supersoldiers fighting off thousands of Covenant attacks had become the stuff of legend. The SPARTAN-II program had been a dazzling success for the UNSC. They would rely more heavily on teamwork and sheer numbers than advanced technology and equipment to achieve effectiveness. Composed primarily of vengeful orphans from fallen colonies, they would be cheaper to arm, train, and produce being chosen from a wider pool of candidates, they would also be more numerous than their Spartan-II predecessors. Created and engineered by Colonel James Ackerson of the Office of Naval Intelligence, the Spartan-IIIs were to be the next generation of supersoldiers. The SPARTAN-III project was both a successor and supplement to the SPARTAN-II program. After the war, the remaining Spartan-III personnel were given the opportunity to join the newly formed Spartan Operations, supplementing the numbers of the Spartan-IVs.
In active combat service between 25, the Spartan-IIIs turned the tide of several critical battles of the Human-Covenant War.
The SPARTAN-III program was a top-secret project initiated by the Beta-5 Division of the Office of Naval Intelligence's Section Three in order to produce cheap and expendable supersoldiers to stem the tide of the Covenant's onslaught against the Outer Colonies. And make them cheaper." - Colonel James Ackerson " Make the units better with new technology.
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