SPARTAN-IV program

"There won't be any program; not like the Spartan-Twos, anyway or the Spartan-Threes, if I can help it. We're back to using consenting adults now, like we did in Project Orion"

- Margaret Parangosky

The SPARTAN-IV Program is the fourth generation of the SPARTAN Program, consisting of members recruited from the UNSC's military who were augmented to be capable of wearing a new variant of the MJOLNIR GEN2 armor. This phase was initiated by Admiral Margaret Parangosky after the Human-Covenant war, and some are stationed near the in the Oort Cloud.

Similar to the original ORION Project, the SPARTAN-IV Program would only consist of adult volunteers, as opposed to young children (despite their stellar operational record in previous generations of the program). When the program was started, surviving members of previous generations were offered an opportunity to be integrated into it, though it remains unknown how many accepted or declined. The first active SPARTAN-IVs were already deployed as early as 2553 as some of them were temporarily assigned to the before it was scheduled to launch.

It has been stated that red SPARTANs fight blue SPARTANs because they are in a training simulation aboard the.

Personnel

 * Sarah Palmer
 * Jared Miller
 * Robert Dalton
 * Fireteam Apex
 * Fireteam Avalanche
 * Fireteam Castle
 * Estey-Bethel
 * Lincoln
 * Dunlap
 * Casillas
 * Toshi
 * Fireteam Crimson
 * Fireteam Domino
 * Fireteam Horse
 * Fireteam Ivy
 * Fireteam Kodiak
 * Fireteam Lancer
 * Terry Ledge
 * Fireteam Majestic
 * Paul Demarco
 * Tedra Grant
 * Madsen
 * Gabriel Thorne
 * Hoya
 * Fireteam Mountain
 * Fireteam Rhino
 * Fireteam Shadow
 * Horatio Fry
 * Carmichael
 * Fireteam Sword
 * Fireteam Talon
 * Fireteam Tower
 * Fireteam Wolf
 * Fireteam Switchback
 * Cara Costabile
 * Bradford Gale

Trivia

 * It is stated through the thoughts of Admiral Parangosky in Halo: Glasslands that there were a small fraction of SPARTAN-IVs active before the end of the war with the Covenant.
 * There is now a branch of the UNSC Defense Force comprised entirely of SPARTAN-IVs.
 * It seems that SPARTAN IV personnel wear part of their MJOLNIR bodysuit at all times, as evidenced by the docking ports as well as that no one else is seen wearing it. This also makes sense as SPARTAN-IVs spend more time out of armor and may need to don their armor quicker than previous generations.
 * Considering Spartans from all generations were invited to the SPARTAN-IV program; Orions, Spartan 1.1s, SPARTAN-IIs and SPARTAN-IIIs could be considered SPARTAN-IVs if they joined. There is reason to believe a number of Spartan-IVs are former ODSTs as well, indicated by ingame dialogue.
 * In addition to being deployed on the UNSC flagship Infinity, Spartan-IVs are also stationed on ONIRF Trevelyan and Gamma Halo.

List of appearances

 * Halo: Glasslands
 * Halo 4
 * Halo: The Thursday War