. "The ORION Project was an Office of Naval Intelligence and Colonial Military Authority super-soldier program aimed at security and counter-insurgency operations. It was originally launched in the 23rd century, but was deemed too cost ineffective. A later relaunch occurred during the Insurrection. Though effective, it eventually met a similar fate to the original program."@en . . . "300"^^ . "--01-29"^^ . . . . . "The Orion Project was a project initiated in 2491 that was designed to create supersoldiers called SPARTANs, who were later called Spartan-Is. Little is known as to the style or intensity of training they went through, although the Spartans were picked from volunteers. The biological enhancements used on the Spartan-Is were precursors and tests for those used on the Spartan-IIs and later the Spartan-IIIs. Most Spartans were killed by the biological upgrades, and many experienced mental breakdowns later in life. However, there were many participants, although the exact number is unknown. The ones who did live became incredibly powerful and 'unkillable' soldiers. In HRPU, many Spartan-Is were created due to their unknown and easily influenced past."@en . . . . . . "ORION Project"@en . "*One-Point-Ohs\n*SPARTAN-Is"@en . . "ORION Project"@en . . "--04-13"^^ . . . "The Orion Project was a project initiated in 2491 that was designed to create supersoldiers called SPARTANs, who were later called Spartan-Is. Little is known as to the style or intensity of training they went through, although the Spartans were picked from volunteers. The biological enhancements used on the Spartan-Is were precursors and tests for those used on the Spartan-IIs and later the Spartan-IIIs. Most Spartans were killed by the biological upgrades, and many experienced mental breakdowns later in life. However, there were many participants, although the exact number is unknown. The ones who did live became incredibly powerful and 'unkillable' soldiers. In HRPU, many Spartan-Is were created due to their unknown and easily influenced past."@en . "The ORION Project was an Office of Naval Intelligence and Colonial Military Authority super-soldier program aimed at security and counter-insurgency operations. It was originally launched in the 23rd century, but was deemed too cost ineffective. A later relaunch occurred during the Insurrection. Though effective, it eventually met a similar fate to the original program. Later, following the success of the Doctor Halsey's SPARTAN-IIs, the remaining ORIONs became colloquially named as SPARTAN-Is, and this name took root the extent that ORIONs such as James James referred to themselves as SPARTANs. The ORION Project itself was also retroactively dubbed the SPARTAN-I Program, and the children of the members of the ORION Project were sometimes called SPARTAN-1.1s."@en . "*Operation: KALEIDOSCOPE\n*Operation: TREBUCHET\n*Operation: CHARLEMAGNE\n*Operation: TANGLEWOOD\n*Operation: VERITAS"@en . . . "The ORION Project was an Office of Naval Intelligence and Colonial Military Authority super-soldier program aimed at security and counter-insurgency operations. It was originally launched in the 23rd century, but was deemed too cost ineffective. A later relaunch occurred during the Insurrection. Though effective, it eventually met a similar fate to the original program. Later, following the success of the Doctor Halsey's SPARTAN-IIs, the remaining ORIONs became colloquially named as SPARTAN-Is, and this name took root the the extent that ORIONs such as James James referred to themselves as SPARTANs. The ORION Project itself was also retroactively dubbed the SPARTAN-I Program, and the children of the members of the ORION Project were sometimes called SPARTAN-1.1s. The ORION Project was a Special Operations Force in the UNSC. Administratively, the ORION project was under the control of ONI Section-III, the Special Projects section of ONI's Beta-5 Division. However the Orion super-soldiers themselves were under the operational authority of Naval Special Warfare Command/Naval Special Weapons. The ORION Program was an all volunteer force composed of the best soldiers from the Marine Corps and special forces branches of the military\u2014the Orion super-soldiers performed specialized, high-risk operations including: counter-insurgency operations, unconventional warfare, direct action and black operations. The ORION program was headquartered on one of the many orbital docks on Reach, and in the height of the program had 300 active duty personnel. The members of the ORION program were all augmented soldiers, using new training methods and the latest breakthroughs in biochemical developments. Augmentations to the Orion super-soldiers include muscular enhancement injections, pulmonary respiratory enhancements, retina-inversion injections, and cochlea enhancement tuning. In addition to the physical enhancements, mental augmentations were performed to enhance brain functions including enhanced learning capabilities to allow a subject to learn at a faster and higher rate and enhanced motor skills to improve body movements. The Orion training regime was very difficult and included many tests both mental and physical, including work done in the lab. All sixty-five initial volunteers made it through the training and augmentation procedures and were placed on active duty some time after completing their training. After their initial deployment and success funding for training the next group of Orion super-soldiers was approved, and within a few years the Orion Program had 165 active duty personnel."@en . . . . "Special Forces"@en . . .