Thread:ProjectPredacon/@comment-26464372-20150320202214/@comment-25958301-20150320212121

Mhm. Sadly only 75 SPARTAN-IIs were created. Even then, more then 50% of the Spartans 'washed out' either dying or becoming severely crippled where the UNSC hoped to revive them later. Some became intelligence officers for ONI.

Also, like the real Spartans from Ancient Sparta, the IIs were abducted as children at the age of 6. There were meant to be 300 children but funding cut the numbers in half... then half again. And they require specific genes too to wield the bulky yet powerful MJOLNIR armour.

You should read the books, Fall of Reach, Flood and First Strike. Gives a nice insight on the universe if you lack the money and consoles for the games xD