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[short-wooloo]

What Spartans Remain?

Because I went down the Halopedia rabbit hole and I'm an obsessive nut, I've put together a list of all the Spartan-IIs, just to figure out who's alive, who's dead, who's missing, and the numbers which are unaccounted for

Alright so, there were at least 150 candidates considered for Spartan-IIs, half were conscripted, and of that 75, we have at least 50 named (or at least numbered) individuals

Alive (when last we saw them):

Jai-006

Naomi-010

Leon-011

Serin-019 (washout)

Robert-025

Douglas-042

Linda-058

Maria-062 (semi-retired)

Cassandra-075 (washout)

Fhajad-084 (washout)

Kelly-087

Jerome-092

Musa-096 (washout)

August-099

Fred-104

Adriana-111

John-117 (duh)

Michael-120

Alice-130

Definitely Dead:

Li-008 (2552)

Daisy-023 (unknown date during war, 2526-2552)

Joshua-029 (2552)

Otto-031 (2557)

Samuel-034 (2525)

Randall-037 (2556)

William-043 (2552)

Anton-044 (2552)

Kurt-051 (2552)

Jorge-052 (2552)

Margaret-053 (2557)

Malcolm-059 (2552)

Sheila-065 (2544)

Solomon-069 (2544)

Spartan-073 (2525)

Arthur-079 (2544)

Grace-093 (2552)

Victor-101 (2557)

Ralph-103 (unknown date during war, 2526-2552)

Oscar-129 (2525)

Cal-141 (2544)

Roma-143 (2557)

Unidentified Trainee (2525)

Unidentified Spartan (2531)

Maybe Dead:

James-005 (2552)

Vinh-030 (2552)

Isaac-039 (2552)

Beta-Romeo Actual (2552)

Red Fifteen (2552)

Red Four (2552)

Red Nineteen (2552)

Status unknown:

Kirk-018 (washout, possibly rehabilitated)

Keiichi-047 (alive as of 2531)

Soren-066 (alive as of 2527)

Rene-081 (washout, possibly rehabilitated)

Joseph-122 (alive as of 2525)

Carris-137 (alive as of 2520)

Spartans-116, 118, 119, 121, 123, and 124 (possibly the unidentified trainee and Spartan, as well ass Beta-Romeo Actual, Red-Fifteen, Red Four, and Red Nineteen)

Missing numbers:

Spartans number 001, 002, 003, 004, 007, 009, 012, 013, 014, 015, 016, 017, 020, 021, 022, 024, 026, 027, 032, 033, 035, 036, 038, 040, 041, 045, 046, 048, 049, 050, 054, 055, 056, 057, 060, 061, 063, 064, 067, 068, 070, 071, 072, 074, 076, 077, 078, 080, 082, 083, 085, 086, 088, 089, 090, 091, 094, 097, 098 (according to the silver timeline, Spartan-098 is named "Nora"), 100, 102, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 112, 113, 114, 115, 126, 127, 128, 131, 132, 133, 135, 136, 138, 139, 140, 142, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150 (I'm sure I messed up somewhere)

obviously given that not all 150 candidates were recruited, some (about 70) of these numbers did not actually become Spartans, trainees or otherwise, such as Caleb-095, the father of Olympia Vale

Additionally, Spartans-028 (Riz), 125 (Kai), and 134 (Vanak) do exist per 343's internal documentation, but as of yet have not appeared in the Prime timeline

therefore there are about 19 confirmed living Spartans, 24 confirmed dead, 7 possible dead, and 12 unknowns, for a total of 62 (or 65 counting the silvers), so there are at least 10-13 other Spartans we have not met, be they active, retired, washout, dead, or missing

[halobirthdays]

Happy birthday to Admiral Serin Osman!

Today is her -485th birthday!

Osman had a difficult upbringing: born to single parent and severely neglected. In 2517, she was abducted as part of the Spartan-II program. She was one of the few candidates who were not replaced by a flash clone, presumably because she would not be missed or her disappearance would not be reported.

Osman went through training with the other Spartan-II candidates and was designated as 019, but when it came time for augmentation, she was only able to complete one round before her body began to reject the process. As a result, she was deemed a wash-out and removed from the candidate pool.

ONI took custody of her, rehabilitated her, and prepared her for reassignment. At some point, she was taken under the wing of CINCONI Admiral Parangosky and was groomed as her protégé.

Osman would act as an ONI field agent for several years. By 2553, she had the rank of Captain. Following the end of the war, Osman was selected by Parangosky to participate in covert efforts to disrupt peace between the UEG, the UNSC, and the Swords of Sanghelios, believing that peace was unrealistic and the Sangheili needed to be weakened for Humanity to be safe. She also personally arrested Catherine Halsey, whom she grew to resent deeply over the years.

Because she was taken into ONI training at such a young age, it is difficult to ascertain how much of her beliefs are her own, and how much is just an extension of Parangosky. Upon her retirement, Osman was appointed as CINCONI, ensuring that Parangosky's priorities would be carried out. Like her predecessor, she has an intimidating, conniving nature and reputation. She was given Parangosky's personal AI, Black-Box, as part of her new position.

During the Created conflict, Black-Box coordinated an escort off Earth along with Admiral Hood. They were taken to Rossbach's World, an uncharted, undeveloped planet with a single cabin erected by Black-Box to use as a safe haven. With her, she held a briefcase containing the matrices of all HIGHCOM AIs, including Black-Box, and was left with the decision of whether to destroy them before they could allign with Cortana, attempt to recruit them, or let them choose. She and Hood stayed there for a year, completely isolated and unaware of what was happening in the greater galaxy.

In 2559, Cortana's forces became aware of Rossbach's World and sent a Guardian to the planet. Spartan Gray team was sent to extract them, both because of their individual importance but also for information secretly stored in Black-Box.

Osman reluctantly relinquished Black-Box to the UNSC, having never been able to bring herself to destroy him given their personal history. However, by the time they were rescued, he had already reached his maximum allowable lifespan. Thus, they were both aware that he would be terminated once she surrendered him. After a bitter and tearful farewell, Osman rejoined ONI’s efforts against the many remaining threats against humanity.

In canon (~2560), she is turning 49!