Quote Originally Posted by Amit View Post
I doubt they've made it that far into the future. Spartan-III's were already so cheap that ONI didn't care that there were 100% casualty rates for most of their large missions. Them along with all their equipment. I bet it'd be cheaper to train 50 Spartan-II's and have them all die.

No, these Spartan-IV's look even more like machines than the Chief. I doubt regular humans would be able to heft all that armour without augmentations, but they can't handle them in the first place. 343i is just creating Spartan-IV's to make it look like they are doing something new.
Err ONI was creating the Spartan IV since ORION's conception, but in secret. Effectively, the Spartan IV is a more refined version of a Spartan I. At this point, anything done by ONI could seem plausible simply because they are devious and know so much shit. But if you don't want to accept that then that's your way of dealing with things.

TLDR: Read Glasslands.