Manual mentions forge as "the guy you want in the foxhole next to yours but would never introduce to your sister"
The spartan 3's were basicly riff raff, refugees with no home left to goto and what ever else suitable, they were supposed to be disposable arms much like [sorry KM] normal soldiers, mendez mentions in fall of reach the difference between a life spent and a life wasted teaching john now he is commander of the spartans he must "expend" his spartans at times for the greater good.
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