"[[w:c:halo:UNSC Navy"@en . "Spartan-II Class II Program"@en . . "MJOLNIR Mark IV/V/VI, virtually all UNSC weapons, most UNSC vehicles; appropriated Covenant technology"@en . . "SPARTAN-II Class II Program"@en . . . . . "United Nations Space Command"@en . . . . . . . . "Special Operations"@en . . . "56"^^ . "*Dr. Emily Ford\n*Sgt. Major Nolan Byrne"@en . . . "*[[w:c:halo:Human-Covenant War"@en . "The SPARTAN-II Class II was part of the SPARTAN-II Program, an effort to produce elite soldiers through mechanical and biological augmentation to fight for the survival of humanity and the UNSC colonies. Originally designed to follow the same methods used by the SPARTAN-II class, with Catherine Halsey taking the reigns again. However, due to the enormous costs of maintaining the MJOLNIR Armor, the supposed inferiority of the candidates and the difficulty finding suitable replacements in lieu of Halsey's tight restrictions on candidates forced the program to be shut down in 2531. However, by 2534, it had been resurrected by Dr. Emily Ford, a former prot\u00E9g\u00E9 of Halsey's, and began using many of the same screening techniques previously used, with slightly looser restrictions on age. Candidates"@en . . "The SPARTAN-II Class II was part of the SPARTAN-II Program, an effort to produce elite soldiers through mechanical and biological augmentation to fight for the survival of humanity and the UNSC colonies. Originally designed to follow the same methods used by the SPARTAN-II class, with Catherine Halsey taking the reigns again. However, due to the enormous costs of maintaining the MJOLNIR Armor, the supposed inferiority of the candidates and the difficulty finding suitable replacements in lieu of Halsey's tight restrictions on candidates forced the program to be shut down in 2531. However, by 2534, it had been resurrected by Dr. Emily Ford, a former prot\u00E9g\u00E9 of Halsey's, and began using many of the same screening techniques previously used, with slightly looser restrictions on age. Candidates now ranged from four to eight, as opposed to age six being the oldest allowed previously. Nolan Byrne, was selected to train the trainees due to the unavailability of Mendez. In 2545, the surviving candidates graduated."@en . . . . . .