Setting: HALOVERSE. Once upon a time, humanity did not eat all their veggies, and to punish them, some wind of divine providence decided to dump a hostile alien species in their lap. Most of the Haloverse, excepting semi-canonical shorts, takes place in the 26th century, and focuses on the ensuing war.
Said war has been long, brutal, and has pushed humanity to the closest thing to ‘extinction’ that they’ve ever known. No longer the Masters of the Their Own Little Universe, most humans of this day and age live with the constant threat of a Covvie energy sword hanging above their heads.
ONLY ONE THING STANDS BETWEEN THEM AND THE DARKNESS. A really bright flashli--
SPARTANS
Spartans are genetically augmented supersoldiers, kidnapped or conscripted as children to serve the Greater Good, no matter how many of them are maimed, killed, brutally traumatized or blown up in the process. As with all good supersoldiers, they are STRONG and SWIFT and BRAVE and – all that other shit. And they happen to be very, very good at killing Covenant.
However, the Covenant also happen to be very, very good at killing them. And unfortunately, the Covvies have greater numbers, firepower, weapons... everything that, when tossed in a blender, tends to make puree out of a ‘hopeless situation’.
Still, on they fight, so that they can be as ironically close to their namesakes (the actual denizens of Sparta) as possible. And in the meantime, they are in fact more badass than you.
thom 293 || associated halo canons
Said war has been long, brutal, and has pushed humanity to the closest thing to ‘extinction’ that they’ve ever known. No longer the Masters of the Their Own Little Universe, most humans of this day and age live with the constant threat of a Covvie energy sword hanging above their heads.
ONLY ONE THING STANDS BETWEEN THEM AND THE DARKNESS.
A really bright flashli--SPARTANS
Spartans are genetically augmented supersoldiers, kidnapped or conscripted as children to serve the Greater Good, no matter how many of them are maimed, killed, brutally traumatized or blown up in the process. As with all good supersoldiers, they are STRONG and SWIFT and BRAVE and – all that other shit. And they happen to be very, very good at killing Covenant.
However, the Covenant also happen to be very, very good at killing them. And unfortunately, the Covvies have greater numbers, firepower, weapons... everything that, when tossed in a blender, tends to make puree out of a ‘hopeless situation’.
Still, on they fight, so that they can be as ironically close to their namesakes (the actual denizens of Sparta) as possible. And in the meantime, they are in fact more badass than you.