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Re: Homecoming and Ralph *SP*
Posted By: TDSpiral <gdmusiclove297@hotmail.com>Date: 2/28/10 11:33 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Homecoming and Ralph *SP* (Phoenix_9286)


: I was actually the one that asked Frankie about it.

: According to him, "Ralph failed out of the program. Daisy made it
: through." Someone else inquired again about Spartan numbers, and just
: what happened to make him fail out, which lead to, "Numbers aren't
: necessarily sequential - or unique - as the nature of failouts dictates.
: The differences between Ralph and Daisy obviously happen after the van
: ride home - something we might explore later. I am talking to Nylund about
: all sorts of very cool things. :-)"

: That's where things get interesting. The Reach project page on Bnet has short
: bios about all our new SIII friends, and of interesting note, is how some
: of them have psychological problems. Kat, I believe, felt remorse and
: blamed herself for the loss of the last Noble Six, even though it wasn't
: her fault. Jun has had several issues of Post Traumatic Stress. Emile
: collects Covenant "items", something that's a serious offense in
: the Navy (the bio goes on to make mention of the fact that, "Good
: thing we aren't Navy.")

: Ralph and Daisy, among others, returned home to see their clones, living
: their lives. No one the wiser. If my memory continues to serve me, the
: rest of the escapees killed themselves. Ralph and Daisy were the only ones
: left, and Ralph killed his clone. I think it's safe to say, with the new
: information on the SIIIs in Reach, that Ralph had a whole boatload of
: psychological issues once he returned that made him unfit for duty as a
: Spartan in any capacity. What of all the augmentations then?

: "He washed out post some enhancements, yes. Not all. And he obviously
: wasn't full grown. The question is, are they able to retard enhancements
: as well as nurture them? The answer is yes. I imagine he's still slightly
: more than baseline human, however. "

: Only some enhancements. There were several rounds before all was said and
: done, right? Maybe he only got the first batch, psychological issues
: precluded him from getting the rest, and he washed out. I don't think ONI
: would want someone with issues like that, if his brain is all sorts of
: scattered, he wouldn't be much of a tactical asset. That leaves the Marine
: Corps.

: It's not like there isn't a precedent here either, right? I'm totally failing
: to do any research here and running purely from memory, so I really hope
: someone can correct me if I'm wrong. The Spartan 1's, Project Orion, were
: no different. Johnson was a member of said program. I Love Bees, despite
: it's questionable canon, dealt with S1s and their offspring as well. S1s
: had minor enhancements, but nothing nearly on the scale of S2s or 3s.

: So with all this in mind, I think we can more or less draw a path that says
: Ralph washed out after the first batch of enhancements because of
: unresolved psychological problems, effectively making him similar to an
: S1, and was transfered to the Marines as a result.

: Either way, if Frankie is talking to Nylund, I can't wait to see what becomes
: of that line of discussion. Humanized Spartans with psychological issues
: is something I really want to see explored.

This post made me feel good :]


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Homecoming and Ralph *SP*0postmortem0 2/28/10 5:16 p.m.
     Re: Homecoming and Ralph *SP*Metalingus627 2/28/10 5:34 p.m.
           Re: Homecoming and Ralph *SP*0postmortem0 2/28/10 5:36 p.m.
     Re: Homecoming and Ralph *SP*Urban Reflex 2/28/10 5:40 p.m.
           Re: Homecoming and Ralph *SP*Metalingus627 2/28/10 5:47 p.m.
                 Re: Homecoming and Ralph + Package *SP*Urban Reflex 2/28/10 5:52 p.m.
     Re: Homecoming and Ralph *SP*Phoenix_9286 2/28/10 6:08 p.m.
           Re: Homecoming and Ralph *SP*0postmortem0 2/28/10 6:21 p.m.
                 Re: Homecoming and Ralph *SP*Phoenix_9286 2/28/10 6:44 p.m.
           Re: Homecoming and Ralph *SP*TDSpiral 2/28/10 11:33 p.m.
           Re: Homecoming and Ralph *SP*vlad3163 2/28/10 11:50 p.m.



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