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If you watch the Halo: Reach trailer (download here) it ends with the line,
"This is Sierra 259. You have Spartans on the ground sir, we're not going anywhere."
Also in the trailer is a female voice saying,
"This is Sierra 320. Prepped for combat insertion."
Spartans 259 and 320? The original Spartan II project only had 150 candidates.
After the completion of the original Spartan II project it was indicated in the books that a second group of Spartans would begin training. Is Spartan 259 a member of this second class of Spartans?
List of the original Spartans:
Jai-006
Li-008
Joshua-029
Vinh-030
Samuel-034
Isaac-039
Douglas-042
William-043
Anton-044
Keiichi-047
Kurt-051
Linda-058
Malcolm-059
Maria-062
Fhajad-084
Kelly-087
Jerome-092
Grace-093
Frederic-104
Adriana-111
John-117
Alice-130
Cassandra, James, Kirk, Mike, René, Randall, Sheila
EDIT: Addressing some comments in this topic
Spartan IIs
150 suitable candidates were originially identified for the Spartan II project, but for budgetary reasons only half that number were conscripted. All of the 150 candidates were selected based on certain genetic markers. Seventy-Five children out of the original 150 candidates were abducted and trained. Of those 75, thirty died from the physical augmentation procedure and twelve were crippled. The crippled Spartans were discharged from the program and recruited by ONI for their increased mental capacity and tactical skill.
Only thirty-three Spartans survived the augmentation process without complications and went into service.
This group of Spartan IIs began training in 2517 and completed their training around 2524. They received their first MJOLNIR MK IV armor in 2525.
Spartan IIs, Class 2
The second class to go through the Spartan program are mentioned in the books. When the first class of Spartan IIs are graduating there's mention of the new class that will follow them. This second group was delayed due to Dr. Halseys wanting to improve the augmentation process to increase the survivability rate prior to training a new group of Spartans. Here we have confirmation that the second group of Spartans were conscripted in 2537. The second class of Spartan IIs would have been operational sometime after their augmentation in 2545.
Reach falls in August 2552.
This means there's a second group of Spartans running around for about 7 years prior to the Covenant attack on Reach.
spartan IIIs
The Alpha Company, Spartan IIIs began training in 2531 and were all killed in Operation Prometheus in July 2537.
Beta company starts training in 2539 and are all KIA in 2545 in Operation Torpedo, except for 2 survivors. (Tom and Lucy)
Gama company begins training in 2545 are not deployed until AFTER the fall of Reach.
Sierra 259 means Spartan 2, 059. That's Malcolm-059.
John-117 has referred to himself as 117, but never 2-117. According to this theory she would be a Spartan 3? This is unlikely.
Additionally, that person on FLEETCOM say there are Spartans on the ground. Malcolm was at Reach and he made it to the ground but only as a smear across the surface of the planet. Malcolm died on impact when dropping onto the surface of Reach.
[Edited on 06.03.2009 4:18 PM PDT]