SPARTAN-IV augmentation procedures

thumb|Sarah Palmer receiving her augmentations.
The SPARTAN-IV augmentation procedures were a series of biochemical and biomechanical manipulations surgically induced upon SPARTAN-IV candidates prior to training.
==History==
Developed over the three decades between the partly successful SPARTAN-II augmentation procedures and the end of the war, the augmentation procedures for the fourth iteration of the SPARTAN Program were conceived as a way to produce a soldier as powerful as a SPARTAN-II at the cost of a SPARTAN-III. Even as early as 2536, biochemical surgical augmentations had been developed that had 0% mortality rate. Nevertheless, these procedures were built for the augmentation of the more expendable SPARTAN-IIIs. The UNSC began developing a method of blending the brutal effectiveness of the SPARTAN-II procedures with the safety and reliability of the SPARTAN-III procedures. The result was a wide array of biochemical and biomechanical augmentations relying heavily on the use of artificial-organic synthesis. Once the SPARTAN-IV augmentations are implemented, it usually takes the subject(s) a couple of days to be able to walk.
==Augmentations==
Procedure 	Effect
Carbide Ceramic Ossification 	Advanced material grafting onto skeletal structures to make bones virtually unbreakable.Halo: Initiation, Issue #2, Page 5Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 57 page 74 2010 edition
Muscular Enhancement Lining 	Compound applied to the exterior surface of all muscles, allowing them work harder without tearing the Spartan's skeleton apart.
Pulmonary Polymer Lining 	Greatly increases oxygen intake and retention, helps process toxins from the air and allows SPARTANs to breathe certain non-oxygen atmospheres for up to an hour.Halo: Initiation, Issue #2, Page 6
Corneal Implants 	Boosted perception and massively increased night vision.
Cardiac Implants 	Strengthens cardio-vascular tissue and increases maximum heartrate to safely allow massive adrenaline flow without the risk of stroke or heart attack. These implants supposedly are able to allow an unarmored SPARTAN-IV to run at a maximum speed of almost per hour.Halo: Initiation, Issue #2, Page 6 "My heart's got something weaved into that lets it pump hard enough to help me outrun a horse.", The average top speed for a horse is about 40mph, therefore meaning that an active SPARTAN-IV's heartrate could be as high as 350bpm.
Artificial Pancreas Implant 	Allows the SPARTAN's body to extract the maximum amount of nutrients and carbohydrates from food with minimal waste.
Artificial Platelet Injections	Enhances the body's ability to slow bleeding and clot wounds.
Other known Enhancements 	Nerve cells were super-myelinated to speed up reflexes, bones were lengthened and joints were reinforced. Many organs were modified or otherwise replaced.Halo: New Blood - Chapter 14
==Gallery==
IMG 2561.PNG|Sarah Palmer receiving her augmentations.
IMG 2562.PNG|Sarah Palmer receiving her augmentations.
==Appearances==
*Halo: Initiation 
*Halo: New Blood 
==Sources==
Category:Medicine
Category:Office of Naval Intelligence