SPARTAN-II Program

# **SPARTAN-II COMMANDOS**

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Halo 3 (2009-2010)Halo Reach (2010-2015)Halo 4 (2012-2014)Halo 5 Guardians (2015-2021)Halo Infinite (2021-Present)

The Spartan-II Program is the elite of the elite and home to the finest and the best TacCom has to offer, this clan was founded on their legacy, it's had a rich and long history.

> "I feel bad for the poor suckers who think they can take us on." - Victor 101
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# **HISTORY**

### **2009-2010 - Origins/Early Days**

At some point in 2009 on Halo 3, before TacCom had officially started, a group of players came together to form the first elements of a clan; Ultra/John-117, Kurt-051/Jegt, Jorge-052 (Gen1) and Fred-104 (Unconnecteds) became the founding fathers of both TOC and the Spartan-II Program. Of course at first they chose non-cannon tags however as time went on they started taking up cannon roles and started to claim a lot of the original tags including in which Ultra was able to grab by pure accident when he was younger. And for the next year and a half the group expand in different directions, with the ODSTs the clan quickly launched off.

### **2011 - Foundation**

#### Establishment of CoC

Going into 2011, the clan began to grow in structure with that began the true line of a Chain of Command; with John-117 taking not only GCO but CO of the IIs, Frederic-104 as XO and finally Jorge-052 as the OPSO.

#### Operations Command Merger // Name Change

Later John would come into contact with the GCO of Operations Command Isaac Delo and his troop of 15 members. After awhile the clans would grow closer and both leaders would come to talk with each other and a merge took place to further strengthen their bond and groups as one. With the merge an agreement was that the clan would be renamed to Tactical Operations Command and OpCom's members would merge into their respective branches, this including the creation of the 106rd Marine Corps and it's founder UNSC A Johnson.

#### Class 1

Isaac himself would accept becoming the clan's first Spartan Conscript and later graduate as Isaac SO39 from Class I.

### **2012 - Birth of the Community**

Going into 2012 the community as a whole began to rise and grow in numbers, the Spartan-IIs would carry on to grow and build in size; firstly with Isaac now taking the position of OPSO the branch began to feel more managed and stronger in forms.

#### Class 2

And then came Class II in the start of the year which produced more Spartans to the branch; **Samuel-034, Leon-011** and **Li-008**.

#### Gen2 Gamertags

Following Class II we would see a change in how the Spartans use gamertags to identity themselves as John's collection of Name S000 wasn't alot and didn't want to risk theft so he decided to switch the font going forwards giving birth to the Generation 2 Fonts "Name 000 SII."

#### Class 3

And a few months later Class 3 would go under way and finish late in the year with **Otto-031, James-005** and **Victor-101.** Class 3 would be the first of many that would change the game and how Spartan Classes would run in the future and how the IIs would function. Victor formerly UNSC Dagger was well known within the Marines as their HDI but also had reputation for being quite the asshole, getting in constant battles with his CO and giving people hell. Many were stunned to see him get accepted and enlisted into the class but this would be only the start,

#### Rise of the Covenant Empire

During class 3 the community was faced with it's first big problem; the Covenant Empire. A clan formed with those who enjoyed and loved the Shanghelili culture and under the banner of the Fleet of Particular Justice they formed a coalition of fleets one of the first of it's kind and with a group of 100+ members they banded together to face down the UNSC and her colonies. In the span of a few months several low and high profiled clans in the fell to the Empire and her coalition including TOC's good friend Parkers FleetCom.

##### Response to CE

As a response to the chaos, TOC High Command held a vote and proceeded to charge head first into the war against CE and thus the Covenant Empire Campaign had begun. The Spartan-IIs took the initial role as the primary fighting unit and would often go out to lead several raid parties against the Empire and instantly began gaining traction in the war scale. At the same time near the end of the year, John-117 would step down as CO to focus solely on GCO and the war and thus would begin the first major change within the ranks. At the same time John would appoint Fred-104 from XO of the IIs to G-XO leaving Isaac to stand up and be rushed into the shoes of CO.

### **2013 - Legacy**

#### CE War Update

Going into 2013, the war was now on a head on course with TOC now as the Empire's primary focus.

#### Missing in Action (Li-008)

The Spartans could gain their first casualty in the war as Li-008 would be declared MIA following a final confrontation on Fort Cambridge (He wanted to explore other options in the community).

#### Isaac's Leadership

We had slowly begun to see Isaac's leadership and how different it was compared to John'; Unlike John, Isaac chose to have more structure and regulations under his reign, opening up Spartan Fireteams and Supporting Roles to make Spartan's feel more brotherhood and united. We'd also see Isaac comprise a new staff team with Leon becoming the XO, Samuel the OPSO and lastly.

#### Victor's Spartans // Class 4

The final part of Isaacs staff team was Victor as the Head Cadre; this change would permanently effect and change the way the Spartan-IIs would evolve and would spawn the phrase "Victor's Spartans." These spartans were trained to the mex, pushed over their limits and in the end only the best and finest spartans would graduate. The first class following Victor's appointed would be the 4th class; **Jerome-092, Roma-143, William-043, Mike-120** and **Robert-025**. These Spartans would instantly be deployed into combat and help change the course of the war, breaking up Covenant Lines and giving us the advantage.

#### Infantry Skill Gap

After a few months more of fighting with the score going further and further TOCs favour, gaps began to show inside the clan, due to the Spartans being deployed in the early stages as raid leaders and the ones to take the initiative, whenever Infantry engaged the enemy it would resulted in a cluster of chaos, lack of communication or leadership from anyone and people who were supposed to lead just weren't cutting it. Causing us to lose raid after raid and making the Spartans work overtime, pushing some into early burnout and feeling under appreciated.

#### CE War: Counter Attack

Following this it was urgent that things changed and so to allow the Infantry to sort out their issues, during this time the IIs were beginning to launch counter measures to disrupt the entire flow of command for the Covenant, by raiding public lobbies and causing their fleets to split up and even small cases of civil conflict within their own ranks with smaller fleets feeling like they've been pulled into a war. One of the most infamous engagements was the Battle on ValLine where Victor-101 and John-117 would single handily take down an entire lobby for over 6 hours.

#### Missing in Action (Otto-031)

Sadly we would say goodbye to Otto, who would go off to enlist into the US National Guard.

#### Missing in Action (Kurt-051)

Sadly another Spartan would leave with Kurt resigning following his entry as well into the USMC.

**Leadership Changes**

Even more changes began to arise within the ranks of the IIs; with Isaac stepping away from CO in June of this year, he was never a fan of leading and was much more interested in being a supporting figure in the staff team he had done what he wanted to do and gave future COs a template to follow, he would be picked by John to be promoted into the shoes of G-OPSO leaving Leon-011 to resume the duties of Commander and Samuel-034 his XO. followed by William-043 as OPSO who had already begun to show several key elements in administration.

#### Trouble in Leon

Shortly after Leon's appointment, problems had begun to arise with the branch as Leon's leadership had been brought into question. He lacked the proper mindset to keep on the fight and maintain himself as a leader and was almost never on. Because of his lack of initiative a few Spartans began to break protocol, not catch on their training and some would even begin to lose engagements with CE Forces and tarnish the reputation of our beloved program. This was unacceptable and after only 3 months in power he was voted out by his fellow Spartan Brothers.

#### CO Samuel-034

Following Leon's departure, Samuel would take over the branch as the new Commanding Officer, however his tenure as CO was short lived, Samuel didn't have the spirit to lead especially with the ongoing warfront, he mostly did his best to restore the damaged image of the branch back to it's former glory and while there still some doubt he did all he could so he decided to take his leave and step down.

#### CO Victor-101

In his place Victor would be promoted to CO near the end of the year and instantly began to make changes and rules to further boost the morale and image of the Spartan-IIs along with starting up another round of SII Classes.

#### Missing in Action (John-117)

Then at the end of the year a one more major change would occurred once more as we would see the retirement of John-117 as GCO of the clan, he left so he could join his friends in The Bluetopia Federation. His leave made the whole clan upset, and as for the IIs they had lost their founder. Moving with the chain of command this meant **Frederic-104** was put in charge as GCO.

### **2014**

#### Class 5

Class 5 would come and produce more Spartan's into the ranks; with **August-099, Adriana-111, Isaac-039, Jai-006** and **Cal-141.**

#### First Female Spartans

This class would be the first to introduce female Spartans to the branch; with August and Adriana as actual women and Cal being played by a man.

#### CE War: New Age

As we enter a new age, TOC would now be the sole focus of the Covenant Empire. Fighting her paths and besieging CE forces left and right. and with huge leaderships changes all throughout the clan, now more then ever had everyone been so focused. With the construction of Maunt Hill the Spartan-IIs would use this as their primary base of operations and defend her fortress.

##### Missing in Action (Samuel-034)

In the early months of 2014, Samuel would hang up his coat to pursue other things and so would take his leave.

#### Missing in Action (Fred-104)

During this whole ordeal and the ongoing war with CE and now the Spartan-II Program looking like a joke from the outside, this was too much stress for Fred-104 and made the decision to resign so he may focus on his new born and wife.

#### Rise of Victor-101

##### Class 6

During everything going on with Victor, he would also have underway and finish Class 6 with; **Randal-037, Joseph-122** and **Otto-031** (Gen2) coming into the branch.

##### SII CO

With Samuel resigning; this meant Victor his XO and HDI would be promoted to the shoes of Commander and would begin to shape and form the branch, nothing major however the rules would be far more enforced then any other leadership at the time.

##### Return of Samuel-034, Jorge-052, James-005 and William-043

Victor went straight to work, first he was able to get all the Spartans who left back into the group excluding Otto who had decided to enlist into the army. With this as well Isaac stepped back into GOPSO to allow Jorge to become GCO. Victor made James-005 his XO followed closely by Samuel-034.

##### Getting GCO

At this rate 2014 was looking to be TOCs busiest year yet. Over the course of the war General Command was pushed to their limits; As both Isaac and Jorge had announced their retirements. This would be an insane turning point for the clan but before they resigned they made sure to have someone who could take over. And within a matter of weeks Victor had gone from becoming the CO of the IIs and now was appointed into the shoes of General Commanding Officer. Out of all the current leaders and high ranking members Victor had been the one to keep pushing and lead the charge against the Empire and at this point would change the way the clan would go forever.

#### Naval Command Campaign

All the while the year had been going, tensions had begun to rise with **Naval Command** over issues with personnel with people from both sides calling eachother out and ODSTs raiding lobbies, this provoked and caused causing TOC to now be attacked by several sides both CE and NavCom. Everyone looked to Canfield to see how would go. f

#### Missing in Action (Jorge-052 & Isaac-039)

As stated upon, both Jorge and Isaac would retire from TOC and the community after over 5 years of service.

#### Betrayal

However only a month into their graduation tragedy struck, as during an offensive attack on Covenant Forces turned into chaos as Spartan Roma was revealed to have been a traitor, committing treason by killing UNSC Personnel and aligning herself with the Covenant. This incident while put some doubts on Victors leadership it wouldn't last as he carried on to smash every other event.

### **2015**

#### Class 7

While Victor was now GCO of the clan he still resided as Spartan-II CO till February where he left the IIs to focus on GCO/Future Spartan Classes. With this Class 7