SPARTAN-V Augmentation Program

The SPARTAN-V Augmentation Program is the formal name for the biochemical and surgical augmentation procedures performed on the Spartan-V supersoldiers. The procedure combines both the SPARTAN-III and SPARTAN-IV procedures.

Background
While the augmentations still had to be administered at the onset of puberty as the bodies of either prepubescents or adults would reject the chemicals, the age restriction protocol for the SPARTAN-IV program was considerably looser than that of the Spartan-IIs. The Spartan-V candidates' ages upon induction typically ranged from four to six years old, with the nominal ages of some of them exhibiting more extreme deviation from the standard age range (which requires a set of expensive, specialized drugs to help their bodies accept the augmentations.)

Guardian Program
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In addition to the standard set of augmentations, ONI covertly had a set of additional augmentations added to the augmentations of the Spartans in the Guardian Program.

Experimental Phase
A series of additional, specialized, drugs were included in the earliest, prototypical phase of the SPARTAN-V program. These were given to at least ten individuals, to make their bodies except the SPARTAN-V augmentations, as they were already augmented, requiring them to take these drugs specialized to them.

Procedure
The SPARTAN-V augmentation procedures take 6 to 8 weeks to perform, in which the subject was kept in a mostly sedated state throughout the process, which was conducted in a large, open operations room housing 400 sections separated by semi-opaque plastic curtains. Each compartment was filled with medical equipment, including a sterile field generator overhead. The Spartans were given a number of drugs to allow them to withstand the procedures themselves and counter their potential negative effects; these included shock reducers, analgesics, anti-inflammatories, anticoagulants, and pH buffers. The SPARTAN-V augmentation procedures take six weeks to perform, with the Spartans in and out of surgeries and advanced therapies during this time. Following the augmentation procedures, recovery and subsequent training usually lasted several months to a year. It took about a week for the first team of Spartan-Vs to relearn how to walk again following their augmentations. Significant disorientation was in evidence during their initial training exercises. The final steps of the augmentations are an assurance of hormonal regulation and the archiving of the subject's bioprofile.