in a Halo game, and this gave
us some unique opportunities
in storytelling. Locke’s team
are Spartan IVs that have
distinguished themselves in
different branches of the military
and then are selected to join
the program as adults. Spartan
Locke was distinguished in
ONI for capturing high value
targets before being selected
for the Spartan program. When
Chief goes AWOL, he is the
best Spartan to track down
the legendary Spartan. Spartan
Olympia Vale was part of the
Navy and specialized in Sangheili
Linguistics, this comes in handy
while tracking Jul’Madama and
navigating the Sangheili civil war.
Spartan Holly Tanaka was an
engineer in the Army and is a
seasoned veteran bringing her
experience to the team. Last but
not least, Spartan Edward Buck
returns to the franchise after
serving as an ODST in
Halo 3: ODST.
The Chief and Blue team are
part of the Spartan II program
and were conscripted as children
and raised as Spartans by the
UNSC. You can see this in the
relationships on each of the
Fireteams where Blue Team and
Chief are surrogate brothers
and sisters naturally working
together, while Fireteam Osiris is
just going on their first mission
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