For the most part, research into the creation and deployment of "supersoldier" warfighters was mostly undertaken by the Navy, and produced some spectacular successes. The original Project ORION was taken over from the Colonial Military Administration, and converted into the SPARTAN-I Program, fielding operatives whose effectiveness was unquestionable, despite some severe drawbacks. The later SPARTAN-II and SPARTAN-III Programs would build on the success of ORION, using children to better fit the augmentation requirements, training them and fielding them using state-of-the-art powered armour. The dramatic success of these two programs, both creating and fielding operatives who surpassed any warfighter in the history of human warfare, would play an integral role in the survival of the human