I’m no expert with Halo lore n’such, so it would be appreciated if someone could explain this to me.
Lets look at the ID of Emile and Kelly. Emile’s is A239, while Kelly’s is 087. Why do certain Spartans have a letter in their ID while others don’t?
Spartan II only had the one company while Spartan III had multiple companies so it was easier to organize that way
Spartan-IIs only have numbers in their service tag.
Spartan-IIIs follow this same trend, but the letter signifies what company they’re in:
- Alpha Company (A)
- Beta Company (B)
- Gamma Company (G)
- Delta Company (D, Delta Company was never activated)
The only Spartans to have letters in their ID numbers were Spartan IIIs. Nobody else had them. Those letters stood for the company they were in (A for Alpha, B for Beta, G for Gamma, etc.) So, for example Emile was placed into Alpha Company before he was in Noble Team, and as such he had an A before his number. Noble Six was a member of Beta Company (and he was the last one alive if I’m not mistaken), so he had a B before his tag, B312.
Side Note, shouldn’t this be put in the “Halo Universe” section?
Pretty much what they’ve said. Spartan-IIIs were trained in three separate companies: Alpha, Beta, and Gamma. The letter preceding their numbered code indicates their training company. The Spartan-IIs, having only one class, and the -Is and -IVs, retaining their surnames, don’t follow this. Makes it really easy to tell which Spartan was augmented from which program.
Something that I find intriguing, however, is the use of the Greek alphabet. I probably would have gone with the phonetic alphabet (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, etc.), though I suppose using Greek goes better with the concept of them being akin to the original Spartans of, well, Sparta.
Thanks, fellas. Question answered.