: If you will hear it, I will here sing back to you our song of cyborgs --

: -- the verses that speak of the absolute maximum of the human body's
: potential to fulfill a hallowed role, as achievable by the cutting edge of
: 26th-century science, under the direction of a workaholic genius --

: -- the verses that speak of our path into transhumanism --

: -- the verses that speak of a desperate imbuing of unprecedented power into
: the human will, the human spirit, and into our indomitable defiance in the
: face of undeserved annihilation --

: Yea, if you will hear it, I will here sing back to you from the song in our
: hearts those verses that speak of SPARTAN-IIs .
:
: "Be the change that you want to see in the world."
:
: For those who don't know/remember, I am part of a team that is working on a
: project called VENERANCE .

: It is a fan-made labor of love for the PC.
: It is an experience (a "mod," specifically) utilizing the CryEngine
: that is adapted from events in The Fall of Reach .

: As we began to create certain things, it occurred to us that fellow members
: of the Halo fan community (especially fan artists and other
: content-creating Halo fans) could really benefit in a big way from all of
: the exhaustive and meticulous research that we are doing for the sake of
: our work (perfectionism - don't do it, kids: only the first hit is
: free).

: So, we figured that it would be beneficial to the community for us to release
: coherent documents that walk a would-be content creator through the hoops
: that we jump through as we seek to max out the potential quality of our
: work.

: Not only are you likely to find it useful, but you will also likely find it
: to be just plain fascinating if you're a fan of Halo.

: This first document is about my personal favorite Halo topic: SPARTAN-IIs .

: Specifically, what their bodies look like when out of armor, and why those
: bodies look that way.

: The two main images to share with you regarding this are: 1.) Our most recent
: 2D rendering of a 6' 10" male S2 body (John-117),
: and
: 2.) A scale chart to give some perspective to that body.

: The document itself is rife with detail-revealing information about what it
: would be like to actually observe a SPARTAN-II if you were walking around
: inside of the Halo universe, and puts these two aforementioned images into
: a very detailed context.

: It is basically an internal document that has been adapted for the sake of
: public consumption, and so while our own version might be updated over
: time, the version being posted here represents the vast, vast majority of
: the information that will be in our own (growing) internal version.

: We have it in a PowerPoint Slideshow format and in a PDF format .

: Please enjoy, and if you have any questions, ask away!

:
: "Give a Halo fan some content and you feed them for a day;
: show a Halo fan how to make some content and you feed them for a
: lifetime."
:

:
:

Wow. So impressed. Your crew have really done A LOT of homework thinking this through and researching Spartan-IIs. If you're this hip-deep in all aspects of the game you're making it will be a doozy! You can't say you didn't think about stuff. :)

Looking forward to more....maybe when you tackle spacecraft?! :)