: As a note about the whole Halsey vs. Parangoski showdown fiasco...Did Karen
: Traviss overlook the fact that the first time we're introduced to
: Parangoski as a fanbase is when she appeared on an oversight board
: approving the creation and directing the use of the Spartan-III program? A
: program whose goal was to create quadruple the amount of Spartans PER
: GROUP, only to be sent on high-risk missions with no real probability of
: exfil?

: I'd say that Ackerson's plan was arguably more immoral, but you don't see
: Parangoski beating herself up over that one. She blames Halsey for lying
: to her, but Ackerson was straight-ass-forward. No iffs, ands, or butts
: about that one. Except Parangoski. She's a butt.

Basically what I was implying in my reply to Grizzlei, though you said it way better. It was all well and good with Ackerson and the S-IIIs, but Halsey's somehow the only evil bad guy monster here. 343 has some agenda, not sure what it is, but it is what it is.