Here's a good question for you. In Halo: First Strike, as Dr. Halsey looks through Colonel Ackersons file she finds a file on "S-IIIs"(Spartan III), and also in Fall of Reach when the Spartan IIs trainer, Cheif Mendez leaves the Spartans it mentions that he was off to go and train the next group of Spartans. The Master Cheif is well over 40 years old by the time he reaches Earth, and by that time at least 2 or 3 new groups of Spartans had been trained. I find it strange though how their is no other mentioning of these new Spartans before Halsey saw the file on the Spartan IIIs. The only problem is the Docter didn't open the file to reveal what was inside thanks to the Covenant trying to penatrate the Castle Base. So my question for you is....what every really happened to these other group of Spartans, and will they be another part of Bungies twisting and turning plot? I have a feeling this will not be the last of we hear of these new Spartans, and hopefully they will be incopertated in Halo 2 in some way.