Events:
- Navy creates new breed of ship, known as the ICSC: Inter-Changeable Ship System. It can be on the surface of water, be a submarine, or, on very few models, fly up to the lower troposphere of the planet.
- Jacob Keyes graduates UNSC OCS.
- Dr. Catherine Halsey and Lieutenant Jacob Keyes meet 6-year-old John on Eridanus II. John passes a test conducted by Halsey and is unknowingly accepted into the SPARTAN-II program.
- Jacob Keyes is promoted to full Lieutenant by Dr. Halsey and is reassigned to the UNSC Magellan.
- Seventy-five children are conscripted into the SPARTAN II program per Naval Code 45812 on Reach.
- The 6-year-old SPARTAN II trainees awaken for their first day of training. They are led by Chief Petty Officer Franklin Mendez. They are introduced to Déjà.
- John, Kelly, and Sam become friends. <3
