Ah, well, if you're deliberately following the HALO source, then I suppose it makes sense for Rhodes to be an enlisted man.
Mind you, I'm still somewhat dubious about the canon justification for that. =)
I've only read one of the HALO books...and not the one with...that big cast of Spartans, so I dunno. I note that en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPARTAN-II has a throwaway mention of those disabled by the augumentation process, "and so became high-ranking officers in positions where their enhanced thinking capabilities would be very useful". Not having read the source novel, tho, I dunno what they actually meant by "high-ranking officer", whether anything like that was stated or merely implied.
As a side note, 's almost a pity I'm not really into HALO. As it stands, I'm still tempted to work up something ficwise, just so I can insert a throwaway reference to an ATHENIAN project.
What? I like my Classical Greek. Sparta. Athens. The Peloponnesian War. Wouldn't it be appros? =)
-- Acyl
Mind you, I'm still somewhat dubious about the canon justification for that. =)
I've only read one of the HALO books...and not the one with...that big cast of Spartans, so I dunno. I note that en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPARTAN-II has a throwaway mention of those disabled by the augumentation process, "and so became high-ranking officers in positions where their enhanced thinking capabilities would be very useful". Not having read the source novel, tho, I dunno what they actually meant by "high-ranking officer", whether anything like that was stated or merely implied.
As a side note, 's almost a pity I'm not really into HALO. As it stands, I'm still tempted to work up something ficwise, just so I can insert a throwaway reference to an ATHENIAN project.
What? I like my Classical Greek. Sparta. Athens. The Peloponnesian War. Wouldn't it be appros? =)
-- Acyl