yeh, other than the Spartan program their standard ROP for dissident colonies before the Human-Covenant war was to "nuke em til they glow". Don't forget ONI too! basically the amalgam of CIA and Mossad's reach/oversight, with the fear level of KGB, NKVD, and Stasi combined.
yup, for anyone who didn't know, the Spartan program was originally designed to turn indoctrinated, genetically enhanced child soldiers into super assassins… and presumably to "clean up" the other dirty works by the UNSC-ONI, eesh
Not to mention, all the kidnapped kids were from colonies, none from Earth. The plan was for Spartans to be used against the colonies. Kidnaps kids from colonies, to unknowingly fight their homes and families.
Also, these children were the genetic cream of the crop, so likely from successful and influential families. This means future prodigies in athletics and sciences
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u/lennykrevits 10h ago
I think this is a common sci-fi trope. The UNSC in Halo is a bit of a fascist authoritarian government.
I believe also that Gears of War has something like this too between the CoG and UIR