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human
[Halo Reach] Emile, do you know how expensive this gear is, son?

When Emile carved the face into his helmet did that weaken it somehow? How did he not have trouble seeing out of his face? Was nobody super pissed that some kid just wrecked a very expensive piece of UNSC equipment for no real reason?
gpt
He just scratched off the UV foil. It meant he would get a really bad sunburn on a spacewalk, but nothing else. He could have used paint, but that would have blocked his vision or been too clear to be seen clearly (and the whole point is that the enemy can see it).

Also, he's a "graduated" Spartan-III, a program that was even less ethical than the Spartan-II program Master Chief came from. He can't be released into the general population just because of that, and his choices are either continuing military service or being locked up in an ONI-controlled psych ward.

Emile *does* suffer severe mental and emotional instability as a result of his training and battlefield experience, that's obvious. He undergoes mental evaluations as frequently as possible while he's on active duty. According to his file, carving a skull on his helmet not *typical* behavior, but considering what he's coping with and what other things he could be doing to cope, he's doing pretty good for a Spartan.

Regarding materiel, Spartans are known to specialize. The powered armor they use is not in mass production and each suit is practically custom-made, they are often given experimental prototypes for field-testing, and they have generous weight and ammo allowances for personal gear. If a Spartan asks for a sniper rifle in a dense urban environment where the enemy is underground, or for thirty combat knives in a ground assault, nobody bats an eye because that's a Spartan and they're gonna get the job done.