Kurt has a 6th sense. John has plotarmor or in lore "luck". Kurt keeps is squad alive unitll there is zero chance. John is the last man standing after there was no chance.
It’s a high compliment for a person when their biggest flaw is caring too much about their comrades. Although this ultimately led Kurt to make the questionable decision to further augment Gamma company, his motives were noble especially considering these were the darkest hours for humanity.
His caring was both his weakness but also his strength. He was very much like the ancient Spartans were, ready to die for his comrades without any doubt.
Kurt is that one guy in the military, who no matter what kind of danger they are facing and the chance of survival is slim, would put a smile on people's faces. Being a beacon of happiness and a warm welcome to those he trained and fought along side with. Showing that even the killing machines like the spartan can have a heart.
My first time reading Ghosts of Onyx, and every subsequent reading afterwards, Kurt's last stand always makes me tear up. He's such an awesome character
@@robertandrewbaptie3006 yes, but at the end of the day, the Mjolnir wouldn’t have saved him. The nuke he detonated at the end of his life needed to be detonated manually. Mjolnir is very strong, but it cannot withstand a direct nuclear blast. Perhaps he could have quickly rigged a timer delay, and maybe he wouldn’t have been so injured by the firefight if he was in his Mjolnir armor. Regardless, circumstance lead to his honorable demise, not a lack of proper equipment.
Spartans never die. Being emotional isn't always a bad thing if you try to focus on the good more than the bad, and in my opinion, Kurt did well in finding that balance. Kurt was a Spartan but he never threw away his Humanity and wore it on his sleeve.
@@aaronstrerk5521 that's the problem, you have trillion dollar super soldiers, you can't even make more in some situations. They are worth as much as battle cruisers Individually. They are literally the soul reason your species isn't dust under the weird boots of the covenant. And you allow them to throw their lives away for regular humans? You allow them to have emotional connections with others knowing they may self sacrifice or have their judgment swayed by these feelings? If master Chief wasn't immensely lucky he would be dead 500 times over in lore. That's literally part of his character, not the fastest, not the strongest, not the best shot. But over all the best all rounded soldier with godly luck. Every Spartan that died trying to save regular troops or fucking useless civilians was a total waste. Original humanity would NOT have behaved this way. And you could argue that's why they ended up at war with other races before they fell. Refusing to explain the floods existence and just acting like cleaning robots may have been their down fall. But I still can't stomach the loss of these soldiers. Imagine sinking an entire US battle ship worth 3.1 billion to save the lives of a couple dozen people. That's the situation here. Totally ingorant in my opinion. But it does make a good story.
This Spartan is one of my favorite beloved underrated Spartans of all time. It's incredible how he was able to train generations of Spartan-III's to be close if not equal in some aspects generation 2 (Spartan-II's).
He is my favorite as well he is so underrated (plus I think he has one the most badass last stands in the human covenant war, maybe even the entire halo universe) also you are definitely right about the capabilities of the Spartans he trained. An example of this is noble six
Kurt and Jorge both being the biggest and most down to earth Spartans ever while both having very similar deaths.......is one of the saddest things in gaming now that i think about it.........they deserve a hug
Reading Ghosts of Onyx the "Spartans never Die" moment was the most heart breaking awe inspiring examples of Spartan sacrifice id witnessed in halo at the time. I think it still holds up
People in the Halo universe see Halsey as this evil monster of a woman. She named a Forerunner shield world after one of her Spartans. His real name. Not the one gifted to him by his Superior, His real name. Meaning she REMEMBERED their names. She gives a damn. More than I can say about that petty ass, suicide squad maker, Ackerson.
@@Dubz759 Would it be safe to say Ackerson was a less crappy person than Halsey seeing how orphaned Spartan 3's were asked if they wanted to avenge their loved ones & were not kidnapped against their will. As well Ackerson seemed to actually care more for his family as he was close to his brother at childhood & tried to save him while Halsey had Miranda with Jacob yet never EVER spending time with her with the only time she shows any care for her is when hearing of her death.
On one hand, she cares IMMENSLY for the Spartan IIs. On the other, she cloned them and sent the clones back, doomed to die prolonged, often painful deaths when it 100% was not need and in fact detrimental. She is absolutely a monster. But one that knew her projects were necessary for the survival of human civilization, either from civil war or from genocide
I think I understand Halsey's reasoning as to why she chose John over Kurt, while Kurt was the most charismatic Spartan and a genuine born leader, his mindset was geared too much toward compassion, as opposed to objectives. John is the "Best Sparten" because he has the skills to and will do any job required to complete the mission, and he is more willing to spend life in the field. John and Kurt both have a talent for putting the people around them to the best possible use, the difference is Kurt is less willing to spend lives, John will feal bad when a comrade dies he won't spiral into guilt like Kurt started to do a few times in Ghosts of Onyx. these are just my opinions and observations though.
I never agreed with his decision to not wear his Molinir armor in his last mission. He cited wanting to to essentially fit in with his S-III's but objectively the SPI is inferior, affording less offensive and defensive capacity. A S-II took a hunter round to the chest and walked it off while An S-III took a needler burst to the chest and only got to live another minuet to secure the rear because of the brain hack. Doing everything in his power to accomplish the mission while bringing the most people home was a lesson hard learned by John in the master chief story books, even when he had to trample peoples feeling. Kurt didn't learn that lesson and his team suffered for it.
John isn’t and never was the best Spartan. She chose him because despite his lack of perfection he’s the most willing to lead and had the capacity to rally and analyze objectively.
@@brandonmiller9155 Well in Halsey’s opinion John was the best though this is a subjective term. “But he is the bravest-and quite possibly the luckiest. And in my opinion, he is the best”
@@MrAngelBites for me it was the moment that made the character, a dumb decision from a combat point of view? Sure, but from a personal view, on how wearing mjolnir would essentially alienate him from his Spartans, and loss that connection, and how he rather expose himself it’s a really nice and “human” moment IMO
Can we give props to Kurt, Holly, and Dante for that last stand in Onyx's core? Dante helped carry Frederic to safety with a huge f*cking hole in his torso; Holly sacrificed herself taking two hunter fuel rod cannon shots for Kelly; and Kurt for having the last laugh against the Covenant, manually detonating two nuclear warheads in front of them.
Let's not forget Will-043, engaged in hand to hand combat with two hunters, killing one, having the whole Covenant so shook they stopped fighting for a brief moment.
There's an argument to be made that Kurt was the most impactful Spartan during the Covenant War. People refer to the Spartan-IIIs as canon fodder, but the fact that they were able to accomplish their missions at all with inferior equipment, and no ground, vehicle, air, or naval support, is a testament to Kurt's ability to train and inspire his troops to "make the impossible, possible". _"'This is not a war the UNSC can win, Kurt. Surely this has occurred to you?'_ _He nodded, although in fact it had not."_
Honestly when I first read ghosts of onyx I was confused as to why Kurt didn't put in the armor, now I realize it was to show that the armor isn't what makes Spartans
@@DivineHellas while I admit it was a good one that probably would have made Kurt proud of how long his former trainee lasted. but in my opinion Kurt fighting until the end and then decimating any entire army with his dying breath is the best
Man, you gotta respect how even amonst almost perfect super soldiers with superior intelect, strength, speed, reflexes, even when compared to their fellow Spartan 2s & 3s Best! That there's a Spartan as unique, yet just as competent as Kurt-051! I'm just saying him with his personality, his uncanny ability to sense traps, and the fact that he's a natural leader! He matches John-117 in that he's Rare amonst the Rarest individuals humanity has to offer! And that's commendable!
Thank you for making a dedicated video on arguably the best Spartan. I wish we could have seen more of him in the lore, but I guess a whole novel about most of his life will have to do.
Excellent video loved it wondering when we could see an update on project Mjolnir also I figure Jerome is next but could the next one after be Jai-006 for all of us Grey team fan boys
One of my favorite SII's without question. Man had a drive to protect his team no matter what and while I did and still do have slight misgivings about the boosters he gave the Gammas, I don't doubt for a second he did it with the best intentions and wanting to save his Spartans after the tragedy on Pegasi Delta. If he wasn't a Spartan, he damn well could've been head of the UEG or a huge force for change in potentially bringing the Insurrection to a peaceful end if the Covenant was never in the picture. To this day, I'm still salty he died but not many can say they took an entire invading army out with them and saved his friends and underlings, staying true to his core values. A true legend among the Spartans.
It was sad to have kurt die in ghosts of onyx, when I was reading it those damn last words got me… “don’t you know? Spartans never die” a true Spartan.
Halo Reaches affect on Canon makes Kurt's death hurt even more. Kurt says he wears SPI armor over Mjolnir because the IIis didn't get Mjolnir. But the Cat2s existed and he would have to know about them. So why couldn't Kurt or anyone else say uh no Cat2s exist which get Mjolnir. Kurt is my favorite Spartan and to me is the best Spartan 2.
My head canon is that the III's with him at the time weren't wearing mjolnir so he didn't want to show he was different to them. Still shoulda worn it!
Loved the video. I was 15 when the novel came out. I read half the book before I got home. Kurt was an amazing spartan. Green team and blue team are my favorite.
Kurt and his Spartan IIIs were my favorite expanded universe characters, all his Spartan IIIs were doomed to die but they still fought just as hard and well as any Spartan IIs
I know that Kurt wore SPI as a sign of unity between him and the SPARTAN-IIIs but how would it have looked if Hood had sent Mjolnir equipped SPARTAN-IIIs (eg: Owen-B096)? I just find it weird because as if you can use Mjolnir, you take it! Even if it has no shields, you take it! Even if it's one of the ugly Halo 5 armours, you take it!
I know we all love Chief but my heart truly loves Kurt. After reading Ghosts of Onyx he became my favorite character in all of Halo lore. “Spartans never die”
Best video, hands down my favorite spartan 2 kurt holds a special place for me as his character is that of a friend who lost his life over seas and shares a lot of characteristics and mannerism and personality traits also an amazing character
Can we get an episode on Linda? She is hands down one of my favourite spartans. Also on relation to Kurt, he was such a great character in The Ghosts of Onyx one of the few books I was able to get my hands on and genuinely enjoyed it.
Honestly, I wish we got Kurt instead of John. He's just so much more of a likeable character who helped literally helped the Human-Covenant war from behind the shadows. Forever my favourite Spartan
I remember reading Ghost of Onyx back in 2008 or 2009. After finishing it, Kurt became my favorite spartan. I use Kurt051 as a username on other accounts.
I'vee already made this point in the discord server but I feel like this is an appropriate video to bring the point up again. It always bothered me that the Dyson sphere was named Trevelyan rather than Ambrose. While the boy that Halsey kidnapped may have been Kurt Trevelyan, that was not the person who sacrificed themself on onyx. He stopped being a Trevelyan when he became Kurt-051, and later he also moved on from that identity and became Kurt Ambrose. He had moved on from two previous identities and was intent on keeping the one he had. When he donned his SPI armour instead of the mjolnir we see just how much he has left that old identity behind. The mjolnir would have provided him with a much greater advantage in combat but he refused to let himself be separate from his spartans. Naming the facility after an identity he had long ago given up feels almost like an insult to his final actions and who he was when he made them. I doubt Kurt would have cared too much about who he was as a child, he was perfectly fine being Kurt Ambrose. The naming of it is meant to show that Halsey feels some remorse for her actions and is making some attempt to make up for it but I believe Kurt would have felt much more honored if the facility was named Ambrose.
The character of Jorge 052 is clearly an inspiration of Kurt's character. Very similar personalities, their death scenario and self sacrifice and of course their huge physical stature. An idea for an installation00 episode would be to cover why Kurt and Jorge were so huge compared to the rest of the spartan II's I know Jorge underwent further augmentations but it's not covered in alot of detail in places
First of all I love your videos honestly you are easily the best halo channels. Secondly will we get Kelly 087 as the most under appreciated spartan. She's honestly my favorite.
I’m 6’8” so I’d be about eye level with chief even though he’d make me look small with his armor, Kurt on the other hand would make me look like a toddler. That man is gigantic lol, his frame even makes chief look small.
If Kurt had made the choice to not exchange his Mjolnir Armor for the crappy SPI Armor he might have been alive for the Halo Triology and Reclaimer Saga.
Kurt was a Forclaimer. He was able to interact with Forerunner tech and was probably the best leader the Spartan IIIs ever or will ever have. I'll miss him.
Thanks 00 for making all this halo lore content. My group and I are currently digging though your stuff for info for our halo rpg game ....we might have already severally fucked the timeline
Ah yes the eternal question, did Eric Nylund think, "How big is 2 metres, about 6ft?" Hence how we end up with a Spartan 2 so much taller than all the rest.
Yep. So at the "2 metres is 6ft' general rule of thumb 'logic' most people work off, the 2.5 metres would be 7ft 6in. Much more appropriate given every other Spartan height we know. This is the same book where there's 3.5m/11ft 6in Sangheili. Another bizarre statistical outlier that makes more sense if an American author just isn't familiar with the metric system. Although even then Xytan would be bafflingly tall for his species.
Hey Installation00 - I know it might be a bit of a different kind of Halo video to what you usually do, but could you perhaps do a video on the whole "ghost of lockout" bug/urban legend/glitch/whatever have you family of phenomena, exploring it in more detail? To me, it's an interesting topic because there definitely seems to be a technical explanation behind it Vs a supernatural one, but I've been unable to find a comprehensive video on the topic.
Kurt is as much of a reason humanity survived as Chief and Arbiter. He’s a legend and a war hero
Who do you think would win in a fight Kurt or John??
Master Chief the Lucky Spartan vs Kurt-051 the Behemoth Spartan.
Lol
@@elijahscott3063 Depends. With or without time to prep? Kurt's instincts are amazing, but with no time to prep, John's luck might give him the win.
Well he did say that Kurt would beat chief in those war games but chief is the poster boy so probably chief lol
Kurt has a 6th sense. John has plotarmor or in lore "luck". Kurt keeps is squad alive unitll there is zero chance. John is the last man standing after there was no chance.
Kurt has a 6th sense for sniffing out traps and ambushes.
It’s a high compliment for a person when their biggest flaw is caring too much about their comrades. Although this ultimately led Kurt to make the questionable decision to further augment Gamma company, his motives were noble especially considering these were the darkest hours for humanity.
Yes
We will remember Kurt
Or to choose the SPI armor over his Mjolnir.
@@eragonbromsson1122 wich if he didn’t, most probably would have led him to be alive up until now.
His caring was both his weakness but also his strength. He was very much like the ancient Spartans were, ready to die for his comrades without any doubt.
Kurt is that one guy in the military, who no matter what kind of danger they are facing and the chance of survival is slim, would put a smile on people's faces. Being a beacon of happiness and a warm welcome to those he trained and fought along side with. Showing that even the killing machines like the spartan can have a heart.
@Wandering Endlessly preach on deez nuts 😩
Love this comment
No matter the training and conditioning soldiers are still humans.
Thanks bro
He was platoon dad
My first time reading Ghosts of Onyx, and every subsequent reading afterwards, Kurt's last stand always makes me tear up. He's such an awesome character
Yeah its a pity he whore the SPI armour instead of mjolnir
I agree. Its my favorite book in the series
@@robertandrewbaptie3006 yes, but at the end of the day, the Mjolnir wouldn’t have saved him. The nuke he detonated at the end of his life needed to be detonated manually. Mjolnir is very strong, but it cannot withstand a direct nuclear blast. Perhaps he could have quickly rigged a timer delay, and maybe he wouldn’t have been so injured by the firefight if he was in his Mjolnir armor. Regardless, circumstance lead to his honorable demise, not a lack of proper equipment.
@@LV_223 that would ruin the theme of the book for kurt.
a true spartan stands his ground till his death armour doesn’t matter
The flaw with a spartan being as social as kurt is the emotions they grow. in time you can only lose so many men before you break or cant care.
Spartans never die. Being emotional isn't always a bad thing if you try to focus on the good more than the bad, and in my opinion, Kurt did well in finding that balance. Kurt was a Spartan but he never threw away his Humanity and wore it on his sleeve.
@@aaronstrerk5521 that's the problem, you have trillion dollar super soldiers, you can't even make more in some situations.
They are worth as much as battle cruisers Individually.
They are literally the soul reason your species isn't dust under the weird boots of the covenant.
And you allow them to throw their lives away for regular humans?
You allow them to have emotional connections with others knowing they may self sacrifice or have their judgment swayed by these feelings?
If master Chief wasn't immensely lucky he would be dead 500 times over in lore.
That's literally part of his character, not the fastest, not the strongest, not the best shot.
But over all the best all rounded soldier with godly luck.
Every Spartan that died trying to save regular troops or fucking useless civilians was a total waste.
Original humanity would NOT have behaved this way.
And you could argue that's why they ended up at war with other races before they fell.
Refusing to explain the floods existence and just acting like cleaning robots may have been their down fall.
But I still can't stomach the loss of these soldiers.
Imagine sinking an entire US battle ship worth 3.1 billion to save the lives of a couple dozen people.
That's the situation here.
Totally ingorant in my opinion.
But it does make a good story.
I thinks its better to say before you break or before you become a monster
This Spartan is one of my favorite beloved underrated Spartans of all time. It's incredible how he was able to train generations of Spartan-III's to be close if not equal in some aspects generation 2 (Spartan-II's).
He is my favorite as well he is so underrated (plus I think he has one the most badass last stands in the human covenant war, maybe even the entire halo universe) also you are definitely right about the capabilities of the Spartans he trained. An example of this is noble six
Well, Kurt was behind the Spartan III CAT II Program so yes definitely. He managed to create a new generation of Spartan IIs basically.
Spartans 3s from gamma company were considered to be the best batch of Spartans ever. Kurt definitely succeeded in his goal.
@@connorbaird8596 And extremely unreliable due to the brain mutations
Kurt and Jorge both being the biggest and most down to earth Spartans ever while both having very similar deaths.......is one of the saddest things in gaming now that i think about it.........they deserve a hug
Don’t worry there in heaven together and there roommate is bob ross
Funny that they're 051 and 052
Kurt, the walking talking friendly tank
The gentle behemoth of a man he was at his heart. Respect for Lieutenant Commander Kurt-051
Reading Ghosts of Onyx the "Spartans never Die" moment was the most heart breaking awe inspiring examples of Spartan sacrifice id witnessed in halo at the time. I think it still holds up
People in the Halo universe see Halsey as this evil monster of a woman.
She named a Forerunner shield world after one of her Spartans.
His real name.
Not the one gifted to him by his Superior, His real name.
Meaning she REMEMBERED their names.
She gives a damn.
More than I can say about that petty ass, suicide squad maker, Ackerson.
She’s still crazy for stealing little kids and forcing them into a life they never asked for
@@Dubz759 Would it be safe to say Ackerson was a less crappy person than Halsey seeing how orphaned Spartan 3's were asked if they wanted to avenge their loved ones & were not kidnapped against their will.
As well Ackerson seemed to actually care more for his family as he was close to his brother at childhood & tried to save him while Halsey had Miranda with Jacob yet never EVER spending time with her with the only time she shows any care for her is when hearing of her death.
On one hand, she cares IMMENSLY for the Spartan IIs. On the other, she cloned them and sent the clones back, doomed to die prolonged, often painful deaths when it 100% was not need and in fact detrimental. She is absolutely a monster. But one that knew her projects were necessary for the survival of human civilization, either from civil war or from genocide
@@Dubz759 you would rather humanity nuke themselves into the stone age
Yes she did to her they were her children dear to her as her own daughter Miranda
Loved his story and sacrifice so much, Kurt is my coffee order name lol
I think I understand Halsey's reasoning as to why she chose John over Kurt, while Kurt was the most charismatic Spartan and a genuine born leader, his mindset was geared too much toward compassion, as opposed to objectives. John is the "Best Sparten" because he has the skills to and will do any job required to complete the mission, and he is more willing to spend life in the field. John and Kurt both have a talent for putting the people around them to the best possible use, the difference is Kurt is less willing to spend lives, John will feal bad when a comrade dies he won't spiral into guilt like Kurt started to do a few times in Ghosts of Onyx. these are just my opinions and observations though.
I never agreed with his decision to not wear his Molinir armor in his last mission. He cited wanting to to essentially fit in with his S-III's but objectively the SPI is inferior, affording less offensive and defensive capacity. A S-II took a hunter round to the chest and walked it off while An S-III took a needler burst to the chest and only got to live another minuet to secure the rear because of the brain hack. Doing everything in his power to accomplish the mission while bringing the most people home was a lesson hard learned by John in the master chief story books, even when he had to trample peoples feeling. Kurt didn't learn that lesson and his team suffered for it.
John isn’t and never was the best Spartan. She chose him because despite his lack of perfection he’s the most willing to lead and had the capacity to rally and analyze objectively.
@@brandonmiller9155 Well in Halsey’s opinion John was the best though this is a subjective term. “But he is the bravest-and quite possibly the luckiest. And in my opinion, he is the best”
@@MrAngelBites for me it was the moment that made the character, a dumb decision from a combat point of view? Sure, but from a personal view, on how wearing mjolnir would essentially alienate him from his Spartans, and loss that connection, and how he rather expose himself it’s a really nice and “human” moment IMO
@@brandonmiller9155 as Chief himself put it, there’s a difference between “best” and “best known”
Can we give props to Kurt, Holly, and Dante for that last stand in Onyx's core?
Dante helped carry Frederic to safety with a huge f*cking hole in his torso; Holly sacrificed herself taking two hunter fuel rod cannon shots for Kelly; and Kurt for having the last laugh against the Covenant, manually detonating two nuclear warheads in front of them.
Let's not forget Will-043, engaged in hand to hand combat with two hunters, killing one, having the whole Covenant so shook they stopped fighting for a brief moment.
There's an argument to be made that Kurt was the most impactful Spartan during the Covenant War. People refer to the Spartan-IIIs as canon fodder, but the fact that they were able to accomplish their missions at all with inferior equipment, and no ground, vehicle, air, or naval support, is a testament to Kurt's ability to train and inspire his troops to "make the impossible, possible".
_"'This is not a war the UNSC can win, Kurt. Surely this has occurred to you?'_
_He nodded, although in fact it had not."_
man he only had an spi armour at his stand and if he had the Mjolnir armour then he could lasted long
When Kurt decided not to put back on the Mjolnir always got to me.
Honestly when I first read ghosts of onyx I was confused as to why Kurt didn't put in the armor, now I realize it was to show that the armor isn't what makes Spartans
I wasnt ready for the image of Kurt seeing the fallen spartans stood by his side in his final moments 😢
His last act deserves an animated video on its own. He is a badass like Chief.
Kurt is the biggest badass in fiction "Spartans never die" honestly my favourite moment is halo media I'm so happy you did this ep.
@Joshua Payne sorry mate in my opinion no matter how badass the chief is in any scenario nothing will beat kurts last stand
@@AptMantis2278 nothing beats Noble 6s Last Stance.
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@@DivineHellas while I admit it was a good one that probably would have made Kurt proud of how long his former trainee lasted. but in my opinion Kurt fighting until the end and then decimating any entire army with his dying breath is the best
@Joshua Payne Noble Six was more
Man, you gotta respect how even amonst almost perfect super soldiers with superior intelect, strength, speed, reflexes, even when compared to their fellow Spartan 2s & 3s Best!
That there's a Spartan as unique, yet just as competent as Kurt-051!
I'm just saying him with his personality,
his uncanny ability to sense traps, and the fact that he's a natural leader!
He matches John-117 in that he's Rare amonst the Rarest individuals humanity has to offer! And that's commendable!
I cried a little bit with Kurt dead..., he shows that Spartans even with all the titanium and all the augmentation are still human :'3
Will you also be making a video on Jerome? He, Kurt, John and Fred were the ones in the running to lead the SIIs
What if Kurt and Jorge survived the human - Covenant? And if they wore Mark 7 Gen 3 armor how powerful would they be?
Fuckin OP
The 2 of them working together in that armor would break entire fleets of banished and created.
Ghosts of Onyx was one of my favourite books from the early years of the expanded universe. Kurt is one of my favourite Spartans in the series
Thank you for making a dedicated video on arguably the best Spartan. I wish we could have seen more of him in the lore, but I guess a whole novel about most of his life will have to do.
My favorite spartan, he represents all we as human beings should be. Or at least try.
the first time i read kurt's death i was like actually depressed. he really did go out with a bang
Excellent video loved it wondering when we could see an update on project Mjolnir also I figure Jerome is next but could the next one after be Jai-006 for all of us Grey team fan boys
It's nice to see that he held on to his humanity than to act like a mindless soldier. You got to respect a man like that.
One of my favorite SII's without question. Man had a drive to protect his team no matter what and while I did and still do have slight misgivings about the boosters he gave the Gammas, I don't doubt for a second he did it with the best intentions and wanting to save his Spartans after the tragedy on Pegasi Delta.
If he wasn't a Spartan, he damn well could've been head of the UEG or a huge force for change in potentially bringing the Insurrection to a peaceful end if the Covenant was never in the picture. To this day, I'm still salty he died but not many can say they took an entire invading army out with them and saved his friends and underlings, staying true to his core values. A true legend among the Spartans.
It was sad to have kurt die in ghosts of onyx, when I was reading it those damn last words got me… “don’t you know? Spartans never die” a true Spartan.
"In awe at the size of this lad. Absolute unit."
Kurts last stand still gets to me. Kurt might just be my favorite spartan..also im a sucker for Last Stands.
Been watching for about 2 days. You are the best Halo channel on RUclips.
Halo Ghost Of Onyx was the only Halo novel which has made me cry
"Spartans never die..."
I just finished Halo:Ghost of Onyx.
I wanted to cry..
Please @Installation00 please do more of these this is awesome and due to be dived into for the rest of the spartans too..... Love your content
Kurt is the type of guy no matter who you are he'll make a friend outta you, and he'll do whatever it takes to have you're back,
Wonderfully done, Great video.
Halo Reaches affect on Canon makes Kurt's death hurt even more. Kurt says he wears SPI armor over Mjolnir because the IIis didn't get Mjolnir. But the Cat2s existed and he would have to know about them. So why couldn't Kurt or anyone else say uh no Cat2s exist which get Mjolnir. Kurt is my favorite Spartan and to me is the best Spartan 2.
My head canon is that the III's with him at the time weren't wearing mjolnir so he didn't want to show he was different to them. Still shoulda worn it!
Noble team are a special force team and where chosen from the best Spartan 3 and one Spartan 2
Loved the video. I was 15 when the novel came out. I read half the book before I got home. Kurt was an amazing spartan. Green team and blue team are my favorite.
Kurt and his Spartan IIIs were my favorite expanded universe characters, all his Spartan IIIs were doomed to die but they still fought just as hard and well as any Spartan IIs
I've got to say I love yours channel dude and your lore and they videos are my favorite by far
no matter how many time i revisit spartan 2 story they always give me goosebump
Great video! One of my favorite Spartans
I know that Kurt wore SPI as a sign of unity between him and the SPARTAN-IIIs but how would it have looked if Hood had sent Mjolnir equipped SPARTAN-IIIs (eg: Owen-B096)?
I just find it weird because as if you can use Mjolnir, you take it! Even if it has no shields, you take it! Even if it's one of the ugly Halo 5 armours, you take it!
It was one of Kurt's flaws he became too protective and felt the need to emphasise his connection to the IIIs.
11 minutes and 11 seconds, nice
I00 does such good work on these
Kurt is definitely built different when comparing him to other Spartan II's
Got here as soon as I saw the discord notification !
I know we all love Chief but my heart truly loves Kurt. After reading Ghosts of Onyx he became my favorite character in all of Halo lore.
“Spartans never die”
WOO JEROME 092 WAS NAMED love that dude sm
Best video, hands down my favorite spartan 2 kurt holds a special place for me as his character is that of a friend who lost his life over seas and shares a lot of characteristics and mannerism and personality traits also an amazing character
Kurt is well loved and respected by the Halo community. He needs more exposure
Can we get an episode on Linda? She is hands down one of my favourite spartans.
Also on relation to Kurt, he was such a great character in The Ghosts of Onyx one of the few books I was able to get my hands on and genuinely enjoyed it.
Service Records, brings back the good H3 memories of multiplayer. Love it. I love Halo.
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Oh my god, YES. If this series goes as far as to explore all of the unsung heroes among the Spartan-II program, I'm going to cry!
Great video man, keep up the fire man. Have a legendary bless day spartans
Kurt spelled backwards is Truk. And that's what he was, a got dang truck of a Spartan.
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Honestly, I wish we got Kurt instead of John. He's just so much more of a likeable character who helped literally helped the Human-Covenant war from behind the shadows. Forever my favourite Spartan
Literally read Halo Fandom and the video was word for word on the site 🤣
the one with the bigger heart and the one who died heart broken about his spartans
I remember reading Ghost of Onyx back in 2008 or 2009. After finishing it, Kurt became my favorite spartan. I use Kurt051 as a username on other accounts.
Damn he’s huge. He’s eye to eye with most elites!!
Just reading Kurt say that part at 8:42 in the book gives me chills
Good work Spartan, Kurt would be proud.
I'vee already made this point in the discord server but I feel like this is an appropriate video to bring the point up again.
It always bothered me that the Dyson sphere was named Trevelyan rather than Ambrose.
While the boy that Halsey kidnapped may have been Kurt Trevelyan, that was not the person who sacrificed themself on onyx. He stopped being a Trevelyan when he became Kurt-051, and later he also moved on from that identity and became Kurt Ambrose.
He had moved on from two previous identities and was intent on keeping the one he had.
When he donned his SPI armour instead of the mjolnir we see just how much he has left that old identity behind. The mjolnir would have provided him with a much greater advantage in combat but he refused to let himself be separate from his spartans.
Naming the facility after an identity he had long ago given up feels almost like an insult to his final actions and who he was when he made them. I doubt Kurt would have cared too much about who he was as a child, he was perfectly fine being Kurt Ambrose.
The naming of it is meant to show that Halsey feels some remorse for her actions and is making some attempt to make up for it but I believe Kurt would have felt much more honored if the facility was named Ambrose.
Kinda goes to show how while Halsey valued the lives of every s-II John was her favorite
Kurt felt like that guy in the unit that kept morale up and would raise hell itself to help a comrade.
Kurt's death always makes me cry whenever I read Ghosts of Onyx
KURTesy. Get it it? KURTesy..
That's heresy yeah yeah..
Great video - second fav just after Fred 104
Kurt's Story reminds me much of real life navy seal Charles Keating The IV.
The character of Jorge 052 is clearly an inspiration of Kurt's character. Very similar personalities, their death scenario and self sacrifice and of course their huge physical stature. An idea for an installation00 episode would be to cover why Kurt and Jorge were so huge compared to the rest of the spartan II's I know Jorge underwent further augmentations but it's not covered in alot of detail in places
This shit made me tear up.
God, I love Halo so much...
Kurt is too wholesome for this galaxy. RIP best Spartan.
First of all I love your videos honestly you are easily the best halo channels.
Secondly will we get Kelly 087 as the most under appreciated spartan. She's honestly my favorite.
I’m 6’8” so I’d be about eye level with chief even though he’d make me look small with his armor, Kurt on the other hand would make me look like a toddler. That man is gigantic lol, his frame even makes chief look small.
Still love to see a mini episodic series of Kurt
Ngl when I read Kurt's death I was crying.
Kurt was above chief says alot about him read Ghost of Onyx a must read
YES PLEASE
Ghost of Onyx is such a good book that every Halo fan should read at least once
If Kurt had made the choice to not exchange his Mjolnir Armor for the crappy SPI Armor he might have been alive for the Halo Triology and Reclaimer Saga.
Kurt was a Forclaimer. He was able to interact with Forerunner tech and was probably the best leader the Spartan IIIs ever or will ever have. I'll miss him.
Let's go!!!!
Thanks 00 for making all this halo lore content. My group and I are currently digging though your stuff for info for our halo rpg game ....we might have already severally fucked the timeline
Spartans don’t die.
They respawn.
Spartans never die!
That one tall boi
Ah yes the eternal question, did Eric Nylund think, "How big is 2 metres, about 6ft?" Hence how we end up with a Spartan 2 so much taller than all the rest.
Spartans were meant to be over 7, at least for the spartan 2s
Yep. So at the "2 metres is 6ft' general rule of thumb 'logic' most people work off, the 2.5 metres would be 7ft 6in. Much more appropriate given every other Spartan height we know.
This is the same book where there's 3.5m/11ft 6in Sangheili. Another bizarre statistical outlier that makes more sense if an American author just isn't familiar with the metric system. Although even then Xytan would be bafflingly tall for his species.
Great video didn’t know much about Kurt till now, is Jerome up next?
Kurt Trevelyan
You will be missed but not forgotten
We gotta see some Mark G313 next imo one of the best Spartan IIIs ever if not the best
Hey Installation00 - I know it might be a bit of a different kind of Halo video to what you usually do, but could you perhaps do a video on the whole "ghost of lockout" bug/urban legend/glitch/whatever have you family of phenomena, exploring it in more detail? To me, it's an interesting topic because there definitely seems to be a technical explanation behind it Vs a supernatural one, but I've been unable to find a comprehensive video on the topic.