Tzeentch
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Initially they weren't necessarily "evil" any more then you could say that a modern superpower is "evil". The UNSC (ONI in particular) is basically the equivalent of the NSA/CIA of today, shadowy and a little shady, but a necessary component of defense.
It wasn't until later in the series, essentially around Halo Reach and the jump from Bungie to 343i that they became this Orwellian big brother type organization that regularly commits atrocities.
EDIT- It's worth preemptively pointing out that while the SPARTAN program was straight up morally reprehensible (kidnapping toddlers from colony planets and then brainwashing them into becoming sociopathic super-soldiers who's sole purpose is to kill colonists), the SPARTAN program was only one, very specific program out of dozens of programs ONI had going on.
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"The Daemon lied with every breath. It could not help itself but to deceive and dismay, to riddle and ruin. The more we conversed, the closer I drew to one singularly ineluctable fact: I would gain no wisdom here."
Last edited by Tzeentch on May 28th, 2015 at 01:28 AM
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