Editing Harold Stanforth

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{{Merge|Hieronymus Michael Stanforth|1) Hieronymus is addressed as "Harold" in Data Drop Three. 2) According to birth date given by the error-ridden ONI memorial, Hieronymus was Section Three's head by the age of twenty-four; "Harold" was already a high-ranking officer by 2503, making his position within ONI much more likely}}
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Admiral '''Harold Stanforth''' was a UNSC naval officer during the [[Insurrection]] and the early years of the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', "[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]", ''page 454''</ref>

==Background==
On June 13, [[2503]] Harold Stanforth sent a message from his ship the UNSC ''Leviathan'' to then-[[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Preston Jeremiah Cole|Preston Cole]]. The [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] had discovered that Cole's wife [[Lyrenne Castilla]] was in fact an [[Insurrectionist]] and the commander of the ''[[Bellicose]]''. Stanforth broke regulations by warning Cole three hours before [[Reach]] [[Central Command]] transmitted the orders for Castilla's arrest and Cole's recall. Stanforth told Cole: {{Article Quote|You've got three hours. Find Lyrenne before ONI gets her. Bring her in yourself. That'll go a long way toward clearing your name and ending this.}}

In May [[2531]] now-[[Vice Admiral]] Cole sent a message from the {{UNSCShip|Everest}} to Admiral Stanforth, who had become the UNSC Region One Commander at Reach CENTCOM.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", ''page 467''</ref> Cole outlined a series of recommendations intended to safeguard the location of [[Earth]] and other human colonies. These recommendations would form the foundation of the [[United Nations Space Command Emergency Priority Order 098831A-1|Cole Protocol]]. A nearly identical message, known as [[United Nations Space Command Emergency Priority Order 098831A-1#Hypodermic FXT-J|Hypodermic FXT-J]], was sent to Admiral [[Margaret Orlenda Parangosky]].

==Trivia==
*Admiral Harold Stanforth should not be confused with Vice Admiral [[Hieronymus Michael Stanforth]] (born 2486), despite the fact that the two are known to have the same [[Service number|Service Number]], 00834-19223-HS, and both commanded ships called the ''Leviathan''. This may however, indicate that the two are related.

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''
**''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
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[[Category:UNSC Naval Personnel]]