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:''Note: This article is about the folder called S-III. Click here if you are looking for the [[SPARTAN-III Program|Spartan-III program]] or here if you were looking for ONI's [[Office of Naval Intelligence|Section-III]]''


{{Center|''This article is about the folder called S-III. Were you looking for [[SPARTAN-III program]] or ONI's [[Office of Naval Intelligence|Section III]]''?}}
'''S-III''' was a folder on [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]]'s [[Personal Computer|computer]] at [[CASTLE Base]] on [[Reach]]. When [[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey|Dr. Halsey]] hacked the computer, she discovered the folder.<ref>''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', page 128: ''"Kalmiya, please retrieve the data file and show me the contents of Colonel Ackerson's directory."''</ref><ref>''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', page 129: ''The folders and files winked away, and only two folders remained floating over Dr. Halsey's desk: S-III and KING UNDER THE MOUNTAIN.''</ref>  Contained in the S-III folder was the following:


'''S-III''' was a folder on [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]]'s [[Personal computer|computer]] at [[CASTLE Base]] on [[Reach]]. When [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Halsey]] hacked the computer, she discovered two folders, S-III and [[KING UNDER THE MOUNTAIN]].<ref name="HFSC13">''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', Chapter 13</ref>
==CPOMZ==
The [[CPOMZ]] file contained star charts. Halsey used the CPOMZ star chart to locate the [[SPARTAN-III Program|Spartan-IIIs]] and the planet [[Onyx]].<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]], page 130: ''There was one last file in the S-III folder. As Dr. Halsey tapped it open, Kalmiya said, "That is only a fragment. It had been erased, but I managed to reconstruct it from trace ionization in the memory crystal." Dr. Halsey examined its contents. There was only CPOMZ followed by a 512-character alphanumeric string. "This longer portion is a star chart reference," she whispered.''</ref> The letters CPOMZ are also an acronym for: [[Franklin Mendez|Chief Petty Officer Mendez (CPOMZ)]], the man who trained the [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-IIs]] at a young age. This lead Halsey to believe that [[Chief Petty Officer Mendez]] was somehow mixed up with Ackerson.


==Contents==
==KING UNDER THE MOUNTAIN==
===CPOMZ===
The [[KING UNDER THE MOUNTAIN]] file contained:
Contained in the S-III folder was a file called "CPOMZ", which contained celestial coordinates in the form of a 512-character alphanumeric star chart reference string. Halsey used the CPOMZ coordinate string to locate the planet [[Onyx]] which housed the [[SPARTAN-III program]].{{Ref/Reuse|HFSC13}} The letters CPOMZ are also an acronym for [[Senior Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez|Mendez]], the man who trained the [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-IIs]] at a young age. This lead Halsey to believe that SCPO Mendez was somehow mixed up with Ackerson. <ref name= GOOC16>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', Chapter 16</ref>


===Spartan-IIs===
*Information on the [[Forerunner]] [[Sigma Octanus IV Artifact|artifact]] found on [[Sigma Octanus IV]].
In the folder were also extensive records of the SPARTAN-II program and its members,{{Ref/Reuse|HFSC13}} including a great deal of biomedical data.<ref name= "GOOC16"/> This indicated that Ackerson had knowledge of and an interest in the supposed top secret SPARTAN-II program.
*A full map of the CASTLE base facility on [[Reach]] that included a path to the [[Menachite Forerunner Complex|immense Forerunner facility]] as well as the [[Forerunner Crystal]], beneath the [[Menachite Mountain]].
*A map of the complete survey of Mechanite Mountain, where the original mineral mines were located before they were taken over by [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]]. Menachite Mountain was an extinct volcano which is where Dr. Halsey found the [[Forerunner Crystal]] artifact.


==List of appearances==
==Spartan-IIs==
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}}
In the folder she found extensive records of the [[SPARTAN-II Program]] and its members. This indicated that Ackerson had knowledge of and an interest in the supposed top secret Spartan-II program.<ref>''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', page 129: ''She tapped on the first one and it opened, revealing hundreds of separate files. Dr. Halsey examined them--there were medical files on each of her Spartans: complete records from their preindoctrinated origins; their childhood vaccinations; their parents; their extensive injuries and treatments during their training; even the experimental procedures used to enhance their strength, agility, and mental resiliency.''</ref>
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{Mo}}


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