Talk:Codename: COALMINER

Wow so it was Cortana's fault James and Linda died. (Well Linda got severely injured, but if she was alive then she would have been a great asset to Captain Keyes on Alpha Halo) —əґыţєґιιб

Linda was alive at that time but was critically injured. She was present during the battle of Alpha Halo (Present as in sleeping in a cryo pod).5ub7ank^(7alk) 19:56, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

COALMINER over SURGEON

I believe COALMINER to be Ackerson, rather than SURGEON. From what we know of S-III, only a few ONI leaders; Kurt; Mendez; the Hopeful and trainers knew of their existence early on. In his report, COALMINER described Kurt like he has met him; he also fails to mention the project leader - James Ackerson. I am interested by his codename, too. Ackerson happened to work in CASTLE base, a repurposed mine. The two are also on Reach at the same time.-- Forerunner 15:43, 18 December 2010 (EST)

I think it's fairly obvious that SURGEON could never be Ackerson, simply because he had survived the war whereas Ackerson did not. The identity of COALMINER could be anyone: we know became aware of the presence of Colonel Holland as Noble Team's caretaker; he seem to have been in the SPARTAN-III Program for quite a while and had shown some faith in the SPARTANs, unlike Ackerson. It might be him.- 5əb'7aŋk^(7alk) 15:59, 18 December 2010 (EST)

I decided to discount Holland as the communiqué was sent in th time of Alpha company; the concept of an S-III team being witnessed by non-target humans was NOBLE, which as activated a decade later - their method of insertion at the time was entirely Naval, and an Army branch-out may not have even been dreamed of. Ackerson seems to be fine with his S-III program, and only appears to have a dislike for the S-IIs because of money and his distrust of Halsey- Forerunner 16:17, 18 December 2010 (EST)

I think you missed the point of my comment; the presence of Colonel Holland as caretaker of Noble Team shows that Ackerson is not the only one Army personnel involved in the S-III Program; we do not know when, but we know he has an involvement in the program. This involvement shows that there are a significant number of high-ranking Army personnel being involved in the program, either being a right-hand man of Ackerson or an attaché by ONI (i.e. another Army-Naval liaison) to keep things in check. But then again, nothing is certain about the identity of COALMINER. Too many open paths.- 5əb'7aŋk^(7alk) 16:42, 18 December 2010 (EST)