Michael Stanforth
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SERVICE NUMBER: 00834-19223-HS
FLEETCOM Sector Three Commanding Officer. Sector three includes Sigma Octanus IV.
Also commander of the UNSC Leviathan.
As of 2517 he was a vice admiral and head of section three of UNSC Military Intelligence division. At that time he refused to allow Dr. Catherine Halsey to use the Han on her study for the Spartan candidates unless she had a military escort. Halsey chose then Lieutenant (J.G.) Keyes for the assignment.
He was the Admiral who initially breifed the Spartan soldiers on the Covenant in 2525, the first time they were ever given information on the species. Stanforth's breifing incuded diagrams of Grunts and Jackals, as well as information on the Battle of Harvest.
Stanforth led the UNSC navy in the Battle of Sigma Octanus IV.
He was a friend to Captain Keyes, and enjoyed whiskey. He was also the officer that promoted Keyes from Commander to Captain.
