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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
===Early career=== | ===Early career=== | ||
By [[2503]], Stanforth had risen to the rank of [[admiral]]. On June 13 of that year, Stanforth sent a [[UNSC Transmission 08871D-00|message]] from his ship, {{UNSCShip|Leviathan}}, to then-[[Preston Cole|Captain Preston Cole]]. | By [[2503]], Stanforth had risen to the rank of [[admiral]]. On June 13 of that year, Stanforth sent a [[UNSC Transmission 08871D-00|message]] from his ship, {{UNSCShip|Leviathan}}, to then-[[Preston Cole|Captain Preston Cole]].<ref name="confusion" group="note">See [[Michael Stanforth#Discrepancies|this section]].</ref> 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 [[UNSC Transmission 08871D-00|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.}} | ||
Although Cole faced court martial and even [[capital punishment]] for possible [[treason]], Stanforth and Cole's admiring public pressured ONI into releasing Cole with no charges. All that were involved were given strict orders to keep the affair classified.<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''', "[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]", ''pages 454-458''</ref> | Although Cole faced court martial and even [[capital punishment]] for possible [[treason]], Stanforth and Cole's admiring public pressured ONI into releasing Cole with no charges. All that were involved were given strict orders to keep the affair classified.<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''', "[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]", ''pages 454-458''</ref> |