Editing S-III

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<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]]''?</center>

'''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>'''[[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 a file called "CPOMZ", which contained star charts. Halsey used the CPOMZ star chart to locate the planet [[Onyx]] which housed the [[SPARTAN-III program]].<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 [[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.

In the folder were also 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>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{Mo}}

==Sources==
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-{{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]]''?}}
+<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]]''?</center>
-'''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>
+'''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>'''[[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>
-==Contents==
+Contained in the S-III folder was a file called "CPOMZ", which contained star charts. Halsey used the CPOMZ star chart to locate the planet [[Onyx]] which housed the [[SPARTAN-III program]].<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 [[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.
-===CPOMZ===
-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===
+In the folder were also 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>
-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.
 ==List of appearances==
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 ==Sources==
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