Editing UNSC Transmission 08871D-00

{{Status|Canon}}

'''United Nations Space Command Transmission 08871D-00''' was a classified communiqué sent to [[Captain]] [[Preston Cole|Preston J. Cole]] by [[Admiral]] [[Michael Stanforth|Harold Stanforth]] on June 13, [[2503]].{{Ref/Anthology|Id=Evo|Evo|Story=The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole}} It gave Cole advanced warning of his recall to [[Reach]] and the imminent arrest of his wife [[Lyrenne Castilla]], recommending that he bring Castilla in himself in order to clear his name.{{Ref/Reuse|Evo}}

Acting on Stanforth's advice, Cole traveled to [[Roost]] after receiving the transmission. Once there, however, he found that Castilla had fled, leaving incriminating evidence that caused him to conclude that Stanforth had been right about her identity. Subsequently, Cole was brought to Reach for debriefing and faced charges of [[treason]]. However, due to immense pressure from Stanforth and the public these charges were ultimately not filed and Cole was instead reassigned to a desk job on [[Earth]]. There, he was soon forced into early retirement.{{Ref/Reuse|Evo}}

In [[2552]], UNSC Transmission 08871D-00 was included within ''[[Historical/Psychological Analysis of Cole, Preston J.]]'', an intelligence report filed by [[Codename: SURGEON]] to [[Codename: USUAL SUSPECTS]].{{Ref/Reuse|Evo}}

==Classified Communiqué from Admiral Harold Stanforth to Captain Preston Cole \ June 13, 2503 (Military Calendar)==
:'''[[United Nations Space Command]] Transmission 08871D-00'''
:'''[[Encryption code|Encryption Code]]: Red'''
:'''Public Key: [[File/albatross-seven-lucifer-zeno/|file / Albatross-Seven-Lucifer-Zeno /]]'''
:'''From: Admiral Harold Stanforth, [[Commanding officer|Commanding Officer]], {{UNSCShip|Leviathan}} / [[FLEETCOM Sector Three|UNSC Sector Three]] Commander/ ([[Service number|UNSC Service Number]]: 00834-19223-HS)'''
:'''To: Captain Preston Cole, Commanding Officer, {{UNSCShip|Gorgon}} (UNSC Service Number: 00814-13094-BQ)'''
:'''Subject: TROUBLE'''
:'''[[Transmission classification|Classification: EYES ONLY]] ([[BGA Directive]])'''

:This is bad, Preston. Sit down if you're standing.
:There are new orders coming down from [[Central Command|CENTCOM]], and you're not going to like them: You're going to Reach.
:Let me start with the hardest thing.
:The woman you've been having a relationship with for the last seventeen months, one Lyrenne Castilla, is part of the [[Insurrectionist|insurgency]]. Hell, she's not a ''part'' of it; she's a high-ranking member - we think commanding [[Bellicose|one of their ships]].
:[[ONI]] has all the details. I've seen their intelligence reports, and I believe those usually-lying-through-their-teeth SOBs. They've been tracking her insurgent alter ego for a long time and just discovered her [[Civilian|civilian]] identity.
:It's simple: She's been playing you, Preston.
:ONI is coming for you, too, claiming that she's been pumping you for classified ship patrol routes and technical information.
:So here's how it's going to play out:

::#New orders are being transmitted from Reach CENTCOM.
::#You will be confined to quarters on the ''Gorgon'' with no access to communications until the [[Prowler]] ''[[UNSC Edge of Umbra|Edge of Umbra]]'' arrives in system.
::#The ''Umbra'' will then transport you to Reach where ONI will put you through the debriefing of your life.
::#After that - what happens is anyone's guess. I'll wager ONI can't [[Court-martial|court-martial]] unless they can prove you willingly collaborated, because they built you into a military genius superstar back home. But whatever they're going to do - it ain't going to be pretty. 

:I'm breaking regs and telling you this because I don't believe for a hot second you would have gotten yourself deliberately involved in this - or that you'd be stupid enough to divulge ship locations or technical secrets to some pretty girl.
: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.

:Good luck.
:Harold

==Production note==
UNSC Transmission 08871D-00 refers to Harold Stanforth as holding the rank of Admiral and commanding the UNSC ''Leviathan'' and FLEETCOM Sector Three in 2503; however, elsewhere it has been established that Stanforth was a [[Vice Admiral]] at the end of his career, that the ''Leviathan'' could not have entered service before [[2510]], and that Stanforth became commander of FLEETCOM Sector Three sometime after his resignation as [[Section Chiefs|Section Chief]] of [[ONI Section Three]], a post he held from [[2512]] to [[2530]]. For more information about these discrepancies, see 
[[Michael Stanforth#Discrepancies|here]].

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''
**''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}

[[Category:Files]]
[[Category:Historical/Psychological Analysis of Cole, Preston J.]]