William Lovell

William Michael Lovell was a member of the UNSC Navy. During his eventful career he developed a CSV that was twice as long as Jacob Keyes'.

Early Career
Lovell enlisted voluntarily and was immediately enrolled at the Luna OCS Academy, due to his high grades. During a training flight he demonstrated heroism by saving the entire crew, and this helped him to graduate from the academy after only two years. Upon being commissioned he took the first outbound corvette headed into battle. Within three years he had been promoted to Full Lieutenant. He also amassed three Bronze Stars, a The Silver Star, and two Purple Hearts, and served aboard the for four years.

A promising career was rocked by a series of mishaps: four reports of insubordination and two transfers. Ultimately, his demotion back to Ensign may have been caused by an "incident" involving Anna Gerov, a civilian and possibly the daughter of Vice Admiral Gerov.

Lovell was reassigned to Remote Scanning Outpost Archimedes on the fringes of the Sigma Octanus System. He was there for a year, an unheard of duration for such a remote facility. This was partially his own choice. He judged that he had broken under pressure and having seen so much death, was content with the isolation and relative safety of the outpost.

Later Career and Death
In 2552, while on Archimedes, he detected the silhouette of Covenant ships headed for the Sigma Octanus. While he did not positively identify the silhouette as such, his report allowed UNSC forces to converge in defense of the system in time to win the Battle of Sigma Octanus IV. Lovell was reassigned to the under Captain Jacob Keyes, replacing Lieutenant Jaggers as navigation officer. There he participated more actively in the battle.

Shortly afterward Lovell was transferred with the rest of the command crew to Keyes' new command ship, the and participated in the Battle of Reach. It should be noted that despite his low rank, and the surprise it caused among the bridge crew, Lovell performed skillfully, even under pressure. He and Cortana successfully extracted the ship from the disaster. When the ship was abandoned during the Battle of Installation 04, Lovell piloted and landed the Bumblebee lifepod Kilo Tango Victor 17 containing the captain, the command crew and the Covenant spy Isna 'Nosolee.

After landing he and the rest of the lifepod group attempted to escape the Covenant, successfully for some time. Because they were wanted alive, the small group manage to inflict heavy damage on the Covenant, who could not harm them. Ultimately, they were captured by the Covenant after being betrayed by Ensign Ellen Dowski. In an attempt to avoid execution he made a desperate dive for a pistol, but was shot in the face and killed by an Elite with a Plasma Pistol.