Stephen (Mombasa)

"Do you know who is still listening to my announcements? An old woman, too weak to leave her bed... A man, bleeding in the street. A teacher, hiding with her students in a school basement. My job is to fill the time before they die with truth... With hope."

— Stephen responding to Mike's accusations of his propaganda.

Stephen was the Public Service Announcer for New and Old Mombasa. During the Battle of New Mombasa, he broadcast propaganda to trapped civilians in the city.

In Sadie's Story, he and Mike Branley had a confrontation when the latter found him broadcasting from a room near the NMPD HQ's communications hub. Mike accused Stephen of being a liar; Stephen argued that he was giving hope to the doomed citizens of New Mombasa.

In an attempt to prove his point, Stephen put Mike on the air, daring him to "tell the truth." Mike quickly found himself telling the same kinds of lies that Stephen had, even claiming that civilian efforts against the Covenant were "going well".