Ernst Bishop (Earth-2130)

High General Lord Ernst Bishopo (service number 07960-48392-EB) is the chairman of the Coalition High Command and a war veteran of both the Insurrection, the First Contact War and the Covenant War. Having won and survived each encounter with humanity's enemies, Bishop served as the de facto leader of the COG's last effort against the vorcha and the Covenant's attack on Sera. When the war ended, Ernst was of prime importance into signing the Treaty of 2752, which ceased fire between the the COG and the sangheili, bringing relative peace in the years to come.

Early Life
Ernst Bishop was born on September 4th, 2690, on the Republic of Gorasnaya, on Sera, to a nurse and flight mechanic respectively, being the last of three children by his parents' second marriage.

After becoming a Gorasnayan noble by his acts on the Insurrection, Bishop served as James Cutter's executive officer onboard the COG Spirit of Fire until November 2730, when Ernst took command of his own vessel, the COG Normandy.