Naval Code 45812 (Earth-5875)

Naval Code 45812 was a classified protocol of the UNSC of the SPARTAN-II Program, put in motion by the Office of Naval Intelligence in 2517. The code authorized the kidnaping and conscription of children into the program without the consent and knowledge of their parents. The protocol was commissioned and placed into effect by Dr. Catherine Halsey, founder of the SPARTAN-II Program. The kidnaped children were replaced with clones so their absence would be unaccounted for. Duo to the complications of perfect cloning, most of the replacements died within a span of few years following the protocol's enactment.