Lieutenant James "Howell" Stratford participated in several battles during the Pendulum Wars. He served with distinction in the Battle of Aspho Fields where he saved the lives of over a dozen men by rushing a machine gun bunker utilized by hostile forces of the Union of Independent Republics. Stratford was noted for working with Pesang volunteers who fought bravely beside him during the conflict, he was deeply angered by the fact none of the Pesang men received any form of acknowledgement for their contributions. By the end of the Pendulum Wars, he had been hardened into a tough soldier who rarely spoke and always followed the orders given to him by Command.