2492

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25th century

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Events

February

• February 19: A report is made on geological studies carried out on Onyx.

March

• March 19: Catherine Halsey is born in Port Vernon on Endymion.
• March 21: Franklin Mendez is born on Sigma Octanus IV.

June

• June 7: Preston Cole appears before the Board of Inquiry at Luna OCS Academy to testify about a series of incidents involving the impregnation of Admiral Konrad Volkov's daughter Inna Volkov.
• June 9: Colonel Lima drops his charges of contempt and obstructing the tribunal's investigation against Cole, who is cleared of any wrongdoing.
• June 13: UNSC-JAG ORD: 8-PD-3861 is used to seal the file of Cole's testimony to the Board of Inquiry.

August

• August 17: Quinn Lloyd issues a marriage license for Preston Cole and Inna Volkov. The couple are subsequently married by Harold Yates, with Michael H. Cole and Admiral Konrad Volkov witnessing.
• August 21: The marriage certificate of Preston Cole and Inna Volkov is officially recorded.

December

• December 12: Inna Volkov gives birth to Ivan Troy Cole at 0445 hours. Knowing the child is not biologically his, Preston nevertheless accepts him as his son.
• December 16: The birth certificate of Ivan Troy Cole is registered.

Unknown

• A very large rebellion occurs on the colony world Far Isle, with the UNSC unable to control it. A Code: Bandersnatch is thus declared, nuclear weapons being used to put down the rebellion.
• The Covenant stumbles upon Doisac, the Jiralhanae homeworld. The Jiralhanae were just beginning to recover after warring themselves back into a pre-industrial state during the First Immolation, and were quickly forced into submission by the Covenant's superior forces, making them the final species absorbed into the alliance.