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'''Emergency Priority Order 098831A-1''', also called '''General Order 098831A-1''' and known commonly as the '''Cole Protocol''', was a [[United Nations Space Command]] directive enacted by [[Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]] to prevent the [[Covenant]] from discovering the [[human]] homeworld and [[Unified Earth Government|colonial]] capital, [[Earth]], or any other [[Inner Colonies|inner colony]] world. In practice, it was intended to prevent Covenant's retrieval of data that contained the location of Earth; it forbade retreating vessels from setting a direct [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] course toward any human population center, as the Covenant were able to track slipspace travel vectors and calculate the evacuating ship's destination. The policy also stated that to prevent capture, any military or civilian vessel, in the event of an emergency evacuation, was to self-destruct, after wiping all data matrices, to prevent the advance of the Covenant. | '''Emergency Priority Order 098831A-1''', also called '''General Order 098831A-1''' and known commonly as the '''Cole Protocol''', was a [[United Nations Space Command]] directive enacted by [[Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]] to prevent the [[Covenant]] from discovering the [[human]] homeworld and [[Unified Earth Government|colonial]] capital, [[Earth]], or any other [[Inner Colonies|inner colony]] world. In practice, it was intended to prevent Covenant's retrieval of data that contained the location of Earth; it forbade retreating vessels from setting a direct [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] course toward any human population center, as the Covenant were able to track slipspace travel vectors and calculate the evacuating ship's destination. The policy also stated that to prevent capture, any military or civilian vessel, in the event of an emergency evacuation, was to self-destruct, after wiping all data matrices, to prevent the advance of the Covenant. | ||
All UNSC personnel were commanded to read the Cole Protocol each day "by the letter" under an [[UNSC Emergency Priority Order 098831A-1 (transmission)|emergency transmission]] issued by the [[UNSC Naval Command|Naval Command]]. The Cole Protocol ensured that in nearly twenty-seven years of interstellar warfare, the Covenant never discovered the human presence on Earth, and only found other population centers either by accident, by [[ | All UNSC personnel were commanded to read the Cole Protocol each day "by the letter" under an [[UNSC Emergency Priority Order 098831A-1 (transmission)|emergency transmission]] issued by the [[UNSC Naval Command|Naval Command]]. The Cole Protocol ensured that in nearly twenty-seven years of interstellar warfare, the Covenant never discovered the human presence on Earth, and only found other population centers either by accident, by [[Covenant spy probe|tracking devices]] left aboard ships,{{Ref/Novel|HTFoR|Chapter=23}} or by the presence of [[Forerunner]] artifacts via [[Luminary]].{{Ref/Game|H2A|Terminal (Halo 2: Anniversary)|Terminal #14}} Unfortunately, the Cole Protocol ceased to be effective when, on [[2552#October|October 20, 2552]], Covenant forces invaded Earth; however, the protocol presumably remained in effect for the other remaining Inner Colonies. | ||
At the onset of the [[Created uprising]] in late [[2558]], the Cole Protocol came back into effect; while Earth and many of its colonies were well-known locations, several worlds and key facilities such as [[Rossbach's World]] and [[Nysa]] remained compartmentalised and unknown to either the [[Created]] or the various [[Covenant remnants]]. The Cole Protocol's reintroduction allowed the UNSC to operate in secrecy as it rebuilt its strength.{{Ref/Novel|ET|Chapter=7}} The directive was also altered to suit the needs of the time, with further restrictions placed on the use of [[artificial intelligence]]. The [[RUINA]] subroutine was introduced as a mandatory requirement of all AI that chose to remain in UNSC military service.{{Ref/Novel|Id=BFTA2|Halo: Battle for the Academy - Part 2}}{{Ref/Novel|ET|Chapter=1}} | At the onset of the [[Created uprising]] in late [[2558]], the Cole Protocol came back into effect; while Earth and many of its colonies were well-known locations, several worlds and key facilities such as [[Rossbach's World]] and [[Nysa]] remained compartmentalised and unknown to either the [[Created]] or the various [[Covenant remnants]]. The Cole Protocol's reintroduction allowed the UNSC to operate in secrecy as it rebuilt its strength.{{Ref/Novel|ET|Chapter=7}} The directive was also altered to suit the needs of the time, with further restrictions placed on the use of [[artificial intelligence]]. The [[RUINA]] subroutine was introduced as a mandatory requirement of all AI that chose to remain in UNSC military service.{{Ref/Novel|Id=BFTA2|Halo: Battle for the Academy - Part 2}}{{Ref/Novel|ET|Chapter=1}} | ||
