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{{Quote|Humanity's future is among the stars. There is no single more important thing than to help men and women build new lives on distant worlds. I have no illusion that this is some manifest destiny, but rather, it is the only logical place left for humanity to evolve. I plan to be a part of that, learn as much as possible, and then one day become one of those humans on some distant world, on a little farm of my own under a night sky full of stars that I've never before seen.|Preston Cole's reason for enlisting in the Navy<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions''', "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", ''page 421''</ref>}} | {{Quote|Humanity's future is among the stars. There is no single more important thing than to help men and women build new lives on distant worlds. I have no illusion that this is some manifest destiny, but rather, it is the only logical place left for humanity to evolve. I plan to be a part of that, learn as much as possible, and then one day become one of those humans on some distant world, on a little farm of my own under a night sky full of stars that I've never before seen.|Preston Cole's reason for enlisting in the Navy<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions''', "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", ''page 421''</ref>}} | ||
Cole enlisted in the UNSC Navy as a non-commissioned recruit on [[2488|September 21, 2488]]. He was ordered to attend [[Unified Combined Military Boot Camp]] [[UCMB Sierra Largo|Sierra Largo]], and was then endured six additional weeks of vacuum and microgravity training. Upon his graduation as [[crewman recruit]], Cole assigned to the [[Colonial Military | Cole enlisted in the UNSC Navy as a non-commissioned recruit on [[2488|September 21, 2488]]. He was ordered to attend [[Unified Combined Military Boot Camp]] [[UCMB Sierra Largo|Sierra Largo]], and was then endured six additional weeks of vacuum and microgravity training. Upon his graduation as [[crewman recruit]], Cole assigned to the [[Colonial Military Administration]] vessel [[CMA Season of Plenty|''Season of Plenty'']]. By [[2489|September 22, 2489]], Cole had been promoted to [[crewman apprentice]] as ''Season of Plenty'' was preparing to help establish a new city dubbed "[[Lazy Acres]]" on the world of [[Paradise Falls]]. While on the ship, out of laziness, [[Ensign]] [[Otto Seinmann]] ordered Cole to do the ship's required [[slipstream space]] calculations for him. However, Cole ended up formulating a new way of calculating slipspace input parameters, much to [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Nevel]]'s surprise. This, combined with his strong work ethic noted at UCMB Sierra Largo, resulted in his being recommended to the [[Luna OCS Academy]] at [[Mare Nubium]], [[Luna]].{{Ref/Reuse|he420}} | ||
During his time at the [[Officer Candidate School]] beginning in [[2489]], Cole would fall into a scandal involving the overnight disappearances of [[Inna Volkov]], the daughter of [[Admiral]] [[Konrad Volkov]], from the officers' family quarters on base. Sightings of the girl in the company of a young man were reported. Soon, a [[Ivan Cole|child]] was produced, presumably by those liaisons. On [[2492|June 7, 2492]], six cadets—including Cole—were brought before a [[Board of Inquiry]] to [[JAG Incident Report (local) 475-A|testify]]. Though Cole was not found guilty of any wrongdoing, he married Inna two months later. Witnessing the marriage were Admiral Volkov and Cole's relative, [[Cole family|Michael H. Cole]]. In his report on Cole's life, ''[[Historical/Psychological Analysis of Cole, Preston J.]]'', [[Codename: SURGEON]] suggests three reasons this marriage took place. The first was that the admiral knew which cadet was the true father and did not like the truth and thus found a suitable replacement for his daughter: Cole. A second was that the child was not the offspring of any of the cadets and thus the admiral's grandchild would have been fatherless. The third was that Cole had the liaison with Inna, but was not the father of the child. Either way, Admiral Volkov either made Cole marry his daughter, or Cole was compelled by a sense of chivalry, or (as some of Cole's detractors claimed) a desire for political advancement within the military by being the son-in-law of an admiral.<ref name="he430">'''Halo: Evolutions''', "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", ''pages 430-436''</ref> | During his time at the [[Officer Candidate School]] beginning in [[2489]], Cole would fall into a scandal involving the overnight disappearances of [[Inna Volkov]], the daughter of [[Admiral]] [[Konrad Volkov]], from the officers' family quarters on base. Sightings of the girl in the company of a young man were reported. Soon, a [[Ivan Cole|child]] was produced, presumably by those liaisons. On [[2492|June 7, 2492]], six cadets—including Cole—were brought before a [[Board of Inquiry]] to [[JAG Incident Report (local) 475-A|testify]]. Though Cole was not found guilty of any wrongdoing, he married Inna two months later. Witnessing the marriage were Admiral Volkov and Cole's relative, [[Cole family|Michael H. Cole]]. In his report on Cole's life, ''[[Historical/Psychological Analysis of Cole, Preston J.]]'', [[Codename: SURGEON]] suggests three reasons this marriage took place. The first was that the admiral knew which cadet was the true father and did not like the truth and thus found a suitable replacement for his daughter: Cole. A second was that the child was not the offspring of any of the cadets and thus the admiral's grandchild would have been fatherless. The third was that Cole had the liaison with Inna, but was not the father of the child. Either way, Admiral Volkov either made Cole marry his daughter, or Cole was compelled by a sense of chivalry, or (as some of Cole's detractors claimed) a desire for political advancement within the military by being the son-in-law of an admiral.<ref name="he430">'''Halo: Evolutions''', "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", ''pages 430-436''</ref> |