Talk:UNSC Transmission 116749-09

Analysis
I moved the below text here from the article, as while it exceeds SURGEON's explicit in-universe speculation it is nevertheless excellent analysis. In the article I cleaned the info up, but I felt bad about axing this wholesale - so here it is as it was. Hopefully, someone will find it edifying. DefeatingLine (talk) 01:35, November 19, 2019 (EST)

"In Historical/Psychological Analysis of Cole, Preston J., a report filed by Codename: SURGEON, it was speculated that Admiral Cole in fact used the Battle of Psi Serpentis as a smokescreen to escape the UNSC and reunite with his lover Lyrenne Castilla.

''Each item requested by Cole in the transmission would have had a specific purpose in his upcoming battle plan. The first two points, requesting a new navigation AI and additional radiation-tolerant armor plating, are evidence that Cole was planning beforehand to make a never-before-attempted in-atmosphere Slipspace jump. In particular, the presence of two AI aboard his ship make this a likely possibility. Cole also requested access to the Reach AI network to crunch a "theoretical Shaw-Fujikawa manifold calculation", which may be indicative of his research into in-atmosphere jumps.''

The ordnance he requested, including a hundred Shiva nuclear warheads and over two thousand Archer missiles, were eventually used in his final moments—the Archers to fire at the incoming Covenant fleet and the Shivas to use against Viperidae's unstable core.

''The fifth bullet point, requesting a stellar survey focusing on brown dwarf stars, indicates that Cole was searching prior to the battle for a location to execute the plan used during the Battle of Psi Serpentis; namely, to cause a micronova in the star and obliterate the incoming Covenant fleet. However, he would likely have been planning for his escape at this point; thus, an unstable star could provide him with the perfect smokescreen to stage his own death.''

Finally, the sixth point has Cole requesting a completely new crew for the Everest''. In his report, Codename: SURGEON reports this as evidence that Cole was planning to desert and needed a crew that was loyal to him." -- Stryker117