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===Battles Against The Covenant=== | ===Battles Against The Covenant=== | ||
{{Quote|Cole won every major engagement he committed his forces to against the Covenant. On only two occasions did he encounter an enemy fleet he considered to large to take, and then he would return in both cases with reinforcements....|[[Codename: SURGEON]] in his report, ''Historical/Psychological Analysis of Cole, Preston J''.<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''' - ''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]], page 471.</ref>}} | |||
Despite his poor health, Cole returned to the military in 2525. After the {{UNSCShip|Heracles}} returned to [[Reach]], badly damaged from first contact with the [[Covenant]] <ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', page 98</ref>, the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] requested that Cole return to service to lead the largest battle group in human history, consisting of forty ships, to [[Harvest]] in hopes of defeating the extraterrestrial threat<ref name="Genesis"/>. He reluctantly accepted their request, and his old rank of Vice Admiral was restored. | Despite his poor health, Cole returned to the military in 2525. After the {{UNSCShip|Heracles}} returned to [[Reach]], badly damaged from first contact with the [[Covenant]] <ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', page 98</ref>, the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] requested that Cole return to service to lead the largest battle group in human history, consisting of forty ships, to [[Harvest]] in hopes of defeating the extraterrestrial threat<ref name="Genesis"/>. He reluctantly accepted their request, and his old rank of Vice Admiral was restored. | ||
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Cole would return to Harvest in [[2531]], removing the Covenant forces that had [[Harvest Campaign|encroached]] on the [[Epsilon Indi System]] for the last five years. | Cole would return to Harvest in [[2531]], removing the Covenant forces that had [[Harvest Campaign|encroached]] on the [[Epsilon Indi System]] for the last five years. | ||
===The Cole Protocol=== | ===The Cole Protocol=== | ||