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==The Protocol==
==The Protocol==
Excerpt from ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'':
===Article 1===
===Article 1===
'''United Nations Space Command Emergency Priority Order 098831A-1'''
:'''United Nations Space Command Emergency Priority Order 098831A-1'''
:'''[[Encryption Code]]:''' Red
:'''Public Key:''' file/ First light/
:'''From:''' [[UNSC]]/[[NAVCOM]] Fleet [[H.T. Ward]]
:'''To:''' ALL UNSC PERSONNEL
:'''Subject:''' General Order 098831A-1 ("The Cole Protocol )
:'''[[Transmission Classification|Classification]]:''' RESTRICTED (BGX Directive)


'''[[Encryption Code]]:''' Red
:'''The Cole Protocol'''
 
:To safeguard and protect the Inner Colonies and Earth, all UNSC vessels or stations must not be captured with intact navigation databases that may lead Covenant forces to human civilian population centers.
'''Public Key:''' file/ First light/
:If ''any'' Covenant forces are detected:
 
:1. Activate selective purge of databases on all ship-based and planetary data networks.
'''From:''' [[UNSC]]/[[NAVCOM]] Fleet [[H.T. Ward]]
:2. Initiate triple-screen check to ensure all data has been erased and all backups neutralized.
 
:3. Execute [[Viral Data Scavengers|viral data scavengers]] (Download from [[UNSCTTP://EPWW:COLEPROTOCOL/Virtualscav/fbr.091]])
'''To:''' ALL UNSC PERSONNEL
:4. If retreating from Covenant forces, all ships must enter [[Slipspace|Slipstream]] space with randomized vectors NOT directed toward Earth, the Inner Colonies, or any other human population center.
 
:5. In case of imminent capture by Covenant forces and borders, all UNSC ships '''MUST''' self-destruct.
'''Subject:''' General Order 098831A-1 ("The Cole Protocol )
:Violation of this directive will be considered an act of TREASON and pursuant to UNSC Military law articles JAG [[JAG845-P|845-P]] and [[JAG 7556-L]], such violations are punishable by life imprisonment or execution.
 
'''[[Transmission Classification|Classification]]:''' RESTRICTED (BGX Directive)
 
'''The Cole Protocol'''
To safeguard and protect the Inner Colonies and Earth, all UNSC vessels or stations must not be captured with intact navigation databases that may lead Covenant forces to human civilian population centers.
 
If ''any'' Covenant forces are detected:
 
1. Activate selective purge of databases on all ship-based and planetary data networks.
 
2. Initiate triple-screen check to ensure all data has been erased and all backups neutralized.
 
3. Execute [[Viral Data Scavengers|viral data scavengers]] (Download from [[UNSCTTP://EPWW:COLEPROTOCOL/Virtualscav/fbr.091]])
 
4. If retreating from Covenant forces, all ships must enter [[Slipspace|Slipstream]] space with randomized vectors NOT directed toward Earth, the Inner Colonies, or any other human population center.
 
5. In case of imminent capture by Covenant forces and borders, all UNSC ships '''MUST''' self-destruct.
 
Violation of this directive will be considered an act of TREASON and pursuant to UNSC Military law articles JAG [[JAG845-P|845-P]] and [[JAG 7556-L]], such violations are punishable by life imprisonment or execution.