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Just then, however, an Insurrectionist fleet led by the ''Bellicose'' suddenly exited Slipspace and charged the Covenant ships. The Insurrectionist fleet blew through the Covenant ships, and as suddenly as they appeared, jumped to Slipspace. With only a handful of Covenant ships left, Cole's fleet began to flee the battle; two Covenant fleets, numbering in over two hundred ships, then exited Slipspace to reinforce their other fleet. Cole ordered the remnants of Battle Group India to fall back from the planet, leaving Cole's command ship, ''[[UNSC_Everest|Everest]]'', to face the enemy alone. The ''Everest'' sped towards Viperidae, powered down all non-essential systems, but opened all missile silo doors. Cole beamed an open-com transmission to the Covenant fleet, openly mocking them and questioning their religious superiority. | Just then, however, an Insurrectionist fleet led by the ''Bellicose'' suddenly exited Slipspace and charged the Covenant ships. The Insurrectionist fleet blew through the Covenant ships, and as suddenly as they appeared, jumped to Slipspace. With only a handful of Covenant ships left, Cole's fleet began to flee the battle; two Covenant fleets, numbering in over two hundred ships, then exited Slipspace to reinforce their other fleet. Cole ordered the remnants of Battle Group India to fall back from the planet, leaving Cole's command ship, ''[[UNSC_Everest|Everest]]'', to face the enemy alone. The ''Everest'' sped towards Viperidae, powered down all non-essential systems, but opened all missile silo doors. Cole beamed an open-com transmission to the Covenant fleet, openly mocking them and questioning their religious superiority. | ||
{{ | {{Article Quote|Listen to me, Covenant. I am Vice Admiral Preston J. Cole commanding the human flagship, ''Everest''. You claim to be the holy and glorious inheritors of the universe? I spit on your so-called holiness. You dare judge us unfit? After I have personally sent more than three hundred of your vainglorious ships to hell? After kicking your collective butts off Harvest - not once - but twice? From where I sit, we are the worthy inheritors. You think otherwise, you can come and try to prove me wrong.|Preston Cole's taunt towards the Covenant}} | ||
The Covenant then ignored Battle Group India and all moved towards the ''Everest''. Cole plunged into the immense gravitational pull of Viperidae, now unable to get back out. The Covenant fired at the ship, but the gravity's interference prevented a kill. Cole taunted the Covenant one last time: | The Covenant then ignored Battle Group India and all moved towards the ''Everest''. Cole plunged into the immense gravitational pull of Viperidae, now unable to get back out. The Covenant fired at the ship, but the gravity's interference prevented a kill. Cole taunted the Covenant one last time: | ||
{{ | {{Article Quote|Is that the best you can do? Watch what one unworthy human can do!|Preston Cole's last recorded words}} | ||
Cole then fired everything the ''Everest'' had - not at the Covenant, but into Viperidae. The superpressurized hydrogen inside the gas giant's atmosphere was ignited by the ''one hundred'' Shiva nuclear warheads fired at it, and Viperidae exploded into a brown dwarf. When the explosion ceased, every Covenant ship, along with Preston Cole and the UNSC ''Everest'', had been obliterated.<ref name="Psi Serpentis"/> | Cole then fired everything the ''Everest'' had - not at the Covenant, but into Viperidae. The superpressurized hydrogen inside the gas giant's atmosphere was ignited by the ''one hundred'' Shiva nuclear warheads fired at it, and Viperidae exploded into a brown dwarf. When the explosion ceased, every Covenant ship, along with Preston Cole and the UNSC ''Everest'', had been obliterated.<ref name="Psi Serpentis"/> | ||