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{{Quote|Listen to me, [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]]. I am Vice Admiral [[Preston Jeremiah Cole|Preston J. Cole]] commanding the human flagship, [[UNSC Everest|''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.|One of Admiral Cole's last known | {{Quote|Listen to me, [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]]. I am Vice Admiral [[Preston Jeremiah Cole|Preston J. Cole]] commanding the human flagship, [[UNSC Everest|''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.|One of Admiral Cole's last known transmissions directed to the Covenant fleet above Viperidae.<ref name="HE"/>}} | ||
The '''Battle of Psi Serpentis''' was a battle fought toward the latter half of the [[Human-Covenant War]] in [[2543]] and had become colloquially known as [[Admiral Cole's Last Stand]] due to the presumed death of [[Admiral]] [[Preston Jeremiah Cole|Preston Cole]]. The | The '''Battle of Psi Serpentis''' was a battle fought toward the latter half of the [[Human-Covenant War]] in [[2543]] and had become colloquially known as [[Admiral Cole's Last Stand]] due to the presumed death of [[Admiral]] [[Preston Jeremiah Cole|Preston Cole]]. The actions of Admiral Cole and [[battle Group India|his fleet]] in the battle rival the accomplishments made by most other heroes of the war.<ref name="HE">'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe|Halo: Evolutions]]''', "[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]", ''pages 472-485''</ref> | ||
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