2492

2492 was a year in the 2490s in the 25th century.

Events

February 19: A report is made on geological studies carried out on Onyx.^[1]

March 19: Catherine Halsey is born in the coastal city of Port Vernon on Endymion.^[2]^[3]
March 21: Franklin Mendez is born on Sigma Octanus IV.^[4]

June 4: According to Preston Cole, he was on watch at Shadow Perimeter 3 around Mare Nubium with Parkins, Harverton, and Tasov.^[5]
June 7: Preston Cole appears before the Board of Inquiry at Luna OCS Academy to testify about a series of incidents involving the impregnation of Admiral Konrad Volkov's daughter Inna Volkov.^[5]
June 9: Colonel Lima drops his charges of contempt and obstructing the tribunal's investigation against Cole, who is cleared of any wrongdoing.^[5]
June 13: UNSC-JAG ORD: 8-PD-3861 is used to seal the file of Cole's testimony to the Board of Inquiry.^[5]

August 17: Quinn Lloyd issues a marriage license for Preston Cole and Inna Volkov. The couple are subsequently married by Harold Yates, with Michael H. Cole and Admiral Konrad Volkov witnessing.^[5]
August 21: The marriage certificate of Preston Cole and Inna Volkov is officially recorded.^[5]

December 12: Inna Volkov gives birth to Ivan Troy Cole at 0445 hours. Knowing the child is not biologically his, Preston nevertheless accepts him as his son.^[5]
December 16: The birth certificate of Ivan Troy Cole is registered.^[5]

A very large rebellion occurs on the colony world Far Isle, with the UNSC unable to control it. A Code: Bandersnatch is thus declared, nuclear weapons being used to put down the rebellion.^[6]
The Covenant stumbles upon Doisac, the Jiralhanae homeworld. The Jiralhanae were just beginning to recover after warring themselves back into a pre-industrial state during the First Immolation, and were quickly forced into submission by the Covenant's superior forces, making them the final species absorbed into the alliance.