2543 was a year in the 2540s in the 26th century.
EventsEdit
FebruaryEdit
February
- Preston Cole records his final entry in his personal log.[1][Note 1]
MarchEdit
March 6
- The Battle of 18 Scorpii takes place. UNSC forces are saved by Insurrectionists.[2]
March 9
- Vice Admiral Preston Cole contacts Admiral Dale Kilkin at UNSC Central Command Reach Logistics Office requesting a series of requisitions, transfers and favors.[3]
March 18
- Dr. Catherine Halsey finds her old journal after it being lost for almost 6 years, and writes about transcribing notes into it from her new journal. She also writes about potential methods of securing her journal from unauthorized access, such as implanting a small strip of nanocene explosive keyed to her DNA into the clasp of the journal, but states that she'll most likely employ something "more refined". [4]
AprilEdit
April 11
- The Battle of Psi Serpentis starts with UNSC Wink of an Eye's reconnaissance.[5]
April 18
- The Battle of Psi Serpentis, later known as Admiral Cole's Last Stand, takes place.[6]
SummerEdit
Summer of 2542
- The UNSC Savannah is assigned to the planet Reach.[7]
JulyEdit
July 28
- A day of mourning is proclaimed by the UNSC following the apparent death of Admiral Cole.[8]
NotesEdit
- ^ In The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole, it is stated that Cole's personal log ceased after February 2533; however, as the excerpt in Part Six is dated as 2541, this is obviously an error.
SourcesEdit
- ^ Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole page 326 (2010 edition, Vol. I)
- ^ Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", page 473 (2009 edition)
- ^ Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", page 475 (2009 edition)
- ^ Dr. Halsey's personal journal, March 18, 2543
- ^ Today in Halo - 4/11/2543
- ^ Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", page 476 (2009 edition)
- ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 120
- ^ Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", page 483 (2009 edition)