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The protocol lists a number of steps that any Starship at risk of being discovered by The Covenant (a group of Extraterrestrial races at war with humanity) must do to prevent the enemy from discovering human Military Intelligence or the location of any human population centers.

'''' begins just after the players ship has executed the Cole Protocol placing that ship in an unknown part of space and setting the scene as the player must explore an unknown world.


THE COLE PROTOCOL IN DETAIL

The following is a message sent to human ships in the novel '''' by Eric Nylund :

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")

Classification: RESTRICTED (BGX Directive)


''The Cole Protocol''

To safeguard 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:

# Activate selective purge of databases on all ship-based and planetary data networks.

# Initiate triple-screen check to ensure all data has been erased and all backups neutralized.

# Execute viral data scavengers. (Download from UNSCTTP://EPWW.COLEPROTOCOL/Virtualscav/fbr.091)

# If retreating from Covenant forces, all ships must enter Slipstream space with randomized vectors NOT directed toward Earth, the Inner Colonies, or any other human population center.

# In case of imminent capture by Covenant forces, 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 845-P and JAG 7556-L, such violations are punishable by life imprisonment or
execution.

/end file/

Press ENTER if you understand these orders.