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Battle of Leonis Minoris


Preston Cole

Vice Admiral Preston Cole, date of photo unknown, the commander of the fleet that defended Leonis Minoris.

 

 

SUMMARY

The Battle of Leonis Minoris was a battle between Covenant and UNSC forces in the Leonis Minoris system sometime in 2537.  The battle eventually resulted in a UNSC victory after Vice Admiral Preston Cole and his fleet entered the system to protect the three colony worlds there, but not before the Covenant were able to glass two of the colonies and destroy ten of the fleet's ships. 

 

RELATED MEDIA

These events are referenced in the short story The Impossible Life and Possible Death of Preston J. Cole, in the anthology Halo: Evolutionswhich was the subject of a Halo Book Club on January 3rd, 2018.

 
 
 

Earlier Event: March 31
Battle of Metisette
Later Event: April 30
Battle of New Harmony