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| name = Samantha Cole<br />
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| affiliation = [[House Cole]]<br />
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| profession = Noble<br />
| parents = [[Thaddeus Cole]] (father)<ref name=MW5M>''MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries'', "Bring Her Home"</ref><br />
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'''Samantha Cole''' was a [[Federated Suns]] noble.<ref name=MW5M/><br />
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==History==<br />
In early [[3023]], [[Thaddeus Cole]] received a briefing from the [[Ministry of Information, Intelligence, and Operations]] warning about a potential plot against his life on [[Raman]]. Before he could reinforce his security detail, an unknown [[battalion]] led by a strange [[Victor#VTR-BSK|''Victor'']] attacked the [[House Cole]] estate, kidnapping Samantha Cole along with a number of other staff.<ref name=MW5M/><br />
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Though claiming she didn't need any assistance, the [[Draconis March Militia]] and [[Nik's Cavaliers]] [[mercenary]] unit descended on the holding facility and freed Samantha and the hostages, and the attackers subsequently withdrew from the system. Wanting to know who her captors were and why they were after her family, she planted a tracking device in one of their vehicles and learned they had fled to the [[Draconis Combine]]. Because House Cole couldn't directly respond without risking all-out war, Samantha requested the Cavaliers help her investigate.<ref name=MW5M/><br />
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The Cavaliers raided a communications outpost the attackers recently set up on [[Matar (system)|Matar]], providing a diversion while Samantha infiltrated the logistic center and extracted exabytes worth of encrypted data from their servers. She was able to pinpoint their base of operations in a remote polar region of [[Reisling's Planet]] which was far from any civilian population and plagued by extreme weather. The conditions made the base invisible to unsuspecting outsiders but also vulnerable to attack, as enemies could approach undetected. Samantha discovered that it was her estranged cousin [[Henrik Cole|Henrik]] who was attempting to usurp rule over House Cole with the backing of the Draconis Combine. Aware this would destabilize the entire region should they succeed, the Cavaliers killed Henrik and leveled his base, putting an end to their operation.<ref name=MW5M/><br />
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All the data she collected, including a copy of Henrik's 'Mech's data core, was handed over to the MIIO in the hopes it might help prevent a future attack. The custom ''Victor'' itself, however, was given to the Cavaliers as a contract bonus since the unique 'Mech would be impossible for House Cole to hide and serve as evidence of their raid into Combine space.<ref name=MW5M/><br />
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==Behind the Scenes==<br />
Samantha Cole was voiced by [[Shannon Hobby]].<ref name=MW5Mc>''MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries'', closing credits</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
* ''[[MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries]]'' (video game)<br />
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[[Category:Federated Suns Characters|Cole, Samantha]]<br />
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