Marcus Cole
Marcus Cole is a male television character who features in Babylon 5.
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Biography
Marcus Cole was born on the Arisia Mining Colony, where his family operated a relatively dangerous mining operation.
William later sent Marcus a warning about a Shadow attack planned for the colony. Marcus was not on the colony at the time, and returned just in time to see his brother die in the attack. Blaming himself for William's death, Marcus joined the Rangers to finish the work his brother had started. (Episode: Matters of Honor)
By the end of 2259, Marcus had been assigned to Zagros VII, a small colony of the Drazi Freehold where the Rangers had established an auxiliary training facility. Unfortunately, at the Shadows direction, the Centauri Republic attempted to annex the planet from the Drazi. They established a blockade of the planet that prevented any ships from leaving. Marcus was able to slip through with the help of a Drazi pilot who was killed in the effort. He set course for Babylon 5, pressing his small shuttle's engine hard, in order to arrive there as quickly as possible. He went so far at to divert nearly all the life support power into the engines, causing him to collapse as soon as he reached the station. Though he was brought into Medlab, he recovered by the time he reached there and slipped out without anyone seeing him. He sent a message to Delenn, asking her to meet him in Downbelow (since he lacked any proper identification that would prove who he was). Delenn and her aide Lennier met him in a seedy tavern where he confirmed his identity. Once they leave, they are accosted by some thugs, but Marcus made short work of them. Marcus explained to Delenn, then to station commander Captain John Sheridan and his second, Susan Ivanova, about the blockade. He explained that the Rangers had the means to lift it but required a crew. Sheridan agreed to help. Marcus led Sheridan, Ivanova, Delenn, and Lennier to the White Star, the prototype vessel of new Minbari warship utilizing Vorlon technology. With Sheridan commanding the vessel, they soon arrived at Zagross 7. They destroyed the defense satellites maintaining the blockade, though no Centauri ships were in orbit. A Shadow Vessel soon jumped in and attacked. They withdrew into hyperspace, but the enemy followed. They made for the Jumpgate in the dead Markab system where they open a joump point within the gate. The resulting explosion destroyed the Shadow vessel. (Episode: Matters of Honor)
One of the first of such assignments was when Susan Ivanova, using the Great Machine on Epsilon III, located traces of the First Ones at Sigma 957. With the captain delayed by a Ministry of Peace official, Susan was tasked with seeking out the First Ones and trying to recruit them into the Army of Light. She immediately took a prickly attitude to Marcus's cheerfulness, going so far as to tell him he is not authorized to speak to her about her personal life, which made him laugh. They successfully make contact with the Walkers of Sigma-957, though at first they are not interested in helping. Susan was able to manipulate them, however, and they agreed to be there when the time came. (Episode: Voices of Authority)
He fell in love with Susan Ivanova. However, the two did not become involved in the course of the television series. Some attribute this to Ivanova's previous history of disastrous romantic relationships, such as her relationship with Talia Winters. Later, after a devastating attack on Ivanova and Cole's White Star during the battle to reclaim Earth from the tyrannical government of President Clark, Cole took the severely injured Ivanova to Babylon 5. Using an alien execution device that takes one person's life-energy and transfers it to another, he sacrificed his life to save hers. His corpse was then preserved by Ivanova's request in cryogenic suspension in the future hope that he might be revived. This was actually not shown in the series, but in the credits of "Sleeping in Light". The credits showed each character as we first saw them and as we last saw them, and the last image of Cole showed a cryogenic capsule showing that he was preserved at Captain Ivanova's request.
Overview
Personality and attributes
Marcus Cole joined the Rangers after the death of his brother, who was himself a Ranger, and Cole appears to blame himself for his brother's death. Delenn mentions at one point that Cole's reasons for joining the Rangers may have been motivated more by personal guilt than by a true desire to serve, and that this may have ultimately accounted for his tragic fate. Cole is a fearsome opponent in combat - his skill with the Minbari fighting pike is well-known, and is just as skilled in unarmed combat; he once knocked an entire room of opponents unconscious without a mark to show for it. He is a virgin, which raises the eyebrows of Commander Susan Ivanova; she does not learn until it is too late that one reason he has remained a virgin is because he loves her and is waiting to win her heart.
Powers and abilities
He was also trained in the use of the Denn'bok, the Minbari fighting pike and traditional Ranger weapon, by Durhan himself. (Episode: Grey 17 is Missing)
Notes
- Marcus Cole was portrayed by actor Jason Carter where he featured in the setting of Babylon 5.
Appearances
- Babylon 5:
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