Cole Adams, better known as SPARTAN-X789, was born on farmland, he grew up on the farm, harvested crops, until the Covenant came. Then the UNSC had to come in and deal with the problem. After the Covenant killed his parents, Cole found a dead soldier on the ground with his shotgun next to him. Cole picked it up, took all the ammo from the soldiers utility belt, then he began killing Covenant aliens. Then a few days later, UNSC soldiers found Cole, then the UNSC leaders decided to take in Cole for a special SPARTAN project, where he trained for thirteen years at the academy. After his training, Cole was assigned for elite missions that required Spartan assistance.