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===Avery Johnson Academy===
After escaping their Created pursuers into the colonial frontier, Zach and his fellow survivors of Cortana's attack on Earth jettisoned and found themselves stranded on an unnamed preservation world among cold tundra. Due to the Created naval forces, their UNSC Navy convoy ditched the civilians with survival equipment and security details, promising they or others would return for them while they enacted the renewed Cole Protocol to keep the AI overlords away from new safe havens.
During the harrowing ordeal, Zach began to instill proper SPARTAN-III etiquette and methodologies into Nicoline to help her survive on minimal resources, including physical conditioning and food minimization. It was also the first time Zach had the opportunity to assess Nicoline for Spartan qualities as Pax River lacked the extreme conditions necessary to push someone to their absolute limits. He promised, "keep up this pattern, and when rescue arrives, you are guaranteed to become a Spartan." Zach was uncertain if Nicoline recognized his white lie as with Earth under Created control, the UNSC command structure was in disarray. But their luck prevailed and a rescue convoy picked up the stranded civilians and soldiers after almost three weeks in the bitter cold. From his debriefing, Zach learned Spartans were regathering at an Avery J. Johnson Academy of Military Science (AJAMS) following the destruction of SPARTAN-IV program training stations by the Created AI sympathizer, Leonidas.
Facilitating his and Nicoline's transfer to Avery Johnson Academy, they became part of early arrivals to the UNSC safe haven where Zach's good word on Nicoline's performance finally put her within stepping distance of affirming her life dream to become a Spartan supersoldier.