Cole Miller

**Cole Miller** is a former Transport Union engineer and James Goode's oldest friend. After abandoning the Union, he reconnected with his old friend and co-founded the *Disco Volante* prospecting company, serving as the first mate and chief mechanic on the *Endeavour*.

## Biography

### Early Life & Background

Little is yet known about Miller's background. He was born on the planet Teegarden, capital of the United Colonies Space Command, and was raised to serve in the military. Already cold and reserved when he was a child, he made a single close friend at military school, spacer-born orphan James Goode, then known as John Pliskin. Instead of bullying John for his anchor, like the other kids, Cole took an interest in the technology and the boys quickly bonded over their shared interest in space travel. This friendship deepened into a brotherly bond by the time they were teenagers and continued into adulthood; however, Cole's decision to join the Transport Union instead of the U.C. military made it difficult to speak to one another, and they slowly lost contact. Cole quickly earned the rank of "Shipmaster" within the Union and specialised in both biomedical and aerospace engineering.

Sometime in 2470, Miller left the Transport Union and reconnected with John, who was now using his birth name, James Goode, after surviving the *Archduke* incident. Wanting to get away from the institutions that had failed them, they decided to go into business together; Cole subsequently joined James' company, Goode Salvage, and co-founded the *Disco Volante* prospecting company. Together they purchased the heavily modified *Endeavour* at auction and agreed that Goode would be captain and pilot while Cole would be first mate and chief engineer, as long as they had equal say in how their company was run.

### Personality

James Goode's endlessly loyal friend and confidante, Miller also acts as a foil to Goode's cocky and dry persona: he is intensely practical, straightforward, stoic, jaded and fearless. He is typically highly analytical, quick-thinking, and very aware of his surroundings. Nonetheless, despite his cold exterior, Miller hides an ocean of good humour, empathy and compassion that he only reveals to those he truly trusts, including James Goode, so much so that Miller is trusted as the first mate of the *Endeavour* and co-leader of *Disco Volante*.

## Relationships

### James Goode

Miller is Goode's oldest and closest friend, business partner and brother-figure, perhaps bizarrely due to their conflicting personalities. The pair grew up and trained together and always had each others' backs; the only weak point in their friendship was the period of no-contact caused by Goode's service in the U.C. Space Command, a rift that quickly healed upon their reunion and decision to go into business together. As well as Goode's endlessly loyal friend and confidante, Miller also acts as a cold foil to Goode's cocky and witty persona.

As co-owners of the *Endeavour* and their company, *Disco Volante*, Goode and Miller have equal authority when it comes to hiring new crew; otherwise, they agree to keep their duties split: as pilot, Goode is the ship's captain while Miller, as chief engineer, is first mate, with neither interfering in how one runs the other. Miller acknowledges Goode as the better leader of the two, while Goode recognises Miller's level-headedness and world-class engineering ability.