"I do not want a Bin Laden style resolution here."
— Cole about the capturing of Faruk Al-Bashir
Captain Quinton Cole is a character in the single-player campaign of Battlefield 3. He is the Commanding Officer of the Misfit units, or "Misfit Actual".
As heard on the capture mission Night Shift, Quinton Cole is referred to by Campo as being a "gloryhound", who would do anything to gain a promotion due to the length of time he had been a Captain, such as demanding Campo and Blackburn to keep Faruk Al-Bashir alive at all costs to increase his prestige. Cole is also shown to be blinded by his strive for glory as he ordered his unit to take on a Russian VDV battalion in Rock and a Hard Place. The move was considered suicidal by his unit since they were outnumbered. Indeed, a majority of the Misfit unit was taken out of commission before they reached Kaffarov's villa. He seems undeterred even when Matkovic and Campo are killed during the mission Rock and a Hard Place, although he seems somewhat remorseful at their deaths, and his fellow Marines' reactions.
During Kaffarov, Cole is shot and killed by Blackburn, under the request of Dmitri Mayakovsky, for the greater good. This then lands Blackburn in hot water with the American government for killing his Commanding Officer.
Cole's appearance in the "Fault Line" trailers.In Pre-Alpha stages of the Game, Cole was Caucasian and had a different face and voice actor.
Cole (in the actual game) is portrayed by David Harewood.
In the mission Night Shift, Cole refers to Osama bin Laden, who was taken out by Seal Team Six. Cole informs his squad to avoid a similar situation happening with Al-Bashir, specifically, "We do not want a Bin Laden-style resolution here".
He is the only notable character in the story mode who is African American in Battlefield 3, though there are generic African American Marines throughout the campaign assisting the player.
Cole is wearing shemagh around his neck, which is colored in O.D green.
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