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{{Battle Infobox

|name=Battle of Ealen IV

|prev=[[Second Battle of Requiem]]

|conflict=[[Reclamation conflict]]

|date=March 5, 2558, after 0702 SMT

|place=[[Ealen IV]], [[Milky Way galaxy]]

|result=

|side1=[[United Earth Government]]<br>  

*[[United Nations Space Command]]

[[Sangheili|Sanghelios government]]<br>

Lydus' [[Jiralhanae]] pack

|side2=[[Covenant remnant]]

|commanders1=[[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood]]<br>

[[Captain (Navy)|CAPT]] [[Thomas Lasky|Thomas Lasky]]<br>

[[Sarah Palmer|CDR Sarah Palmer]]<br>

[[Kaidon]] [[Thel 'Vadam]]<br>

|commanders2=[[Shipmaster]] [['Gajat]]<br/>

[[Skirmisher Champion|Champion]] [[Tek]]

|forces1=*[[UNSC Navy]]

*Eight [[SPARTAN-IV Program|SPARTAN-IV]]

**[[Fireteam Bailey]]

**[[Fireteam Jackknife]]

**[[Paul DeMarco]]

**Sarah Palmer

*Four Sangheili

*Three Jiralhanae

*[[Vladimir Scruggs|An SPARTAN-IV]]

*Thousands of Covenant infantry

**Sangheili

***[[Skirmisher]]s

*Several [[Type-27 Banshee|T-27 Banshee]]s

*Several [[Type-25 Spirit|Spirit]]s

*One [[Type-56 Lich|Lich]]

**Unknown [[Lieutenant]]

*Two SPARTAN-IV

|casual2=*One [[Type-56 Lich|Lich]]

The '''Battle of Ealen IV''' was an engagement fought on [[Ealen IV]] on [[2558|March 5, 2558]].<ref name="HE1">'''Halo: Escalation''' - ''Issue #1''</ref>

Following an escalation in [[Jiralhanae]] raiding attacks along the joint-occupation zones, Ealen IV was chosen as a place for peace negotiations between the [[Sangheili]] and Jiralhanae. As [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood]] was meeting with [[Thel 'Vadam]] and [[Jiralhanae Chieftain]] [[Lydus]], they were attacked by the [[Covenant remnant]] sent on a bounty. [[SPARTAN-IV Program|SPARTAN-IV]]'s [[Fireteam Jackknife]] and [[Fireteam Bailey]] were called in to defend and evacuate the ambassadors.<ref name="HE1"/>

Having received intel on the diplomatic mission and the UNSC personnel involved, Shipmaster [['Gajat]] and his associates led the attack on Ealen IV. The Covenant remnant blasted into the plasma facility's conference chamber in an attempt to assassinate the ambassadors. Commander [[Sarah Palmer]] ordered Jackknife to clear the chamber and help the delegates evacuate. Despite facing heavy resistance from Covenant forces outside, Fireteam Bailey managed to clear a path for the delegates. When their [[DS-004|evacuation shuttle]] was destroyed, the Spartan IV's proceeded to escort the delegation to a nearby parts depot.  Once all were inside, [[Paul DeMarco]] sealed the depot to halt the oncoming Covenant forces. With their communications to their orbiting fleets having been blocked, the delegation were left without reinforcements.<ref name="HE1"/>

Confident that the delegates were trapped withing, [[Skirmisher]] [[Tek]] informed 'Gajat of their enemy's retreat. Inside the repair depot, Thel 'Vadam notified the rest of existing tunnels leading to an old fortified redoubt in which they could take refuge in. Captain [[Thomas Lasky]] ordered Palmer and the protection detail to escort the delegation to the redoubt, while he and [[Ray (Spartan)|Spartan Ray]] would try to reestablish communications with the fleet above the planet.

As the party escaped the storage depot, they were intercepted by a Covenant [[Lich]]. Palmer quickly acted and threw her helmet filled with grenades and destroyed the Lich. Jackknife then went ahead with the delegation's bodyguards to ensure that the redoubt was safe for the delegates to use as shelter. Lord Hood stopped to inspect a fallen Sangheili and discovered someone withing the UNSC was leaking the Covenant information. As Jackknife arrived at the redoubt, [[Vladimir Scruggs]] betrayed his own team, killing them and the bodyguards. He then radioed Commander Palmer and informed her it was safe to bring the delegates into the redoubt.<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''' - ''Issue #2''</ref>

==List of appearances==

*''[[Halo: Escalation]]'' {{1st}}

File:Lydus Spiker.png|Lydus firing a Type-25 Spiker during the battle.

File:Thel Ealen IV.png|Thel 'Vadam killing a Kig-yar sniper during the battle.

File:Lasky_escalation.png|Thomas Lasky striking a Sangheili Warrior.

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