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===Ealen IV===
===Ealen IV===
Prior to [[2558#March|March 2558]], [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Daniel Clayton]], the illegitimate son of war hero [[James Cutter|Captain James Cutter]], joined the New Colonial Alliance. Clayton served as executive officer to [[Rear Admiral]] [[Horatio Temkin]], the UNSC's ambassador to [[Sanghelios]], giving Clayton access to classified information.<ref name="Escalation #5">'''[[Halo: Escalation]]''', ''Issue #5''</ref> The captain informed [[Shipmaster]] [[Vata 'Gajat]], a [[Sangheili]] mercenary from [[Jul 'Mdama]]'s [[Covenant remnant|reformed Covenant]] about the negotiation attempts between the Sangheili and [[Jiralhanae]] on [[Ealen IV]]. 'Gajat's forces foiled the negotiations when they [[Battle of Ealen IV|attacked]] during the middle of the summit. Spartan [[Vladimir Scruggs]], one of the Spartans deployed to protect the diplomats, was actually a double agent for the NCA and was tasked with killing the lead negotiators.<ref name="Ealen IV">'''Halo: Escalation''', ''Issues #1 - #3''</ref>
Prior to [[2558#March|March 2558]], [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Daniel Clayton]], the illegitimate son of war hero [[James Cutter|Captain James Cutter]], joined the New Colonial Alliance. Clayton served as executive officer to [[Rear Admiral]] [[Horatio Temkin]], the UNSC's ambassador to [[Sanghelios]], giving Clayton access to classified information.<ref name="Escalation #5">'''[[Halo: Escalation]]''', ''Issue #5''</ref> The captain informed [[Shipmaster]] [[Vata 'Gajat]], a [[Sangheili]] mercenary from [[Jul 'Mdama]]'s [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant faction|Covenant faction]] about the negotiation attempts between the Sangheili and [[Jiralhanae]] on [[Ealen IV]]. 'Gajat's forces foiled the negotiations when they [[Battle of Ealen IV|attacked]] during the middle of the summit. Spartan [[Vladimir Scruggs]], one of the Spartans deployed to protect the diplomats, was actually a double agent for the NCA and was tasked with killing the lead negotiators.<ref name="Ealen IV">'''Halo: Escalation''', ''Issues #1 - #3''</ref>


As the ex-Covenant mercenaries distracted the envoy's bodyguards, Scruggs killed Spartan [[Fireteam Jackknife]] and the Jiralhanae and Sangheili warriors accompanying him. After informing Clayton of the act he informed [[Sarah Palmer|Commander Palmer]] that the area was secure. Scruggs then took [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood]] hostage. Though he did not compromise his employer, Scruggs tried to convince Palmer that he knew of secretive machinations behind the UNSC and the [[Thel 'Vadam|Arbiter]]'s inability to make peace with his enemies. Palmer killed her turncoat comrade before he could reveal anything further. Following the battle Fleet Admiral Hood and [[Thomas Lasky|Captain Lasky]] of ''Infinity'' discussed that Scruggs could not have been the informant who led 'Gajat to Ealen IV; they realized that the security breach involved someone with much greater security clearance.<ref name="Ealen IV"/>  
As the ex-Covenant mercenaries distracted the envoy's bodyguards, Scruggs killed Spartan [[Fireteam Jackknife]] and the Jiralhanae and Sangheili warriors accompanying him. After informing Clayton of the act he informed [[Sarah Palmer|Commander Palmer]] that the area was secure. Scruggs then took [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood]] hostage. Though he did not compromise his employer, Scruggs tried to convince Palmer that he knew of secretive machinations behind the UNSC and the [[Thel 'Vadam|Arbiter]]'s inability to make peace with his enemies. Palmer killed her turncoat comrade before he could reveal anything further. Following the battle Fleet Admiral Hood and [[Thomas Lasky|Captain Lasky]] of ''Infinity'' discussed that Scruggs could not have been the informant who led 'Gajat to Ealen IV; they realized that the security breach involved someone with much greater security clearance.<ref name="Ealen IV"/>