Editing Fireteam Jackknife

{{Status|Canon}}
{{Military infobox
|image=[[File:Jackknife.png|300px]]
|formed=Disbanded as of March, 2558
|affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command]]
|branch=[[Spartan Operations|Spartan]]
*[[SPARTAN-IV program]]
|role=
|size=4 operators
|nicknames=
|battles=[[Battle of Ealen IV]]
|commanders=
}}
'''Fireteam Jackknife''' was a team of [[SPARTAN-IV Program|SPARTAN-IV supersoldiers]] of the [[Spartan Operations]] branch.<ref>[https://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2013/12/04/The-Halo-Bulletin-12413.aspx '''Halo Waypoint''', ''The Halo Bulletin 12.4.13'']</ref>

==History==
On March 5, [[2558]], Fireteam Jackknife and [[Fireteam Bailey]] were assigned to escort and provide security for [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood]] and [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]] on a diplomatic mission to [[Ealen IV]]. While Hood and 'Vadam were negotiating with the [[Jiralhanae]] [[Chieftain]] [[Lydus]], they came under attack by [[Vata 'Gajat's mercenary group|Covenant mercenaries]] led by [[Vata 'Gajat]]. Commander Palmer ordered Jackknife to clear the chamber and help the delegates evacuate. When their evacuation ship was destroyed, they proceeded to escort the delegates to a nearby parts depot.<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 1|Issue #1]]''</ref>

As the party attempted to escape the storage depot, Spartan [[Naiya Ray]] stayed with Captain [[Thomas Lasky]] to reestablish communications with the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} while Scruggs and the rest of Jackknife were tasked with the safety of Lydus and his Jiralhanae bodyguards. Soon after their escape, they were intercepted by a Covenant [[Kmiro'sish-pattern Lich|Lich]]. After a short skirmish with the Covenant leading to the destruction of the Lich, Jackknife and the Sangheili guards and the Jiralhanae guards left the delegates to ensure that the redoubt was safe to use as shelter. As the party arrived at the redoubt, Scruggs killed his team and the bodyguards.<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 2|Issue #2]]''</ref> Scruggs was secretly a turncoat serving Captain [[Daniel Clayton]], a member of the [[New Colonial Alliance]] who was directing the Covenant mercenaries. Scruggs notified Captain Clayton of Jackknife's elimination.

Scruggs later ambushed the delegates and held Admiral Hood hostage, using him as a shield. Palmer was surprised, urging him that as a Spartan he was above such behavior. Scruggs accepted that he was a Spartan but insisted that he was fighting for something else. Palmer then fought Scruggs, resulting in his death when Palmer stabbed him in the throat. Meanwhile, Ray managed to destroy the jammer's reactor and inform ''Infinity'' about the attack. By the time the battle ended, Ray was left as the only survivor of Fireteam Jackknife<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 3|Issue #3]]''</ref> and, by May 2558, Ray was transferred to [[Fireteam Majestic]].<ref name="HE12">'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 12|Issue #12]]''</ref>

==Known members==
*[[Naiya Ray]] - ''Transferred to Fireteam Majestic''
*[[Vladimir Scruggs]] - ''KIA''
*[[Newman]]<ref name="Catalog">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/db05ce78845f4120b062c50816008e5d/topics/canon-fodder-1-15-15-just-getting-started/1091aee3-f861-4b8b-b405-f3dfd01a4e65/posts?page=2#post25 '''Halo Waypoint Forums''' - '' Canon Fodder 1-15-15: Just Getting Started'']</ref> - ''KIA''
*[[To]]{{Ref/Reuse|Catalog}} - ''KIA''

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Wargames.png|Fireteam Jackknife and Commander Sarah Palmer inside the [[War Games]] deck.
File:Vladimir2.png|Vladimir Scruggs.
File:Ray_helmetless.png|Naiya Ray.
File:HE Spartan To.jpg|To.
File:HE Spartan Newman.jpg|Newman.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
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{{SPARTAN Teams}}

[[Category:SPARTAN-IV teams|Jackknife]]