Editing New Colonial Alliance

{{Status|Canon}}
{{Organization infobox
|name=New Colonial Alliance
|image=[[File:HE Oth Lodon Station Control.jpg|300px]]
|type=[[Insurrectionist|Rebel organization]]
|founder=[[Mattius Drake]]
|leaders-title=Notable leaders
|leaders=*[[Admiral]] Mattius Drake
*[[Captain]] [[Daniel Clayton]]
*[[Ilsa Zane]]
|affiliation=[[Vata 'Gajat's mercenary group]]
|partof=
|branches=
|headquarters=
|formed=c. [[2553#January|January 2553]]
|reorganized=
|dissolved=
|notable=
}}
{{Quote|We are outnumbered and we are outgunned but our spirit is stronger. Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won with soul.|Ilsa Zane}}

The '''New Colonial Alliance''' ('''NCA''') is an [[Insurrectionist]] group that was founded by [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[Admiral]] [[Mattius Drake]] some time prior to [[2553#January|January 2553]].<ref name="Initiation #3">'''Halo: Initiation''', ''Issue #3''</ref>

==History==
===UNSC ''Infinity''===
{{Main|Raid on UNSC Infinity}}
[[File:Ilsa.png|300px|thumb|Ilsa Zane, the leader of the group that attempted to capture ''Infinity''.]]
In January 2553, elements of the NCA led by [[SPARTAN-IV program|SPARTAN-IV]] defector [[Ilsa Zane]] infiltrated the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} disguised as construction personnel and captured most of the bridge crew, using them as hostages. They then secured the ship's bridge in the hope of capturing the prototype UNSC flagship, threatening to vent the ship's atmosphere and kill everyone aboard it.<ref namE>'''Halo: Initiation''', ''Issue #2''</ref> The attempt was foiled by Spartan forces aboard the ''Infinity'' and the boarders were all killed or captured. The prisoners revealed Admiral Drake as the organization's leader.<ref name="Initiation #3"/>

===Ealen IV===
{{Main|Battle of 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 [[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"/> 

===''Pilgrims' Pride'' and Oth Lodon===
{{Main|Ambush at Oth Lodon}}
After their failed assault on Ealen IV, 'Gajat and Captain Clayton lured Admiral Hood and the UNSC ''Infinity'' into a trap. They launched a freighter, the ''[[Pilgrims' Pride]]'', which sent out a distress signal that was later picked up by ''Infinity''. When ''Infinity'' arrived in the [[Artesia-702 system]], it found the damaged freighter leaking atomic matter with faint life signs aboard and tugged the ship into one of its deployment bays. An ambush was sprung within the bay when the freighter set itself to self-destruct and multiple UNSC aircraft exited its cargo bay. The attack was repelled and ''Infinity'' later discovered the assault crafts used were from the ''{{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}''.<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''Issue #4''</ref> ''Infinity'' tracked the freighter's origin to [[Oth Lodon]] where it found a [[Oth Lodon station|Covenant space station]] operated by NCA forces. Captain Clayton revealed himself and his motives to Lord Hood and fired on ''Infinity'' with the station's [[energy projector]].<ref name="Escalation #5"/>

After firing several times the cannon overheated, forcing Clayton and the others to wait to bring it back online. The station then detected several [[OF92 Booster Frame]]s and he ordered the station's smaller arms online. He asked 'Gajat to keep ''Infinity'' busy until they brought the cannon back online. 'Gajat however, questioning Clayton's vision, decided destroying the ship would get his faction more notability than working for Clayton. Five [[Spartan-IV]]s boarded the station and seized control of it, ordering everyone to freeze. Clayton told them not to listen, asking the Spartans if they knew who he was. [[Anthony Madsen|One of them]] said they did know him and knocked him out with their [[SRS99-S5 AM sniper rifle|sniper rifle]] for killing his friend [[Paul DeMarco]] during the Battle of Ealen IV. 'Gajat was killed when the Spartans aimed the station's energy projector at 'Gajat's ship. Clayton and the others were captured and brought aboard ''Infinity'', and Clayton was transferred to [[Midnight Facility]].<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''Issue #6''</ref>

===The Guardians===
On the remote [[human colony]] of [[Conrad's Point]], the NCA rebels and mercenaries were undisciplined and being poorly led by an unidentified colonel. The colonel would be relieved of command when Ilsa Zane arrived on the planet. Zane organized the rebels into a more formidable force, operating ruthlessly and killing anyone who didn't carry their weight. Under her command the NCA forces on the colony started to prepare for war with the [[UEG]] and accumulated a large amount of [[Nuclear weapon|nuclear weaponry]]. In [[2558]], a Forerunner [[Guardian]] was activated on the colony, causing large-scale destruction to one of its cities. All NCA forces on the colony were sent to secure the site of it and sought to search the ruins  for clues of the Guardian's next site of attack. Not willing to let the Guardian site fall into the NCA's hands, ONI tasked [[Commander]] [[Maya Sankar]] to go undercover as the [[insurrectionist]] leader "FERO" and gather information by infiltrating the NCA, with the help of the [[AI]] [[Black-Box]]. After rendezvousing with her contact [[Ari Rezneck]], they moved into the NCA encampment and discovered that the insurgents were celebrating the apparent death of [[Spartan-II]] [[John-117]]. ONI discovered Zane's presence in the camp and had warned Sankar of an incoming UNSC airstrike. Gaining what information they could, they attempted to leave but the camp was put on lock down and were then approached by Zane herself. Zane revealed both of them to be ONI operatives, killed Rezneck, then attempted to kill Sankar but was halted when the airstrike began. As the compound was bombarded, Sankar fled the planet and Zane with her NCA forces attempted to stop her but failed.<ref>'''[[Hunt the Truth]]''' ''Season 2, Episode 02: FROM FIRE TO BLOOD''</ref> Tracking down Sankar's group to [[Laika III]], Zane and her NCA forces shot down her ship and pursued her, intending to kill Sankar and then secure the planet's Guardian to use as a weapon against the UNSC.<ref> '''[[Hunt the Truth]]''', ''Season 2, Episode 05: WHERE THE THIRD LIFE SHINES'' </ref> During their pursuit, they encountered UNSC and ONI forces and engaged them as the Guardian started to rise.<ref> '''[[Hunt the Truth]] ''', ''Season 2, Episode 06: TRANSENDENCE'' </ref>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Initiation]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
*''[[Hunt the Truth]]''
*''[[Halo: Tales from Slipspace]]''
**''[[Undefeated]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Envoy]]'' {{Mo}}

==Sources==
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