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In March 3, Fleet Admiral Terrence Hood pulled the UNSC ''Infinity'' away from the pursuit of Jul 'Mdama and assigned the ship to escort Thel 'Vadam during negotiations on [[Ealen IV]], between 'Vadam and the [[Jiralhanae]] [[Jiralhanae Chieftain|Chieftain]] [[Lydus]].<ref name="HE1">'''Halo: Escalation''', ''Issue 1''</ref> [[Commander (UNSC)|Commander]] [[Bradley_(Commander)|Bradley]] had taken Lasky's former place as executive officer by this time.<ref name="HE2">'''Halo: Escalation''', ''Issue 2''</ref> On March 5, during the negotiations, [[Covenant remnant|Covenant]] mercenaries led by [[Shipmaster]] [[Vata 'Gajat]] attacked the delegates.<ref name="HE1"/> The UNSC forces on the planet were unable to contact the ''Infinity'' because the Covenant were blocking the signal.<ref name="HE2"/> During the battle, Lasky and Spartan [[Ray (Spartan)|Ray]] were able to destroy the generator of the jamming signal and contact ''Infinity''. As Lasky reestablished communications, Bradley informed him that the Sangheili and Jiralhanae ships were about to attack each other. However, Lasky was able to placate the crisis and the fleets eventually rallied with ''Infinity'', forcing the Covenant fleet to retreat. The ambassadors successfully escaped the planet thanks to the sacrifices of [[Fireteam Bailey]] and [[Paul DeMarco]], which were later commemorated in a memorial service held aboard ''Infinity''.<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''Issue 3''</ref>

On March 10, a distress signal originating in the [[Artesia-702 system]] was picked up by ''Infinity''. When ''Infinity'' arrived in the system the following day, it found a damaged freighter, the ''[[Pilgrims Pride]]'', and tugged it into one of its deployment bays. An ambush was sprung within the bay when the freighter set itself to self-destruct and multiple UNSC assault crafts exited its cargo bay. With the help of Fireteams Majestic, [[Fireteam Colossus|Colossus]], and [[Fireteam Fenrir|Fenrir]], the attack was repelled and the freighter was tugged back into space before it could self-destruct on ''Infinity''. Following the skirmish, ''Infinity'''s after action teams discovered that the assault crafts from the freighter's attack were those belonging to the long-lost {{UNSCship|Spirit of Fire}}, a warship missing since February [[2531]].<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''' - ''Issue #4''</ref>