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Following the events on Ealen IV, Captain Lasky left on personal leave to investigate the UNSC mole who leaked the location of the negotiations. Lord Hood remained onboard ''Infinity'' and requested a demonstration of its Forerunner engines. He asked Roland to plot a random vector with multiple headings but before Roland could, they were notified by [[Jespersen|Lieutenant Jespersen]] of a distress signal near the [[Artesia-702 system]]. The exercise was scrapped and they went to investigate. Arriving in the system on March 11, they found a damaged civilian [[freighter]], the ''[[Pilgrims Pride]]''. The freighter was tugged into one of ''Infinity's'' bays on Hood's order. An ambush was sprung when the freighter launched multiple assault crafts and set itself to self-destruct. With the help of Fireteams [[Fireteam Majestic|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 vessels used by the assailants belonged to a long-lost warship, the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}. The crew were having Roland put together a report on the ship. However, Hood told them not to waste their time as he knew all about the ''Spirit''.<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 4|Issue #4]]''</ref>

Shortly after, Roland presented his findings on the freighter to Commander Bradley, Spartan Palmer, and Lord Hood. He found that although the crafts belonged to the ''Spirit of Fire'', the ''Pilgrims Pride'' itself was fairly new in construction. When Commander Bradley inquired about the freighter's flight logs, Roland revealed that the ship's logs had been wiped and filled with false data. However, despite that, he was able to retrieve the real data, coordinates from where it originated: [[Oth Lodon]], a gas giant located deep in Jiralhanae space. With the Spirit's possible location found, Hood ordered a search and rescue mission. ''Infinity'' jumped to the planet's system where it found a [[Oth Lodon station|Covenant space station]] operated by [[New Colonial Alliance]] insurgents. It was then that [[Daniel Clayton|Captain Daniel Clayton]], illegitimate son of [[James Cutter|Captain James Cutter]], revealed himself as the mole and fired on ''Infinity'' with the station's [[energy projector]].<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 5|Issue #5]]''</ref> Roland was unable to save the ship which was rapidly rendered helpless, with most of the bridge crew dead or incapacitated. However, Commander Palmer and Fireteam Majestic managed to capture the NCA station before it could destroy ''Infinity''.<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 6|Issue #6]]''</ref> ''Infinity'' was under repair for a month after the incident.<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 7|Issue #7]]''</ref>