Ambrose Ingram

Ambrose Enu Ingram ( 90672-71213-AI) was a general officer and military theorist that fundamentally reshaped the role the Air Force played during the, turning it into an effective fighting force that became a troublesome distraction to the  war effort in the later half of the conflict. Ingram's strategies and exploits against the Covenant soon made him a popular target for elimination, narrowly evading assassination several times as he commanded Air Force units across multiple theaters of war that greatly hindered the alien's advance into the.

Ingram's greatest test came in 2548 during the, where he famously led the defense of the colony with a large Air Force garrison. As the and Covenant fought for naval supremacy in orbit and across the, Ingram's command of the Air Force on  showed off an impressive and stubborn resistance to the Covenant blockade, causing the destruction of many ships that stunned Covenant commanders. For the next three years, the Air Force displayed stunning effectiveness against the invaders, eventually forcing them off the planet in 2551. Unfortunately, less than a month later the Covenant returned with a larger fleet and once again besieged the colony. While Ingram's defense of the planet delivered a striking blow to the Covenant's pride, his forces had dwindled greatly and suffered casualties that could not be replaced. As the Covenant fleet began glassing the planet, he ordered the evacuation of all remaining UNSC forces. However, as the Covenant moved in to disrupt the evacuation, Ingram took it upon himself to lead a final defense, donning his flight-suit and piloting a F/A-88 Cutlass at the head of an air wing hastily made up of willing volunteers. As the evacuation proved mostly successful, Ingram's attempt to board a waiting frigate was cutoff by a swarm of Banshee and Seraph fighters converging on his air wing and the frigate; indicating several approaching, and ordered the ship to leave, and fought to the bitter end against overwhelming odds before a tailing Seraph scored a direct hit against his Cutlass, sending it spiraling down to the planet's surface in flames. As no evidence of a parachute was found and contact between the lone frigate and Ingram was lost, he was believed to be killed in action.