General Vaughton was a General in the Vektan Army who commanded respect and trust from his troops while he was leading the ISA ground forces on Vekta in defense of the Helghast invasion. During which, he ordered Templar to meet up with Shadow Marshall Luger and Rico in mission to rescue Colonel Gregor Hakha. Before Templar went on the rescue mission he retrieved the security key for General Vaughton who then went up to the SD Platform to reactivate the platforms weapon systems. Shortly afterwards, he discovered that the SD Platform was under the control of the Helghast and he was killed by a Helghast trooper on the orders of the traitor General Adams.