Aidan Hayes, engineer 'Lighthouse', joined Merlin Tech incognito to support his wife Samantha Shaw. He led a team to develop 'Aether'. On the eve of launch, Samantha became involved with Zane Sutton, posing as a Harvard expert. She humiliated Aidan Hayes and stripped him of his position. Aidan resigned and filed for divorce. On launch day, Samantha was stunned by his resignation.
