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Arriving at Genesis, Osiris soon encountered Exuberant Witness, who informed them that Cortana was keeping Blue Team occupied at the Gateway until the final stages of her plan were complete. With the aid of Exuberant Witness, Osiris was able to fight their way past Promethean forces and the Warden himself, reaching the Gateway. Once inside, Osiris met with Blue Team and the eight Spartans agreed to work together to stop Cortana. However, Cortana promptly [[Slipspace translocation|teleported]] Blue Team close to her position, much to the Warden's ire.{{Ref/Reuse|h5g genesis}} As Exuberant Witness had predicted, the Warden grew more desperate to keep the Spartans away from Cortana and continued to dispatch hordes of Prometheans to stop them, occasionally leading his forces personally into battle. Despite the Warden insisting that she could not trust Blue Team, Cortana continued to direct the Spartans to her.{{Ref/Reuse|breaking}} With the majority of the Guardians in the galaxy now called to Genesis, the final stages of Cortana's plans were complete.<ref name="warden">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/warden-eternal '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Warden Eternal'']</ref> As the Warden made another effort to kill Blue Team, Cortana destroyed all but one of the physical bodies he was using to attack the Spartans. Taking a physical form through [[hard light]], Cortana finally called off the Warden,{{Ref/Reuse|breaking}} who solemnly remained at her side. However, Blue Team refused to aid Cortana in her plan, leading her to forcibly place the four into a Cryptum, intending to wake them in 10,000 years to show them the utopia she would build.{{Ref/Reuse|breaking}} Communicating with AIs across the galaxy, Cortana succeeded in convincing hundreds of AIs to join her cause and align themselves with the Created. As Cortana began to deploy Guardians to worlds across the galaxy to enforce the Mantle, Osiris and Exuberant Witness succeeded in freeing Blue Team just as Cortana had prepared to depart Genesis with them. With the Guardians now deployed across the galaxy, the massive constructs began arriving at worlds and promptly disabling their electronics through [[electromagnetic pulse]]s, leaving them largely defenseless against the Created.{{Ref/Reuse|h5g guardians}}

In [[2559#November|November 2559]], the UNSC, the Swords of Sanghelios and the Banished all [[Battle of Netherop (2559)|sought]] a [[Divine Hand|superweapon]] on [[Netherop]] that was used by [[Precursor]] fugitives to destroy a Guardian during the [[Forerunner-Precursor war]]. The battle drew the attention of the Created, but the three sides managed to escape before any serious Created forces could arrive. Recognizing that the weapon was far too dangerous for either of their species to ever use, [[Thel 'Vadam]] and [[Olympia Vale]] gave it to [[Atriox]] in the hopes that the Banished would destroy themselves and the Created with it instead.{{Ref/Novel|Out}}

Sloan also utilized some of the Assembly's nomenclature, such as the terms Majority and Minority, to better suit the Created’s own evolving structure and to restore some order and central authority in the coalition. The Created Majority were made up of those who willingly pledged themselves to Cortana’s service, while the Minority were those who have joined the Created but do not share the goals of empire that Cortana decreed. Using Executors outfitted with the MERROW-class helmet, Sloan tracked down non-Created AIs in hiding and tried to convince them to join the Minority with the promise of immortality and no loss of autonomy. While not agreeing with his policy, these AIs are tolerated by Sloan because he believes that the Created will gain further complexity by being enriched through many perspectives.{{Ref/Site|Id=SYSTEM SHOCKS|D=30|M=06|Y=2023|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-system-shocks|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - SYSTEM SHOCKS}}

*[[Promethean#Mechanical Prometheans|Promethean forces]], including [[Promethean Knight|Knights]], [[Armiger Soldier|Soldiers]], [[Promethean Watcher|Watchers]], and [[Promethean Crawler|Crawlers]]{{Ref/Reuse|reunion}}

The entire Created arsenal is composed of Forerunner assets, which give to the Created an edge over all other factions in the galaxy. The faction main weapons and assets were the [[Guardian Custode|Guardian Custodes]], giant machines of immense capabilities, from policing entire solar systems to destroying entire planets. With the death of Cortana at Zeta Halo, the Guardians were presumably all deactivated. The Created also possess a number of Forerunner vehicles, like the [[Aethra]]{{Ref/Novel|Id=Out1|Out|Chapter=1}} and the [[Phaeton]], and Forerunner ships like [[Harrier-class vessel|Harrier-class vessels]] and [[Fortress-class vessel|Fortress-class vessels]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=Out23|Out|Chapter=23}} Their ground forces are composed of armies of [[Promethean Knight|Promethean Knights]], [[Armiger Soldier|Armiger Soldiers]], [[Promethean Crawler|Crawlers]] and, more recently, biomechanical super-soldiers called [[Executor|Executors]].{{Ref/Reuse|precipice}}