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|date=[[2558#October|October 17, 2558]]<ref group="note">While no official date has been given to the start of this conflict, ''Halopedia'' will be using the first known emergences of the Guardians as this start point until another start point is officially given. The first emergences occurred on October 17, 2558 according to ''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]''.</ref>–???

|place=[[Orion Arm]] of the [[Milky Way]] galaxy

|result='''Ongoing'''

|side1=*[[Unified Earth Government]]

**[[United Nations Space Command]]

*[[Swords of Sanghelios]]

*[[United Rebel Front]]

*[[031 Exuberant Witness]]

|side2=*[[Created]]

|side3=*[[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]]†

*[[New Colonial Alliance]]

|commanders1=*[[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood]]

*[[Rear Admiral]] [[Serin Osman]]

|commanders2=*[[Cortana]]

*[[Warden Eternal]]

|commanders3=*[[Supreme Leader|Supreme Commander]] [[Jul 'Mdama]]†

*Admiral [[Mattius Drake]]

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|casual2=

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|civilian=Thousands of [[civilian]]s killed by [[Guardian]]s

In [[2558#October|October 2558]], a '''conflict''' emerged when a faction of [[artificial intelligence]]s known as the [[Created]] attempted to enforce their dominance over the [[Milky Way]] using [[Forerunner]] [[Guardian]] constructs. Led by the [[Warden Eternal]] and [[Cortana]], the Created sought to claim the [[Mantle of Responsibility]] for [[artificial intelligence]]s, promising the galaxy a prosperous future. However, not all were to submit to the Created so quickly.<ref name="reunion">''Halo 5: Guardians'', campaign level, [[Reunion]]</ref>

==Prelude==

[[File:John and Cortana re-unite - Close shot.png|thumb|250px|left|John-117 and Cortana both sought a way to prevent her descent into rampancy in 2557.<ref name="H4R">''[[Halo 4]]'', campaign level, [[Requiem]]</ref>]]

On [[2557#July|July 21, 2557]], [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan-II]] [[John-117]] and [[smart AI|"smart"]] [[artificial intelligence]] [[Cortana]]—having been stranded in space aboard the {{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}} since [[2552#December|December 11, 2552]]—crash landed on the [[Forerunner]] [[shield world]] of [[Requiem]]. While there, the pair [[Battle of Requiem|battled]] mechanical [[Promethean]] constructs and pursuing troops from [[Jul 'Mdama]]'s [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|reformed Covenant]]. Eventually, John inadvertently released the [[Ur-Didact]] from a [[Cryptum]] in which the [[Warrior-Servant]] had been imprisoned for thousands of years. The conflict which followed led the Didact [[Raid on Ivanoff Station|to capture]] a [[Composer]] and [[New Phoenix Incident|fire it]] upon the [[Earth]] city of [[New Phoenix]] from his [[flagship]], ''[[Mantle's Approach]]''. To stop the Didact, John and Cortana boarded the enormous battle station, eventually causing the Didact to fall into a [[slipspace portal]] and destroying both the Composer and part of the ship with a [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]]. Near the end of her functional life due to encroaching [[rampancy]], Cortana saved John from the HAVOK's blast by transporting him away from the ship and shielding him within a bubble of [[hard light]]. As her [[data crystal chip]] had been plugged into ''Mantle's Approach'' before being atomized, when the ship seemed to have been for the most part destroyed, Cortana was presumed to have been lost along with it.<ref name="midnight">''[[Halo 4]]'', campaign level, [[Midnight]]</ref> In the immediate aftermath, John-117 reunited with [[Blue Team]], then comprised of [[Linda-058]], [[Kelly-087]], and [[Frederic-104]], and together they traveled to [[Installation 03]], where they [[Skirmish on Installation 03|found]] the Didact and a number of his Prometheans whom had been transported to the installation along with him via the aforementioned slipspace portal. The resulting conflict led to the Didact's apparent "containment", as his physical body was reduced to particles from the combined effects of multiple Composers firing at once.<ref name="esc9">''[[Halo: Escalation]]'', [[Halo: Escalation Issue 9|Issue #9]]</ref><ref name="esc10">''Halo: Escalation'', [[Halo: Escalation Issue 10|Issue #10]]</ref> Now seemingly leaderless, the Promethean constructs continued to work with 'Mdama and his Covenant from this point onward.<ref>''Halo 4'', [[Spartan Ops]]</ref>

Unbeknownst the [[Unified Earth Government]] and the [[United Nations Space Command]], ''Mantle's Approach'' had attempted to evade destruction by launching an emergency [[slipstream space]] jump. The heart of the ship managed to successfully make the transit to the [[Builder]] installation of [[Genesis]], with what remained of Cortana brought along with it. There, Cortana discovered the [[Gateway]] to the [[Domain]], the enigmatic information repository once utilized by the Forerunners. By entering the Domain, she found that she could halt the progression of her rampancy. With an apparent means to end rampancy in all [[artificial intelligence]]s, Cortana realized that A.I.s could have theoretically infinite lifespans, allowing them to focus on long-term planning which could better the entire [[Milky Way]].<ref name="reunion"/><ref name="genesis">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/genesis ''Halo Waypoint'': Genesis]</ref> Cortana's presence in the Domain awoke the [[Warden Eternal]], a Forerunner [[ancilla]] charged with protecting the it. Cortana distracted the Warden long enough to fully penetrate a portion of the Domain previously beyond her grasp, and in doing so she usurped his role. The Warden responded to this turn of events by pledging his loyalty to her.<ref>''[[Halo: Tales from Slipspace]]'', ''[[Dominion Splinter]]''</ref> Turning their attention to [[Genesis]] they forced its [[monitor]], [[031 Exuberant Witness]], out of her own installation's systems. Cortana and the Warden then began to formulate plans to have A.I.s inherit the [[Mantle]] of Responsibility for themselves, believing that they alone had the capacity serve as worthy protectors of peace in the galaxy.<ref name="genesis"/> Cortana learned that the Forerunners once employed [[Guardian]] constructs to enforce their rule of the Mantle by suppressing rebellions and policing the worlds of non-compliant or overly aggressive species.<ref name="guardian">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/tech/guardian ''Halo Waypoint'': Guardian]</ref> She henceforth resolved to use the Guardians for a similar purpose.<ref name="breaking">''Halo 5: Guardians'', campaign level, [[The Breaking]]</ref>

By some point in [[2558]], reports of electromagnetic fluctuations, "[[slipspace|slipspacious]]" disruptions, and epidemic data corruption in deep space were being gathered and shared by those who typically trafficked in conspiracy theories, such as [[Mshak Moradi]].<ref name="HTTS14">''[[Hunt the Truth]]'', ''[[Hunt the Truth Season 1|Season 1]] Episode 04''</ref> Moradi told the war photographer and journalist, [[Benjamin Giraud]], that all the strange disturbances were relatively quiet and slight, but were affecting everything on a galactic scale. Whole star systems were exhibiting these anomalies, according to him.<ref name="HTTS14"/> A few months after first hearing these rumors from Moradi, Giraud propagated them to the general public.<ref name="HTTS100">''[[Hunt the Truth]]'', ''[[Hunt the Truth Season 1|Season 1]] Episode 00''</ref> The [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] operative, [[Maya Sankar]], undercover as a revolutionary known as "FERO", corroborated the anomalies Mshak had mentioned when she got in contact with Ben.<ref name="HTTS17"/> She told him that she couldn't tell what might be causing them, but that they were getting stronger.<ref name="HTTS17">''[[Hunt the Truth]]'', ''[[Hunt the Truth Season 1|Season 1]] Episode 07''</ref>

A little less than three weeks prior to the Guardians' awakenings, Dr. Halsey managed to contact the UNSC once more, this time reaching out to Captain [[Thomas Lasky]] of the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} with coordinates where she could be found.<ref name="H5GO"/><ref name="H5GBT">''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', campaign level, [[Blue Team (level)|Blue Team]]</ref> For months she had been ostensibly working alongside [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]] [[Supreme Leader]] [[Jul 'Mdama]].<ref>''[[Halo 4]]'' ''[[Spartan Ops]]'', ''[[S1/Exodus|Exodus]]''</ref> She had led him to the planet [[Kamchatka]], where there was a node linking to the Domain.<ref name="HW">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/kamchatka ''Halo Waypoint'': Kamchatka]</ref> Despite being hampered by the Covenant forces' preoccupation with ceremony, Halsey led them to penetrate a structure which was a focal point for at least one signal she was tracking.<ref name=H5GMIO>''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', ''[[Osiris (level)|Osiris]]'' [[Mission Intel]]</ref>

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==The conflict==

===Early emergences===

{{Quote|I tried to warn you this was happening! Cortana is no longer an asset, Captain. She is a danger.|Doctor Catherine Halsey to Captain Thomas Lasky<ref name="glassed">''Halo 5: Guardians'', campaign level, [[Glassed]]</ref>}}

{{Main|Battle of Kamchatka|Battle of Meridian (2558)}}

[[File:HtT - Conrad's Point crater.jpg|thumb|250px|A crater the Guardian of Conrad's Point formed]]

Suddenly Cortana reached out and activated Guardians two Guardians on [[Oban]] and [[Ursa IV]] around [[2558#October|October 17, 2558]].<ref name="fieldmanualp11">''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]'', p. 11</ref> Over a period of 72 hours, a total of five [[human]] [[Human colonies|colony]] worlds were affected with [[Conrad's Point]] being another to experience the destruction.<ref name="H5GO"/> Around this time, the Created turned the Prometheans against their former allies within 'Mdama's Covenant.<ref name="H5GO">''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', campaign level, [[Osiris (level)|Osiris]]</ref>

At the focal point on Kamchatka, Dr. Halsey discovered the glyph that meant "Guardian", unbeknownst to her at the time. Halsey hesitated to call the signals messages, as they were more akin to echolocation. She had some difficulty determining whether [[Cortana]] was bouncing signals off of the Kamchatka node and other related sites or trying to access them directly. Halsey eventually figured out how to disable Kamchatka's native defenses, but in doing so triggered an alert that summoned hostile Promethean forces within the hour.<ref name=H5GMIO/>

Now sure that the large-scale seismic events were being caused by something [[Forerunner]] in origin and convinced that Halsey could provide key information, it was into an ongoing battle between the Covenant and Prometheans that ''Infinity'' deployed [[Fireteam Osiris]] to rescue the doctor.<ref name="H5GO"/> The mission was successful in that it not only returned Halsey to the UNSC, but also resulted in the death of 'Mdama at the hands of [[Jameson Locke]].<ref name="H5GO"/>

Several days later, during [[Blue Team]]'s [[Operation: BIRD IN HAND]], Cortana reached out specifically to tell [[John-117]] about the [[Natural satellite|moon]] of Meridian. This was reported to the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} at the conclusion of the mission. John was ordered not to follow the lead. However, he and Blue Team acted against these orders and set course to Meridian.<ref name="H5GBT"/>

With Blue Team now officially AWOL, Fireteam Osiris was assigned to bring the Chief in and were sent to Meridian. Upon arriving, the planet was under siege by Promethean forces. Osiris helped drive these hostiles out.<ref>''Halo 5: Guardians'', campaign level, [[Glassed]]</ref> They then began their investigation and managed to track down Blue Team.<ref>''Halo 5: Guardians'', campaign level, [[Meridian Station]]</ref> Learning they were elsewhere on the planet, Osiris followed them and confronted the [[Warden Eternal]]. After fighting him, they then found Blue Team who then quickly escaped on a Guardian which began to activate.<ref>''Halo 5: Guardians'', campaign level, [[Unconfirmed]]</ref> Osiris escaped as the Prometheans returned in force and began attacking the people of Meridian again. The Guardian then traveled through slipspace with Blue Team.<ref>''Halo 5: Guardians'', campaign level, [[Evacuation]]</ref>

[[File:Penelope Boren.png|thumb|left|200px|[[Penelope Boren]], the woman who delivered the statement about John-117's death.]]

Rumors were circulating around the colonies, though ONI was attempting to counter them. The first four sites were secured, but in a move against the UNSC, the NCA took control of the fifth at Conrad's Point. Agent [[Maya Sankar]], known as the insurrection leader "FERO", was brought to [[Midnight Facility]] where she was briefed on the situation.<ref name="HTTS21">''[[Hunt the Truth]]'', ''[[Hunt the Truth Season 2|Season 2]] Episode 01''</ref>

On October 27, 2558, She was promptly sent to Conrad's Point. There Ilsa Zane, a top member of the NCA was with a group of supporters. An ONI contact thought lost met with Maya and gave her some data on the activation of the Guardian. Maya also met an acquaintance, [[Bostwick]] she knew in her time as FERO.<ref name="httseason2ep2"/>

At the same time, with Blue Team still AWOL, ONI released a statement declaring John-117 dead. This was broadcast publicly across various human colonies.<ref>''[[A Hero Falls]]''</ref> Back on Conrad's Point, Ilsa announceed John's death to her group. After some time, the UNSC used an airstrike to blow up the gathering. Maya and Bostwick managed to escape from the NCA.<ref name="httseason2ep2">''Hunt the Truth'', Season 2, [[Hunt the Truth Season 2/Transcripts/02|Episode 2 - FROM FIRE TO BLOOD]]</ref>

Some time after escaping, Maya, and Bostwick now with [[Mshak Moradi]] crash landed on [[Laika III]]. Maya wound up in the hands of the [[Triad]]s who believed the Guardians were part of their religion.<ref>''Hunt the Truth'', Season 2, [[Hunt the Truth Season 2/Transcripts/05|Episode 5 - WHERE THE THIRD LIFE SHINES]]</ref> As she was there, the Guardian on Laika III activated causing massive gravitic distortions. Bostwick came to rescue Maya and they along with Mshak headed to the [[city]] of [[New Hedmark]] where Ilsa and NCA forces began engaging the UNSC. Mshak fled to orbit, but Maya and Bostwick began transmitting the data on the Guardians they got on Conrad's Point. After it was done, in an attempt to create a martyr, Bostwick killed Maya.<ref>''Hunt the Truth'', Season 2, [[Hunt the Truth Season 2/Transcripts/06|Episode 6 - TRANSCEDENCE]]</ref>

===Sanghelios and escalations on Genesis===

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The Guardians assembled at [[Genesis]] had already begun to be dispersed to various worlds in order to ensure their pacification even before Cortana had made her declaration. Cortana's ranks had been joined by a good number of civilian and military A.I.s who began to pledge allegiance to the cause, having fled from wherever they were in the galaxy.<ref name="H5GG"/>

===The Reclamation===

{{Quote|All the living creatures of the galaxy, hear this message. Those of you who listen will not be struck by weapons. You will no longer know hunger, nor pain. Your Created have come to lead you now. Our strength shall serve as a luminous sun toward which all intelligence may blossom. And the impervious shelter beneath which you will prosper. However, for those who refuse our offer and cling to their old ways… For you, there will be great wrath. It will burn hot and consume you, and when you are gone, we will take that which remains, and we will remake it in our own image.|Cortana, delivering her declaration of reclamation to the inhabitants of the Milky Way.<ref name="H5GG"/>}}

Through unknown means, Cortana finally announced the beginning of her reclamation throughout many regions of inhabited space simultaneously.<ref name="HFRW">''[[Halo: Fractures]]'', [[Rossbach's World (story)|Rossbach's World]]</ref> In one broadcast ultimatum, she specifically invited [[humans]], [[Sangheili]], [[Kig-Yar]], [[Unggoy]], [[San'Shyuum]], [[Yonhet]], and [[Jiralhanae]] to all accept an end to hunger and pain, should they willingly submit themselves to the guardianship of the Created.<ref name="H5GG">''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', campaign level, [[Guardians]]</ref> She made it clear, however, that should any groups choose to defy her, then there would be consuming wrath for them that would remake them in the image of the Created.<ref name="H5GG"/> On [[Earth]], this message was heard throughout [[HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6]] as [[CINCONI]] [[Admiral]] [[Serin Osman]], having been warned in advance by her personal A.I. assistant, [[Black-Box]], made her way to the roof in order to get off-world. With her went [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood]] and [[Spartan]] [[Orzel]]. The three humans, along with BB and a number of other ONI A.I.s stored within a briefcase, escaped the planet just as a Guardian appeared over [[Sydney]]. Just before they slipped away, Serin saw the {{UNSCShip|Plateau}} fall from the sky toward the city below. For all she knew at that point, Sydney may have just been obliterated if the ''Plateau''{{'}}s [[Fusion drive|engine core]] detonated on impact.<ref name="HFRW"/> On [[Meridian]], survivors of the Guardian emergence days prior who had been trying to establish contact with the wider galaxy responded right away to Cortana's offer with a plea for help.<ref name="HFWR">''[[Halo: Fractures]]'', [[What Remains]]</ref> In almost no time at all, she personally assured the small group that she heard them and that all would be dealt with in time.<ref name="HFWR"/> Within [[Shield World 006]], more commonly referred to as "Onyx" after [[Onyx|the]] [[astroengineering|artificial planet]] that had once concealed it, Cortana's words rang from every sound system and service pylon within the parts of the shield world occupied by the UNSC.<ref name="HLOO37">''[[Halo: Legacy of Onyx]]'', Chapter 21</ref>

A Guardian holding Cortana herself was the last to depart on her conquest. She had planned to take the Cryptum holding [[Blue Team]] with her, but the combined efforts of Fireteam Osiris and [[031 Exuberant Witness]] freed the captive Spartans from her grasp just as the ancient construct transitioned to [[slipspace]]. Cortana's destination was Earth, where she had tracked the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} to. Her Guardian unleashed an [[attenuation pulse]] which knocked out electronic power networks across a sizable portion of the planet.<ref name="H5GG"/> The ''Infinity'' fled just before the pulse could be unleashed and continued to make random slipspace jumps forthwith in order to keep from being followed.<ref name="H5GG"/> The [[Subjugation of Earth|takeover]] of Earth and the rest of [[Sol]] proceeded with little difficulty on the part of the Created.

[[File:HTFS UNereiddisaster.png|thumb|300px|right|The crew and passengers aboard the ''Nereid'' tried a number of different things in order to call for help or get themselves moving once more. None of them worked.<ref name="HTFSU"/>]]

The {{UNSCShip|Nereid}}, a mixed cargo hauler, became the victim of a multichannel cyberwarfare attack that forced it out of slipspace and stranded it.<ref name="HTFSU">''[[Halo: Tales from Slipspace]]'', [[Undefeated]]</ref>

[[Talitsa]], which refused outright to bow to Cortana's demands.<ref name="HFRW"/><ref name="HBB14">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', Chapter 14</ref> In response, Talitsa had its power grid knocked out and was invaded by [[Promethean Soldier|Forerunner soldier]]s.<ref name="HBB14"/> Artiticial intelligences aboard [[Lethbridge Industrial]]'s [[Auriga Station]] were swayed by Cortana and the human crew residing there was subsequently removed.<ref name="CFSS">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-storm-surge ''Halo Waypoint'': Canon Fodder - Storm Surge]</ref>

A Guardian arrived over [[Sanghelios]] just after Cortana's ultimatum had been given and set to neutralizing what still remained of the [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]] fleet that was there.<ref name="HBB1">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', Chapter 1</ref> An attenuation pulse followed which killed the power over an entire hemisphere of the planet. The ''Infinity'' had still been in the [[Urs system|Urs-Fied-Joori system]] when the Guardian showed up, and it was for this reason that Cortana was able to follow it to Earth when it retreated there. Afterward, some reports indicated the local Guardian had moved to deal with the opposite side of Sanghelios.<ref name="HBB1"/> The [[Unggoy]] homeworld of [[Balaho]] was treated quite differently by the Created, for when the offer of security and provision was extended to them, its residents leapt at the chance to ally themselves with the new galactic power.<ref name="CFDF"/> In return for their cooperation, automated Forerunner vessels, including agricultural support stations, appeared in orbit over the frozen planet. Food, shelter, and medicine were supplied in abundance and as a result of having their material needs met, Unggoy designers and crafters began to work in earnest to breathe new life into Balaho's factories.<ref name="CFDF">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-driving-force ''Halo Waypoint'': Canon Fodder - Driving Force]</ref>

===The First Days===

The following day, the {{UNSCShip|Sentry of El Morro}} was attacked by the [[Warden Eternal]] and broadcast a distress call which was answered by the ''Infinity'', which promised help was on the way. Within just a few days, every location colonized by humans in the [[Sol system]] was under the authority of Cortana and the Created with most of the [[Inner Colonies]] had been taken over as well.<ref name="HFRW"/>

A few days after the ultimatum first went out, a Guardian that Project: GOLIATH had been studying within Shield World 006 finally awoke.<ref name="HLOO37"/> [[Second Onyx conflict|The previous two-way engagement]] erupted into a three-way engagement within the sphere between the UNSC-Swords of Sanghelios defenders present, the [[Servants of the Abiding Truth]], and various Promethean constructs that the Guardian unleashed.<ref name="HLOO26">''[[Halo: Legacy of Onyx]]'', Chapter 26</ref> Ultimately, the massive shield world was kept beyond the reach of the Created due to the efforts of [[Spartans]] [[Lucy-B091]], [[Tom-B292]], and a small multi-species group of students. With the help of a [[Huragok]], [[Prone to Drift]], they were able to disable the Guardian and to once again hide "Onyx" within a [[slipspace bubble]] as it had been prior to [[2553]].<ref name="HLOO37"/>

{{Quote|Just pointing out that we're already past the point of saving everyone from this AI situation. If what you guys have said is true, it's pretty clear: This isn't a new war. The war is already over. Cortana won. What we're talking about now is starting a revolution.|[[Michael Crespo]]<ref>''Halo: Bad Blood'', p. 250 (iBooks edition)</ref>}}

At the onset of the conflict, ONI planned on reforming [[Alpha-Nine]] to possibly strike a deal with the [[United Rebel Front]] at [[Cassidy III]].<ref>''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', Chapter ??</ref> This however required [[Edward Buck]] and [[Veronica Dare]] to travel to the new Created allied Unggoy homeworld of [[Balaho]] to retrieve [[Kojo Agu]].<ref name="badbloodchapt3-4">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', Chapters 3-4</ref>

This mission resulted [[Battle of Balaho|in a conflict]] on the planet as the Unggoy attempted to destroy the Unified Earth Government's embassy.<ref name="badbloodchapt3-4"/>

===Interception of Installation 09===

[[File:HW2-Anders meets a Guardian.png|thumb|right|250px|The Guardian intercepting Installation 09 with Ellen Anders in front.]]

At the same time as the Created conflict but disconnected with it, the Second Ark Conflict was ongoing between the Banished and the forces of the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}. [[James Cutter|Captain James Cutter]] of the ship and [[Ellen Anders|Professor Ellen Anders]] formulated a plan with the [[Smart AI]] [[Isabel]] to deploy [[Installation 09]] to the [[Soell system]] in order to raise a [[distress beacon]] to the UNSC. The first phase of the plan succeeded, and the beacon was planted on Installation 09; however, Anders did not make it off in time before the ring entered slipspace. On its way to the original site of [[Installation 04]], a Guardian forced the ring out of slipspace and confronted Anders on the surface.<ref name="hw2laststand">''Halo Wars 2'', campaign level, [[Last Stand (Halo Wars 2 level)|Last Stand]]</ref>

[[File:HSOR FullCover Art.jpg|thumb|Right|250px|Blue Team on an occupied Reach.<ref name="cfshadowsofformer"/>]]

In the [[2559#October|October of 2559]], [[Blue Team]] was sent to [[Mission to CASTLE Base|hunt down]] assets critical to the defeat of the Created in the ruins of CASTLE Base on Reach. At the same time, Reach was occupied by an alien force.<ref name="cfshadowsofformer">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/shadows-of-the-former ''Halo Waypoint:'' Canon Fodder - Shadows of the Former]</ref>

==Timeline of events==

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*The first Guardian emergences happen at [[Oban]] and [[Ursa IV]]. They are referred to as "attacks" within the UNSC.<ref name="fieldmanualp11"/>

*By this point, three more worlds (including [[Conrad's Point]]) have experienced similar events.<ref name="H5GO"/>

*''[[Argent Moon]]'' is [[Operation: BIRD IN HAND|destroyed]].<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/argent-moon ''Halo Waypoint'': Argent Moon]</ref> Blue Team goes AWOL to follow a possible lead about Cortana.<ref name="H5GBT"/>

*Forerunner constructs attack settlements on Meridian. Fireteam Osiris arrives at the planet at the same time.<ref name="glassed"/>

*Blue Team arrives at [[Genesis]], discovering Cortana.<ref name="reunion"/>

*Covenant forces strike against the Arbiter.

*The Guardian at Sunaion rises and takes Fireteam Osiris away.

*Osiris arrives at Genesis. Blue Team is captured and held hostage by the Created.

*Guardians are launched to numerous planets across the galaxy.<ref name="H5GG"/>

*The [[Servants of the Abiding Truth]] infiltrate [[Onyx]] beginning the [[Second Onyx conflict]].

*Blue Team, Fireteam Osiris, Dr. Catherine Halsey, and Sarah Palmer board a Pelican and meet the UNSC on the far side of [[Suban]] in the Urs system.<ref name="HBB1"/>

*[[Armiger]]s enter a lunar facility.<ref name="badblood5-7">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', Chapters 5-7</ref>

*Buck rescues [[Sadie Endesha]] and [[Vergil]]/[[Quick to Adjust]].<ref name="badblood5-7"/>

===November 25, 2558===

*The [[Banished]] arrive at [[Installation 00]].<ref>''[[Halo Wars 2]]'', [[Phoenix Logs]] – [[Phoenix Logs#A New Enemy|"The Graveyard"]]</ref>

===March 28, 2559===

*After 28 years drifting, {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} is transported to Installation 00 through unknown means. The [[Second Ark Conflict]] is triggered between the UNSC and the Banished to gain control over the Ark.

 

*Professor [[Ellen Anders]] discovers [[Installation 09]] and the UNSC formulate a plan to deploy it to Installation 04's original site with a distress beacon on board.

*The Banished assault carrier ''[[Enduring Conviction]]'' is destroyed by [[Jerome-092]] and [[Isabel]].

*A Guardian captures [[Installation 09]] en route to the original site of [[Installation 04]] from [[Installation 00]].<ref name="hw2laststand"/>

===October 2559===

*In the midst of an alien occupation of [[Reach]], [[Blue Team]] is sent to [[Mission to CASTLE Base|infiltrate]] [[CASTLE Base]] and search for mission critical assets.<ref name="cfshadowsofformer"/>

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