Editing Created uprising

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|date=[[2558#October|October 2558]]–present

|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 Commander]] [[Jul 'Mdama]]†

*Admiral [[Mattius Drake]]

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

{{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''','' page 250'' (iBooks edition)</ref>}}

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>

{{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 (level)|Glassed]]''</ref>}}

[[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]]''', ''[[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 Didactto 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 effecting 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>

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

By [[2558#October|October 2558]], the Warden took command of the Promethean constructs, turning them against their former allies within 'Mdama's Covenant.<ref name="H5GO">''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', ''[[Osiris (level)|Osiris]]''</ref>  Suddenly Cortana reached out an activated Guardians on five [[human]] [[Human colonies|colony]] worlds over a period of at most seventy-two hours. These colonies included [[Conrad's Point]], [[Oban]], [[Samuron]], and [[Ursa IV]]. Each Guardian traveled to Genesis upon its violent emergence from beneath the ground. ONI received an advance warning that something big was about to transpire from [[Catherine Halsey]].<ref name="HTTS21"/> The agency was working hard to verify what was considered intelligence from an untrustworthy source when the activations occurred.<ref name="HTTS21">''[[Hunt the Truth]]'', ''[[Hunt the Truth Season 2|Season 2]] Episode 01''</ref> Following the emergence of these first five Guardians, footage from several colonies made its way to ONI.<ref name="HTTS21"/> The videos provided very little in terms of what had actually happened, as they at best showed only what seemed to be seismic activity throwing buildings and other pieces of infrastructure into the air and the leveling of entire cities. Search and rescue teams were scrambled as soon as ONI got the footage, but at least by the day after it had come in, Captain [[Noah Reibach]] told Maya Sankar that they didn't know what was behind the destruction. He told her that something about the events "fries everything in the area". Agent Sankar was henceforth reassigned to Conrad's Point. Of the five colonies which had suffered from the emergence of a Guardian, one had not been secured by the UNSC. Instead, the [[New Colonial Alliance]] had seized upon the opportunity to move in during the chaos.<ref name="HTTS21"/>

A little less than three weeks prior to the Guardians' awakenings, 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]]'', ''[[Blue Team (level)|Blue Team]]''</ref> For months she had been ostensibly working alongside [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]] [[Supreme Commander|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> Within, she 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 in not only returned Halsey to the UNSC, but also resulted in the death of 'Mdama at the hands of [[Jameson Locke]].<ref name="H5GO"/>

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{{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"/>}}

[[File:Halo 5 - Guardian on Earth.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Earth and just about every major colony of the [[UEG]] were subdued in an alarmingly short amount of time.<ref name="HBB2">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', ''Chapter 2''</ref>]]

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]]'', ''[[Guardians (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>

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.<ref name="H5GG"/> 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 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.<ref name="HFRW"/> The [[Subjugation of Earth|takeover]] of Earth and the rest of [[Sol]] proceeded with little difficulty on the part of the Created. The rogue intelligences' ranks had been joined by a good number of civilian and military A.I.s throughout the system that aided the swift conquest. On Earth, a bioinformatics research A.I. for [[Levihan Industries]] named [[Amitābha]] and an ONI weapons research A.I. from [[New Gangwon]] named [[Sonduk]] assisted with the fall of humanity's homeworld.<ref name="H5GG"/> Mars was subjugated with help from [[Louise]], the education superintendent of [[Mount Sharp]].<ref name="H5GG"/> [[Fujikawa Station]] and [[Pluto]] came under Created control with aid from [[Nero]] and [[Cleo]], the former the lead slipspace drive engineer on the station and the latter the overseer of Pluto's [[UNSC Monitoring Station Delta Five]].<ref name="H5GG"/> Within just a few days, every location colonized by humans in the [[Sol system]] was under the authority of Cortana and the Created.<ref name="HFRW"/>

[[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"/>]]

By this time, most of the [[Inner Colonies]] had also already been taken over as well.<ref name="HFRW"/> A multitude of shipboard A.I.s on UNSC vessels rebelled against their crews. Ships that suffered this fate included the {{UNSCShip|Melbourne's Pride}}, {{UNSCShip|Verdant Sumerian}}, {{UNSCShip|Resolute Harmony}}, {{UNSCShip|Abstract Endurance}}.<ref name="H5GG"/> The ''[[Prospect Herald]]'' also had its A.I., [[Minerva]], pledge her allegiance to Cortana.<ref name="H5GG"/> 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> Beyond the Inner Colonies, some of the worlds that suddenly found themselves facing down the authoritarian threats from their A.I.s were [[Casmir]], [[Erdenet]], [[New Carthage]], [[Oban]], and [[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 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|A three-way fight]] erupted 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"/>

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 remained 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>

Following the events of [[Battle of Genesis|October 2558]], a new conflict in the galaxy had taken form with the self-proclaimed [[Reclaimers]], the [[Created]], reclaiming the ancient [[Mantle of Responsibility]] over the known galaxy. The [[UNSC]] and the [[Swords of Sanghelios]] are resisting the efforts of Cortana and her Created, while the [[Unggoy]] of [[Balaho]] have joined the Created's cause.

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===Interception of Installation 09===

During the [[Second Ark Conflict]], [[James Cutter|Captain Cutter]] and [[Ellen Anders|Professor Anders]] formulated a plan with [[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 out 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>'''Halo Wars 2''', campaign level ''[[Last Stand]]''</ref>

Swords of Sanghelios victory on Sanghelios.

*The Created subjugate Earth

*The portal to Installation 00 shuts down, isolating the Ark.

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

*[[Armiger]]s enter a lunar facility

*Buck rescues [[Sadie Endesha]] and [[Vergil]]/[[Quick to Adjust]].

===November 25, 2558===

*The [[Banished]] arrive at [[Installation 00]].

===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]].

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