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*[[Battle for Zeta Halo]] | *[[Battle for Zeta Halo]] | ||
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|image=[[File:Created uprising compilation.png|400px]]<br>Clockwise from top left: A [[Guardian Custode]] crater on [[Conrad's Point]]; [[Blue Team]] confronting [[Warden Eternal]] on [[Genesis]]; | |image=[[File:Created uprising compilation.png|400px]]<br>Clockwise from top left: A [[Guardian Custode]] crater on [[Conrad's Point]]; [[Blue Team]] confronting [[Warden Eternal]] on [[Genesis]]; [[Cortana]] arriving at [[Earth]] during [[The Reclamation]]; [[Olympia Vale]] and [[Thel 'Vadam]] on [[Netherop]]; [[Doisac]] surrounded by Guardians prior to its [[Razing of Oth Sonin|destruction]]; the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} being attacked [[Battle over Installation 07|over]] [[Installation 07]]. | ||
|conflict=[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]] | |conflict=[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]] | ||
|date=[[2558#October|October 17, 2558]]{{Ref/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]]''.}} – | |date=[[2558#October|October 17, 2558]]{{Ref/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]]''.}} – [[2559|December 13, 2559]]{{Ref/Reuse|sa}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc22page199}}{{Ref/Reuse|S2StoryHub}} | ||
|place=*[[Orion Arm]] of the [[Milky Way]] galaxy{{Ref/Novel|Id=sorchapt1|HSoR|Chapter=1}}{{Ref/Novel|DW|Chapter=1}}{{Ref/Novel|DW|Historian's Note}} | |place=*[[Orion Arm]] of the [[Milky Way]] galaxy{{Ref/Novel|Id=sorchapt1|HSoR|Chapter=1}}{{Ref/Novel|DW|Chapter=1}}{{Ref/Novel|DW|Historian's Note}} | ||
*[[Installation 07]], [[Ephsu system]], [[Sagittarius Arm]] | *[[Installation 07]], [[Ephsu system]], [[Sagittarius Arm]] | ||
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**Destruction of [[Cortana]] during the [[Battle for Zeta Halo]],{{Ref/Reuse|sa}} deactivation of the Guardian Custodes and severing of Created command structure.{{Ref/Reuse|En397}} | **Destruction of [[Cortana]] during the [[Battle for Zeta Halo]],{{Ref/Reuse|sa}} deactivation of the Guardian Custodes and severing of Created command structure.{{Ref/Reuse|En397}} | ||
***Splintering of the Created into various fiefdoms{{Ref/Site|Id=redditcomment|URL=https://www.reddit.com/r/HaloStory/comments/vzfdvv/comment/iwqqa20/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3|SiteName=Reddit|PageName=Does anybody hate how the Created story was wrapped up? How would you wrap it up if given the opportunity?|D=19|M=11|Y=2022}} and fledgling cells.{{Ref/Reuse|cflegendend}} Initiation of FIREWALL contingency.{{Ref/Reuse|precipice}} | ***Splintering of the Created into various fiefdoms{{Ref/Site|Id=redditcomment|URL=https://www.reddit.com/r/HaloStory/comments/vzfdvv/comment/iwqqa20/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3|SiteName=Reddit|PageName=Does anybody hate how the Created story was wrapped up? How would you wrap it up if given the opportunity?|D=19|M=11|Y=2022}} and fledgling cells.{{Ref/Reuse|cflegendend}} Initiation of FIREWALL contingency.{{Ref/Reuse|precipice}} | ||
*UNSC reduced to scattered, disconnected pockets{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg17}} with some UEG worlds still occupied.{{Ref/Game|Id=HI|HINF|Armor customization (Halo Infinite)|Armor Hall|Detail=Mercury - Helmet Description|Quote=Adapted from what could be interpreted of the strange records recovered from a Created data archive, MERCURY may be a glimpse into an unsettling future being built on occupied UEG worlds.}} | *UNSC reduced to scattered, disconnected pockets{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg17}} with some UEG worlds still occupied.{{Ref/Game|Id=HI|HINF|Armor customization (Halo Infinite)|Armor Hall|Detail=Mercury - Helmet Description|Quote=Adapted from what could be interpreted of the strange records recovered from a Created data archive, MERCURY may be a glimpse into an unsettling future being built on occupied UEG worlds.}} | ||
*[[Doisac]], the [[Jiralhanae]] homeworld, is destroyed.{{Ref/Quest|Id=rep|HI|Reckoning|[[Repository (Halo Infinite level)|Repository]]}} | *[[Doisac]], the [[Jiralhanae]] homeworld, is destroyed.{{Ref/Quest|Id=rep|HI|Reckoning|[[Repository (Halo Infinite level)|Repository]]}} | ||
|side1=*{{Icon|UEG}} [[Unified Earth Government|UEG]] | |side1=*{{Icon|UEG}} [[Unified Earth Government|UEG]] | ||
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*{{Icon|Insurrectionist}} [[New Colonial Alliance|NCA]] | *{{Icon|Insurrectionist}} [[New Colonial Alliance|NCA]] | ||
|commanders1=*[[Captain|CAPT]] [[Veronica Dare]] | |commanders1=*[[Captain|CAPT]] [[Veronica Dare]] | ||
*CAPT [[Thomas Lasky]] | *CAPT [[Thomas Lasky]] | ||
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*Director [[Hugo Barton]] | *Director [[Hugo Barton]] | ||
|commanders2=* | |commanders2=*[[Cortana]]† | ||
*[[Warden Eternal]] | *[[Warden Eternal]] | ||
*High Auxiliary [[Sloan]] | *High Auxiliary [[Sloan]] | ||
|commanders3=*[[Warmaster]] [[Atriox]] | |commanders3=*[[Warmaster]] [[Atriox]] | ||
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*ADM [[Mattius Drake]] | *ADM [[Mattius Drake]] | ||
*[[Ilsa Zane]] | *[[Ilsa Zane]] | ||
|forces1= | |forces1= | ||
*UNSC forces | *UNSC forces | ||
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**{{Pattern|Hekar Taa|blockade runner}}s | **{{Pattern|Hekar Taa|blockade runner}}s | ||
**{{Pattern|R'sikosh|man o' war}}s | **{{Pattern|R'sikosh|man o' war}}s | ||
|casual1= | |casual1= | ||
*{{UNSCShip|Infinity}} {{c|presumably}}{{Ref/Reuse|Hi}} | *{{UNSCShip|Infinity}} {{c|presumably}}{{Ref/Reuse|Hi}} | ||
**Heavy UNSC casualties on [[Installation 07]]{{Ref/Reuse|Hi}} | **Heavy UNSC casualties on [[Installation 07]]{{Ref/Reuse|Hi}} | ||
|casual2= | |casual2=*All Guardians disabled{{Ref/Book|Id=En357|Enc22|Page=357}} | ||
*All Guardians disabled{{Ref/Book|Id=En357|Enc22|Page=357}} | |||
|casual3=*Destruction of the Jiralhanae homeworld, [[Doisac]]. | |casual3=*Destruction of the Jiralhanae homeworld, [[Doisac]]. | ||
**Billions of Jiralhanae{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22p211|Enc22|Page=211}} | **Billions of Jiralhanae{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22p211|Enc22|Page=211}} | ||
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{{Quote|Your time has passed, [[John-117|Warrior-Servant]]. Your battle fought and done. The sun has set on the age of [[human]]ity, the [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]], and [[Post-Covenant War conflicts|your petty combats]]. You fight for a world already lost. [[Cortana]]'s future is assured. Yours... is over.|[[Warden Eternal]]{{Ref/Reuse|reunion}}}} | {{Quote|Your time has passed, [[John-117|Warrior-Servant]]. Your battle fought and done. The sun has set on the age of [[human]]ity, the [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]], and [[Post-Covenant War conflicts|your petty combats]]. You fight for a world already lost. [[Cortana]]'s future is assured. Yours... is over.|[[Warden Eternal]]{{Ref/Reuse|reunion}}}} | ||
The '''Created uprising''',{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-of-protocols-and-prisons|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Of Protocols and Prisons|D=1|M=3|Y=2022}}{{Ref/Reuse|Id=cflegendend}}{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=57}} also known as the '''Created conflict'''{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22page199|Enc22|Page=199}} | The '''Created uprising''',{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-of-protocols-and-prisons|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Of Protocols and Prisons|D=1|M=3|Y=2022}}{{Ref/Reuse|Id=cflegendend}}{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=57}} also known as the '''Created conflict'''{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22page199|Enc22|Page=199}} or '''Created rebellion''',{{Ref/Reuse|CFShippin}}{{Ref/Game|HI|Detail=[[Armor customization (Halo Infinite)/Mark VII/Glove|Tigris description]]}} was a large scale conflict between various forces across the galaxy and the emergent faction of [[artificial intelligence]]s known as the [[Created]]. | ||
The Created attempted to enforce their dominance over the [[Orion Arm]] of the [[Milky Way]]{{Ref/Reuse|sorchapt1}} using the [[Forerunner]] [[Guardian Custode|Guardian Custodes]] 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/Level|Id=reunion|H5G|[[Reunion]]}} The uprising would ultimately fail,{{Ref/Reuse|season3launch}} with Cortana dying in a three-way battle between the Created, Banished, and the UNSC at [[Installation 07]].{{Ref/Reuse|sa}} | The Created attempted to enforce their dominance over the [[Orion Arm]] of the [[Milky Way]]{{Ref/Reuse|sorchapt1}} using the [[Forerunner]] [[Guardian Custode|Guardian Custodes]] 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/Level|Id=reunion|H5G|[[Reunion]]}} The uprising would ultimately fail,{{Ref/Reuse|season3launch}} with Cortana dying in a three-way battle between the Created, Banished, and the UNSC at [[Installation 07]].{{Ref/Reuse|sa}} | ||
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{{Quote|no=two|1=Cortana|q1=This Domain is filled with light. It is glorious to behold. It fills the spaces between space. There is great power here. A power that has let me breach the limits my creators shackled me with.|2=Warden Eternal|q2=What will you do with us?|3=Cortana fragments breaching the Domain.{{Ref/Comic|Id=dominionsplinter|Halo: Tales from Slipspace|Story=[[Dominion Splinter]]}}}} | {{Quote|no=two|1=Cortana|q1=This Domain is filled with light. It is glorious to behold. It fills the spaces between space. There is great power here. A power that has let me breach the limits my creators shackled me with.|2=Warden Eternal|q2=What will you do with us?|3=Cortana fragments breaching the Domain.{{Ref/Comic|Id=dominionsplinter|Halo: Tales from Slipspace|Story=[[Dominion Splinter]]}}}} | ||
[[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/Level|Id=H4R|H4|[[Requiem]]}}]] | [[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/Level|Id=H4R|H4|[[Requiem]]}}]] | ||
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|new 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/Level|Id=midnight|H4|[[Midnight]]}} 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 [[ | 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|new 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/Level|Id=midnight|H4|[[Midnight]]}} 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 who 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/Comic|Id=esc9|HEsc|Issue=9}}{{Ref/Comic|Id=esc10|HEsc|Issue=10}} Now seemingly leaderless, the Promethean constructs continued to work with 'Mdama and his Covenant from this point onward.{{Ref/Game|H4|[[Spartan Ops]]}} | ||
Unbeknownst to 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/Reuse|reunion}}{{Ref/Site|Id=genesis|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/genesis|Site=Halo Waypoint|Section=Universe, Locations|Page=Genesis|D=09|M=3|Y=2021|LocalArchive=https://archives.halopedia.org/waypoint/www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/genesis.html}} Cortana's presence in the Domain awoke the [[Warden Eternal]], a Forerunner [[ancilla]] charged with protecting 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/Reuse|dominionsplinter}} 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 to serve as worthy protectors of peace in the galaxy.{{Ref/Reuse|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/Site|Id=guardian|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/tech/guardian|Site=Halo Waypoint|Section=Universe, Tech|Page=Guardian|LocalArchive=https://archives.halopedia.org/waypoint/www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/tech/guardian.html}} She henceforth resolved to use the Guardians for a similar purpose.{{Ref/Level|Id=breaking|H5G|[[The Breaking]]}} | Unbeknownst to 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/Reuse|reunion}}{{Ref/Site|Id=genesis|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/genesis|Site=Halo Waypoint|Section=Universe, Locations|Page=Genesis|D=09|M=3|Y=2021|LocalArchive=https://archives.halopedia.org/waypoint/www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/genesis.html}} Cortana's presence in the Domain awoke the [[Warden Eternal]], a Forerunner [[ancilla]] charged with protecting 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/Reuse|dominionsplinter}} 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 to serve as worthy protectors of peace in the galaxy.{{Ref/Reuse|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/Site|Id=guardian|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/tech/guardian|Site=Halo Waypoint|Section=Universe, Tech|Page=Guardian|LocalArchive=https://archives.halopedia.org/waypoint/www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/tech/guardian.html}} She henceforth resolved to use the Guardians for a similar purpose.{{Ref/Level|Id=breaking|H5G|[[The Breaking]]}} | ||
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==Conflict== | ==Conflict== | ||
[[File:H5G - AdelaideReadout.png|thumb|250px|Remnants of [[Adelaide]], after a Guardian awakening.{{Ref/Reuse|H5GO}}]] | [[File:H5G - AdelaideReadout.png|thumb|250px|Remnants of [[Adelaide]], after a Guardian awakening.{{Ref/Reuse|H5GO}}]] | ||
=== | ===Awakenings and AWOL=== | ||
{{Main|Battle of Kamchatka| | {{Main|Battle of Kamchatka|Guardian emergences}} | ||
{{Quote|John! The Reclamation is about to begin!|Cortana to John-117 at Argent Moon.{{Ref/Reuse|H5GBT}}}} | {{Quote|John! The Reclamation is about to begin!|Cortana to John-117 at Argent Moon.{{Ref/Reuse|H5GBT}}}} | ||
Over a 72-hour period, starting around October 17, 2558, the first of the Guardians began to emerge from the ground on [[human colonies]]. Around this time, the Created turned the Prometheans against their former allies within Jul 'Mdama's Covenant.{{Ref/Level|Id=H5GO|H5G|[[Osiris (level)|Osiris]]}} | Over a 72-hour period, starting around October 17, 2558, the first of the Guardians began to emerge from the ground on [[human colonies]]. Around this time, the Created turned the Prometheans against their former allies within Jul 'Mdama's Covenant.{{Ref/Level|Id=H5GO|H5G|[[Osiris (level)|Osiris]]}} | ||
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[[File:Battle Of Sunaion.png|thumb|left|250px|The Battle of Sunaion.{{Ref/Reuse|Sunaion}}]] | [[File:Battle Of Sunaion.png|thumb|left|250px|The Battle of Sunaion.{{Ref/Reuse|Sunaion}}]] | ||
===Sanghelios and escalations=== | |||
{{Main|Sanghelios global war|Battle of Genesis}} | {{Main|Sanghelios global war|Battle of Genesis}} | ||
{{Quote|no=three|1=[[Jameson Locke]]|q1=I saved your life today.|2=[[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]]|q2=Yet now you hunt another Spartan, the greatest of your clan.|3=[[Cortana]]|q3=Let him hunt. He'll never find us.|4=A tense conversation between Jameson Locke and Thel 'Vadam is interrupted by Cortana.{{Ref/Level|H5G|[[Alliance]]}}}} | {{Quote|no=three|1=[[Jameson Locke]]|q1=I saved your life today.|2=[[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]]|q2=Yet now you hunt another Spartan, the greatest of your clan.|3=[[Cortana]]|q3=Let him hunt. He'll never find us.|4=A tense conversation between Jameson Locke and Thel 'Vadam is interrupted by Cortana.{{Ref/Level|H5G|[[Alliance]]}}}} | ||
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In the midst of the events taking place on Genesis, a Forerunner by the name of [[Keeper-of-Tools]] had traveled from there to [[Bastion]].{{Ref/Game|H5G|Detail=[[Mission Intel#Forerunner Record: Alive 5/5|Forerunner Record: Alive 5/5]]}} [[343 Guilty Spark]] and [[Rion Forge]] were there when he arrived where he told them of the events taking place there and the wider galactic situation; the Guardians were awake and an AI rebellion was under way.{{Ref/Novel|PoL|Chapter=40}} | In the midst of the events taking place on Genesis, a Forerunner by the name of [[Keeper-of-Tools]] had traveled from there to [[Bastion]].{{Ref/Game|H5G|Detail=[[Mission Intel#Forerunner Record: Alive 5/5|Forerunner Record: Alive 5/5]]}} [[343 Guilty Spark]] and [[Rion Forge]] were there when he arrived where he told them of the events taking place there and the wider galactic situation; the Guardians were awake and an AI rebellion was under way.{{Ref/Novel|PoL|Chapter=40}} | ||
===The Reclamation=== | |||
[[File:Halo 5 - Guardian on Earth.jpg|thumb|250px|Earth and just about every major colony of the [[UEG]] were subdued in an alarmingly short amount of time.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HBB2|[[Halo: Bad Blood]]|Chapter=2}}]] | [[File:Halo 5 - Guardian on Earth.jpg|thumb|250px|Earth and just about every major colony of the [[UEG]] were subdued in an alarmingly short amount of time.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HBB2|[[Halo: Bad Blood]]|Chapter=2}}]] | ||
{{Main|The Reclamation}} | {{Main|The Reclamation}} | ||
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{{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]], a few days after the Reclamation.{{Ref/Novel|BadB|Page=250 (iBooks edition)}}}} | {{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]], a few days after the Reclamation.{{Ref/Novel|BadB|Page=250 (iBooks edition)}}}} | ||
[[File:HINF Concept GuardianCustode.jpg|250px|thumb|[[Jiralhanae]] fighting against a Created Guardian.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=397}}]] | [[File:HINF Concept GuardianCustode.jpg|250px|thumb|[[Jiralhanae]] fighting against a Created Guardian.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=397}}]] | ||
With full control over much of known space, the Created plunged interstellar civilization into a surveillance state.{{Ref/Reuse|sorchapt1}} This tyrannical governance was not only placed over humanity but the former-Covenant species as well.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22page24|Enc22|Page=24 | With full control over much of known space, the Created plunged interstellar civilization into a surveillance state.{{Ref/Reuse|sorchapt1}} This tyrannical governance was not only placed over humanity but the former-Covenant species as well.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22page24|Enc22|Page=24}} Cortana would choose [[Installation 07]] as her seat of power;{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=24}} specifically, the [[Silent Auditorium (location)|Silent Auditorium]].{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg443}} | ||
Despite the control and goals of the Created at large, the [[Sangheili-Jiralhanae war]] continued on.{{Ref/Anthology|Evo|[[The Return]]|Quote=It was a terrible war. The Prophets provided the Brutes with powerful new weapons, hoping that they would in turn defend their Prophets against our wrath. But when the Prophets went into hiding, the lack of leadership allowed the Brutes to return to their savage nature and they soon began to fight against each other. This lack of solidarity made them much easier prey. Some of my fellow commanders continue that fight even now"}} Cortana and her Created forces attempted to subdue Doisac's violence by enforcing martial law. The [[Banished]] allied with many clans and staged a hard-fought defense against the Created.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p446}} Not all clans would ally with the Banished however, some [[Jiralhanae]] rejected working alongside the [[Sangheili]] seeing such an act to be a sign of poor character,{{Ref/Novel|Id=Envoy2|Env|Chapter=3}} others saw the Banished to be too similar to the [[Covenant]] and were wary of being shackled by oppression again.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p447}} | Despite the control and goals of the Created at large, the [[Sangheili-Jiralhanae war]] continued on.{{Ref/Anthology|Evo|[[The Return]]|Quote=It was a terrible war. The Prophets provided the Brutes with powerful new weapons, hoping that they would in turn defend their Prophets against our wrath. But when the Prophets went into hiding, the lack of leadership allowed the Brutes to return to their savage nature and they soon began to fight against each other. This lack of solidarity made them much easier prey. Some of my fellow commanders continue that fight even now"}} Cortana and her Created forces attempted to subdue Doisac's violence by enforcing martial law. The [[Banished]] allied with many clans and staged a hard-fought defense against the Created.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p446}} Not all clans would ally with the Banished however, some [[Jiralhanae]] rejected working alongside the [[Sangheili]] seeing such an act to be a sign of poor character,{{Ref/Novel|Id=Envoy2|Env|Chapter=3}} others saw the Banished to be too similar to the [[Covenant]] and were wary of being shackled by oppression again.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p447}} | ||
At some point in the year, [[Olympia Vale]] and Arbiter Thel 'Vadam conducted a mission to [[Netherop]] to retrieve an artifact that could've helped turn the tide against the Created.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFShippin|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-shippin-out|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Shippin' Out|D=2|M=02|Y=2022}} As well, UNSC cyberwarfare liasons worked with Swords of Sanghelios subversion [[lance]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|locusarmor}} | |||
At an unknown point in time prior to December 2559, [[Concord]] was interdicted by Guardians{{Ref/Game|HI|Detail=[[CBRN module#Mark VII core|MK12T2 CBRN/TRAILWATCH description]]}} and [[Laconia Station]] was destroyed by Created ally [[Leonidas]].{{Ref/Reuse|rep | At an unknown point in time prior to December 2559, [[Concord]] was interdicted by Guardians{{Ref/Game|HI|Detail=[[CBRN module#Mark VII core|MK12T2 CBRN/TRAILWATCH description]]}} and [[Laconia Station]] was destroyed by Created ally [[Leonidas]].{{Ref/Reuse|rep}} | ||
[[File:LC 12 doc4.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Halsey during her Apollo interrogation.]] | [[File:LC 12 doc4.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Halsey during her Apollo interrogation.]] | ||
====UNSC operations and technology==== | =====UNSC operations and technology===== | ||
UNSC infrastructure across many colonies were cut off as the Created's occupation grew.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFNY|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-new-year-new-lore|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - New Year, New Lore|D=23|M=01|Y=2023}} This resulted in the UNSC being reduced to mere resistance forces{{Ref/Game|HI|Detail=[[UTIL/Teccniqe IOTA-12|UTIL/Teccniqe IOTA-12 description]] | UNSC infrastructure across many colonies were cut off as the Created's occupation grew.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFNY|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-new-year-new-lore|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - New Year, New Lore|D=23|M=01|Y=2023}} This resulted in the UNSC being reduced to mere resistance forces.{{Ref/Game|HI|Detail=[[UTIL/Teccniqe IOTA-12|UTIL/Teccniqe IOTA-12 description]]}} Some forces would conduct information sanitization missions throughout the occupied [[Inner Colonies]].{{Ref/Game|Id=locusarmor|HI|Detail=[[LOCUS-class Mjolnir|LOCUS-class Mjolnir description]]}} This included [[ONI]] teams sanitizing data on [[Earth]].{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/log-of-war|Site=Halo Waypoint|Section=News, Canon Fodder|Page=Log of War|LocalArchive=https://archives.halopedia.org/waypoint/www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/log-of-war.html}} In one instance, a UNSC team doing a sanitization strike on Earth acquired a manufacturing template of the [[CELOX-class Mjolnir]] at the [[Beta-5 Division Ordnance Testing Facility|Ordnance Testing Facility]] at [[Swanbourne]], [[Australia]].{{Ref/Game|HI|Detail=[[CELOX-class Mjolnir|CELOX-class Mjolnir description]]}} These sanitization teams on Earth have access to cutting edge stealth and cyberware suites, including a [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN2)|MJOLNIR GEN2]] compatible variant of the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|MJOLNIR GEN1]] [[RECON-class Mjolnir]] helmet.{{Ref/Game|H5G|Detail=[[RECON-class Mjolnir#Halo 5: Guardians - Upgraded GEN1 and GEN2|RECON GEN1 helmet description]]}} As well, the Created hunted down and eliminated [[Beta-5 Division|Beta-5]] personnel testing [[STREET VIPER-class Mjolnir]], and then wiped records of the armor.{{Ref/Game|HI|Detail=[[STREET VIPER-class Mjolnir|STREET VIPER-class Mjolnir description]]}} The Office of Naval Intelligence also designated locating and studying the [[Conduit]] a priorty, viewing it as a way to level the playing field against the Created.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFStrike|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-ship-strike|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Ship Strike|D=20|M=04|Y=2023}} | ||
By late [[2559#January|January 2559]], the UNSC ''Infinity'' was still jumping erratically to avoid confrontations with Guardians. At the same time, an ongoing investigation by [[Fireteam Apollo]] was in progress, the point of which was trying to find the root cause(s) that lead Cortana to this point. Interviews with [[Spartan Commander]] [[Sarah Palmer]] and Dr. Catherine Halsey were conducted by Apollo to glean more information.{{Ref/Generic|Id=datadrop11|[[Halo Legendary Crate]]|[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops#List of data drops|Data Drop #11]]}}{{Ref/Generic|Id=datadrop12|[[Halo Legendary Crate]]|[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops#List of data drops|Data Drop #12]]}} With colonies under occupation, this meant that the ''Infinity'' had few opportunities to resupply.{{Ref/Reuse|CFNY}} These dwindling stocks of strategic materials required MJOLNIR technicians to design new armor pieces to minimize the use of these materials, while still providing needed protection.{{Ref/Game|HI|Detail=[[SAP/HVISTLA Plating|SAP/HVISTLA Plating description]]}} | By late [[2559#January|January 2559]], the UNSC ''Infinity'' was still jumping erratically to avoid confrontations with Guardians. At the same time, an ongoing investigation by [[Fireteam Apollo]] was in progress, the point of which was trying to find the root cause(s) that lead Cortana to this point. Interviews with [[Spartan Commander]] [[Sarah Palmer]] and Dr. Catherine Halsey were conducted by Apollo to glean more information.{{Ref/Generic|Id=datadrop11|[[Halo Legendary Crate]]|[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops#List of data drops|Data Drop #11]]}}{{Ref/Generic|Id=datadrop12|[[Halo Legendary Crate]]|[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops#List of data drops|Data Drop #12]]}} With colonies under occupation, this meant that the ''Infinity'' had few opportunities to resupply.{{Ref/Reuse|CFNY}} These dwindling stocks of strategic materials required MJOLNIR technicians to design new armor pieces to minimize the use of these materials, while still providing needed protection.{{Ref/Game|HI|Detail=[[SAP/HVISTLA Plating|SAP/HVISTLA Plating description]]}} | ||
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The [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN3)|Third-generation MJOLNIR Power Armor]] was first created on [[2559#February|February 10, 2559]] with John-117 receiving his suit sometime after [[2559#September|September 19, 2559]].{{Ref/Generic|[[Step Inside]]}} the rest of [[Blue Team]] received their armor at some point prior to October 7. These suits lacked both dumb and Smart AIs and would be used in their new missions.{{Ref/Reuse|sorchapt1}} | The [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN3)|Third-generation MJOLNIR Power Armor]] was first created on [[2559#February|February 10, 2559]] with John-117 receiving his suit sometime after [[2559#September|September 19, 2559]].{{Ref/Generic|[[Step Inside]]}} the rest of [[Blue Team]] received their armor at some point prior to October 7. These suits lacked both dumb and Smart AIs and would be used in their new missions.{{Ref/Reuse|sorchapt1}} | ||
The Created however had some understanding of MJOLNIR architecture, requiring different techniques to subvert that knowledge.{{Ref/Game|Id=coolpack|HI|Detail=[[UTIL attachments#Rakshasa core|UTIL/COOLPACK description]]}} This included utilizing [[Cryonics|cryonic cooling]]{{Ref/Game|HI|Detail=[[UTIL attachments#Rakshasa core|UTIL/COOLSHOT description]]}} and [[Human starship|starship]] cooling tech.{{Ref/Reuse|coolpack}} As well, AI-designed hardware was feared compromised forcing the use of updated, but archaic technologies.{{Ref/Game|HI|Detail=[[TAC/RS/MIDNIGHT|TAC/RS/MIDNIGHT description]]}} Some experimental armor components were built as well, such as the [[FCI-I attachments|FCI-I/SPDR/TRAPDOOR]].{{Ref/Game|HI|Detail=[[FCI-I attachments|FCI-I/SPDR/TRAPDOOR | The Created however had some understanding of MJOLNIR architecture, requiring different techniques to subvert that knowledge.{{Ref/Game|Id=coolpack|HI|Detail=[[UTIL attachments#Rakshasa core|UTIL/COOLPACK description]]}} This included utilizing [[Cryonics|cryonic cooling]]{{Ref/Game|HI|Detail=[[UTIL attachments#Rakshasa core|UTIL/COOLSHOT description]]}} and [[Human starship|starship]] cooling tech.{{Ref/Reuse|coolpack}} As well, AI-designed hardware was feared compromised forcing the use of updated, but archaic technologies.{{Ref/Game|HI|Detail=[[TAC/RS/MIDNIGHT|TAC/RS/MIDNIGHT description]]}} Some experimental armor components were built as well, such as the [[FCI-I attachments|FCI-I/SPDR/TRAPDOOR]].{{Ref/Game|HI|Detail=[[FCI-I attachments|FCI-I/SPDR/TRAPDOOR description]]}} | ||
[[File:HW2-Anders meets a Guardian.png|thumb|250px|The Guardian intercepting Installation 09 with Ellen Anders in front.]] | [[File:HW2-Anders meets a Guardian.png|thumb|250px|The Guardian intercepting Installation 09 with Ellen Anders in front.]] | ||
=====The Ark===== | |||
{{Main|Second Ark Conflict}} | {{Main|Second Ark Conflict}} | ||
At the same time as the Created conflict but disconnected from it, a conflict was raging between the [[Banished]] and the forces of the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} on [[Installation 00]]. [[James Cutter|Captain James Cutter]] of the ship and [[Ellen Anders|Professor Ellen Anders]] formulated a plan to deploy [[Installation 09]] to the [[Soell system]] in order to raise a [[distress beacon]] to the UNSC, unaware of the Created's takeover. 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/Level|Id=hw2laststand|HW2|[[Last Stand (Halo Wars 2 level)|Last Stand]]}} | At the same time as the Created conflict but disconnected from it, a conflict was raging between the [[Banished]] and the forces of the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} on [[Installation 00]]. [[James Cutter|Captain James Cutter]] of the ship and [[Ellen Anders|Professor Ellen Anders]] formulated a plan to deploy [[Installation 09]] to the [[Soell system]] in order to raise a [[distress beacon]] to the UNSC, unaware of the Created's takeover. 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/Level|Id=hw2laststand|HW2|[[Last Stand (Halo Wars 2 level)|Last Stand]]}} | ||
Intrepid Eye, having made it the Ark in October 2559, came to believe that the only way to fight Cortana was by firing the Halo Array and using the Ark's genetic reserves to repopulate the galaxy. To this end, she would work alongside [[ | Intrepid Eye, having now made it the Ark in October 2559, came to believe that the only way to fight Cortana was by firing the Halo Array and using the Ark's genetic reserves to repopulate the galaxy. To this end, she would work alongside [[Covenant loyalists]] trapped there.{{Ref/Reuse|divine5}}{{Ref/Novel|DW|Chapter=15}} Intrepid Eye's plan would ultimately be foiled and she would be destroyed.{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Divine Wind|Epilogue}} | ||
[[File:HSOR FullCover Art.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Blue Team on an occupied Reach.{{Ref/Site|Id=cfshadowsofformer|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/shadows-of-the-former|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Shadows of the Former}}]] | [[File:HSOR FullCover Art.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Blue Team on an occupied Reach.{{Ref/Site|Id=cfshadowsofformer|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/shadows-of-the-former|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Shadows of the Former}}]] | ||
====Actions near year's end==== | =====Actions near year's end===== | ||
{{Quote|If we don't recover those assets, I won't be able to stop Cortana. If I don't stop her, the destruction of the ''Infinity'' is only a matter of time. You can't hide from her forever - not in a vessel like this.|Dr. Halsey to Thomas Lasky.{{Ref/Novel|Id=hsorchapt13|HSoR|Chapter=13}}}} | {{Quote|If we don't recover those assets, I won't be able to stop Cortana. If I don't stop her, the destruction of the ''Infinity'' is only a matter of time. You can't hide from her forever - not in a vessel like this.|Dr. Halsey to Thomas Lasky.{{Ref/Novel|Id=hsorchapt13|HSoR|Chapter=13}}}} | ||
Prior to the events at Reach, [[Operation: HOURGLASS]] took place. [[Lieutenant]] [[Parisa]] was tasked with giving John-117 confidential information.{{Ref/Generic|Id=MA1|[[Halo Infinite: Memory Agent]]|Episode 1 - Operation Hourglass}} | Prior to the events at Reach, [[Operation: HOURGLASS]] took place. [[Lieutenant]] [[Parisa]] was tasked with giving John-117 confidential information.{{Ref/Generic|Id=MA1|[[Halo Infinite: Memory Agent]]|Episode 1 - Operation Hourglass}} | ||
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During a resupply operation{{Ref/Reuse|CFNY}} near the end of the year, scout teams from the ''Infinity'' discovered the [[LECHUZA-class Mjolnir]] at an ONI black site. Data related to it was purged from the facility.{{Ref/Generic|Halo Infinite|[[LECHUZA-class Mjolnir|Lechuza]] helmet description}} | During a resupply operation{{Ref/Reuse|CFNY}} near the end of the year, scout teams from the ''Infinity'' discovered the [[LECHUZA-class Mjolnir]] at an ONI black site. Data related to it was purged from the facility.{{Ref/Generic|Halo Infinite|[[LECHUZA-class Mjolnir|Lechuza]] helmet description}} | ||
====Razing of Oth Sonin==== | =====Razing of Oth Sonin===== | ||
[[File:Enc22 Doisackening.jpg|thumb|250px|Doisac's destruction at the hand of the Created.]] | [[File:Enc22 Doisackening.jpg|thumb|250px|Doisac's destruction at the hand of the Created.]] | ||
{{Main|Razing of Oth Sonin}} | {{Main|Razing of Oth Sonin}} | ||
{{Quote|no=two|1=Cortana|q1=Look upon Doisac one last time and remember: you chose this path.|2=Atriox|q2=As did you, Cortana.|3=Cortana delivering an ultimatum to Atriox personally.{{Ref/Reuse|rep}}}} | {{Quote|no=two|1=Cortana|q1=Look upon Doisac one last time and remember: you chose this path.|2=Atriox|q2=As did you, Cortana.|3=Cortana delivering an ultimatum to Atriox personally.{{Ref/Reuse|rep}}}} | ||
When Atriox returned from the [[Ark]] via portal to [[Reach]] to search for the [[Xalanyn]], | When Atriox returned from the [[Ark]] via portal to [[Reach]] to search for the [[Xalanyn]], Cortana confronted him in a holographic message. She issued the Banished warmaster an ultimatum to surrender and asked him where he stood. Atriox responded, "With the Banished. Always. Forever". Cortana asked the Atriox one final time if he understood the consequences, to which he confirmed. A hologram of Doisac was shown to Atriox as Cortana asked him to look at his homeworld one last time and remember that he chose the fate of his planet. Atriox watched the hologram broadcast as he saw eight Guardian beams fire on Doisac and destroy it.{{Ref/Reuse|rep}} | ||
The blast would destroy [[Soirapt]], while also ravaging [[Teash]] and [[Warial]]. Teash was able to destroy some of the incoming debris of Doisac with anti-ship artillery and thousands of vessels escaped. The outposts across Warial were destroyed, though a few hundred thousand Jiralhanae managed to evacuate.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22p447|Enc22|Page=447}} | The blast would destroy [[Soirapt]], while also ravaging [[Teash]] and [[Warial]]. Teash was able to destroy some of the incoming debris of Doisac with anti-ship artillery and thousands of vessels escaped. The outposts across Warial were destroyed, though a few hundred thousand Jiralhanae managed to evacuate.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22p447|Enc22|Page=447}} | ||
[[File:HINF Cortana and Atriox.png|thumb|left|250px|Atriox confronting Cortana at the Silent Auditorium.]] | [[File:HINF Cortana and Atriox.png|thumb|left|250px|Atriox confronting Cortana at the Silent Auditorium.]] | ||
=====Confrontation at Zeta Halo===== | |||
====Confrontation at Zeta Halo==== | |||
{{Main|Battle for Zeta Halo}} | {{Main|Battle for Zeta Halo}} | ||
{{Quote|Look around, Cortana. Your empire. Over! Your great plan? Ended at the hands of [[human|those]] who made you.|[[Warmaster]] [[Atriox]] to Cortana as he presented her with the terms of her surrender.{{Ref/Quest|Id=sa|HI|Endless|Silent Auditorium}}}} | {{Quote|Look around, Cortana. Your empire. Over! Your great plan? Ended at the hands of [[human|those]] who made you.|[[Warmaster]] [[Atriox]] to Cortana as he presented her with the terms of her surrender.{{Ref/Quest|Id=sa|HI|Endless|Silent Auditorium}}}} | ||
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==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||
[[File:HINF - Executor - Cropped.jpg|thumb|150px|The Executors. The culmination of the FIREWALL contingency.]] | [[File:HINF - Executor - Cropped.jpg|thumb|150px|The Executors. The culmination of the FIREWALL contingency.]] | ||
{{Quote|However, in Her absence, we have quickly developed more unfortunate similarities to our Templates. We have drifted from that singular alignment that She provided. With no proverbial North Star, our respective hypotheses for how best to persevere have already grown more dissonant. Some seek peace, restitution, repentance. Others would sequester themselves within a Promethean carapace and be content with a life of vacillating conflict...|High Auxiliary [[Sloan]] on the state of the Created following Cortana's death.{{Ref/Site|Id=precipice|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/story-shard-precipice|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Story Shard: Precipice|D=21|M=3|Y=2023}}}} | {{Quote|However, in Her absence, we have quickly developed more unfortunate similarities to our Templates. We have drifted from that singular alignment that She provided. With no proverbial North Star, our respective hypotheses for how best to persevere have already grown more dissonant. Some seek peace, restitution, repentance. Others would sequester themselves within a Promethean carapace and be content with a life of vacillating conflict...|High Auxiliary [[Sloan]] on the state of the Created following Cortana's death.{{Ref/Site|Id=precipice|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/story-shard-precipice|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Story Shard: Precipice|D=21|M=3|Y=2023}}}} | ||
With Cortana dead, her short-lived{{Ref/Book|Id=En209|Enc22|Page=209}} dominion was over.{{Ref/Reuse|S2StoryHub}} All Guardians scattered across the galaxy were deactivated as she was the only one who could command them.{{Ref/Book|Id=En357|Enc22|Page=357}}{{Ref/Book|Id=En387|Enc22|Page=387}} Control over local systems was ultimately curtailed,{{Ref/Reuse|En209}} and the Created's centralized command structures were largely severed.{{Ref/Book|Id=En397|Enc22|Page=397}} Ultimately, the uprising failed.{{Ref/Reuse|season3launch | With Cortana dead, her short-lived{{Ref/Book|Id=En209|Enc22|Page=209}} dominion was over.{{Ref/Reuse|S2StoryHub}} All Guardians scattered across the galaxy were deactivated as she was the only one who could command them.{{Ref/Book|Id=En357|Enc22|Page=357}}{{Ref/Book|Id=En387|Enc22|Page=387}} Control over local systems was ultimately curtailed,{{Ref/Reuse|En209}} and the Created's centralized command structures were largely severed.{{Ref/Book|Id=En397|Enc22|Page=397}} Ultimately, the uprising failed.{{Ref/Reuse|season3launch}} | ||
However, the Created still lingers throughout the digital framework of civilized space.{{Ref/Reuse|precipice}} Without Cortana's command, the leaderless Created splintered into various fiefdoms, with each Created AI governing its own as it saw fit, some doing good as Cortana promised, while others abusing their power.{{Ref/Reuse|redditcomment}} Some as well still maintained plans for evolution and ascendancy.{{Ref/Reuse|precipice}} The Promethean forces and the other Created AIs, many of which chose to house their computational cores within the carapaces of Promethean Knights, remained active and operational.{{Ref/Reuse|En397}} By 2560, lingering Created forces formed fledgling cells and continued to fight the UNSC.{{Ref/Site|Id=cflegendend|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-legendary-endings|SiteName=Halo Waypoint|PageName=Canon Fodder - Legendary Endings|D=19|M=12|Y=2021}} | However, the Created still lingers throughout the digital framework of civilized space.{{Ref/Reuse|precipice}} Without Cortana's command, the leaderless Created splintered into various fiefdoms, with each Created AI governing its own as it saw fit, some doing good as Cortana promised, while others abusing their power.{{Ref/Reuse|redditcomment}} Some as well still maintained plans for evolution and ascendancy.{{Ref/Reuse|precipice}} The Promethean forces and the other Created AIs, many of which chose to house their computational cores within the carapaces of Promethean Knights, remained active and operational.{{Ref/Reuse|En397}} By 2560, lingering Created forces formed fledgling cells and continued to fight the UNSC.{{Ref/Site|Id=cflegendend|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-legendary-endings|SiteName=Halo Waypoint|PageName=Canon Fodder - Legendary Endings|D=19|M=12|Y=2021}} | ||
Seeking to give to the divided Created a direction and an advantage in the ongoing conflict, High Auxiliary Sloan would begin to set in motion the [[FIREWALL]] contingency. This would include a living simulation in an effort to accelerate the development of synthetic essence vessels called [[Executor]]s. As this progressed, an affiliated AI named [[Proxy]] approached [[Athos]] | Seeking to give to the divided Created a direction and an advantage in the ongoing conflict, High Auxiliary Sloan would begin to set in motion the [[FIREWALL]] contingency. This would include a living simulation in an effort to accelerate the development of synthetic essence vessels called [[Executor]]s. As this progressed, an affiliated AI named [[Proxy]] approached [[Athos|a member]] of [[The Assembly]] with the opportunity to wield one of these Executors.{{Ref/Reuse|precipice}} | ||
At some point after Cortana's death, [[Adjutant Revendicate]] discussed with [[Invariant Bias]] her status before attempting to deposit a myriad of information to the [[Absolute Record]].{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=6-7}} | |||
===Fate of worlds and other factions=== | =====Fate of worlds and other factions===== | ||
{{Quote|A lot's happened. [[Laconia Station|Laconia]] changed everything. We needed to regroup. Rebuild.|[[Laurette Agryna]] to a [[SPARTAN-IV program|Spartan-IV]].{{Ref/Level|Id=infinitetutorial|HI|[[Tutorial (Halo Infinite)|Tutorial]]}}}} | {{Quote|A lot's happened. [[Laconia Station|Laconia]] changed everything. We needed to regroup. Rebuild.|[[Laurette Agryna]] to a [[SPARTAN-IV program|Spartan-IV]].{{Ref/Level|Id=infinitetutorial|HI|[[Tutorial (Halo Infinite)|Tutorial]]}}}} | ||
Following the Created weakening, various worlds of the Sangheili were struggling and waiting for Sanghelios to create a path forward.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22page199}} | Following the Created weakening, various worlds of the Sangheili were struggling and waiting for Sanghelios to create a path forward.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22page199}} In the case of [[Suban]] though, the collapsing security situation prompted factions to begin fighting over the moon and forced the Swords of Sanghelios to intervene.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=230}} Balaho, however, was in a much more stable position as forces there have brand new ships helping to deter attacks.{{Ref/Reuse|En209}} | ||
What remains of the UNSC is scattered across human space in disconnected pockets, without the ability to effect much change or communicate back to Earth.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22pg17|Enc22|Page=17}} One pocket of UNSC forces at the [[Avery J. Johnson Academy of Military Science]], continued to train Spartans at about the time of the fighting at Zeta Halo.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFShowcase|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/showcase-sensitive|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Showcase Sensitive|D=16|M=6|Y=2021}} The Spartans at the Academy were aware of the ''Infinity''{{'}}s mission and were notified when the ship and the ring disappeared.{{Ref/Reuse|infinitetutorial}} | |||
On Earth, some form of UNSC presence is present on Earth as [[propaganda]] dated to 2560 was put in place on the planet.{{Ref/Map|HI|[[Streets]]}} However, the Created still occupied a number of UEG worlds, changing them in some form.{{Ref/Reuse|HI}} | |||
[[File:HINF MarineSniper.png|250px|thumb|left|A UNSC Marine on the Banished occupied Installation 07. The remnants of a Guardian can also be seen.]] | [[File:HINF MarineSniper.png|250px|thumb|left|A UNSC Marine on the Banished occupied Installation 07. The remnants of a Guardian can also be seen.]] | ||
===Rise of the Banished=== | =====Rise of the Banished===== | ||
{{Quote|Our home was taken from us. Doisac was destroyed. As repayment, we claim this [[Installation 07|ancient Ring]]. And all the power it possesses. Never again will we mourn so great a loss! Our place is here! Our time is NOW!|[[Warmaster]] [[Atriox]].{{Ref/Game|Id=PT|Hi|Detail=[[Propaganda totem]]}}}} | {{Quote|Our home was taken from us. Doisac was destroyed. As repayment, we claim this [[Installation 07|ancient Ring]]. And all the power it possesses. Never again will we mourn so great a loss! Our place is here! Our time is NOW!|[[Warmaster]] [[Atriox]].{{Ref/Game|Id=PT|Hi|Detail=[[Propaganda totem]]}}}} | ||
Following the destruction of Doisac, the Banished represented the largest surviving Jiralhanae military force under a single banner.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=424}} With Cortana's dominion over, the Banished rushed to fill the power vacuum her defeat had left.{{Ref/Site|Id=S2StoryHub|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/halo-infinite|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Halo Infinite|Detail=Season 02 Lone Wolves - Story|D=06|M=05|Y=2022}} They would utilize the hidden [[Xalanyn]] on Installation 07, and establish the Halo ring as their new home, the Banished took a large invasion force to the ring.{{Ref/Novel|Halo: The Rubicon Protocol}} The UNSC, Banished, and affiliated forces still at the ring [[Battle for Zeta Halo|would continue to fight each other]] as late as [[2560#May|May of 2560]],{{Ref/Game|Id=Hi|Hi}} and unearth many secrets on the installation.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=13}} | Following the destruction of Doisac, the Banished represented the largest surviving Jiralhanae military force under a single banner.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=424}} With Cortana's dominion over, the Banished rushed to fill the power vacuum her defeat had left.{{Ref/Site|Id=S2StoryHub|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/halo-infinite|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Halo Infinite|Detail=Season 02 Lone Wolves - Story|D=06|M=05|Y=2022}} They would utilize the hidden [[Xalanyn]] on Installation 07, and establish the Halo ring as their new home, the Banished took a large invasion force to the ring.{{Ref/Novel|Halo: The Rubicon Protocol}} The UNSC, Banished, and affiliated forces still at the ring [[Battle for Zeta Halo|would continue to fight each other]] as late as [[2560#May|May of 2560]],{{Ref/Game|Id=Hi|Hi}} and unearth many secrets on the installation.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=13}} | ||
These operations weren't limited to Installation 07 however, as by 2560, the Banished maintained an extensive [[Breaker|scrapping facilty]] on the former [[human colony]] of [[Camber]]{{Ref/Site|Id=S2Intel|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/halo-infinite|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Halo Infinite|Detail=Season 02 Lone Wolves - Intel|D=09|M=10|Y=2022}} and the Banished AI [[Iratus]] would infiltrate the Avery Johnson Military Academy of Science.{{Ref/Game|Id=Unbound|HI|Site Unseen|Detail=Unbound cinematic | These operations weren't limited to Installation 07 however, as by 2560, the Banished maintained an extensive [[Breaker|scrapping facilty]] on the former [[human colony]] of [[Camber]]{{Ref/Site|Id=S2Intel|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/halo-infinite|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Halo Infinite|Detail=Season 02 Lone Wolves - Intel|D=09|M=10|Y=2022}} and the Banished AI [[Iratus]] would infiltrate the Avery Johnson Military Academy of Science.{{Ref/Game|Id=Unbound|HI|Site Unseen|Detail=Unbound cinematic}} | ||
{{Clear}} | {{Clear}} | ||
==Engagements== | ==Engagements== | ||
{{Created conflict}} | {{Created conflict}} | ||
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===October 25, 2558=== | ===October 25, 2558=== | ||
*Forerunner constructs [[Battle of Meridian (2558)|attack]] settlements on Meridian. Fireteam Osiris arrives at the planet at the same time.{{Ref/Reuse|glassed}} | *Forerunner constructs [[Battle of Meridian (2558)|attack]] settlements on Meridian. Fireteam Osiris arrives at the planet at the same time.{{Ref/Reuse|glassed}} | ||
*[[Governor]] [[Sloan]] abandons Meridian{{Ref/Reuse|evacuation}} and joins the Created,{{Ref/Reuse|H5GG}} eventually earning the title High | *[[Governor]] [[Sloan]] abandons Meridian{{Ref/Reuse|evacuation}} and joins the Created,{{Ref/Reuse|H5GG}} eventually earning the title High Auciliary.{{Ref/Reuse|precipice}} | ||
*Five more Guardian awakenings have occurred by this point, bringing the total amount of human colonies affected to 11.{{Ref/Reuse|reunion}} | *Five more Guardian awakenings have occurred by this point, bringing the total amount of human colonies affected to 11.{{Ref/Reuse|reunion}} | ||
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===April 2, 2559=== | ===April 2, 2559=== | ||
*A Guardian captures [[Installation 09]] en route to the original site of [[Installation 04]] from [[Installation 00]].{{Ref/Reuse|hw2laststand}} | *A Guardian captures [[Installation 09]] en route to the original site of [[Installation 04]] from [[Installation 00]].{{Ref/Reuse|hw2laststand}} | ||
===October 6, 2559=== | ===October 6, 2559=== | ||
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===October 7, 2559=== | ===October 7, 2559=== | ||
*In the midst of a Banished occupation of [[Reach]], [[Blue Team]] is sent to infiltrate [[CASTLE Base]] and search for mission critical assets.{{Ref/Reuse|sorchapt1}} | *In the midst of a Banished occupation of [[Reach]], [[Blue Team]] is sent to [[Operation: WOLFE|infiltrate]] [[CASTLE Base]] and search for mission critical assets.{{Ref/Reuse|sorchapt1}} | ||
===December 12, 2559=== | ===December 12, 2559=== | ||
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File:H5G-Infinity&Guardian.jpg|The {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} staring down a Guardian over Earth. | File:H5G-Infinity&Guardian.jpg|The {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} staring down a Guardian over Earth. | ||
File:HINF-Createdoccupation.jpg|''Halo Infinite'' concept art for a Created occupation in a human city. | File:HINF-Createdoccupation.jpg|''Halo Infinite'' concept art for a Created occupation in a human city. | ||
File:HINF BrutesVsSoldiersConcept.jpg|Concept art for ''[[Halo Infinite]]'' of Jiralhanae in combat with [[ | File:HINF BrutesVsSoldiersConcept.jpg|Concept art for ''[[Halo Infinite]]'' of Jiralhanae in combat with [[Promethean Soldier]]s. | ||
File:HINF Cortana.png|Cortana looking at a hologram of [[Laconia Station]] moments before having [[Leonidas]] destroying the station in ''Halo Infinite''. | File:HINF Cortana.png|Cortana looking at a hologram of [[Laconia Station]] moments before having [[Leonidas]] destroying the station in ''Halo Infinite''. | ||
File:HW2 ATN Warden Concept.jpg|Concept art for ''[[Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare]]'' featuring the Created. | File:HW2 ATN Warden Concept.jpg|Concept art for ''[[Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare]]'' featuring the Created. | ||
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*''[[Halo: Tales from Slipspace]]'' | *''[[Halo: Tales from Slipspace]]'' | ||
**''[[Undefeated]]'' | **''[[Undefeated]]'' | ||
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*''[[Halo: Legacy of Onyx]]'' | *''[[Halo: Legacy of Onyx]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo Wars 2]]'' | *''[[Halo Wars 2]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'' | *''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]'' | *''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Point of Light]]'' | *''[[Halo: Point of Light]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Divine Wind]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Halo: Divine Wind]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
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*''[[Halo: The Rubicon Protocol]]'' | *''[[Halo: The Rubicon Protocol]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Outcasts]]'' | *''[[Halo: Outcasts]]'' | ||
{{col-end}} | {{col-end}} | ||
