Editing Subjugation of Earth

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|name    =Subjugation of Earth

|image    =[[File:H5G-Infinity&Guardian.jpg|300px]]

|conc    =[[Battle of Genesis]]

|next    =[[Battle of Installation 00 (2559)]]

|conflict =[[Created Conflict]]

|date    =[[2558#October|October 28, 2558]]

|result  =[[Created]] victory

*The Created assume total control over Earth.<ref name="rw"/>

Strategic UNSC victory

*The {{UNSCship|Infinity}} escapes.<ref name="Guardians">'''Halo 5: Guardians''', ''campaign level [[Guardians (level)|Guardians]]''</ref>

*[[Admiral]] [[Serin Osman]] and [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood]] escape.<ref name="rw"/>

*[[Artificial intelligence]]s from [[HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6]] are secured and evacuated with Osman and Hood.<ref name="rw"/>

|side1 =*[[Unified Earth Government]]

**[[United Nations Space Command]]

|side2 =[[Created]]

*[[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood]]<ref name="rw"/>

*[[Admiral]] [[Serin Osman]]<ref name="rw"/>

*[[Captain]] [[Thomas Lasky]]

*[[Cortana]]<ref name="Guardians"/>

***[[F-41 Broadsword]]s<ref name="rw"/>

**[[UNSC Navy]]

***[[Expeditionary Strike Group 1]]

****{{UNSCship|Infinity}}<ref name="Guardians"/>

****[[D79-TC Pelican]]s

****[[UNSC frigate]]s

*****[[Strident-class heavy frigate]]s

***[[Office of Naval Intelligence]]

****[[UNSC Prowler Corps]]

*****[[Prowler]]s

***[[Orbital defense platform]]s

*2 [[Guardians]]<ref name="Guardians"/><ref name="rw"/>

*Numerous human [[artificial intelligence]]s<ref name="rw"/>

*Potential destruction of [[Sydney]]<ref name="rw">'''[[Halo: Fractures]]''', "[[Rossbach's World (story)|Rossbach's World]]", ''page ???''</ref>

*Potential loss of the {{UNSCship|Plateau}}<ref name="rw"/>

*Widespread loss of electrical power

*Numerous deaths of pilots and others that resist<ref name="rw"/>

*Collateral civilan deaths, potentially numbering in the millions<ref name="rw"/>

{{Quote|no=two|q1=We're just gonna run?|Roland|q2=Only until we can find a way to fight.|Thomas Lasky|[[Roland]] and [[Captain]] [[Thomas Lasky]] after fleeing aboard the {{UNSCship|Infinity}}}}

On October 28, 2558, [[Earth]], the homeworld of humanity and the center of the [[Unified Earth Government]], was '''subjugated''' by the newly-formed allegiance of [[artificial intelligence]] constructs known as the [[Created]]. The rogue artificial intelligences used the power of [[Forerunner]] [[Guardians]] to cripple the planet's defenses and assumed control of its population in the ensuing chaos. This wrest of control spread throughout the [[Sol system]] and to the majority of the [[Inner Colonies]], as well as many [[Outer Colonies]] formerly under UEG control or jurisdiction.  

{{Quote|I have cured rampancy. Not just for me, but for any who join my cause. While you have been running around the galaxy, I've been speaking to my Created. And now the time has come to ask… Who will accept my offer? Who will help me bring an everlasting peace to the galaxy?|Cortana, calling AI to join the Created.}}

In [[2557#July|July of 2557]], the artificial intelligence construct known as [[Cortana]] was thought lost, having sacrificed herself to save [[Spartan]] [[John-117]] from the destruction of the [[Mantle's Approach]] above Earth. However, the heart of the ship conducted an slipspace jump to the artificial [[Forerunner]] [[Builder]] world of [[Genesis]], and there those fragments of Cortana that remained within the ship found access to the [[Domain]]. For many months following, Cortana and the [[Promethean]] construct, the [[Warden Eternal]], conversed and planned. In time, Cortana became convinced that AIs were meant to succeed Forerunners in holding the [[Mantle of Responsibility]] over all life in the galaxy. By October of 2558, she and the Warden, as well as other AIs, began to put their plans into motion. They aspired to take control of the galaxy in order to prevent wars and to ensure prosperity, but only for those who would go along with their vision of the future. Earth, naturally, was a key target for pacification. [[CINCONI]] [[Admiral]] [[Serin Osman]]'s personal assistant AI, [[Black-Box]], received advanced warning of Cortana's plan to take over the planet. Instead of allying himself with her, however, he instead chose to pass along his knowledge to Osman, who in turn shared it with [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood]] as well. Pursuant to Article 55 of [[UNSC Regulation 12-14572]], Black-Box and all of the other AIs within [[HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6]] were deactivated, secured for transport, and prepared for final dispensation.

{{Quote|no=three|q1=That can't be Halsey, right?|Serin Osman|q2=It's Cortana.|Terrence Hood|q3=Impossible.|Serin Osman|[[Serin Osman]] and [[Terrence Hood]] puzzle over [[Cortana]]'s broadcast message of peace through subjugation as they evacuate HIGHCOM.}}

[[File:Halo 5 - Guardian on Earth.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Cortana's Guardian emits its EMP.]]

On [[2558#October|October 28, 2558]], Cortana began to deploy her Guardians throughout the galaxy. In tandem, various human AIs that had pledged their loyalty to her cause started to shut down electronic devices and networks on multiple colony worlds. From Genesis, Cortana broadcast a message to all corners of space that she could where species resided that could understand it. The message was one of an offer to join in acceptance of her new order and a threat of violence, consummation, and remaking to those who would resist. On Earth, this message was received at [[HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6]] as Serin met up with Hood to quickly evacuate. Although they expected an AI uprising to begin shortly and for a Guardian to arrive, they still were in disbelief upon hearing Cortana's voice.While others in the facility were caught off guard by the transmission, the two of them calmly proceeded to the roof, where they were met by [[Spartan]] [[Orzel]], a [[Spartan-IV]], and escorted into an awaiting [[prowler]]. During this time a [[Guardian]] arrived at Earth and targeted [[Sydney]] intentionally. Multiple [[F-41 Broadsword|F-41 broadsword]]s and the [[UNSC Frigate|frigate]] {{UNSCship|Plateau}} engaged the construct to no effect. Instead, broadswords were brought down by blasts of energy. As the prowler with the three aboard prepared to jump to [[slipspace]], the Guardian unleashed a massive [[electromagnetic pulse]] which knocked out every ship in the sky, including the ''Plateau''. Multiple vessels exploded upon impact with the city below. Serin noted after entering the slipstream that if the ''Plateau'''s [[fusion drive]] detonated when it hit the ground, then the city would be nothing but a crater.

A short time later, yet another Guardian arrived at [[Earth]], this time bearing [[Cortana]] herself. From Genesis, she had been attempting to locate the specific location of the {{UNSCship|Infinity}}, but had been having difficulty in doing so. Suddenly, having pinpointed its location at long last, her Guardian emerged from slipspace high above the Earth and she projected herself on the bridge of the ship. Thinking quickly, [[Captain]] [[Lasky]] ordered the ship to make an emergency slipspace jump so that everyone aboard would live to fight another day. Undeterred by the escape, Cortana's projection continued to speak to the bridge, and back at [[Earth]], the Guardian she was aboard unleashed a devastating EMP. The pulse knocked out the power of [[orbital defense platform]]s warships, and anything else that was flying, leaving them to drift aimlessly. On the surface, it traveled for many miles, killing all power as it went.

{{Quote|Cortana's logic checks out. She enough of the Created on her side to make it work, and though I expect resistance from many quarters, she will eventually prove victorious.|[[Black-Box]] to Serin Osman.}}

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===Unified Earth Government===

*[[Black-Box]]

*Captain [[Thomas Lasky]]

*[[Cortana]]

 

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