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*[[Battle of Sunaion]]
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|next=[[Subjugation of Earth]]
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*[[Created uprising]]
|date=[[2558|October 25-October 27, 2558]]
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|date=[[2558#October|October 2558]]
|place=[[Genesis]], [[Nomos system]]
|place=[[Genesis]], [[Nomos system]]
|result='''Created victory'''
|result='''Created victory'''
*[[Guardian]]s released
*Dozens of [[Guardian]]s collected and released.{{Ref/Reuse|h5gguardians}}
'''UNSC strategic victory'''
|side1=*{{Icon|UNSC Post}} [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]]
*Blue Team released from [[Cryptum]] 
*{{Icon|SoS}} [[Swords of Sanghelios]]
|side1=*[[File:UNSC_Icon.png|25px]] [[United Nations Space Command]]
*{{Icon|Forerunner}} [[Exuberant Witness|Exuberant Witness's]] [[Sentinels]]
*[[Swords of Sanghelios]]
*[[Ur-Didact]]
*[[Exuberant Witness|Exuberant Witness's]] [[Sentinels]]
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|commanders1=*[[John-117|MCPO John-117]]
*[[Jameson Locke|Spartan Jameson Locke]]
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|forces2=*Several [[Guardian]]s
|forces2=*Several [[Guardian]]s
*Several [[Z-1800 Phaeton]]s
*Several [[Phaeton]]s
*Several [[Z-510 focus turret]]s
*Several [[Z-510 focus turret]]s
*Several [[Promethean Knight]]s
*Several [[Promethean Knight]]s
*Several [[Promethean Soldier]]s
*Several [[Armiger Soldier]]s
*Several [[Promethean Watcher]]s
*Several [[Promethean Watcher]]s
*Several [[Promethean Crawler]]s
*Several [[Promethean Crawler]]s
|forces3=*Several [[Type-57 Phantom]]s
|forces3=*Several {{Pattern|Mikpramu|Phantom}}s
*Several [[Type-57 Spirit]]s
*Several {{Pattern|Nuro'k Xur|Spirit}}s
*Several [[Type-58 Wraith]]s
*Several {{Pattern|Kemu|Wraith}}s
*Several [[Type-54 Ghost]]s
*Several {{Pattern|Karo'wark|Ghost}}s
*Several [[Type-26 Shade]]s
*Several {{Pattern|Rizsheda|Shade}}s
*Several [[Mgalekgolo]]
*Several [[Mgalekgolo]]
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|casual3=Presumably all forces
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{{Quote|This show of force is unsettling.|[[031 Exuberant Witness]] commenting on the arrival of the Guardian Custodes on the [[planet]].{{Ref/Reuse|h5ggenesis}}}}


The '''Battle of Genesis''' was a battle fought between [[UNSC]] [[SPARTAN programs|Spartans]], [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]] and the [[Promethean#Mechanical Prometheans|Promethean]] [[Created]] forces of Genesis in [[2558#October|October 2558]].<ref name="genesis">'''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''', campaign level, ''[[Genesis (level)|Genesis]]''</ref>
A '''battle was fought on Genesis''' between [[UNSC]] forces, [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]] and [[Created]] [[Promethean#Mechanical Prometheans|Promethean]] forces in [[2558#October|October 2558]].{{Ref/Reuse|h5ggenesis}}


==Prelude==
==Background==
After seeing a vision from his thought-to-be-deceased [[AI]] companion [[Cortana]], [[Spartan-II]] [[John-117]] headed to the planet [[Meridian]] with the rest of [[Blue Team]] to find her.<ref>'''Halo 5: Guardians''', campaign level, ''[[Blue Team (level)|Blue Team]]''</ref> Declared [[Wikipedia:Desertion|AWOL]] by the [[UNSC]], [[Spartan-IV]] [[Fireteam Osiris]] led by [[Jameson Locke]] was sent to retrieve them. Osiris tracked Blue Team into an underground [[Forerunner]] structure and caught up with them but they managed to escape into a nearby [[Guardian]].<ref>'''Halo 5: Guardians''', campaign level, ''[[Unconfirmed]]''</ref> Osiris retreated as the Guardian entered [[slipspace]] over the planet.<ref>'''Halo 5: Guardians''', campaign level, ''[[Evacuation]]''</ref>
===Created takeover===
{{Expand-section}}
 
===Blue Team and Osiris===
After seeing a vision from his thought-to-be-deceased [[AI]] companion [[Cortana]], [[Spartan-II]] [[John-117]] headed to the planet [[Meridian]] with the rest of [[Blue Team]] to find her.{{Ref/Level|Halo 5: Guardians|[[Blue Team (level)|Blue Team]]}} Declared [[Wikipedia:Desertion|AWOL]] by the [[UNSC]], [[Spartan-IV]] [[Fireteam Osiris]] led by [[Jameson Locke]] was sent to retrieve them. Osiris tracked Blue Team into an underground [[Forerunner]] structure and caught up with them but they managed to escape into a nearby [[Guardian]].{{Ref/Level|H5G|[[Unconfirmed]]}} Osiris retreated as the Guardian entered [[slipspace]] over the planet.{{Ref/Level|Halo 5: Guardians|[[Evacuation]]}}
    
    
==The battle==
==Battle==
===Hunt for Cortana===
===Hunt for Cortana===
After arriving on [[Genesis]], a [[Forerunner]] [[Builder]] installation serving as a link to the [[Domain]], Blue Team fought their way through Jul 'Mdama's Covenant forces who had crashed landed there. They eventually reached a structure where they encountered the [[Warden Eternal]]. The Warden introduced himself as Cortana's defender and questioned John-117's motivations while simultaneously deploying several waves of Prometheans to confront the Spartans. After an extended battle, Blue Team were able to defeat the Prometheans, destroying one of the Warden's bodies in the process. Immediately afterward, Blue Team were contacted by Cortana, who informed them of her intention to uphold the [[Mantle of Responsibility]]. John voiced concern over the fundamental nature of the Mantle, which were quickly dismissed by Cortana. Fighting their way through several more Promethean squadrons, Blue Team eventually reached the structure known as the [[Gateway]], described as a link between Genesis and the Domain.<ref>'''Halo 5: Guardians''', campaign level, ''[[Reunion]]''</ref>
{{Quote|no=three|Warden Eternal|John-117|Warden Eternal|q1=I am the Warden Eternal. I stand in defense of Cortana.|q2=She called me to her.|q3=And you came scampering.|Blue Team confronting the Warden Eternal.{{Ref/Reuse|Reunion}}}}
[[File:H5G-Blue Team and Warden.png|thumb|left|250px|Blue Team encountering the Warden Eternal.{{Ref/Reuse|Reunion}}]]
After arriving on [[Genesis]], a [[Forerunner]] [[Builder]] installation serving as a link to the [[Domain]], Blue Team fought their way through Jul 'Mdama's Covenant forces who had crashed landed there. They eventually reached a structure where they encountered the [[Warden Eternal]]. The Warden introduced himself as Cortana's defender and questioned John-117's motivations while simultaneously deploying several waves of Prometheans to confront the Spartans. After an extended battle, Blue Team were able to defeat the Prometheans, destroying one of the Warden's bodies in the process. Immediately afterward, Blue Team were contacted by Cortana, who informed them of her intention to uphold the [[Mantle of Responsibility]]. John voiced concern over the fundamental nature of the Mantle, which were quickly dismissed by Cortana. Fighting their way through several more Promethean squadrons, Blue Team eventually reached the structure known as the [[Gateway]], described as a link between Genesis and the Domain.{{Ref/Level|Id=Reunion|H5G|[[Reunion]]}}
 
Fireteam Osiris arrived on Genesis roughly 48 hours later, having boarded a Guardian near the [[city]] of [[Sunaion]] on [[Sanghelios]]. Unlike Blue Team however, Fireteam Osiris was required to run down the front of their Guardian in order to reach the planet. Along the way, they combated its complement of [[Promethean Crawler]]s and [[Armiger Soldier]]s.{{Ref/Level|Id=h5ggenesis|H5G|[[Genesis (level)|Genesis]]}}
 
Upon finally landing, Osiris encountered its [[monitor]], [[031 Exuberant Witness]], who offered to assist the Spartans in retrieving Blue Team and preventing Cortana from claiming the Mantle. After fighting through the battling forces of Jul 'Mdama's Covenant and Prometheans, Osiris finally reached Blue Team's location, where they encountered two Wardens. After dispatching the Wardens, Osiris headed inside and offered to help Blue Team stop Cortana. In an attempt to prevent John and Blue Team from returning to the UNSC, Cortana transported them to an unidentified location within the interior of the Gateway.{{Ref/Reuse|h5ggenesis}}


Fireteam Osiris arrived on Genesis roughly 48 hours later, having boarded a Guardian near the city of [[Sunaion]] on [[Sanghelios]]. Upon arriving on the installation, Osiris encountered its [[monitor]], [[031 Exuberant Witness]], who offered to assist the Spartans in retrieving Blue Team and preventing Cortana from claiming the Mantle. After fighting through the battling forces of Jul 'Mdama's Covenant and Prometheans, Osiris finally reached Blue Team's location, where they encountered two Wardens. After dispatching the Wardens, Osiris headed inside and offered to help Blue Team stop Cortana. In an attempt to prevent John and Blue Team from returning to the UNSC, Cortana transported them to an unidentified location within the interior of the Gateway. Blue Team made their way to Cortana's position after battling through numerous waves of Prometheans and several of the Warden Eternal's bodies. John attempted to persuade Cortana to end her rebellion and return to the UNSC, but Cortana refused and placed Blue Team inside a [[Cryptum]].<ref>'''Halo 5: Guardians''', campaign level, ''[[The Breaking]]''</ref>
Blue Team made their way to Cortana's position after battling through numerous waves of Prometheans and several of the Warden Eternal's bodies. John attempted to persuade Cortana to end her rebellion and return to the UNSC, but Cortana refused and placed Blue Team inside a [[Cryptum]].{{Ref/Level|H5G|[[The Breaking]]}}


===Rescue of Blue Team===
===Rescue of Blue Team===
Learning what had happened, Osiris moved to destroy the gravitational cores holding the Cryptum in place, while fighting Jul 'Mdama's Covenant and Promethean forces. Before Osiris could retrieve Blue Team, however, Cortana removed the Cryptum from its resting point and placed it within a Guardian. In a final effort to free Blue Team, Exuberant led Osiris to an elevator which led to a communications relay from which Cortana maintained control of the Genesis installation. After Osiris defeated several waves of Promethean forces, Exuberant was able to activate the elevator. Osiris made their way to the relay, significantly hampered by the concussive blasts of the Guardian which held the Cryptum. Locke finally reached the relay core and destroyed it, breaking Cortana's control over Genesis and freeing Exuberant to release a swarm of [[Constructors]]. The Constructors forced the Cryptum from the Guardian's grasp just before it entered slipspace. The Constructors opened the Cryptum and Blue Team was reunited with Osiris.
{{Quote|no=two|John-117|Jameson Locke|q1=Where's Cortana?|q2=She's gone, sir.|Jameson Locke meeting John-117 the second time.{{Ref/Reuse|h5gguardians}}}}
[[File:H5G-freed.PNG|thumb|250px|Jameson Locke meeting Blue Team outside of their Cryptum.{{Ref/Reuse|h5gguardians}}]]
Learning what had happened, Osiris moved to destroy the gravitational cores holding the Cryptum in place, while fighting Jul 'Mdama's Covenant and Promethean forces. Before Osiris could retrieve Blue Team, however, Cortana removed the Cryptum from its resting point and placed it within a Guardian. In a final effort to free Blue Team, Exuberant led Osiris to an elevator which led to a communications relay from which Cortana maintained control of the Genesis installation. After Osiris defeated several waves of Promethean forces, Exuberant was able to activate the elevator. Osiris made their way to the relay, significantly hampered by the concussive blasts of the Guardian which held the Cryptum. Locke finally reached the relay core and destroyed it, breaking Cortana's control over Genesis and freeing Exuberant to release a swarm of [[Constructors]]. The Constructors forced the Cryptum from the Guardian's grasp just before it entered slipspace. The Constructors opened the Cryptum and Blue Team was reunited with Osiris.{{Ref/Reuse|h5gguardians}}
 
Unbeknownst to the humans and the Forerunner constructs, Blue Team's rescue was aided by the digitized consciousness of the [[Ur-Didact]]. Although angry at [[John-117]] for killing him, the Didact decided to help in order to deal with the greater threat of Cortana while exacting some revenge upon her by making the AI lose what valued most. Slipping into the circitry of the operating console in the Guardian's hold, the Didact weakened the tether by squeezing on the fiber relay to the hardlight grappling code, weakening it enough for the Constructors to sever the connection and pull the Cryptum free. An enraged Cortana trapped the Didact within his own worst memories in the [[Domain]],{{Ref/Novel|Id=Epi16|Epi|16}} but the Didact was eventually rescued by the [[Librarian]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=Epi18|Epi|18}}


===Escape from Genesis===
===Escape from Genesis===
Following Cortana’s departure, both Blue Team and Fireteam Osiris together fought their way through hordes of Promethean constructs to reach [[India 127|a Pelican]] that had previously arrived on the planet via a Guardian’s Slipspace entry. Agreeing to return to Sanghelios, the joint team requested Exuberant’s help, who opened a [[Slipspace portal]] for them.<ref name="BB" />
Following Cortana’s departure, both Blue Team and Fireteam Osiris together fought their way through hordes of Promethean constructs to reach [[India 127|a Pelican]] that had previously arrived on the planet via a Guardian’s Slipspace entry. Agreeing to return to Sanghelios, the joint team requested Exuberant’s help, who opened a [[Slipspace portal]] for them.{{Ref/Reuse|HBBChapt1}}


==Aftermath==
==Aftermath==
Both teams successfully arrived at Sanghelios and reunited with the [[Swords of Sanghelios]], Doctor [[Catherine Halsey]] and Commander [[Sarah Palmer]]. The next day, the surviving UNSC forces linked up with the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}.<ref name="BB" /><ref>'''Halo 5: Guardians''', campaign level, ''[[Guardians (level)|Guardians]]''</ref> Genesis remained active, now the so-called base for Cortana's Created soldiers.<ref name="BB">'''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'''</ref>
===The Created's Reclamation===
{{Quote|[[Captain]] [[Thomas Lasky|Lasky]], distress calls, all channels.|[[Roland]], as The Reclamation begins.{{Ref/Reuse|h5gguardians}}}}
With the Guardians released, the Created had begun [[Cortana Event#Created's Reclamation|their Reclamation]]. This attack devastated the [[Unified Earth Government]], destroying the electrical systems of many worlds.{{Ref/Level|Id=h5gguardians|H5G|[[Guardians (level)|Guardians]]}} The attacks also occured at former Covenant worlds such as Sanghelios.{{Ref/Reuse|HBBChapt1}} Eventually, much of interstellar civilization was plunged into a surveilance state.{{Ref/Novel|Id=sorchapt1|HSoR|Chapter=1}}
 
===Blue Team and Fireteam Osiris===
Both teams successfully arrived at Sanghelios and reunited with the [[Swords of Sanghelios]], Doctor [[Catherine Halsey]] and Commander [[Sarah Palmer]]. The next day, the surviving UNSC forces linked up with the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HBBChapt1|BadB|Chapter=1}}{{Ref/Reuse|h5gguardians}} Genesis remained active, now the so-called base for Cortana's Created soldiers.{{Ref/Novel|Id=BB|BadB}}
 
==Participants==
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-2}}
===UEG===
====Military Personnel====
{| class="wikitable sortable " style="width: 75%;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0"
|-
! Branch
! Rank
! Name
! Status<!--This refers to their status after the battle, not their overall status-->
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[UNSC Navy]]
|[[Master Chief Petty Officer]]
|[[John-117]]
|Survived
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Petty Officer First Class]]
|[[Kelly-087]]
|Survived
|-
|[[Linda-058]]
|Survived
|-
|[[Lieutenant, Junior Grade]]
|[[Frederic-104]]
|Survived
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[UNSC Marine Corps]]
| rowspan="3" |Unknown
|[[Selena Rhodin]]
|KIA
|-
|[[Rene Dekas]]
|KIA
|-
|[[Kulas]]
|Unknown
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[Spartan Operations]]
| rowspan="4" |Spartan
|[[Jameson Locke]]
|Survived
|-
|[[Olympia Vale]]
|Survived
|-
|[[Edward Buck]]
|Survived
|-
|[[Holly Tanaka]]
|Survived
|}
====Vehicles====
*[[D79-TC Pelican]]
**''[[Boza]]''
**''[[India 127]]''
 
===Forerunners===
*[[Ur-Didact]]
 
{{Col-2}}
===Jul 'Mdama's Covenant===
====Military Personnel====
{| class="wikitable sortable " style="width: 75%;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0"
|-
! Rank
! Name
! Status<!--This refers to their status after the battle, not their overall status-->
|-
| rowspan="4" |Unknown
|[[Muki 'Jahma]]
|KIA
|-
|[[Kit Pitlimp]]
|KIA
|-
|[[Jeem Ribfi]]
|KIA
|-
|[[Proon Glibwik]]
|KIA
|}
{{Col-end}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:H5G-Blue Team and Warden.png|Blue Team encountering the Warden Eternal in ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''.
File:H5G - Blue Team on Genesis.jpg|Blue Team fighting on Genesis.
File:H5G - Blue Team on Genesis.jpg|Blue Team fighting on Genesis.
File:H5G - Kelly on Genesis.jpg|Kelly attacked by a Jackal Sniper.
File:H5G - 117 fighting on Genesis.jpg|The Master Chief fighting Promethean constructs.
File:H5G - 117 fighting on Genesis.jpg|The Master Chief fighting Promethean constructs.
File:H5G-Genesis-Linda-John.jpg|John and Linda during the battle.
File:Chief fighting Warden.png|John-117 firing at the Warden Eternal.
File:Chief fighting Warden.png|John-117 firing at the Warden Eternal.
File:H5G - Chief vs Warden.jpg|John-117 engaging the Warden and his Promethean minions.
File:Halo 5 - Spartans reunited.jpg|Osiris and Blue Team meeting the first time on Genesis.
File:Halo 5 - Wardens vs Blue Team.jpg|Blue Team attempting to fight waves of [[Warden Eternal]] on the other side of the [[Gateway]].
File:H5G-Waypoint-Guardians.jpg|Cortana's Guardians and Cryptum.
File:H5G-Waypoint-Guardians.jpg|Cortana's Guardians and Cryptum.
File:HM-LockeGenesis.png|Jameson Locke fighting Promethean Soldiers during the Battle of Genesis in ''[[Halo Mythos]]''.
File:H5G Blue Team exploring.png|Blue Team walking through a field of dead Covenant.
File:HM-JohnGenesis.png|John-117 fighting Promethean Soldiers during the battle.
</gallery>
</gallery>


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*''[[Halo Mythos]]''
*''[[Halo Mythos]]''
*''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]''
*''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]''
*''[[Halo: Outcasts]]'' {{Im}}
*''[[Halo: Epitaph]]''


==Sources==
==Sources==

Latest revision as of 01:32, September 4, 2024

This article's title is a callsign, an alias, or a nickname, as no proper name for the subject has been revealed.

Previous:

Battle of Meridian

Concurrent:

Next:

Battle of Genesis
John-117 and Jameson Locke fighting Promethean Soldiers on Genesis.

Conflict:

Post-Covenant War conflicts

Date:

October 2558

Location:

Genesis, Nomos system

Outcome:

Created victory

Details
Belligerents
Commanders
Strength
Casualties
  • Some D79-TC Pelicans
  • All Sangheili Storm
  • All Marines
  • Some Z-1800 Phaetons
  • Several focus turrets
  • Several Prometheans

Presumably all forces

 

"This show of force is unsettling."
— 031 Exuberant Witness commenting on the arrival of the Guardian Custodes on the planet.[2]

A battle was fought on Genesis between UNSC forces, Jul 'Mdama's Covenant and Created Promethean forces in October 2558.[2]

Background[edit]

Created takeover[edit]

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Blue Team and Osiris[edit]

After seeing a vision from his thought-to-be-deceased AI companion Cortana, Spartan-II John-117 headed to the planet Meridian with the rest of Blue Team to find her.[3] Declared AWOL by the UNSC, Spartan-IV Fireteam Osiris led by Jameson Locke was sent to retrieve them. Osiris tracked Blue Team into an underground Forerunner structure and caught up with them but they managed to escape into a nearby Guardian.[4] Osiris retreated as the Guardian entered slipspace over the planet.[5]

Battle[edit]

Hunt for Cortana[edit]

Warden Eternal: "I am the Warden Eternal. I stand in defense of Cortana."
John-117: "She called me to her."
Warden Eternal: "And you came scampering."
— Blue Team confronting the Warden Eternal.[6]
Blue Team encountering the Warden Eternal.[6]

After arriving on Genesis, a Forerunner Builder installation serving as a link to the Domain, Blue Team fought their way through Jul 'Mdama's Covenant forces who had crashed landed there. They eventually reached a structure where they encountered the Warden Eternal. The Warden introduced himself as Cortana's defender and questioned John-117's motivations while simultaneously deploying several waves of Prometheans to confront the Spartans. After an extended battle, Blue Team were able to defeat the Prometheans, destroying one of the Warden's bodies in the process. Immediately afterward, Blue Team were contacted by Cortana, who informed them of her intention to uphold the Mantle of Responsibility. John voiced concern over the fundamental nature of the Mantle, which were quickly dismissed by Cortana. Fighting their way through several more Promethean squadrons, Blue Team eventually reached the structure known as the Gateway, described as a link between Genesis and the Domain.[6]

Fireteam Osiris arrived on Genesis roughly 48 hours later, having boarded a Guardian near the city of Sunaion on Sanghelios. Unlike Blue Team however, Fireteam Osiris was required to run down the front of their Guardian in order to reach the planet. Along the way, they combated its complement of Promethean Crawlers and Armiger Soldiers.[2]

Upon finally landing, Osiris encountered its monitor, 031 Exuberant Witness, who offered to assist the Spartans in retrieving Blue Team and preventing Cortana from claiming the Mantle. After fighting through the battling forces of Jul 'Mdama's Covenant and Prometheans, Osiris finally reached Blue Team's location, where they encountered two Wardens. After dispatching the Wardens, Osiris headed inside and offered to help Blue Team stop Cortana. In an attempt to prevent John and Blue Team from returning to the UNSC, Cortana transported them to an unidentified location within the interior of the Gateway.[2]

Blue Team made their way to Cortana's position after battling through numerous waves of Prometheans and several of the Warden Eternal's bodies. John attempted to persuade Cortana to end her rebellion and return to the UNSC, but Cortana refused and placed Blue Team inside a Cryptum.[7]

Rescue of Blue Team[edit]

John-117: "Where's Cortana?"
Jameson Locke: "She's gone, sir."
— Jameson Locke meeting John-117 the second time.[1]
Jameson Locke meeting Blue Team outside of their Cryptum.[1]

Learning what had happened, Osiris moved to destroy the gravitational cores holding the Cryptum in place, while fighting Jul 'Mdama's Covenant and Promethean forces. Before Osiris could retrieve Blue Team, however, Cortana removed the Cryptum from its resting point and placed it within a Guardian. In a final effort to free Blue Team, Exuberant led Osiris to an elevator which led to a communications relay from which Cortana maintained control of the Genesis installation. After Osiris defeated several waves of Promethean forces, Exuberant was able to activate the elevator. Osiris made their way to the relay, significantly hampered by the concussive blasts of the Guardian which held the Cryptum. Locke finally reached the relay core and destroyed it, breaking Cortana's control over Genesis and freeing Exuberant to release a swarm of Constructors. The Constructors forced the Cryptum from the Guardian's grasp just before it entered slipspace. The Constructors opened the Cryptum and Blue Team was reunited with Osiris.[1]

Unbeknownst to the humans and the Forerunner constructs, Blue Team's rescue was aided by the digitized consciousness of the Ur-Didact. Although angry at John-117 for killing him, the Didact decided to help in order to deal with the greater threat of Cortana while exacting some revenge upon her by making the AI lose what valued most. Slipping into the circitry of the operating console in the Guardian's hold, the Didact weakened the tether by squeezing on the fiber relay to the hardlight grappling code, weakening it enough for the Constructors to sever the connection and pull the Cryptum free. An enraged Cortana trapped the Didact within his own worst memories in the Domain,[8] but the Didact was eventually rescued by the Librarian.[9]

Escape from Genesis[edit]

Following Cortana’s departure, both Blue Team and Fireteam Osiris together fought their way through hordes of Promethean constructs to reach a Pelican that had previously arrived on the planet via a Guardian’s Slipspace entry. Agreeing to return to Sanghelios, the joint team requested Exuberant’s help, who opened a Slipspace portal for them.[10]

Aftermath[edit]

The Created's Reclamation[edit]

"Captain Lasky, distress calls, all channels."
— Roland, as The Reclamation begins.[1]

With the Guardians released, the Created had begun their Reclamation. This attack devastated the Unified Earth Government, destroying the electrical systems of many worlds.[1] The attacks also occured at former Covenant worlds such as Sanghelios.[10] Eventually, much of interstellar civilization was plunged into a surveilance state.[11]

Blue Team and Fireteam Osiris[edit]

Both teams successfully arrived at Sanghelios and reunited with the Swords of Sanghelios, Doctor Catherine Halsey and Commander Sarah Palmer. The next day, the surviving UNSC forces linked up with the UNSC Infinity.[10][1] Genesis remained active, now the so-called base for Cortana's Created soldiers.[12]

Participants[edit]

UEG[edit]

Military Personnel[edit]

Branch Rank Name Status
UNSC Navy Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 Survived
Petty Officer First Class Kelly-087 Survived
Linda-058 Survived
Lieutenant, Junior Grade Frederic-104 Survived
UNSC Marine Corps Unknown Selena Rhodin KIA
Rene Dekas KIA
Kulas Unknown
Spartan Operations Spartan Jameson Locke Survived
Olympia Vale Survived
Edward Buck Survived
Holly Tanaka Survived

Vehicles[edit]

Forerunners[edit]

Jul 'Mdama's Covenant[edit]

Military Personnel[edit]

Rank Name Status
Unknown Muki 'Jahma KIA
Kit Pitlimp KIA
Jeem Ribfi KIA
Proon Glibwik KIA

Gallery[edit]

  • Blue Team fighting on Genesis.

    Blue Team fighting on Genesis.

  • The Master Chief fighting Promethean constructs.

    The Master Chief fighting Promethean constructs.

  • John-117 firing at the Warden Eternal.

    John-117 firing at the Warden Eternal.

  • Osiris and Blue Team meeting the first time on Genesis.

    Osiris and Blue Team meeting the first time on Genesis.

  • Blue Team attempting to fight waves of Warden Eternal on the other side of the Gateway.

    Blue Team attempting to fight waves of Warden Eternal on the other side of the Gateway.

  • Cortana's Guardians and Cryptum.

    Cortana's Guardians and Cryptum.

  • Blue Team walking through a field of dead Covenant.

    Blue Team walking through a field of dead Covenant.

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Halo 5: Guardians, campaign level Guardians
  2. ^ a b c d Halo 5: Guardians, campaign level Genesis
  3. ^ Halo 5: Guardians, campaign level Blue Team
  4. ^ Halo 5: Guardians, campaign level Unconfirmed
  5. ^ Halo 5: Guardians, campaign level Evacuation
  6. ^ a b c Halo 5: Guardians, campaign level Reunion
  7. ^ Halo 5: Guardians, campaign level The Breaking
  8. ^ Halo: Epitaph, chapter 16
  9. ^ Halo: Epitaph, chapter 18
  10. ^ a b c Halo: Bad Blood, chapter 1
  11. ^ Halo: Shadows of Reach, chapter 1
  12. ^ Halo: Bad Blood

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⇦ Post-Covenant War conflicts ⇨
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Venezia (2553-2557) • Charion VI (2554-2555) • Gaenir Beta (2554-2555) • New Caracas (2554-2555) • Joint occupation zone (2553-2555) • Operation: BELLINGHAM (Pre-2555) • Operation: LATE TAXI (Pre-2555) • Operation: OCEAN RAPTOR (2555-2558) • Salia III (2555-2558) • Tribute negotiation (2555-2558) • Cascade (pre-2557) • Terceira (pre-2557) • Thales Expedition (pre-2557) • Operation: COUGAR REDEMPTION (pre-2557) • Hat Yai (2556-2558) • Boundless Artifice (2556-2558) • Arcadia (2556-2558) • Operation: DAWN ECLIPSE (2556-2558) • Operation: POLECAT (pre-2558) • Palghanar • Harrow • THRONE • STONEBREAK
Conflicts
Netherop conflict (2526-2559) Sangheili-Jiralhanae war (2552-ongoing) • Insurrection (post-war resurgence) (2553-ongoing) • Blooding Years (2553-ongoing) • Keepers Eradication Campaign (2557-2558) • Created uprising (Engagements) (2558-2559)
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