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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
===Origins=== | ===Origins=== | ||
{{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|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 [[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|[[Halo: Escalation]]|Issue=[[Halo: Escalation Issue 9|#9]]}}{{Ref/Comic|Id=esc10|Halo: Escalation|Issue=[[Halo: Escalation Issue 10|#10]]}} Now seemingly leaderless, the Promethean constructs continued to work with 'Mdama and his Covenant from this point onward.{{Ref/Game|H4|[[Spartan Ops]]}} | 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|[[Halo: Escalation]]|Issue=[[Halo: Escalation Issue 9|#9]]}}{{Ref/Comic|Id=esc10|Halo: Escalation|Issue=[[Halo: Escalation Issue 10|#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|Page=Genesis|D=09|M=3|Y=2021}} 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. | 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|Page=Genesis|D=09|M=3|Y=2021}} 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|Page=Guardian}} She henceforth resolved to use the Guardians for a similar purpose.{{Ref/Level|Id=breaking|H5G|[[The Breaking]]}} | ||
===Stirrings=== | ===Stirrings=== | ||
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==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||
===Created remnants=== | ===Created remnants=== | ||
{{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}}}} | |||
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}} | 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}} | ||
However, it was not the total end of the Created's rule in the galaxy. 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}} Without Cortana's command, the leaderless Created splintered in 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}} 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, it was not the total end of the Created's rule in the galaxy. 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}} Without Cortana's command, the leaderless Created splintered in 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}} High Auxiliary Sloan would begin to set in motion the [[Fractures#Firewall|FIREWALL]] contingency, which would include a living simulation.{{Ref/Reuse|precipice}} | ||
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}} | |||
Following Cortana's death, [[Adjutant Revendicate]] discussed with [[Invariant Bias]] the status of Cortana before attempting to deposit a myriad of information to the [[Absolute Record]].{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=6-7}} | Following Cortana's death, [[Adjutant Revendicate]] discussed with [[Invariant Bias]] the status of Cortana before attempting to deposit a myriad of information to the [[Absolute Record]].{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=6-7}} | ||