Editing Battle of Genesis

{{Status|Canon}}
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{{Battle infobox
|prev=[[Battle of Meridian (2558)|Battle of Meridian]]
|conc=* [[Cortana Event]]
*[[Skirmish on Conrad's Point]]
*[[Battle of Laika III]]
*[[Battle for Sanghelios]]
|next=*[[Subjugation of Earth]]
*[[Subjugation of Sanghelios]]
|image=[[File:HM-Genesis.png|350px]]
|conflict=[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]
*[[Created uprising]]
**[[Cortana Event]]
|date=[[2558#October|October 2558]]
|place=[[Genesis]], [[Nomos system]]
|result='''Created victory'''
*Dozens of [[Guardian]]s collected and released.{{Ref/Reuse|h5gguardians}}
*Genesis sent through slipspace beyond Cortana's reach.{{Ref/Reuse|FC}}
*[[Guardians of Genesis|Some Covenant forces]] defected to Exuberant Witness' leadership.{{Ref/Reuse|FC}}
*Remaining forces presumably sent back where they came from by Exuberant Witness.{{Ref/Reuse|FC}}
|side1=*{{Icon|UNSC Post}} [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]]
*{{Icon|SoS}} [[Swords of Sanghelios]]
*{{Icon|Forerunner}} [[Exuberant Witness|Exuberant Witness's]] [[Sentinels]]
*[[Ur-Didact]]
|side2=*{{Icon|Forerunner}} [[Created]]
|side3=*{{Icon|Mdama}} [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]]
|commanders1=*{{Icon|Navy}} [[John-117|MCPO John-117]]
*{{Icon|Spartan Ops}} [[Jameson Locke|Spartan Jameson Locke]]
*{{Icon|Forerunner}} [[031 Exuberant Witness]]
|commanders2= *{{Icon|Forerunner}} [[Cortana]]
*{{Icon|Forerunner}} [[Warden Eternal]]
|forces1=*Some [[D79H Pelican]]s
*One [[M820 Scorpion]]
*Some [[HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark IX Mantis|Mantises]]
*Some [[M12 Warthog]]s
*Some [[M290 Mongoose|M290 Gungooses]]
*[[Spartan program|Spartans]]
**[[Blue Team]]
**[[Fireteam Osiris]]
*[[UNSC Marines]]
*Some [[Sangheili Storm]]
*[[Constructor]]s
|forces2=*Several [[Guardian]]s
*Several [[Phaeton]]s
*Several [[Z-510 focus turret]]s
*Several [[Promethean Knight]]s
*Several [[Armiger Soldier]]s
*Several [[Promethean Watcher]]s
*Several [[Promethean Crawler]]s
|forces3=*Several {{Pattern|Mikpramu|Phantom}}s
*Several {{Pattern|Nuro'k Xur|Spirit}}s
*Several {{Pattern|Kemu|Wraith}}s
*Several {{Pattern|Karo'wark|Ghost}}s
*Several {{Pattern|Rizsheda|Shade}}s
*Several [[Mgalekgolo]]
*Several [[Sangheili]]
*Several [[Kig-Yar]]
*Several [[Unggoy]]
|casual1=*Some D79H Pelicans
*All Sangheili Storm
*All Marines
|casual2=*Some Z-1800 Phaetons
*Several focus turrets
*Several Prometheans
|casual3=Presumably all forces
}}
{{Quote|This show of force is unsettling.|[[031 Exuberant Witness]] commenting on the arrival of the Guardian Custodes on the [[planet]].{{Ref/Reuse|h5ggenesis}}}}

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}}

==Background==
===Created takeover===
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===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]]}}
  
==Battle==
===Hunt for Cortana===
{{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}}

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]]}}

At some point during the battle, Exuberant Witness placed [[Sangheili]] [[Dham 'Mashatt]], [[Unggoy]] [[Jabjab]], [[Mgalekgolo]] [[Naliligaw]], two additional Unggoy, and [[Armiger]] [[TDS-009]] into cells. This was her attempt to slow the fighting on the planet.{{Ref/Reuse|FC}}

===Rescue of Blue Team===
{{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===
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==
===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===
At first, Genesis remained active, now the so-called base for Cortana's Created soldiers.{{Ref/Novel|Id=BB|BadB}} However, Exuberant Witness quickly moved the [[shield world]] through a [[slipspace portal]] in order to take it beyond Cortana's reach. The monitor set out to return everyone who had been transported to Genesis back to where they belonged. Some of the previously trapped former [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]], now under Dham 'Mashatt, stayed on Genesis to act as [[Guardians of Genesis|its true guardians]], serving Exuberant Witness in protecting the planet.{{Ref/Novel|Id=FC|Halo: Fifth Canticle}}

==Participants==
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===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====
*[[D79H Pelican]]
**''[[Boza]]''
**''[[India 127]]''

===Forerunners===
*[[Ur-Didact]]

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===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="7" |Unknown
|[[Muki 'Jahma]]
|KIA
|-
|[[Kit Pitlimp]]
|KIA
|-
|[[Jeem Ribfi]]
|KIA
|-
|[[Proon Glibwik]]
|KIA
|-
|[[Dham 'Mashatt]]
|Survived and defected to Exuberant Witness
|-
|[[Jabjab]]
|Survived and defected to Exuberant Witness
|-
|[[Naliligaw]]
|Survived and defected to Exuberant Witness
|}
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:H5G - Blue Team on Genesis.jpg|Blue Team fighting on Genesis.
File:H5G - 117 fighting on Genesis.jpg|The Master Chief fighting Promethean constructs.
File:Chief fighting Warden.png|John-117 firing at the Warden Eternal.
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 Blue Team exploring.png|Blue Team walking through a field of dead Covenant.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo Mythos]]''
*''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]''
*''[[Halo: Outcasts]]'' {{Im}}
*''[[Halo: Epitaph]]''
*''[[Halo: Fifth Canticle]]''

==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}

{{Post-Covenant War conflicts}}

[[Category:Created conflict|Genesis]]