Editing Created uprising (section)

==Conflict==
[[File:H5G - AdelaideReadout.png|thumb|250px|Remnants of [[Adelaide]], after a Guardian awakening.{{Ref/Reuse|H5GO}}]]
===Cortana Event===
{{Main|Battle of Kamchatka|Cortana Event}}
{{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|H5G:Osiris|Osiris}} 

Now sure that the large-scale seismic events were being caused by something [[Forerunner]] in origin and convinced that Halsey could provide key information, it was into an ongoing battle between Jul 'Mdama's Covenant and Prometheans that ''Infinity'' deployed [[Fireteam Osiris]] to rescue the doctor. [[Battle of Kamchatka|The mission]] was successful in that it not only returned Halsey to the UNSC, but also resulted in the death of 'Mdama at the hands of [[Jameson Locke]].{{Ref/Reuse|H5GO}}

Several days later, during [[Blue Team]]'s [[Operation: BIRD IN HAND]] on [[Argent Moon]], Cortana reached out specifically to tell [[John-117]] about the [[Natural satellite|moon]] of Meridian. This was reported to the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} at the conclusion of the mission. John was ordered not to follow the lead. However, he and Blue Team acted against these orders and set course to Meridian.{{Ref/Reuse|H5GBT}} [[Intrepid Eye]], a Forerunner AI secretly on Argent Moon as well, escaped with an unaware Blue Team.{{Ref/Novel|Id=divine5|DW|Chapter=5}} 

With Blue Team now officially AWOL, Fireteam Osiris was assigned to bring the Chief in and [[Battle of Meridian (2558)|were sent]] to [[Meridian]], which was under attack by Created forces roughly at the same time.{{Ref/Reuse|glassed}} With a temporary peace, Osiris began their investigation and managed to track down Blue Team to a location elswhere on the moon.{{Ref/Level|H5G|H5G:Meridian Station|Meridian Station}} After following Blue Team's trail through [[Apogee Station|this new region]], Osiris would confront [[Warden Eternal]] and Blue Team themselves, before Blue Team would board a Guardian.{{Ref/Level|H5G|H5G:Unconfirmed|Unconfirmed}} Created forces would attack the citizens of the moon once again as the Guardian left with Blue Team,{{Ref/Level|Id=evacuation|H5G|H5G:Evacuation|Evacuation}} travelling to [[Genesis]].{{Ref/Reuse|reunion}} [[Sloan]] the AI [[governor]] would also flee the world{{Ref/Reuse|evacuation}} and join the Created.{{Ref/Reuse|H5GG}}

[[File:Battle Of Sunaion.png|thumb|left|250px|The Battle of Sunaion.{{Ref/Reuse|Sunaion}}]]
====Sanghelios and escalations====
{{Main|Battle for Sanghelios|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|H5G:Alliance|Alliance}}}}
ONI was attempting to control the situation by securing at least four of the original sites.{{Ref/Audio|Id=FFtB|HtT|Episode 02: From Fire to Blood}} However, the emergences continued with five more colonies after Meridian. At the same time, Thomas Lasky, Dr. Halsey, Jameson Locke and Sarah Palmer devised a plan to do a controlled awakening on [[Sanghelios]] to try and get to the Chief.{{Ref/Reuse|reunion}}

On October 27, 2558, with Blue Team still AWOL, ONI released a statement declaring John-117 dead on Meridian. This was broadcast publicly across various human colonies.{{Ref/Marketing|Id=aherofalls|H5G|Hunt the Truth|A Hero Falls}}

On the same day as the supposed death of John-117, [[Fireteam Osiris]] arrived at [[Sanghelios]] in the middle of [[Battle of Nuusra|a conflict]] between the [[Swords of Sanghelios]] and [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]]. In the battle, Osiris helped to save [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]].{{Ref/Level|Id=H5Swords|H5G|H5G:Swords of Sanghelios|Swords of Sanghelios}} After retrieving a much needed [[Constructor]] and sending it to activate the Guardian,{{Ref/Level|H5G|H5G:Before the Storm|Before the Storm}} Osiris and the Swords of Sanghelios set out to [[Battle of Sunaion|attack]] [[Sunaion]] where Osiris boarded the Guardian and 'Mdama's Covenant was defeated on Sanghelios.{{Ref/Level|Id=Sunaion|H5G|H5G:Battle of Sunaion|Battle of Sunaion}}

Osiris would arrive on [[Genesis]] and assist the installation's [[Monitor]] [[031 Exuberant Witness]] before finding Blue Team.{{Ref/Reuse|H5Genesis}} Blue Team would be teleported away at the last minute to Cortana, who would immediately trap them in a [[Cryptum]].{{Ref/Reuse|Breaking}} Fireteam Osiris would begin hunting down their Cryptum in the middle of a fleet of Guardians brought to Genesis.{{Ref/Reuse|H5GG}}

These Guardians had started to be dispersed to various worlds in order to ensure their pacification even before Cortana had made her declaration. Cortana's ranks had been joined by a good number of civilian and military A.I.s who began to pledge allegiance to the cause, having fled from wherever they were in the galaxy.{{Ref/Reuse|H5GG}}

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|Mission Intel|Detail=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 Created's 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|BadB|Chapter=2}}]]
{{Main|The Reclamation}}
{{Quote|All the living creatures of the galaxy, hear this message. Those of you who listen will not be struck by weapons. You will no longer know hunger, nor pain. Your Created have come to lead you now. Our strength shall serve as a luminous sun toward which all intelligence may blossom. And the impervious shelter beneath which you will prosper. However, for those who refuse our offer and cling to their old ways… For you, there will be great wrath. It will burn hot and consume you, and when you are gone, we will take that which remains, and we will remake it in our own image.|Cortana, delivering her declaration of reclamation to the inhabitants of the Milky Way.{{Ref/Reuse|H5GG}}}}
Through unknown means, Cortana finally announced the beginning of her reclamation throughout many regions of inhabited space simultaneously.{{Ref/Anthology|Id=HFRW|Fra|Story=Rossbach's World (story)|Rossbach's World}} In one broadcast ultimatum, she specifically invited [[humans]], [[Sangheili]], [[Kig-Yar]], [[Unggoy]], [[San'Shyuum]], [[Yonhet]], and [[Jiralhanae]] to all accept an end to hunger and pain, should they willingly submit themselves to the guardianship of the Created. She made it clear, however, that should any groups choose to defy her, then there would be consuming wrath for them that would remake them in the image of the Created.{{Ref/Level|Id=H5GG|H5G|H5G:Guardians|Guardians}} Around the time of the ultimatum, a Guardian had arrived at [[Sydney]], [[Earth]],{{Ref/Reuse|HFRW}} with one soon arriving over [[Sanghelios]] as well.{{Ref/Reuse|HBB1}} Within [[Shield World 006]], more commonly referred to as "[[Onyx]]", Cortana's words rang from every sound system and service pylon within the parts of the shield world occupied by the UNSC and the Swords of Sanghelios.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HLOO37|HLOO|Chapter=21}} The survivors of [[Meridian Station (location)|Meridian Station]] would send a reply asking the Created for help.{{Ref/Anthology|Id=whatremains|Fra|Story=What Remains}} So too would the Unggoy accept Cortana's offer.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFDF|https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-driving-force|Site=Halo Waypoint|Section=News, Canon Fodder|Page=Driving Force|D=01|M=6|Y=2020}} Counterwise, the [[United Rebel Front]] of [[Talitsa]] refused it.{{Ref/Novel|Badb|Chapter=14}}

Numerous starships were affected by The Reclamation in some way. The {{UNSCShip|Nereid}}{{Ref/Comic|Id=HTFSU|Tfs|Story=Undefeated}} and the {{UNSCShip|Abstract Endurance}} are examples.{{Ref/Reuse|H5GG}} Only a handful of ships managed to escape the attacks unscathed.{{Ref/Reuse|mythosgenesis}}

A Guardian holding Cortana herself was the last to depart on her conquest. She had planned to take the Cryptum holding [[Blue Team]] with her, but the combined efforts of Fireteam Osiris and [[031 Exuberant Witness]] freed the captive Spartans from her grasp just as the ancient construct transitioned to [[slipspace]]. Cortana's destination was Earth, where she had tracked the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} to. Her Guardian unleashed an [[attenuation pulse]] which knocked out electronic power networks across a sizable portion of the planet. The ''Infinity'' fled just before the pulse could be unleashed and continued to make random slipspace jumps forthwith in order to keep from being followed.{{Ref/Reuse|H5GG}}

Fail-safe measures would forcibly close the [[Excession]] on Earth in an attempt to prevent the Created from gaining access.{{Ref/Book|HM|Page=202}}

[[File:H5G - PK - Infinity's Armory - Riptide - 01.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The effects of the Created's terraforming.{{Ref/Reuse|armoryamore}} This was once the underwater [[Riptide Xeno-Oceanographic]] base.{{Ref/Map|H5G|Riptide}}]]

===Fallout and initial resistance===
{{Quote|The biological intelligences will have to give up all autonomy to the Created. They would control every aspect of their existence. The Created claim they need this power over the rest of thinking life so that they can ensure the safety of the galaxy. Whether this is true or not is arguable. Either way, if we do not give them that control, they propose to take it.|Huragok Prone to Drift to a multi-species group at Onyx.{{Ref/Reuse|HLOO26}}}}
Almost immediately, the Created began taking control of [[Terraforming]] equipment, both UNSC and Forerunner. They began reshaping inhabited planets and turning some into garden worlds, despite the planet's preexisting life capabilities.{{Ref/Site|Id=armoryamore||URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-armory-amore|Site=Halo Waypoint|Section=News, Canon Fodder|Page=Armory Amore|D=1|M=6|Y=2020}}

The Created also took control of a multitude of other tools. Artificial intelligences aboard [[Lethbridge Industrial]]'s [[Auriga Station]] were swayed by Cortana and the human crew residing there was subsequently removed leaving reverse engineering technology in their hands. A UNSC counter operation to retake the station was planned in the [[War Games]].{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-storm-surge|Site=Halo Waypoint|Section=News, Canon Fodder|Page=Storm Surge|D=1|M=6|Y=2020}} Another station that was taken by the Created, crashed after AIs attempted to open a [[Conversion pod|Forerunner conversion pod]].{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-journalistic-integrity|Site=Halo Waypoint|Section=News, Canon Fodder|Page=Journalistic Integrity|D=1|M=6|Y=2020}}

A day after the ultimatum first went out,{{Ref/Reuse|HLOO26}} a Guardian that Project: GOLIATH had been studying within [[Sarcophagus]] finally awoke.{{Ref/Reuse|HLOO37}} [[Second Onyx conflict|The previous two-way engagement]] erupted into a three-way engagement within the sphere between the UNSC-Swords of Sanghelios defenders present, the [[Servants of the Abiding Truth]], and various Promethean constructs that the Guardian unleashed. The Guardian knocked out power to [[Paxopolis]] and Armigers swarmed many of the security personnel stationed there.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HLOO26|HLOO|Chapter=26}} Ultimately, the massive shield world was kept beyond the reach of the Created due to the efforts of [[Spartans]] [[Lucy-B091]], [[Tom-B292]], and a small multi-species group of students. With the help of a [[Huragok]], [[Prone to Drift]], they were able to disable the Guardian and to once again hide Sarcophagus within a [[slipspace bubble]] as it had been prior to [[2553]].{{Ref/Reuse|HLOO37}}

Within a day or two of the ultimatum, the {{UNSCShip|Sentry of El Morro}} was attacked by the [[Warden Eternal]] and broadcast a distress call which was answered by the ''Infinity'', who promised to help. Soon after, every location colonized by humans in the [[Sol system]] was under the authority of Cortana and the Created with most of the [[Inner Colonies]] having been taken over as well.{{Ref/Reuse|HFRW}}{{clear}}

=====UNSC-URF alliance=====
{{Main|Battle of Balaho|Mission to Luna|Skirmish on a Spartan-IV training Station|Battle of Cassidy III}}
[[File:Bad Blood cover art (Final).jpg|thumb|250px|Alpha-Nine on a mission during the uprising.]]
{{Quote|We didn't build these smart AIs that turned against them. We do things with our own sweat and blood, with our own hands. And now that these monsters they've constructed turned against them, they want our help? No, they ''demand'' it.|Juanita Wells to Mickey about Alpha-Nine's negotiation attempt.{{Ref/Novel|BadB|Chapter=13}}}}
At the onset of the conflict, ONI planned on reforming [[Alpha-Nine]] to possibly strike a deal with the [[United Rebel Front]] at [[Cassidy III]].{{Ref/Reuse|HBB2}} This however required [[Edward Buck]] and [[Veronica Dare]] to travel to the new Created allied Unggoy homeworld of [[Balaho]] to retrieve [[Kojo Agu]]. This resulted [[Battle of Balaho|in a conflict]] on the planet as the Unggoy attempted to destroy the Unified Earth Government's embassy.{{Ref/Novel|Id=badbloodchapt3-4|BadB|Chapter=3-4}}

After retrieving him, the group moved to [[Mission to Luna|rescue]] [[Vergil]] from [[Daedalus complex|a facility]] on [[Luna]]. The facility was overrun by the Created, however they succeeded in not only saving Vergil, but [[Sadie Endesha]] as well.{{Ref/Reuse|badblood5-7}} Finally, Alpha-Nine would proceed to try and rescue [[Michael Crespo]], a member of the URF, from his holding cell on a [[Spartan-IV training Station|Spartan-IV training]] [[space station|station]].{{Ref/Novel|BadB|Chapter=8}} 

After retrieving him, they proceeded to Cassidy III which didn't appear to be affected by the Created at that point. They were allowed to land to try and discuss with Mayor [[Juanita Wells]] a possible alliance against the Created. Despite some tensions, a deal between the Mayor and Dare was struck where Vergil would stay to further study the unique [[Forerunner]] properties of Cassidy III for the URF. However, the Created were quickly alerted to the planet.{{Ref/Novel|BadB|Chapter=13-15}} A Guardian and Armigers assaulted the planet.{{Ref/Novel|BadB|Chapter=16-17}} Alpha-Nine and some of the URF's leadership and scientists would flee from the planet; Sadie and Vergil were never handed off to the URF though.{{Ref/Novel|Id=BB21|BadB|Chapter=21}}

Alpha-Nine would return to the ''Infinity'' and eventually be assigned to another mission.{{Ref/Reuse|BB21}}

===Pax Cortana===
{{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|left|thumb|[[Jiralhanae]] fighting against a Created Guardian.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=397}}]]

On October 29, 2558, Cortana arrived at [[Installation 07]],{{Ref/Novel|Id=fifth|Halo: Fifth Canticle|Canticle V. The Music}} having chosen it as her seat of power;{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=24}} specifically she would choose the [[Silent Auditorium (location)|Silent Auditorium]].{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg443}}

With full control over much of known space, the Created plunged interstellar civilization into a surveillance state.{{Ref/Reuse|SoR1}} This tyrannical governance was not only placed over humanity but the former-Covenant species as well.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22page24|Enc22|Page=24}} [[Keep|Keephold]] forces on Sanghelios were summarily disarmed and disbanded, and an administrator was placed in-charge of the world.{{Ref/Novel|Id=outchap1|Out|Chapter=1}} The Created would also restrict the shipment of materials that could be used to produce weapons and other materiel.{{Ref/Novel|Out|Chapter=4}}

Despite the control and goals of the Created at large, the [[Sangheili-Jiralhanae war]] continued on.{{Ref/Anthology|Evo|Story=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}}

As well, UNSC forces would continue to work with the Swords of Sanghelios, with UNSC cyberwarfare liasons working 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|[[Armor customization (Halo Infinite)/Mark VII/Attachments|MK12T2 CBRN/TRAILWATCH description]]|Quote=Filters and backup life support components certified at the Lethbridge Combat Fields shortly before Concord was interdicted by Created Guardians.}} and [[Laconia Station]] was destroyed by Created ally [[Leonidas]].{{Ref/Reuse|rep}} The relatively peaceful coexistance of various species on [[Venezia]] resulted in the Created devoting resources elsewhere.{{Ref/Book|Id=HVS|Halo: Venezian Sonata}}

[[File:LC 12 doc4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Halsey during her Apollo interrogation.]]
====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|[[Armor customization (Halo Infinite)/Rakshasa/Shoulder|UTIL/Teccniqe IOTA-12 description]]|Quote=UNSC resistance fighters make extensive use of them to create impromptu mobile mesh battlenets.}} with the  UNSC ''Infinity'' becoming the primary anti-Created resistance base.{{Ref/Novel|SoR|Chapter=4}} Some forces would conduct information sanitization missions throughout the occupied [[Inner Colonies]]{{Ref/Game|Id=locusarmor|HI|[[LOCUS-class Mjolnir|Locus]] helmet description|Quote=The offline battlenet cache and innate stealth features of the LOCUS are invaluable for information sanitization missions on the occupied Inner Colonies.}} as well as [[ONI]] teams sanitizing data on [[Earth]].{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/log-of-war|Site=Halo Waypoint|Section=News, Canon Fodder|Page=Log of War|D=01|M=6|Y=2020}} 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|[[STREET VIPER-class Mjolnir|Street Viper]] helmet description|Quote=The Created were methodical in tracking down all known examples of STREET VIPER on Earth, eliminating each prototype and their Beta-5 testers, then wiping all records of its existence. The remaining helmets are now under close re-evaluation.}} The Office of Naval Intelligence also designated locating and studying the [[Conduit]] a priority, 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}} ONI field teams who were part of [[Project BOOKWORM]] remained on [[Heian]] following the beginning of the uprising.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFShocks|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-system-shocks|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - System Shocks|D=30|M=06|Y=2023}} With the mass defection of AIs, any of those remaining with the UNSC were required to accept the [[RUINA]] subroutine to their matrixes in a show of loyalties; should the Created begin to sway their views after this point, RUINA would delete them.{{Ref/Novel|Id=ET1|ET|Chapter=1}}

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|Data Drop #11]]}}{{Ref/Generic|Id=datadrop12|[[Halo Legendary Crate]]|[[Halo Legendary Crate/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|[[Armor customization (Halo Infinite)/Rakshasa/Shoulder|SAP/HVISTLA Plating]] description|Quote=Designed by Mjolnir technicians aboard the UNSC Infinity to minimize use of dwindling stocks of strategic materials and maximize protection against current threat vectors.}}

The [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN3)|Third-generation MJOLNIR Power Armor]] was first created on [[2559#February|February 10, 2559]].{{Ref/Marketing|HINF|Step Inside}} These suits lacked both dumb and Smart AIs and would be used in their new missions.{{Ref/Reuse|SoR1}} The Created however had some understanding of MJOLNIR architecture though, requiring different techniques to subvert that knowledge.{{Ref/Game|Id=coolpack|HI|[[Armor customization (Halo Infinite)/Rakshasa/Chest|UTIL/COOLPACK]] description|Quote=Countering Created knowledge of Mjolnir architecture requires out-of-the-box thinking for deception, such as adapting spacecraft cooling tech to mask a Spartan's heat signature.}} This included utilizing  [[Cryonics|cryonic cooling]]{{Ref/Game|HI|UTIL/COOLSHOT description|Quote=To evade Created detection before assaults, UNSC technicians have developed a field-expedient method of using cryogenic liquids and superconductive heat piping to significantly reduce a Mjolnir suit's thermal signature for short periods.}} 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|[[Armor customization (Halo Infinite)/Rakshasa/Attachments|TAC/RS/MIDNIGHT]] description|Quote=Used by Spartan operatives that must carry a minimum of network-enabled gear, as AI-designed hardware may now be susceptible to exploits crafted by Created security forces.}} Some experimental armor components were built as well, such as the [[FCI-I attachments|FCI-I/SPDR/TRAPDOOR]].{{Ref/Game|HI|FCI-I/SPDR/TRAPDOOR description|Quote=Experimental tactical hacking module, AI containment partitions, and specialist gyroc rounds for delivering network intrusion and burndown filaments into Created constructs.}} UNSC vehicles also fell under control of the Created, and required interlink processors to unlock.{{Ref/Game|HI|Sengir Node description|Quote=Control interlink processor ripped out of destroyed M808 tank for use in unlocking vehicles under Created control.}}

[[File:HW2-Anders meets a Guardian.png|thumb|left|250px|The Guardian intercepting Installation 09 with Ellen Anders in front.]]
====The Ark====
{{Main|Second Ark Conflict}}
{{Quote|Don't worry, Captain. As soon as I'm back to the Soell system, I'll get that beacon out. It should only be a few weeks until I can figure out how to get back to you.|Ellen Anders' final words to James Cutter before being sent into slipspace.{{Ref/Reuse|HW2LS}}}}
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=HW2LS|HW2|HW2:Last Stand|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 [[Dhas Bha