Editing Created uprising

*[[Battle for Zeta Halo]]

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|place=*[[Orion Arm]] of the [[Milky Way]] galaxy{{Ref/Novel|Id=sorchapt1|HSoR|Chapter=1}}{{Ref/Novel|DW|Chapter=1}}{{Ref/Novel|DW|Historian's Note}}

*[[Installation 07]], [[Ephsu system]], [[Sagittarius Arm]]

**Destruction of [[Cortana]] during the [[Battle for Zeta Halo]],{{Ref/Reuse|sa}} deactivation of the Guardian Custodes and severing of Created command structure.{{Ref/Reuse|En397}}

***Splintering of the Created into various fiefdoms{{Ref/Site|Id=redditcomment|URL=https://www.reddit.com/r/HaloStory/comments/vzfdvv/comment/iwqqa20/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3|SiteName=Reddit|PageName=Does anybody hate how the Created story was wrapped up? How would you wrap it up if given the opportunity?|D=19|M=11|Y=2022}} and fledgling cells.{{Ref/Reuse|cflegendend}} Initiation of FIREWALL contingency.{{Ref/Reuse|precipice}}

*UNSC reduced to scattered, disconnected pockets{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg17}} with some UEG worlds still occupied.{{Ref/Game|Id=HI|HINF|Armor customization (Halo Infinite)|Armor Hall|Detail=Mercury - Helmet Description|Quote=Adapted from what could be interpreted of the strange records recovered from a Created data archive, MERCURY may be a glimpse into an unsettling future being built on occupied UEG worlds.}}

*[[Doisac]], the [[Jiralhanae]] homeworld, is destroyed.{{Ref/Quest|Id=rep|HI|Reckoning|[[Repository (Halo Infinite level)|Repository]]}}

|side1=*{{Icon|UEG}} [[Unified Earth Government|UEG]]

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*{{Icon|Insurrectionist}} [[New Colonial Alliance|NCA]]

|commanders1=*[[Captain|CAPT]] [[Veronica Dare]]

*CAPT [[Thomas Lasky]]

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*Director [[Hugo Barton]]

*High Auxiliary [[Sloan]]

|commanders3=*[[Warmaster]] [[Atriox]]

*ADM [[Mattius Drake]]

*[[Ilsa Zane]]

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*UNSC forces

**{{Pattern|Hekar Taa|blockade runner}}s

**{{Pattern|R'sikosh|man o' war}}s

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*{{UNSCShip|Infinity}} {{c|presumably}}{{Ref/Reuse|Hi}}

**Heavy UNSC casualties on [[Installation 07]]{{Ref/Reuse|Hi}}

|casual3=*Destruction of the Jiralhanae homeworld, [[Doisac]].

**Billions of Jiralhanae{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22p211|Enc22|Page=211}}

{{Quote|Your time has passed, [[John-117|Warrior-Servant]]. Your battle fought and done. The sun has set on the age of [[human]]ity, the [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]], and [[Post-Covenant War conflicts|your petty combats]]. You fight for a world already lost. [[Cortana]]'s future is assured. Yours... is over.|[[Warden Eternal]]{{Ref/Reuse|reunion}}}}

The Created attempted to enforce their dominance over the [[Orion Arm]] of the [[Milky Way]]{{Ref/Reuse|sorchapt1}} using the [[Forerunner]] [[Guardian Custode|Guardian Custodes]] constructs. Led by the [[Warden Eternal]] and [[Cortana]], the Created sought to claim the [[Mantle of Responsibility]] for [[artificial intelligence]]s, promising the galaxy a prosperous future. However, not all were to submit to the Created so quickly.{{Ref/Level|Id=reunion|H5G|[[Reunion]]}} The uprising would ultimately fail,{{Ref/Reuse|season3launch}} with Cortana dying in a three-way battle between the Created, Banished, and the UNSC at [[Installation 07]].{{Ref/Reuse|sa}}

{{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]]}}]]

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|Section=Universe, Locations|Page=Genesis|D=09|M=3|Y=2021|LocalArchive=https://archives.halopedia.org/waypoint/www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/genesis.html}} 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|Section=Universe, Tech|Page=Guardian|LocalArchive=https://archives.halopedia.org/waypoint/www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/tech/guardian.html}} She henceforth resolved to use the Guardians for a similar purpose.{{Ref/Level|Id=breaking|H5G|[[The Breaking]]}}

By some point in [[2558]], reports of electromagnetic fluctuations, "[[slipspace|slipspacious]]" disruptions, and epidemic data corruption in deep space were being gathered and shared by those who typically trafficked in conspiracy theories, such as [[Mshak Moradi]].{{Ref/Generic|Id=HTTS14|[[Hunt the Truth]]|[[Hunt the Truth Season 1|Season 1]], [[Hunt the Truth Season 1/Transcripts/Four|Episode 04]]}} Moradi told the war photographer and journalist, [[Benjamin Giraud]], that all the strange disturbances were relatively quiet and slight, but were affecting everything on a galactic scale. Whole star systems were exhibiting these anomalies, according to him.{{Ref/Reuse|HTTS14}} A few months after first hearing these rumors from Moradi, Giraud propagated them to the general public.{{Ref/Generic|Id=HTTS100|[[Hunt the Truth]]|[[Hunt the Truth Season 1|Season 1]], [[Hunt the Truth Season 1/Transcripts/Zero|Episode 00]]}} The [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] operative, [[Maya Sankar]], undercover as a revolutionary known as "FERO", corroborated the anomalies Mshak had mentioned when she got in contact with Ben.{{Ref/Reuse|HTTS17}} She told him that she couldn't tell what might be causing them, but that they were getting stronger.{{Ref/Generic|Id=HTTS17|[[Hunt the Truth]]|[[Hunt the Truth Season 1|Season 1]], [[Hunt the Truth Season 1/Transcripts/Seven|Episode 07]]}}

==Conflict==

[[File:H5G - AdelaideReadout.png|thumb|250px|Remnants of [[Adelaide]], after a Guardian awakening.{{Ref/Reuse|H5GO}}]]

{{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|[[Osiris (level)|Osiris]]}}  

[[File:Battle Of Sunaion.png|thumb|left|250px|The Battle of Sunaion.{{Ref/Reuse|Sunaion}}]]

{{Main|Sanghelios global war|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|[[Alliance]]}}}}

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|Detail=[[Mission Intel#Forerunner Record: Alive 5/5|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}}

[[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|[[Halo: Bad Blood]]|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}}}}

Numerous starships were affected by The Reclamation in some way. The {{UNSCShip|Nereid}}{{Ref/Anthology|Id=HTFSU|[[Halo: Tales from Slipspace]]|[[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}}

[[File:Halo 5 - Riptide.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}}}}

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

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

At an unknown point in time prior to December 2559, [[Concord]] was interdicted by Guardians{{Ref/Game|HI|Detail=[[CBRN module#Mark VII core|MK12T2 CBRN/TRAILWATCH description]]}} and [[Laconia Station]] was destroyed by Created ally [[Leonidas]].{{Ref/Reuse|rep}}

[[File:LC 12 doc4.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Halsey during her Apollo interrogation.]]

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#List of data drops|Data Drop #11]]}}{{Ref/Generic|Id=datadrop12|[[Halo Legendary Crate]]|[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops#List of 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|Detail=[[SAP/HVISTLA Plating|SAP/HVISTLA Plating description]]}}

The Created however had some understanding of MJOLNIR architecture, requiring different techniques to subvert that knowledge.{{Ref/Game|Id=coolpack|HI|Detail=[[UTIL attachments#Rakshasa core|UTIL/COOLPACK description]]}} This included utilizing  [[Cryonics|cryonic cooling]]{{Ref/Game|HI|Detail=[[UTIL attachments#Rakshasa core|UTIL/COOLSHOT description]]}} 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|Detail=[[TAC/RS/MIDNIGHT|TAC/RS/MIDNIGHT description]]}} Some experimental armor components were built as well, such as the [[FCI-I attachments|FCI-I/SPDR/TRAPDOOR]].{{Ref/Game|HI|Detail=[[FCI-I attachments|FCI-I/SPDR/TRAPDOOR description]]}}

[[File:HW2-Anders meets a Guardian.png|thumb|250px|The Guardian intercepting Installation 09 with Ellen Anders in front.]]

{{Main|Second Ark Conflict}}

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=hw2laststand|HW2|[[Last Stand (Halo Wars 2 level)|Last Stand]]}}

[[File:HSOR FullCover Art.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Blue Team on an occupied Reach.{{Ref/Site|Id=cfshadowsofformer|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/shadows-of-the-former|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Shadows of the Former}}]]

{{Quote|If we don't recover those assets, I won't be able to stop Cortana. If I don't stop her, the destruction of the ''Infinity'' is only a matter of time. You can't hide from her forever - not in a vessel like this.|Dr. Halsey to Thomas Lasky.{{Ref/Novel|Id=hsorchapt13|HSoR|Chapter=13}}}}

Prior to the events at Reach, [[Operation: HOURGLASS]] took place. [[Lieutenant]] [[Parisa]] was tasked with giving John-117 confidential information.{{Ref/Generic|Id=MA1|[[Halo Infinite: Memory Agent]]|Episode 1 - Operation Hourglass}}

During a resupply operation{{Ref/Reuse|CFNY}} near the end of the year, scout teams from the ''Infinity'' discovered the [[LECHUZA-class Mjolnir]] at an ONI black site. Data related to it was purged from the facility.{{Ref/Generic|Halo Infinite|[[LECHUZA-class Mjolnir|Lechuza]] helmet description}}

[[File:Enc22 Doisackening.jpg|thumb|250px|Doisac's destruction at the hand of the Created.]]

{{Main|Razing of Oth Sonin}}

{{Quote|no=two|1=Cortana|q1=Look upon Doisac one last time and remember: you chose this path.|2=Atriox|q2=As did you, Cortana.|3=Cortana delivering an ultimatum to Atriox personally.{{Ref/Reuse|rep}}}}

The blast would destroy [[Soirapt]], while also ravaging [[Teash]] and [[Warial]]. Teash was able to destroy some of the incoming debris of Doisac with anti-ship artillery and thousands of vessels escaped. The outposts across Warial were destroyed, though a few hundred thousand Jiralhanae managed to evacuate.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22p447|Enc22|Page=447}}

[[File:HINF Cortana and Atriox.png|thumb|left|250px|Atriox confronting Cortana at the Silent Auditorium.]]

{{Main|Battle for Zeta Halo}}

{{Quote|Look around, Cortana. Your empire. Over! Your great plan? Ended at the hands of [[human|those]] who made you.|[[Warmaster]] [[Atriox]] to Cortana as he presented her with the terms of her surrender.{{Ref/Quest|Id=sa|HI|Endless|Silent Auditorium}}}}

==Aftermath==

[[File:HINF - Executor - Cropped.jpg|thumb|150px|The Executors. The culmination of the FIREWALL contingency.]]

{{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|D=21|M=3|Y=2023}}}}

However, the Created still lingers throughout the digital framework of civilized space.{{Ref/Reuse|precipice}} Without Cortana's command, the leaderless Created splintered into 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}} Some as well still maintained plans for evolution and ascendancy.{{Ref/Reuse|precipice}} 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}} 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}}

{{Quote|A lot's happened. [[Laconia Station|Laconia]] changed everything. We needed to regroup. Rebuild.|[[Laurette Agryna]] to a [[SPARTAN-IV program|Spartan-IV]].{{Ref/Level|Id=infinitetutorial|HI|[[Tutorial (Halo Infinite)|Tutorial]]}}}}

[[File:HINF MarineSniper.png|250px|thumb|left|A UNSC Marine on the Banished occupied Installation 07. The remnants of a Guardian can also be seen.]]

{{Quote|Our home was taken from us. Doisac was destroyed. As repayment, we claim this [[Installation 07|ancient Ring]]. And all the power it possesses. Never again will we mourn so great a loss! Our place is here! Our time is NOW!|[[Warmaster]] [[Atriox]].{{Ref/Game|Id=PT|Hi|Detail=[[Propaganda totem]]}}}}

Following the destruction of Doisac, the Banished represented the largest surviving Jiralhanae military force under a single banner.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=424}} With Cortana's dominion over, the Banished rushed to fill the power vacuum her defeat had left.{{Ref/Site|Id=S2StoryHub|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/halo-infinite|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Halo Infinite|Detail=Season 02 Lone Wolves - Story|D=06|M=05|Y=2022}} They would utilize the hidden [[Xalanyn]] on Installation 07, and establish the Halo ring as their new home, the Banished took a large invasion force to the ring.{{Ref/Novel|Halo: The Rubicon Protocol}} The UNSC, Banished, and affiliated forces still at the ring [[Battle for Zeta Halo|would continue to fight each other]] as late as [[2560#May|May of 2560]],{{Ref/Game|Id=Hi|Hi}} and unearth many secrets on the installation.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=13}}

{{Clear}}

==Engagements==

{{Created conflict}}

===October 25, 2558===

*Forerunner constructs [[Battle of Meridian (2558)|attack]] settlements on Meridian. Fireteam Osiris arrives at the planet at the same time.{{Ref/Reuse|glassed}}

*Five more Guardian awakenings have occurred by this point, bringing the total amount of human colonies affected to 11.{{Ref/Reuse|reunion}}

File:H5G-Infinity&Guardian.jpg|The {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} staring down a Guardian over Earth.

File:HINF-Createdoccupation.jpg|''Halo Infinite'' concept art for a Created occupation in a human city.

File:HINF Cortana.png|Cortana looking at a hologram of [[Laconia Station]] moments before having [[Leonidas]] destroying the station in ''Halo Infinite''.

File:HW2 ATN Warden Concept.jpg|Concept art for ''[[Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare]]'' featuring the Created.

*''[[Halo: Tales from Slipspace]]''

**''[[Undefeated]]''

*''[[Halo: Legacy of Onyx]]''

*''[[Halo Wars 2]]''

*''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]''

*''[[Halo: The Rubicon Protocol]]''

*''[[Halo: Outcasts]]''

{{col-end}}