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After departing Genesis Cortana was able to track the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} to [[Earth]], where it was orbiting the planet.<ref name="HBB1">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', ''Chapter 1''</ref> Her Guardian arrived shortly after at least one other had to find the [[UNSC]] forces in a state of panic brought on by she and other A.I.s' swift actions being taken to essentially shut down technology across all sorts of [[human]] locales.<ref name="HFRW">''[[Halo: Fractures]]'', ''[[Rossbach's World (story)|Rossbach's World]]''</ref><ref name="H5GGU">''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', ''[[Guardians (level)|Guardians]]''</ref> Cortana wasted no time targeting the ''Infinity'' specifically, even managing to project her [[avatar]] within its bridge to taunt the crew just before her Guardian emerged from slipspace.<ref name="H5GGU"/> She attempted to disable the supercarrier with an [[attenuation pulse]] but it narrowly managed to escape before it could be fired. As it fled the hologram of Cortana on its bridge proclaimed her charge that the [[Created]] were the only masters of the [[Mantle]] of Responsibility.<ref name="H5GGU"/> When the pulse meant for the ''Infinity'' went off over Earth, it ultimately ended up killing the power on a good chunk of the planet and did the same to just about every ship far above it on the side where the Guardian had appeared.<ref name="HBB1"/> Many died as a result.<ref name="HBB1"/> | After departing Genesis Cortana was able to track the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} to [[Earth]], where it was orbiting the planet.<ref name="HBB1">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', ''Chapter 1''</ref> Her Guardian arrived shortly after at least one other had to find the [[UNSC]] forces in a state of panic brought on by she and other A.I.s' swift actions being taken to essentially shut down technology across all sorts of [[human]] locales.<ref name="HFRW">''[[Halo: Fractures]]'', ''[[Rossbach's World (story)|Rossbach's World]]''</ref><ref name="H5GGU">''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', ''[[Guardians (level)|Guardians]]''</ref> Cortana wasted no time targeting the ''Infinity'' specifically, even managing to project her [[avatar]] within its bridge to taunt the crew just before her Guardian emerged from slipspace.<ref name="H5GGU"/> She attempted to disable the supercarrier with an [[attenuation pulse]] but it narrowly managed to escape before it could be fired. As it fled the hologram of Cortana on its bridge proclaimed her charge that the [[Created]] were the only masters of the [[Mantle]] of Responsibility.<ref name="H5GGU"/> When the pulse meant for the ''Infinity'' went off over Earth, it ultimately ended up killing the power on a good chunk of the planet and did the same to just about every ship far above it on the side where the Guardian had appeared.<ref name="HBB1"/> Many died as a result.<ref name="HBB1"/> | ||
The following day, Cortana activated a Guardian buried beneath the inner surface of [[Shield World 006]], an unimaginably huge construct home to humans, Sangheili, and Unggoy.<ref name="HLOO21">''[[Halo: Legacy of Onyx]]'', ''Chapter 21''</ref> Pacifying the shield world, commonly referred to as "[[Onyx]]", would have given her a tremendous resource.<ref name="HLOO21"/> The Guardian there managed to shut down the power of the city [[Paxopolis]] and a nearby research complex but Cortana's communication with it was cut off once [[Prone to Drift|a]] [[Huragok]] enclosed the entire shield world within slipspace in order to protect its denizens from her.<ref name="HLOO35"/> It was not long before the Guardian established a slipspace communications channel to reach the outside world, but this was ultimately fruitless as the same Huragok disabled the gravitational field holding the very custode together just minutes later.<ref name="HLOO35">''[[Halo: Legacy of Onyx]]'', ''Chapter 35''</ref><ref name="HLOO36">''[[Halo: Legacy of Onyx]]'', ''Chapter 36''</ref> Onyx remained beyond her reach.<ref name="HLOO37">''[[Halo: Legacy of Onyx]]'', ''Chapter 37''</ref> | The following day, Cortana activated a Guardian buried beneath the inner surface of [[Shield World 006]], an unimaginably huge construct home to humans, Sangheili, and Unggoy.<ref name="HLOO21">''[[Halo: Legacy of Onyx]]'', ''Chapter 21''</ref> Pacifying the shield world, commonly referred to as "[[Onyx]]", would have given her a tremendous resource.<ref name="HLOO21"/> The Guardian there managed to shut down the power of the city [[Paxopolis]] and a nearby research complex but Cortana's communication with it was cut off once [[Prone to Drift|a]] [[Huragok]] enclosed the entire shield world within slipspace in order to protect its denizens from her.<ref name="HLOO35"/> It was not long before the Guardian established a slipspace communications channel to reach the outside world, but this was ultimately fruitless as the same Huragok disabled the gravitational field holding the very custode together just minutes later.<ref name="HLOO35">''[[Halo: Legacy of Onyx]]'', ''Chapter 35''</ref><ref name="HLOO36">''[[Halo: Legacy of Onyx]]'', ''Chapter 36''</ref> Onyx remained beyond her reach.<ref name="HLOO37">''[[Halo: Legacy of Onyx]]'', ''Chapter 37''</ref> On [[Balaho]] and other planets which had agreed to her terms, Cortana immediately began using Forerunner ships to ferry in supplies.<ref name="HBB3">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', ''Chapter 3''</ref> And although the Grunt homeworld had capitulated to her, she still had the Unggoy there ground most of their air and space traffic around it as part of her lockdown of it.<ref name="HBB3"/> | ||
Within just a few days, the entire [[Sol system]] and most of the [[Inner Colonies]] were effectively taken over by Cortana and the Created.<ref name="HFRW"/><ref name="HBB2">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', ''Chapter 2''</ref> Near the end of October the human outer colony [[Talitsa]] fell to Cortana, its people having refused to bow to her demands.<ref name="HBB14">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', ''Chapter 14''</ref> At some point Cortana's attention was drawn to the [[Lethbridge Industrial]] research and development facility [[Auriga Station]], notable for its ability to carefully disassemble, analyze, and rebuild nearly any piece of recovered technology to aid in reverse-engineering efforts.<ref name="CF63"/> As part of her galactic conquest, she stripped bare Lethbridge’s vast archives of secrets and made a mockery of its counter-cyberintrusion suites, quickly repurposing the loyalty of the station’s resident A.I. and removing the human crew. She and the other A.I.s of the Created were eager to use the station’s tools to harvest, decompile, and rebuild new tools and weapons to be wielded by constructs advancing Cortana’s plans across her growing [[ecumene]].<ref name="CF63">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-storm-surge '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Storm Surge'']</ref> | Within just a few days of her grand announcement, the entire [[Sol system]] and most of the [[Inner Colonies]] were effectively taken over by Cortana and the Created.<ref name="HFRW"/><ref name="HBB2">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', ''Chapter 2''</ref> Near the end of October the human outer colony [[Talitsa]] fell to Cortana, its people having refused to bow to her demands.<ref name="HBB14">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', ''Chapter 14''</ref> At some point Cortana's attention was drawn to the [[Lethbridge Industrial]] research and development facility [[Auriga Station]], notable for its ability to carefully disassemble, analyze, and rebuild nearly any piece of recovered technology to aid in reverse-engineering efforts.<ref name="CF63"/> As part of her galactic conquest, she stripped bare Lethbridge’s vast archives of secrets and made a mockery of its counter-cyberintrusion suites, quickly repurposing the loyalty of the station’s resident A.I. and removing the human crew. She and the other A.I.s of the Created were eager to use the station’s tools to harvest, decompile, and rebuild new tools and weapons to be wielded by constructs advancing Cortana’s plans across her growing [[ecumene]].<ref name="CF63">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-storm-surge '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Storm Surge'']</ref> | ||
==Personality and traits== | ==Personality and traits== | ||