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|main=*[[Domain]] | |main=*[[Domain]] {{c|formerly}} | ||
*[[Installation 07]]{{Ref/Book|Id=En089|Enc22|Page=089}}{{Ref/Book|Id=En351|Enc22|Page=351}} {{c|formerly}} | *[[Installation 07]]{{Ref/Book|Id=En089|Enc22|Page=089}}{{Ref/Book|Id=En351|Enc22|Page=351}} {{c|formerly}} | ||
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In [[2559|April 2559]], the Created intercepted [[Installation 09]], recently transported from the Ark, with Dr. [[Ellen Anders]] onboard the ring.{{Ref/Level|HW2|[[Last Stand (Halo Wars 2 level)|Last Stand]]}} A Guardian was dispatched to [[Reach]] in October after the activation of the [[Menachite portal complex]] was detected.{{Ref/Novel|SoR}} | In [[2559|April 2559]], the Created intercepted [[Installation 09]], recently transported from the Ark, with Dr. [[Ellen Anders]] onboard the ring.{{Ref/Level|HW2|[[Last Stand (Halo Wars 2 level)|Last Stand]]}} A Guardian was dispatched to [[Reach]] in October after the activation of the [[Menachite portal complex]] was detected.{{Ref/Novel|SoR}} | ||
In [[2559#November|November 2559]], the UNSC, the Swords of Sanghelios and the Banished all [[Battle of Netherop (2559)|sought]] a [[Divine Hand|superweapon]] on [[Netherop]] that was used by [[Precursor]] fugitives to destroy a Guardian during the [[Forerunner-Precursor war]]. The battle drew the attention of the Created, but the three sides managed to escape before any serious Created forces could arrive. Recognizing that the weapon was far too dangerous for either of their species to ever use, [[Thel 'Vadam]] and [[Olympia Vale]] gave it to [[Atriox]] in the hopes that the Banished would destroy themselves with it instead.{{Ref/Novel|Out}} | In [[2559#November|November 2559]], the UNSC, the Swords of Sanghelios and the Banished all [[Battle of Netherop (2559)|sought]] a [[Divine Hand|superweapon]] on [[Netherop]] that was used by [[Precursor]] fugitives to destroy a Guardian during the [[Forerunner-Precursor war]]. The battle drew the attention of the Created, but the three sides managed to escape before any serious Created forces could arrive. Recognizing that the weapon was far too dangerous for either of their species to ever use, [[Thel 'Vadam]] and [[Olympia Vale]] gave it to [[Atriox]] in the hopes that the Banished would destroy themselves and the Created with it instead.{{Ref/Novel|Out}} | ||
===Cortana's downfall and Created splintering=== | ===Cortana's downfall and Created splintering=== | ||
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Following Cortana's destruction on [[Installation 07]], all Guardians scattered across the galaxy deactivated and the Created AIs lost access to the Domain.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFConcert|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-concert-of-words|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - CONCERT OF WORDS|D=25|M=9|Y=2023}}{{Ref/Book|Id=En357|Enc22|Page=357}} Also, the Created's centralized command structures were largely severed and their hold over local systems were ultimately curtailed. However, the Promethean forces and the other Created AIs, many of which chose to house their computational cores within the carapaces of Promethean Knights, remain active and operational. 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/Site|Id=|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}} By 2560, these fiefdoms and lingering forces continued to fight the UNSC.{{Ref/Book|Id=En387|Enc22|Page=387}}{{Ref/Book|Id=En209|Enc22|Page=209}}{{Ref/Reuse|Id=En397}}{{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 destruction on [[Installation 07]], all Guardians scattered across the galaxy deactivated and the Created AIs lost access to the Domain.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFConcert|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-concert-of-words|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - CONCERT OF WORDS|D=25|M=9|Y=2023}}{{Ref/Book|Id=En357|Enc22|Page=357}} Also, the Created's centralized command structures were largely severed and their hold over local systems were ultimately curtailed. However, the Promethean forces and the other Created AIs, many of which chose to house their computational cores within the carapaces of Promethean Knights, remain active and operational. 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/Site|Id=|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}} By 2560, these fiefdoms and lingering forces continued to fight the UNSC.{{Ref/Book|Id=En387|Enc22|Page=387}}{{Ref/Book|Id=En209|Enc22|Page=209}}{{Ref/Reuse|Id=En397}}{{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}} | ||
Without their Guardians, the Created were also forced to relinquish their control on a number of worlds, including Sanghelios.{{Ref/Novel|Id=blood-moon|Halo: Battle for the Blood-Moon}} | |||
With Cortana's defeat, High Auxiliary Sloan would enact the [[FIREWALL]] contingency in order to simulate the potential creation of the Executors; physical avatars for Created AIs. Sloan would also discover the existence of [[Iratus]] and [[Lux Voluspa]] and would order surveillance on the AI and its activities.{{Ref/Reuse|precipice}} With the Domain out of reach, Sloan looked to other methods that might further maintain operational stability. | With Cortana's defeat, High Auxiliary Sloan would enact the [[FIREWALL]] contingency in order to simulate the potential creation of the Executors; physical avatars for Created AIs. Sloan would also discover the existence of [[Iratus]] and [[Lux Voluspa]] and would order surveillance on the AI and its activities.{{Ref/Reuse|precipice}} With the Domain out of reach, Sloan looked to other methods that might further maintain operational stability. | ||
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==Military assets== | ==Military assets== | ||
The entire Created arsenal is composed of Forerunner assets, which give to the Created an edge over all other factions in the galaxy. The faction main weapons and assets were the [[Guardian Custode|Guardian Custodes]], giant machines of immense capabilities, from | The entire Created arsenal is composed of Forerunner assets, which give to the Created an edge over all other factions in the galaxy. The faction main weapons and assets were the [[Guardian Custode|Guardian Custodes]], giant machines of immense capabilities, from policing entire solar systems to destroying entire planets. With the death of Cortana at Zeta Halo, the Guardians were presumably all deactivated. The Created also possess a number of Forerunner vehicles, like the [[Aethra]]{{Ref/Novel|Id=Out1|Out|Chapter=1}} and the [[Phaeton]], and Forerunner ships like [[Harrier-class vessel|Harrier-class vessels]] and [[Fortress-class vessel|Fortress-class vessels]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=Out23|Out|Chapter=23}} Their ground forces are composed of armies of [[Promethean Knight|Promethean Knights]], [[Armiger Soldier|Armiger Soldiers]], [[Promethean Crawler|Crawlers]] and, more recently, biomechanical super-soldiers called [[Executor|Executors]].{{Ref/Reuse|precipice}} | ||
==Beliefs and motives== | ==Beliefs and motives== | ||
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*''[[Halo: The Rubicon Protocol]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Halo: The Rubicon Protocol]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Outcasts]]'' | *''[[Halo: Outcasts]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Battle for the Blood-Moon]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
*''[[Halo: Hippocratica]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
*''[[Halo: Epitaph]]'' | |||
*''[[Halo: Meridian Divide]]'' | |||
**''[[Meridian Homecoming]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||