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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> Nearly every inhabited planet was under Created rule by early November, some of which voluntarily submitted to Cortana's oversight.<ref name="HBB13">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', ''Chapter 13''</ref><ref name="HBB15">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', ''Chapter 15''</ref> One of these, the human outer colony [[Talitsa]], fell to Cortana near the end of October after its people refused to bow to her demands.<ref name="HBB14">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', ''Chapter 14''</ref> It was a simple matter for a Guardian to knock out Talitsa's power grid before Forerunner soldiers cleared out what was left.<ref name="HBB14"/> Near the start of November Cortana discovered the location of the [[United Rebel Front]]-held world [[Cassidy III]] in the [[Cassidy-Cybele system]], which until that point had escaped her detection thanks to unique [[Forerunner]] masking technology on the planet.<ref name="HBB2"/><ref name="HBB15"/> An A.I. in her charge named [[Leonidas]] had managed to hide fragments of himself within the armor [[Taylor Miles|of]] [[Gretchen Ketola|two]] [[Spartan-IV|Spartan]]s who had both landed on Cassidy III, so Leonidas contacted her distributed forces soon after.<ref name="HBB15"/> Before long a [[Guardian]] arrived at the previously-hidden [[Hole in the Wall|colony]] and the pacified it.<ref name="HBB16">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', ''Chapter 16''</ref> This victory was not secured, however, before Front leaders, scientists, and a significant part of the colony's population got away and the technology which had hid it for so long was appropriated by the present [[UNSC]] detachment and returned to the ''Infinity''.<ref name="HBB21">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', ''Chapter 21''</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> Nearly every inhabited planet was under Created rule by early November, some of which voluntarily submitted to Cortana's oversight.<ref name="HBB13">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', ''Chapter 13''</ref><ref name="HBB15">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', ''Chapter 15''</ref> One of these, the human outer colony [[Talitsa]], fell to Cortana near the end of October after its people refused to bow to her demands.<ref name="HBB14">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', ''Chapter 14''</ref> It was a simple matter for a Guardian to knock out Talitsa's power grid before Forerunner soldiers cleared out what was left.<ref name="HBB14"/> Near the start of November Cortana discovered the location of the [[United Rebel Front]]-held world [[Cassidy III]] in the [[Cassidy-Cybele system]], which until that point had escaped her detection thanks to unique [[Forerunner]] masking technology on the planet.<ref name="HBB2"/><ref name="HBB15"/> An A.I. in her charge named [[Leonidas]] had managed to hide fragments of himself within the armor [[Taylor Miles|of]] [[Gretchen Ketola|two]] [[Spartan-IV|Spartan]]s who had both landed on Cassidy III, so Leonidas contacted her distributed forces soon after.<ref name="HBB15"/> Before long a [[Guardian]] arrived at the previously-hidden [[Hole in the Wall|colony]] and the pacified it.<ref name="HBB16">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', ''Chapter 16''</ref> This victory was not secured, however, before Front leaders, scientists, and a significant part of the colony's population got away and the technology which had hid it for so long was appropriated by the present [[UNSC]] detachment and returned to the ''Infinity''.<ref name="HBB21">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', ''Chapter 21''</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> As Cortana and the [[Created]] further extended their influence across inhabited worlds, the A.I.s burrowed into Forerunner machinery and UNSC information systems to turn [[terraforming]] equipment and world engines to their own grand designs.<ref name="IA"/> At Cortana's direction they initiated processes which they hoped would reshape worlds into verdant gardens teeming with life after only a few decades of manipulation, be it at much short-term cost. On one colonial planet in particular which was scarred by wars both ancient and recent, the Created shifted entire continents and oceans after balancing the drawbacks of both limited [[extinction]] events and damage to the existing colonial infrastructure.<ref name="IA">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/games/halo-5-guardians/updates/infinitys-armory '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Infinity's Armory'']</ref> On [[Sanghelios]], Created scouts persisted as a problem for UNSC expeditionary forces allied with the [[Arbiter]].<ref name="CF77"/> By [[2559#January|January 24, 2559]], the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} remained on the run from Cortana, maintaining an erratic series of slipspace jumps in order to avoid detection by her Guardians.<ref name="lootcrate11">''[[Halo Legendary Crate]]'' ''[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #11]]''</ref><ref name="lootcrate12">''[[Halo Legendary Crate]]'' ''[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #12]]''</ref> A little over two months later a Guardian intercepted [[Installation 09|a newly-built Halo ring]] that had been launched from [[Installation 00|the Ark]] just after the start of April, it having suddenly dropped out of slipspace soon after entering a portal between the extragalactic installation and the [[Soell system]].<ref name="HW2LS">''[[Halo Wars 2]]'', ''[[Last Stand]]''</ref><ref group="note">[[Frank O'Connor]] has suggested that the story of ''[[Halo Infinite]]'' will pick up in the midst of an ongoing conflict, suggesting that the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}'s [[Created Conflict|fight]] against Cortana and the [[Created]] will be explored. The [[Halo Infinite - E3 2018 - Announcement Trailer|announcement trailer]] for the game indicated it will be set in [[2560]], with the date May 27 specifically being displayed at one point.</ref><ref name="WCCFtech">[https://wccftech.com/halo-infinite-new-adventure-xbox-one-pc/ '''wccftech.com'' '''343i: Halo Infinite To Feel Like A New Adventure, Good Starting Point for Newcomers; Coming To Xbox One & PC'']</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><ref group="note">It is known that a plan was hatched by those resisting Cortana to board Auriga Station with Spartans, disable or steal the manufacturing systems onboard, and wipe the A.I.s still bound to its holographic storage systems. The ''Halo 5: Guardians'' [[multiplayer]] map [[Stasis]] is set within the snow-covered wreckage of a [[habitat ring]] that likely represents the station, indicating that something caused it or debris from it to deorbit and slam into the planet it existed over.</ref> As Cortana and the [[Created]] further extended their influence across inhabited worlds, the A.I.s burrowed into Forerunner machinery and UNSC information systems to turn [[terraforming]] equipment and world engines to their own grand designs.<ref name="IA"/> At Cortana's direction they initiated processes which they hoped would reshape worlds into verdant gardens teeming with life after only a few decades of manipulation, be it at much short-term cost. On one colonial planet in particular which was scarred by wars both ancient and recent, the Created shifted entire continents and oceans after balancing the drawbacks of both limited [[extinction]] events and damage to the existing colonial infrastructure.<ref name="IA">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/games/halo-5-guardians/updates/infinitys-armory '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Infinity's Armory'']</ref> On [[Sanghelios]], Created scouts persisted as a problem for UNSC expeditionary forces allied with the [[Arbiter]].<ref name="CF77"/> By [[2559#January|January 24, 2559]], the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} remained on the run from Cortana, maintaining an erratic series of slipspace jumps in order to avoid detection by her Guardians.<ref name="lootcrate11">''[[Halo Legendary Crate]]'' ''[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #11]]''</ref><ref name="lootcrate12">''[[Halo Legendary Crate]]'' ''[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #12]]''</ref> A little over two months later a Guardian intercepted [[Installation 09|a newly-built Halo ring]] that had been launched from [[Installation 00|the Ark]] just after the start of April, it having suddenly dropped out of slipspace soon after entering a portal between the extragalactic installation and the [[Soell system]].<ref name="HW2LS">''[[Halo Wars 2]]'', ''[[Last Stand]]''</ref><ref group="note">[[Frank O'Connor]] has suggested that the story of ''[[Halo Infinite]]'' will pick up in the midst of an ongoing conflict, suggesting that the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}'s [[Created Conflict|fight]] against Cortana and the [[Created]] will be explored. The [[Halo Infinite - E3 2018 - Announcement Trailer|announcement trailer]] for the game indicated it will be set in [[2560]], with the date May 27 specifically being displayed at one point.</ref><ref name="WCCFtech">[https://wccftech.com/halo-infinite-new-adventure-xbox-one-pc/ '''wccftech.com'' '''343i: Halo Infinite To Feel Like A New Adventure, Good Starting Point for Newcomers; Coming To Xbox One & PC'']</ref> | ||
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