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In [[2557#July|July 2557]], over four and a half years after the end of the [[Human-Covenant War]], [[John-117]] and [[Cortana]], drifting aboard the wreckage of the {{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}}, came across Requiem. They and forces from [[Jul 'Mdama]]'s Covenant faction were forcibly pulled into Requiem and crashed on the surface, and were soon after engaged by the Promethean constructs inhabiting the shield world. After John-117 accidentally awoke the Didact, the latter took control of the Prometheans. Bent on preventing humanity's ascendance to the Mantle in the Forerunners' place, the Didact went [[Post-Covenant War conflicts|to war]] with humanity, trying to use the Composer to neutralize his ancient enemies forever. The Prometheans and Covenant remnants aided in this plan, but with the help of the [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] Cortana, the Master Chief defeated the Didact and destroyed the Composer and his ship ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'' with a [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]].

The Didact and the composed essences survived, however, and the extracted human mentalities were soon implanted into more Promethean armatures, which [[Skirmish on Installation 03|attacked]] UNSC forces on [[Installation 03]] and later in the [[Composer's Forge]], only a day after the Didact's attack on [[Earth]]. While the Didact was eventually defeated and contained as a threat, most of the newly-created constructs were evidently sent to Requiem<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 9|Issue #9]]''</ref> and continued to oppose the UNSC forces when the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} returned to the shield world in [[2558|February 2558]].<ref>'''Halo 4''', ''[[Spartan Ops]]''</ref> While Requiem was eventually destroyed, a number of Promethean constructs survived and would later clash with the UNSC in the battles of [[Battle of Oban|Oban]] and [[Battle of Aktis IV|Aktis IV]], still allied with Jul 'Mdama's Covenant.<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 13|Issue #13]]''</ref> By the time of the [[Battle of Kamchatka]] Promethean constructs had turned against Jul 'Mdama's Covenant<ref>[http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=177136559&postcount=682 '''NeoGaf''': ''Frank O'Conner clarifies'']</ref>, led by the [[Warden Eternal]] and [[Cortana]], founders of the [[Created]].<ref name="E3 2015 demo">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwjwJ9Z_XYs '''YouTube''': ''Halo 5 E3 Campaign Demo'']</ref>