By late 2559, Cortana’s rule appears overwhelming, but multiple factions are already preparing for the possibility that her control of the Domain can be broken. This episode examines the parallel struggle surrounding Project BOOKWORM while UNSC Infinity prepares its own strike against Cortana at Zeta Halo. Fleet Admiral Terrence Hood and Admiral Serin Osman have spent more than a year hidden from the Created, while ONI and other surviving forces search for a way to reach the Domain and deny its immeasurable strategic value to anyone seeking another galactic dictatorship. Covenant loyalists, Banished commanders, Spartans, intelligence personnel, and human survivors become pieces in a contest much broader than the mission of Infinity. The central prize is not simply information. Control of the Domain could offer communication, knowledge, longevity for artificial intelligences, and access to capabilities capable of reshaping interstellar power. Cortana may be approaching defeat, but an empty throne can start another war before the previous ruler has even fallen.
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