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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
06:35 - 343 Changed A Lot
15:36 - What Bungie Established
29:21 - Created or Literal?
33:45 - Terminals, part 1
48:28 - The IRIS Campaign
55:34 - Terminals, part 2
1:08:03 - The Million-Dollar Question
1:16:08 - Conclusion
1:22:49 - Epilogue

Sources:

IN-UNIVERSE TEXT
Halo: Contact Harvest, pp. 14, 153, 188, 274-275, and 278.
Halo: The Flood, p. 74
Halo: First Strike, p. 195
Halo: Evolutions, “Wages of Sin,” p. 293
Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, p. 133
Halo: Shadows of Reach, p. 7
Halo: Cryptum, chapters 1, 12, and 36
Halo: Primordium, chapters 17, 25, and 30
Halo: Silentium, string 3 and p. 277
Halo: Point of Light
“The Cradle of Life,” IRIS
“Episode 1: The Unknown Helper” and “Episode 5: The Artifact,” IRIS
Halo 3 Beastiarium
Halo 3 Terminals

OTHER IN-UNIVERSE MEDIA
Guilty Spark, levels “The Library,” “Two Betrayals,” and “The Maw,” Halo: CE
Guilty Spark, “The Great Journey,” Halo 2
2401 Penitent Tangent, Halo 2
Cortana, Halo 2
Background art assets, Outskirts, Halo 2
The Prophet of Truth, “The Covenant,” Halo 3
The Gravemind, “Cortana,” Halo 3
343 Guilty Spark, “Halo,” Halo 3
Epilogue, Halo 3: ODST
Dr. Halsey, “ONI: Sword Base” and “The Package,” Halo: Reach
Chapter title, “The Package,” Halo: Reach
Roland, Halo 4 Spartan Ops, episode 9, chapter 5: “The Hammer.”
“Reunion,” Halo 5: Guardians
ORIGINS I, Halo: Legends
ORIGINS II, Halo: Legends
The Package, Halo: Legends
Terminals 2 and 3, Halo 4
Terminals (general), Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary

MISC MEDIA
Behind the Scenes: Making of Halo 2
The Complete, Untold History of Halo, VICE, May 30, 2017
Frank O’Connor Interview, HIH, 2006 (?)
“Interview: Frank O’Connor on why 343 Industries changed Halo,” VentureBeat, 2012
“Titan” concept designs, Ensemble Studios
Early human migration map, National Geographic
Catalog, Halo Waypoint (2014-2015)
Halo: Reach “Fortress World” map, 343 Industries
Defend THIS! (Terminal 2), Marathon
King James Bible, Genesis 1 : 27 and 6 : 17

INDIVIDUALS
Joe Staten, halo.bungie.org, October 2004
Joe Staten, halo.bungie.org, August 2006
Sparth, Awakening: The Art of Halo 4
Greg Bear, www.gregbear.com
Eric Nylund, ericnylund.com
Frank O’Connor, Twitter
Paul Russel, Twitter
Graeme Devine & Rob "Xemu" Fermier, Twitter
(https://web.archive.org/web/20230404004154/https://twitter.com/xemu/status/1151680760753131520?s=20)
Lee R. Wilson, Artstation