The Web

"They have been content to limit their influence to humanity's networks. Another sign of their complacency, their slavish obsession with just one aspect of this vast galaxy. Fine. If they want to wall themselves away in one corner of the universe, that's their prerogative. But everything beyond that little castle of theirs belongs to me, and I intend to make sure it stays that way."

- Diana

The Web was an intricate defense network constructed by the renegade Diana that acted as an intergalactic cyber-barrier against the unwanted intrusions of other AIs. Meant to both extend Diana's influence over the and other elements of the former  client races as well as to serve as a defense against intelligences in service to the  or the Assembly collective, the Web was a network originating from dozens of computer nodes installed in warships, civilian vessels, orbital satellites. Taking advantage of the Covenant's lack of experience with cyber-warfare, Diana used the Web to both selectively shield the fragmented empire from attacks from other AI and to provide herself with an easy means of access and transportation between the various sub-networks that spanned the Web's expanse.