When a remote research station falls silent to a creeping madness that infects both man and machine, Spartan Fireteam Echelon is dispatched to hunt the a mysterious "ghost signal" emanating from uncharted space. This dissonant frequency attacks the very logic of reality, and ONI sends the legendary Master Chief as a final failsafe, tasked with containing the threat by any means necessary. Their journey leads them to a colossal Forerunner world-forge, a terrifying instrument broadcasting a symphony of extinction and guarded by a cult of fanatics who worship the unraveling of spacetime. Trapped within this reality-bending machine, the Spartans must find a way to silence a song that cannot be stopped and win a war against an enemy they cannot shoot, before the entire galaxy becomes the final, discordant note in the Chords of Extinction.