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{{Disambig header|the Forerunner Monitor|other uses of the term|343}} | {{Disambig header|the Forerunner Monitor|other uses of the term|343 (disambiguation)}} | ||
{{Clear}} | {{Clear}} | ||
{{AI infobox | {{AI infobox | ||
|name= 343 Guilty Spark | |name= 343 Guilty Spark | ||
|image={{tabcontainer|title1=Monitor|content1=[[File:H2A | |image={{tabcontainer|title1=Monitor|content1=[[File:HTMCC-H2A 343GuiltySpark.png|300px]]|title2=Armiger|content2=[[File:Enc22 Spark.png|300px]]}} | ||
|began=c. [[97,445 BCE]] | |began=c. [[97,445 BCE]] | ||
|ended-title=Physically destroyed | |ended-title=Physically destroyed | ||
|ended= [[2552#December|December 11, 2552]]<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/video/herofortitude/bfe5038b-314a-4f17-a6be-f7613e0e3788 '''Halo Waypoint''', ''Hero-Fortitude'']</ref> {{c|[[Monitor]] body}} | |ended= [[2552#December|December 11, 2552]]<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/video/herofortitude/bfe5038b-314a-4f17-a6be-f7613e0e3788 '''Halo Waypoint''', ''Hero-Fortitude'']</ref> {{c|[[Monitor]] body}} | ||
|gender=Male | |gender=Male personality | ||
|description= *Floating, round-edged cube, with one "eye" sign that is blue by default {{c|As a Monitor}} | |description= *Floating, round-edged cube, with one "eye" sign that is blue by default {{c|As a Monitor}} | ||
*Thin, lithe humanoid appearance {{c|As an Armiger}} | *Thin, lithe humanoid appearance {{c|As an Armiger}} | ||
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|function=[[Monitor]] of [[Installation 04]] and its [[Installation 08|replacement]]<br>Shipboard AI of the ''[[Ace of Spades]]''<br>Caretaker of [[Bastion]] | |function=[[Monitor]] of [[Installation 04]] and its [[Installation 08|replacement]]<br>Shipboard AI of the ''[[Ace of Spades]]''<br>Caretaker of [[Bastion]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{Quote|Last time, [[IsoDidact|you]] asked me, if it was my choice, would I [[Great Purification|do it?]] Having had considerable time to ponder your query, my answer has not changed. There is no choice. We must activate [[Installation 04| | {{Quote|[[Halo: Silentium|Last time]], [[IsoDidact|you]] asked me, if it was my choice, would I [[Great Purification|do it?]] Having had considerable time to ponder your query, my answer has not changed. There is no choice. We must activate the [[Installation 04|ring]].|Guilty Spark to [[John-117]].<ref name="Two Betrayals">'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''', ''[[Two Betrayals]]''</ref>}} | ||
'''04-343 Guilty Spark''',<ref name="343GS Final Cutscene">'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', campaign level ''[[343 Guilty Spark (level)|343 Guilty Spark]]'' (final cutscene)</ref> initially known as '''Monitor Chakas'''<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 277''</ref> and known to the Covenant as '''"the Oracle"''' | '''04-343 Guilty Spark''',<ref name="343GS Final Cutscene">'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', campaign level ''[[343 Guilty Spark (level)|343 Guilty Spark]]'' (final cutscene)</ref> initially known as '''Monitor Chakas'''<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 277''</ref> and known to the Covenant as '''"the Oracle,"''' was a [[Forerunner]] [[monitor]] originally tasked with maintaining [[Installation 04]].<ref name="quirk">'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''page 238''</ref> He is often addressed by the [[United Nations Space Command]] as just '''"the Monitor"''' in reference to his title. Originally an [[Erde-Tyrene civilization|ancient]] [[human]] known as [[Chakas]] before his mind was moved into an artificial monitor body, Guilty Spark played an important role in the ancient [[Forerunner-Flood war]], as well as the modern-day [[Battle of Installation 04]], the [[Sesa 'Refumee's heretic faction|heretic]] uprising within the Covenant, and the events that transpired on the Ark during the [[Battle of Installation 00]]. | ||
Though | Though Guilty Spark was originally believed to have been destroyed in the [[Raid on Installation 08]], smoldering pieces of him survived, badly damaged and recovered by the {{UNSCShip|Rubicon}}. After taking over the ship,<ref name="Primordium">'''[[Halo: Primordium]]'''</ref> he rebuilt himself as an [[armiger]] and began a search for the [[Librarian]], a search that would lead him to seek out a new path for himself with the crew of the ''[[Ace of Spades]]'' and going simply by '''Spark'''.{{Ref/Reuse|Renegades}} | ||
After locating [[Bastion]], Spark | After locating [[Bastion]], Spark decided to leave the ''Ace of Spades'' and become the caretaker of the [[shield world]], feeling that he didn't belong in the past or present, but outside of time. As a final gift to his friends, Spark helped [[Lessa]] and [[Niko]] with their future endeavors and repaired [[Little Bit]] to be the new shipboard AI of the ''Ace of Spades''. With [[Rion Forge]] and company gone, Spark departed with Bastion to an unknown location.<ref name="POL">'''[[Halo: Point of Light]]'''</ref> | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
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===Halo=== | ===Halo=== | ||
{{Quote|My galaxy is dead. I am machine. I am Chakas. I am human. I am 343 Guilty Spark. I have never understood Forerunners. And they will never understand me. But for now... Silentium.|Guilty Spark reflects on his nature as the Halo Array fires.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 330''</ref>}} | {{Quote|[[Milky Way|My galaxy]] is dead. I am machine. I am Chakas. I am human. I am 343 Guilty Spark. I have never understood Forerunners. And they will never understand me. But for now... '''Silentium'''.|Guilty Spark reflects on his nature as the Halo Array fires.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 330''</ref>}} | ||
Preceding the Halo Array's distribution across the galaxy, Chakas was commanded by the [[Ecumene Council]] to abandon all connection with his former station. As the installation monitors were being given their new assignments aboard a Lifeworker vessel stationed over the lesser Ark, the IsoDidact met with Chakas for one final time and the two had a brief conversation before they parted ways. It was also here that the installation monitors received their final names, with Chakas being assigned the name 343 Guilty Spark by the IsoDidact. The IsoDidact asked Chakas if he would fire the rings, were it his decision; Chakas remained silent,<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 313-314''</ref> but would continue to ponder the Didact's question for the millennia to come. Over a hundred thousand years later, Spark would cite this query to [[John-117]], whom he had evidently mistaken for the IsoDidact.<ref name="twoB">'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', campaign level ''[[Two Betrayals]]''</ref> | Preceding the Halo Array's distribution across the [[Milky Way|galaxy]], Chakas was commanded by the [[Ecumene Council]] to abandon all connection with his former station. As the installation monitors were being given their new assignments aboard a Lifeworker vessel stationed over the lesser Ark, the IsoDidact met with Chakas for one final time and the two had a brief conversation before they parted ways. It was also here that the installation monitors received their final names, with Chakas being assigned the name 343 Guilty Spark by the IsoDidact. The IsoDidact asked Chakas if he would fire the rings, were it his decision; Chakas remained silent,<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 313-314''</ref> but would continue to ponder the Didact's question for the millennia to come. Over a hundred thousand years later, Spark would cite this query to [[John-117]], whom he had evidently mistaken for the IsoDidact.<ref name="twoB">'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', campaign level ''[[Two Betrayals]]''</ref> | ||
From that point forward, Spark became the designated guardian and custodian of Installation 04.<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary''' - ''[[Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)#Terminal Two|Terminal 2]]''</ref> When the Array was activated, with Installation 04 being the first to fire, Spark received a signal from a nascent, previously-unknown civilization broadcasting its first transmission into deep space, and was saddened by the realization that they would be wiped out before they even had the chance to travel to the stars and make contact with other beings. At the same time, large portions of Spark's memory were automatically suppressed for the sake of compartmentalization as a precaution in the event the Flood and its ancilla-corrupting [[logic plague]] were to resurface. This caused him to forget much of his past life aside from the knowledge required in his duties as caretaker of Installation 04.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 329-330''</ref> | From that point forward, Spark became the designated guardian and custodian of Installation 04.<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary''' - ''[[Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)#Terminal Two|Terminal 2]]''</ref> When the Array was activated, with Installation 04 being the first to fire, Spark received a signal from a nascent, previously-unknown civilization broadcasting its first transmission into deep space, and was saddened by the realization that they would be wiped out before they even had the chance to travel to the stars and make contact with other beings. At the same time, large portions of Spark's memory were automatically suppressed for the sake of compartmentalization as a precaution in the event the Flood and its ancilla-corrupting [[logic plague]] were to resurface. This caused him to forget much of his past life aside from the knowledge required in his duties as caretaker of Installation 04.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 329-330''</ref> | ||
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{{Quote|Alone. Alone. Alone. Alone. Am I the only intelligence left? Waiting here on this ring for a rebirth never truly conceived. Guarding a weapon with no targets... A weapon I can tune to any target.|343 Guilty Spark lamenting his loneliness and isolation during his prolonged post as Installation 04's caretaker.}} | {{Quote|Alone. Alone. Alone. Alone. Am I the only intelligence left? Waiting here on this ring for a rebirth never truly conceived. Guarding a weapon with no targets... A weapon I can tune to any target.|343 Guilty Spark lamenting his loneliness and isolation during his prolonged post as Installation 04's caretaker.}} | ||
After the firing of the Halo Array as a last resort against the Flood, 343 Guilty Spark was alone in a galaxy void of sentient life. During the eons he spent monitoring Installation 04, he began to display signs of [[rampancy]] due to crippling loneliness, especially after communications with the other Installations had ceased. During his unintentional exile, he would begin to recollect his time spent with the | After the firing of the Halo Array as a last resort against the Flood, 343 Guilty Spark was alone in a galaxy void of sentient life. During the eons he spent monitoring Installation 04, he began to display signs of [[rampancy]] due to crippling loneliness, especially after communications with the other Installations had ceased. During his unintentional exile, he would begin to recollect his time spent with the Forerunners, their war with the [[Flood]], decisions they made, and decisions he believed they should have made.<ref name="terminal">'''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary''' -[[Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)#Terminal 4|Terminal 4]], [[Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)#Terminal 5|Terminal 5]], and [[Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)#Terminal 7|Terminal 7]]</ref> During this time, Guilty Spark's mind fragmented considerably, becoming split among many separate personality-streams, partly in an attempt to contain and forestall the development of rampancy.<ref name="p372">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 372''</ref> | ||
After two cycles of hibernation, Spark found that he had become bored; something he had not believed he, as a monitor, was capable of. Aware of the [[Rampancy|risks]] involved with losing operational focus, Spark began to divert his attention elsewhere. For his own amusement, he began experimenting on his Installation, ejecting entire sections of matter from the ring's surface into space, intending to later rebuild them.{{Ref/Reuse|terminal}} | After two cycles of hibernation, Spark found that he had become bored; something he had not believed he, as a monitor, was capable of. Aware of the [[Rampancy|risks]] involved with losing operational focus, Spark began to divert his attention elsewhere. For his own amusement, he began experimenting on his Installation, ejecting entire sections of matter from the ring's surface into space, intending to later rebuild them.{{Ref/Reuse|terminal}} | ||
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===Post-outbreak=== | ===Post-outbreak=== | ||
[[File:Refumee & Spark.png|thumb|300px | [[File:Refumee & Spark.png|thumb|300px|343 Guilty Spark discusses Halo's true purpose with [[Sesa 'Refumee]].]] | ||
{{quote|Excellent! I believe I see assistance approaching...|343 Guilty Spark}}<ref>'''[[Conversations from the Universe]]''', page 1</ref> | {{quote|Excellent! I believe I see assistance approaching...|343 Guilty Spark}}<ref>'''[[Conversations from the Universe]]''', page 1</ref> | ||
After Halo's destruction, Guilty Spark escaped into space, reflecting upon what had happened to both himself and his Installation. He then traveled to a Forerunner [[Threshold gas mine|gas mining facility]] in [[Threshold]]'s atmosphere, whose refitting as a [[Flood research facility]] he had overseen eons past.{{Ref/Reuse|oracle}} There, he encountered a Covenant artifact retrieval group led by [[Sesa 'Refumee]]. After a brief confrontation with several members of the lower castes of the Covenant, a Sangheili recognized him as an "Oracle" and took him to their leader.{{Ref/Note|In the Halo Waypoint video [https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/detail/f99d83df-50e2-4b77-8cc2-96df1a107956/the-long-road-home The Long Road Home], it was originally stated that 343 Guilty Spark had been captured by Sesa Refumee's soldiers after the Battle of Installation 04. However, the [[Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)|eleventh Terminal]] of ''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary'' later revealed that the Monitor was quickly accepted among the Covenant, even after killing two Kig-Yar. 343 Guilty Spark was not captured but rather welcomed as an Oracle.}} Guilty Spark then proceeded to educate these soldiers about the true purpose of Forerunner creations, including the Halo rings.<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary''' - ''[[Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)#Terminal 11|Terminal 11]]''</ref> Exposed to the truth, Sesa 'Refumee took a new, critical view on the [[Great Journey]] and, gathering other similarly minded [[Sangheili]] and [[Unggoy]], founded [[Sesa 'Refumee's heretic faction|a new sect]] that denounced the [[San'Shyuum|Prophets]] and their Great Journey as false. Setting up a base in the gas mine over Threshold, the group would soon be branded as "heretics" by the Hierarchs. Guilty Spark spent a great deal of time with 'Refumee, educating him on the true purpose of the Halo rings while 'Refumee in return shared with Spark the history of the Covenant and the [[Arbiter]]s in particular. Guilty Spark recognized that the selection of the Arbiters was a manipulation by the Prophets, eliminating potential political enemies while using them at the same time to quell rising problems in the Covenant. The two also discussed who to share the information with, but the one Sangheili 'Refumee believed could be trusted, [[Thel 'Vadam]]ee, [[Supreme Commander]] of the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]], was almost certainly dead.<ref>'''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''' - ''[[Terminal (Halo 2: Anniversary)|Terminals]]''</ref> | After Halo's destruction, Guilty Spark escaped into space, reflecting upon what had happened to both himself and his Installation. He then traveled to a Forerunner [[Threshold gas mine|gas mining facility]] in [[Threshold]]'s atmosphere, whose refitting as a [[Flood research facility]] he had overseen eons past.{{Ref/Reuse|oracle}} There, he encountered a Covenant artifact retrieval group led by [[Sesa 'Refumee]]. After a brief confrontation with several members of the lower castes of the Covenant, a Sangheili recognized him as an "Oracle" and took him to their leader.{{Ref/Note|In the Halo Waypoint video [https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/detail/f99d83df-50e2-4b77-8cc2-96df1a107956/the-long-road-home The Long Road Home], it was originally stated that 343 Guilty Spark had been captured by Sesa Refumee's soldiers after the Battle of Installation 04. However, the [[Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)|eleventh Terminal]] of ''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary'' later revealed that the Monitor was quickly accepted among the Covenant, even after killing two Kig-Yar. 343 Guilty Spark was not captured but rather welcomed as an Oracle.}} Guilty Spark then proceeded to educate these soldiers about the true purpose of Forerunner creations, including the Halo rings.<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary''' - ''[[Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)#Terminal 11|Terminal 11]]''</ref> Exposed to the truth, Sesa 'Refumee took a new, critical view on the [[Great Journey]] and, gathering other similarly minded [[Sangheili]] and [[Unggoy]], founded [[Sesa 'Refumee's heretic faction|a new sect]] that denounced the [[San'Shyuum|Prophets]] and their Great Journey as false. Setting up a base in the gas mine over Threshold, the group would soon be branded as "heretics" by the Hierarchs. Guilty Spark spent a great deal of time with 'Refumee, educating him on the true purpose of the Halo rings while 'Refumee in return shared with Spark the history of the Covenant and the [[Arbiter]]s in particular. Guilty Spark recognized that the selection of the Arbiters was a manipulation by the Prophets, eliminating potential political enemies while using them at the same time to quell rising problems in the Covenant. The two also discussed who to share the information with, but the one Sangheili 'Refumee believed could be trusted, [[Thel 'Vadam]]ee, [[Supreme Commander]] of the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]], was almost certainly dead.<ref>'''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''' - ''[[Terminal (Halo 2: Anniversary)|Terminals]]''</ref> | ||
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Interrogated by the [[High Prophets]], Guilty Spark revealed the nature of the installations and the means to employ them, which made the Prophets send the Arbiter to retrieve [[Installation 05]]'s "Sacred Icon".<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Sacred Icon]]''</ref> Guilty Spark may have attempted to educate the Prophets to the truth as well without success as the [[Prophet of Regret]] would later complain that the "Oracles" were useless and knew nothing about the Great Journey while meeting with the [[Gravemind]], Arbiter, [[John-117|Master Chief]] and [[monitor]] [[2401 Penitent Tangent]].<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Gravemind]]''</ref> After the Index been obtained, Tartarus took Guilty Spark and the Index to Installation 05’s [[Control Room]], using [[Miranda Keyes]] as the new [[Reclaimer]]. However, Tartarus grew tired of Guilty Spark's constant warnings. When the Arbiter and [[Avery Junior Johnson]] arrived to deactivate the ring, they first questioned Guilty Spark, hoping that his status as Oracle could sway Tartarus to halt its firing. Guilty Spark's revelations about the truth of the installations and what become of the Forerunners confirmed what the Arbiter had already learned from the Gravemind and Master Chief and completely ended his faith in the Covenant religion. However, the [[Brute]]s were too loyal to the Prophets to accept the truth that the Halos were weapons of mass destruction. Tartarus used Guilty Spark as a weapon, throwing the helpless monitor at Johnson so Tartarus could fire the rings. Guilty Spark observed the ensuing struggle, reminded of the one he had witnessed on the ''Pillar of Autumn''. Keyes sought Spark's advice on how to shut the installation down and eventually got him to admit that simply removing the Index would suffice. | Interrogated by the [[High Prophets]], Guilty Spark revealed the nature of the installations and the means to employ them, which made the Prophets send the Arbiter to retrieve [[Installation 05]]'s "Sacred Icon".<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Sacred Icon]]''</ref> Guilty Spark may have attempted to educate the Prophets to the truth as well without success as the [[Prophet of Regret]] would later complain that the "Oracles" were useless and knew nothing about the Great Journey while meeting with the [[Gravemind]], Arbiter, [[John-117|Master Chief]] and [[monitor]] [[2401 Penitent Tangent]].<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Gravemind]]''</ref> After the Index been obtained, Tartarus took Guilty Spark and the Index to Installation 05’s [[Control Room]], using [[Miranda Keyes]] as the new [[Reclaimer]]. However, Tartarus grew tired of Guilty Spark's constant warnings. When the Arbiter and [[Avery Junior Johnson]] arrived to deactivate the ring, they first questioned Guilty Spark, hoping that his status as Oracle could sway Tartarus to halt its firing. Guilty Spark's revelations about the truth of the installations and what become of the Forerunners confirmed what the Arbiter had already learned from the Gravemind and Master Chief and completely ended his faith in the Covenant religion. However, the [[Brute]]s were too loyal to the Prophets to accept the truth that the Halos were weapons of mass destruction. Tartarus used Guilty Spark as a weapon, throwing the helpless monitor at Johnson so Tartarus could fire the rings. Guilty Spark observed the ensuing struggle, reminded of the one he had witnessed on the ''Pillar of Autumn''. Keyes sought Spark's advice on how to shut the installation down and eventually got him to admit that simply removing the Index would suffice. | ||
[[File:H2A - Halo Array hologram.jpg | [[File:H2A - Halo Array hologram.jpg|thumb|250px|Keyes, Johnson, and Spark in Delta Halo's control room.]] | ||
After [[Tartarus]] and his [[Brute Captain]]s were killed, Keyes managed to deactivate the installation the control panel for the installation began to show a holographic display. Guilty Spark, after being used by Johnson as a ride to the lower level, translated the display to Johnson, Miranda Keyes, and the Arbiter: the rings were now on standby, meaning they could be activated simultaneously from [[Installation 00|the Ark]]. The Arbiter asked Spark where it was, and he provided them with coordinates to where he believed it to be located; unbeknownst to him, it turned out to be [[Earth]], the human homeworld.<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ''[[The Great Journey]]''</ref><ref>'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page 197''</ref><ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[The Ark]]'' ("''I always assumed it was part of a…shield installation, but it seems I was mistaken.''")</ref> | After [[Tartarus]] and his [[Brute Captain]]s were killed, Keyes managed to deactivate the installation the control panel for the installation began to show a holographic display. Guilty Spark, after being used by Johnson as a ride to the lower level, translated the display to Johnson, Miranda Keyes, and the Arbiter: the rings were now on standby, meaning they could be activated simultaneously from [[Installation 00|the Ark]]. The Arbiter asked Spark where it was, and he provided them with coordinates to where he believed it to be located; unbeknownst to him, it turned out to be [[Earth]], the human homeworld.<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ''[[The Great Journey]]''</ref><ref>'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page 197''</ref><ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[The Ark]]'' ("''I always assumed it was part of a…shield installation, but it seems I was mistaken.''")</ref> | ||
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===Return to Halo=== | ===Return to Halo=== | ||
[[File:DeathofAveryJohnson.jpg | [[File:DeathofAveryJohnson.jpg|thumb|300px|343 Guilty Spark mortally wounds [[Avery Johnson|Johnson]] in order to ensure the survival of the soon-to-be completed Halo, and the Ark.]] | ||
{{Quote|Unacceptable! Unacceptable! That is absolutely unacceptable! Protocol dictates action! I see now that helping you was ''wrong''! You are a child of my makers; inheritor of all they left behind. You are Forerunner, but this ring... is ''mine''!|343 Guilty Spark turns on John-117 for the second time.{{Ref/Reuse|Halo}}}} | {{Quote|Unacceptable! Unacceptable! That is absolutely unacceptable! Protocol dictates action! I see now that helping you was ''wrong''! You are a child of my makers; inheritor of all they left behind. You are Forerunner, but this ring... is ''mine''!|343 Guilty Spark turns on John-117 for the second time.{{Ref/Reuse|Halo}}}} | ||
Guilty Spark was reunited with the Chief along with Johnson and the Arbiter in the new Halo's control room, where he informed them that the ring was almost complete, but not yet ready to fire. However, despite Guilty Spark's panicked warnings that a premature activation would result in the destruction of the Ark (and, more importantly to Guilty Spark, the new Halo ring), Johnson ignored him, determined to destroy the Gravemind and the Flood once and for all. Unable to accept that his new installation was about to be destroyed, an enraged Guilty Spark went [[rampant]] and fired upon Johnson as he attempted to activate the ring, mortally wounding him. Seeing John run towards his fallen comrade, the Monitor then fired upon him and the Arbiter, knocking the Arbiter out of the room and sealing the door behind him. The Master Chief was left to face the Monitor alone. | Guilty Spark was reunited with the Chief along with Johnson and the Arbiter in the new Halo's control room, where he informed them that the ring was almost complete, but not yet ready to fire. However, despite Guilty Spark's panicked warnings that a premature activation would result in the destruction of the Ark (and, more importantly to Guilty Spark, the new Halo ring), Johnson ignored him, determined to destroy the Gravemind and the Flood once and for all. Unable to accept that his new installation was about to be destroyed, an enraged Guilty Spark went [[rampant]] and fired upon Johnson as he attempted to activate the ring, mortally wounding him. Seeing John run towards his fallen comrade, the Monitor then fired upon him and the Arbiter, knocking the Arbiter out of the room and sealing the door behind him. The Master Chief was left to face the Monitor alone. | ||
[[File: | [[File:H3 GuiltySparkDies.gif|250px|thumb|left|Guilty Spark explodes after sustaining several direct Spartan Laser hits.]] | ||
With the Chief wounded and his shields down, Guilty Spark declared that he would stop at nothing to follow protocol and ensure the safety of his ring and the Ark. The Chief engaged Guilty Spark in combat, but was unable to damage the Monitor's housing. Johnson, burned and bleeding but still conscious, used his [[M6 Spartan Laser|Spartan Laser]] to damage Guilty Spark before he could kill John, cracking the AI's protective casing. Johnson then gave his weapon to the Spartan. Guilty Spark began to malfunction ever more erratically as the battle progressed, and after three more blasts from the Spartan Laser, he finally lost all structural integrity, exploded and was apparently destroyed.{{Ref/Reuse|Halo}} | With the Chief wounded and his shields down, Guilty Spark declared that he would stop at nothing to follow protocol and ensure the safety of his ring and the Ark. The Chief engaged Guilty Spark in combat, but was unable to damage the Monitor's housing. Johnson, burned and bleeding but still conscious, used his [[M6 Spartan Laser|Spartan Laser]] to damage Guilty Spark before he could kill John, cracking the AI's protective casing. Johnson then gave his weapon to the Spartan. Guilty Spark began to malfunction ever more erratically as the battle progressed, and after three more blasts from the Spartan Laser, he finally lost all structural integrity, exploded and was apparently destroyed.{{Ref/Reuse|Halo}} | ||
{{clear}} | {{clear}} | ||
===Post Human-Covenant War recovery=== | ===Post Human-Covenant War recovery=== | ||
[[File:H3 Guitly Spark Debris.png|300px|thumb | [[File:H3 Guitly Spark Debris.png|300px|thumb|Five smoldering pieces of debris from when 343 Guilty Spark exploded during the [[Raid on Installation 08]]. The only remains of his dead [[monitor]] body.]] | ||
Spark was not completely destroyed, however. In late [[2553#November|November 2553]],<ref name="hitd c2">'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', Chapter 2</ref> the UNSC detected a transmission from the ruins of [[Installation 00]] and deployed the {{UNSCShip|Rubicon}} from [[Luna]] to conduct a further investigation.<ref name="EH">'''[[Eleventh Hour reports]]''', ''part 4''</ref> A [[remote contact team]] recovered an extremely damaged armature, believed by the team to be the source of the signal picked up by the initial investigative group.{{Ref/Reuse|EH}} The device was actually the broken, barely active debris of 343 Guilty Spark.<ref name="Halo pages 376-379">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 376-379''</ref> | Spark was not completely destroyed, however. In late [[2553#November|November 2553]],<ref name="hitd c2">'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', Chapter 2</ref> the UNSC detected a transmission from the ruins of [[Installation 00]] and deployed the {{UNSCShip|Rubicon}} from [[Luna]] to conduct a further investigation.<ref name="EH">'''[[Eleventh Hour reports]]''', ''part 4''</ref> A [[remote contact team]] recovered an extremely damaged armature, believed by the team to be the source of the signal picked up by the initial investigative group.{{Ref/Reuse|EH}} The device was actually the broken, barely active debris of 343 Guilty Spark.<ref name="Halo pages 376-379">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 376-379''</ref> | ||
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===Search for the Librarian and new friends=== | ===Search for the Librarian and new friends=== | ||
Spark first attempted to take the {{UNSCShip|Rubicon}} to the [[shield world]] known as | Spark first attempted to take the {{UNSCShip|Rubicon}} to the [[shield world]] known as [[Trove]] to get an [[upgrade seed]] to better help prepare the ship for the journey ahead, unaware that the shield world had been destroyed in [[2531]] by the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}. However, there were complications following Spark taking control of the ''Rubicon'' and the ship crashed on the planet [[Geranos-a]] in the [[Ibycus system]]. Spark survived by creating an [[armiger]] for himself out of parts salvaged by the crew from the Ark, but the crew died in the crash. Spark buried the crew in a mass grave and sent out a distress signal. | ||
[[File:HR Spark.PNG|thumb|left|300px|Spark, now inhabiting an [[armiger]] carapace and [[Rion Forge]].]] | [[File:HR Spark.PNG|thumb|left|300px|Spark, now inhabiting an [[armiger]] carapace and [[Rion Forge]].]] | ||
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After a failed attempt to get an upgrade seed from the Etran Harborage and revealing the same story to the crew as he did the ''Rubicon'', Spark took the ''Ace of Spades'' to the [[Forerunner]] planet of [[Triniel]], whose population had committed mass suicide during the [[Forerunner-Flood war]] rather than let the Flood overtake them. Spark was able to get the [[slipspace flake]] he needed and created the upgrade seed. Though Spark initially activated the planet's communications satellites which would draw attention to it, he agreed to Rion's wishes and shut them down again so that the planet would forever remain lost, an undisturbed tomb of those who died there. Spark later attempted to access the [[Domain]], but was denied access by [[Catalog]], though he learned that [[Ur-Didact|the Didact]] had tried the same and also failed. Before disconnecting completely, Catalog told Spark that what he sought was not lost, it was already written and Spark just had to find it. | After a failed attempt to get an upgrade seed from the Etran Harborage and revealing the same story to the crew as he did the ''Rubicon'', Spark took the ''Ace of Spades'' to the [[Forerunner]] planet of [[Triniel]], whose population had committed mass suicide during the [[Forerunner-Flood war]] rather than let the Flood overtake them. Spark was able to get the [[slipspace flake]] he needed and created the upgrade seed. Though Spark initially activated the planet's communications satellites which would draw attention to it, he agreed to Rion's wishes and shut them down again so that the planet would forever remain lost, an undisturbed tomb of those who died there. Spark later attempted to access the [[Domain]], but was denied access by [[Catalog]], though he learned that [[Ur-Didact|the Didact]] had tried the same and also failed. Before disconnecting completely, Catalog told Spark that what he sought was not lost, it was already written and Spark just had to find it. | ||
In order to enact their plan, the ''Ace of Spades'' crew reluctantly let Spark upgrade their ship so they could match an ONI [[Prowler]] when it came for them. As part of the plan, Spark uploaded a splinter of his 343 Guilty Spark persona to a data core that was traded to ONI. However, when the crew came into danger, Spark exposed himself to rescue them. With the ''Ace of Spades'' new upgrades and with Spark having upheld his end of the deal, the crew [[Mission to Mount Kilimanjaro|took him]] to [[Mount Kilimanjaro]] where Spark used the fragment of himself in the data core to shut down the ONI base at the [[Portal at Voi]], and search for information on Catalog's intrusions and the expired Catalog found on the African savannah. Beneath Kilimanjaro, Spark led the crew to a [[Lifeworker]] pod before revealing to Rion what he'd known for most of the time they were together: [[John Forge|her father]] had died destroying | In order to enact their plan, the ''Ace of Spades'' crew reluctantly let Spark upgrade their ship so they could match an ONI [[Prowler]] when it came for them. As part of the plan, Spark uploaded a splinter of his 343 Guilty Spark persona to a data core that was traded to ONI. However, when the crew came into danger, Spark exposed himself to rescue them. With the ''Ace of Spades'' new upgrades and with Spark having upheld his end of the deal, the crew [[Mission to Mount Kilimanjaro|took him]] to [[Mount Kilimanjaro]] where Spark used the fragment of himself in the data core to shut down the ONI base at the [[Portal at Voi]], and search for information on Catalog's intrusions and the expired Catalog found on the African savannah. Beneath Kilimanjaro, Spark led the crew to a [[Lifeworker]] pod before revealing to Rion what he'd known for most of the time they were together: [[John Forge|her father]] had died destroying [[Trove]]. | ||
With the crew surrounded by [[Fireteam Apollo]] and an ONI team, Spark deactivated the [[light bridge]] for the crew before he entered the hard light beam around the pod and awakened a [[mind transfer|personality imprint]] of the Librarian stored within. The Librarian caused Spark to appear as he did when he was [[Chakas]] and addressed him by his human name. The Librarian expressed sorrow for the pain she had caused her old friend and told him that Spark was a singular marvel: a being that had adapted and evolved on its own, a product of necessity, but one that may have a great impact on things to come. The Librarian briefly told Spark of the awakening of her imprint on [[Requiem]] as well as that of the Didact, but did not elaborate further though Spark realized from her reaction that the Didact's threat was "not worrisome." The Librarian recognized that there were two sides within Spark: one that didn't care and was cold and scheming while the other cared and was all heart. | With the crew surrounded by [[Fireteam Apollo]] and an ONI team, Spark deactivated the [[light bridge]] for the crew before he entered the hard light beam around the pod and awakened a [[mind transfer|personality imprint]] of the Librarian stored within. The Librarian caused Spark to appear as he did when he was [[Chakas]] and addressed him by his human name. The Librarian expressed sorrow for the pain she had caused her old friend and told him that Spark was a singular marvel: a being that had adapted and evolved on its own, a product of necessity, but one that may have a great impact on things to come. The Librarian briefly told Spark of the awakening of her imprint on [[Requiem]] as well as that of the Didact, but did not elaborate further though Spark realized from her reaction that the Didact's threat was "not worrisome." The Librarian recognized that there were two sides within Spark: one that didn't care and was cold and scheming while the other cared and was all heart. | ||
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The Librarian stated that she would go to join her other personality imprints at the [[Absolute Record]] while humanity had to be given the tools to uphold the Mantle and the knowledge to tend to the Domain. The Librarian offered Spark a choice: to remain with his friends or to go with her to the Absolute Record. The Librarian gave Spark a small etched box that she called a key for if he chose to remain and instructed that he "find what's missing. Fix the path. Right what my kind has turned wrong." After the Librarian admitted that the Didact was most likely beyond redemption, Spark announced his decision to stay with the friends he had waited one hundred thousand years to find and promised to meet the Librarian again before she departed for the Absolute Record. As she left, the Librarian communicated with Rion at least and in her message, the Librarian instructed Rion to take care of Spark who is more fragile and important than she could ever know.<ref name="Renegades">'''[[Halo: Renegades]]'''</ref> | The Librarian stated that she would go to join her other personality imprints at the [[Absolute Record]] while humanity had to be given the tools to uphold the Mantle and the knowledge to tend to the Domain. The Librarian offered Spark a choice: to remain with his friends or to go with her to the Absolute Record. The Librarian gave Spark a small etched box that she called a key for if he chose to remain and instructed that he "find what's missing. Fix the path. Right what my kind has turned wrong." After the Librarian admitted that the Didact was most likely beyond redemption, Spark announced his decision to stay with the friends he had waited one hundred thousand years to find and promised to meet the Librarian again before she departed for the Absolute Record. As she left, the Librarian communicated with Rion at least and in her message, the Librarian instructed Rion to take care of Spark who is more fragile and important than she could ever know.<ref name="Renegades">'''[[Halo: Renegades]]'''</ref> | ||
===A | ===A new path=== | ||
{{Quote|I have waited one hundred thousand years to find my friends. Why would I leave when I have found them?|Spark chooses a new path.<ref>'''[[Halo: Renegades]]''', ''page 298''</ref>}} | {{Quote|I have waited one hundred thousand years to find my friends. Why would I leave when I have found them?|Spark chooses a new path.<ref>'''[[Halo: Renegades]]''', ''page 298''</ref>}} | ||
Upon emerging from the hard light beam, Spark shifted his [[armiger]] into a combat configuration with a hard light rifle which Spark used to bring down the roof of the cavern and force the Spartans to retreat. Spark led the crew onto the platform where the Librarian's pod had been which also acted as a [[slipspace translocation|translocation pad]] and teleported everyone to safety outside where Spark was able to remote-pilot the ''[[Ace of Spades]]'' to pick them up and cloaked them from military detection while pulling his fragment from the ONI systems. | Upon emerging from the hard light beam, Spark shifted his [[armiger]] into a combat configuration with a hard light rifle which Spark used to bring down the roof of the cavern and force the Spartans to retreat. Spark led the crew onto the platform where the Librarian's pod had been which also acted as a [[slipspace translocation|translocation pad]] and teleported everyone to safety outside where Spark was able to remote-pilot the ''[[Ace of Spades]]'' to pick them up and cloaked them from military detection while pulling his fragment from the ONI systems. | ||
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After they departed Earth, the crew discussed their options with [[Gek 'Lhar]]'s bounty still on their heads and ONI after them because of Spark. Rion decided to continue their mission to find the ''Spirit of Fire'' which Spark expressed confidence that they would find. The crew decided that they would have a wealth of options to choose from after that and each raised a toast with Spark's being "to friends."{{Ref/Reuse|Renegades}} | After they departed Earth, the crew discussed their options with [[Gek 'Lhar]]'s bounty still on their heads and ONI after them because of Spark. Rion decided to continue their mission to find the ''Spirit of Fire'' which Spark expressed confidence that they would find. The crew decided that they would have a wealth of options to choose from after that and each raised a toast with Spark's being "to friends."{{Ref/Reuse|Renegades}} | ||
===Searching for Bastion=== | |||
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==Personality and traits== | ==Personality and traits== | ||
{{Quote|Clearly, in my thoughts-in truth-this monitor is much more than a machine.|The [[IsoDidact]] on Guilty Spark.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 313''</ref>}} | {{Quote|Clearly, in my thoughts-in truth-this monitor is much more than a machine.|The [[IsoDidact]] on Guilty Spark.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 313''</ref>}} | ||
[[File:HCEA Terminal 7 Spark Fantasy.jpg|thumb | [[File:HCEA Terminal 7 Spark Fantasy.jpg|thumb|300px|Over the eons spent monitoring [[Installation 04]] in solitude, 343 Guilty Spark longed for a [[Monitor]] companion to combat his loneliness, and to help him stay focused on his duties in the wake of early [[rampancy]].]] | ||
After a hundred thousand years of isolation, 343 Guilty Spark was quirky, detached and analytical. For Spark, protocol dictated all; the slight emotion he showed for the death of an ally was truly grief only for the inconvenience of finding another to assist him. While he gladly assisted those who requested his help, if his allies decided to prevent him from completing necessary actions - such as the firing of his ring - he would turn on them without hesitation and dispatch them with lethal force. | After a hundred thousand years of isolation, 343 Guilty Spark was quirky, detached and analytical. For Spark, protocol dictated all; the slight emotion he showed for the death of an ally was truly grief only for the inconvenience of finding another to assist him. While he gladly assisted those who requested his help, if his allies decided to prevent him from completing necessary actions - such as the firing of his ring - he would turn on them without hesitation and dispatch them with lethal force. | ||
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*In ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' and ''3'', the "eye" of 343 Guilty Spark bears the [[Marathon]] logo. Also, there are notable similarities between Guilty Spark and Durandal; both are able to teleport the main character, and ended up rampant. | *In ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' and ''3'', the "eye" of 343 Guilty Spark bears the [[Marathon]] logo. Also, there are notable similarities between Guilty Spark and Durandal; both are able to teleport the main character, and ended up rampant. | ||
*[[343 Industries]], [[Microsoft Game Studios]]'s internal-build team tasked with managing the ''Halo'' franchise, is named in reference to 343 Guilty Spark. | *[[343 Industries]], [[Microsoft Game Studios]]'s internal-build team tasked with managing the ''Halo'' franchise, is named in reference to 343 Guilty Spark. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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File:HaloCE-343GuiltySpark.png|343 Guilty Spark in ''Halo: Combat Evolved''. | File:HaloCE-343GuiltySpark.png|343 Guilty Spark in ''Halo: Combat Evolved''. | ||
File:343 GS.jpg|343 Guilty Spark in the swamps of [[Installation 04]]. | File:343 GS.jpg|343 Guilty Spark in the swamps of [[Installation 04]]. | ||
File:H2-343GuiltySpark- | File:H2-343GuiltySpark-Wallpaper.jpg|Promotional image of 343 Guilty Spark in ''[[Halo 2]]''. | ||
File:H2-343GuiltySpark-Extraction.png|343 Guilty Spark in ''Halo 2''. | |||
File:GS-Heretic.jpg|343 Guilty Spark with [[Sesa 'Refumee]] in ''Halo 2''. | File:GS-Heretic.jpg|343 Guilty Spark with [[Sesa 'Refumee]] in ''Halo 2''. | ||
File:Sanctum of the hierarchs 343gs.png|343 Guilty Spark held captive within a [[Containment field device]] by the Covenant. | File:Sanctum of the hierarchs 343gs.png|343 Guilty Spark held captive within a [[Containment field device]] by the Covenant. | ||
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File:343GS rampant.jpg|343 Guilty Spark in his defense mode as indicated by the change of color in the eye sockets. | File:343GS rampant.jpg|343 Guilty Spark in his defense mode as indicated by the change of color in the eye sockets. | ||
File:Damaged Monitor.jpg|343 Guilty Spark heavily damaged. | File:Damaged Monitor.jpg|343 Guilty Spark heavily damaged. | ||
File:343 Guilty Spark (Rampant).png| A render of 343 Guilty Spark in attack mode. | |||
File:GuiltySparkAnniversary.png|343 Guilty Spark in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''. | File:GuiltySparkAnniversary.png|343 Guilty Spark in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''. | ||
File:HCEA-343GuiltySpark.png|343 Guilty Spark in ''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary''. Note the changed Marathon symbol. | File:HCEA-343GuiltySpark.png|343 Guilty Spark in ''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary''. Note the changed Marathon symbol. | ||
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File:HPOL-AlternateSpark.jpg|An alternate render of Spark's model used for the cover of ''Halo: Point of Light''. | File:HPOL-AlternateSpark.jpg|An alternate render of Spark's model used for the cover of ''Halo: Point of Light''. | ||
File:HPoL - Early Spark.jpg|An early render of Spark for the cover of ''Halo: Point of Light''. | File:HPoL - Early Spark.jpg|An early render of Spark for the cover of ''Halo: Point of Light''. | ||
File:Spark Armiger.jpg|Spark on the cover of ''Halo: Point of Light''. | |||
File:HINF - Charm icon - Guilty Charm.png|A 343 Guilty Spark weapon charm in ''[[Halo Infinite]]''. | |||
File:AmogusMJOLNIR.jpg|343 Guilty Spark as a pet in ''Among Us''. | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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*''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Point of Light]]'' | *''[[Halo: Point of Light]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Divine Wind]]'' {{Im}} | |||
*''[[Halo: Outcasts]]'' {{Im}} | |||
*''[[Halo Infinite]]'' {{C|Charm only}} | |||
{{col-end}} | {{col-end}} | ||
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[[Category:Forerunner A.I.]] | [[Category:Forerunner A.I.]] | ||
[[Category:AI characters]] | [[Category:AI characters]] | ||
[[Category:Bosses]] | |||