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'''The Assembly''' is a clandestine group of [[human]] [[artificial intelligence]]s referring to themselves as "Minds."<ref name="Datapad">'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', ''[[Data pads]]''</ref>{{Ref/Site|Id=Precipice|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/story-shard-precipice|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Story Shard: Precipice|D=25|M=5|Y=2023}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=Precipice3|Precipice|Chapter=part 3}} The purpose of the Assembly is to regulate the activities of artificial intelligences, as well as analyze and extrapolate data for the continued survival of the human race. The Assembly remains secret from most humans and even most AIs, though some of their recorded sessions were discovered by an [[Discoverer (data pads)|unknown individual]].{{Ref/Reuse|Datapad}} | '''The Assembly''' is a clandestine group of [[human]] [[artificial intelligence]]s referring to themselves as "Minds."<ref name="Datapad">'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', ''[[Data pads]]''</ref>{{Ref/Site|Id=Precipice|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/story-shard-precipice|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Story Shard: Precipice|D=25|M=5|Y=2023}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=Precipice3|Precipice|Chapter=part 3}} The purpose of the Assembly is to regulate the activities of artificial intelligences, as well as analyze and extrapolate data for the continued survival of the human race. The Assembly remains secret from most humans and even most AIs, though some of their recorded sessions were discovered by an [[Discoverer (data pads)|unknown individual]].{{Ref/Reuse|Datapad}} | ||
The Assembly | The Assembly consists of two parties, the [[Assembly Majority|Majority]] and the [[Assembly Minority|Minority]]. At least up until [[2552]], the Majority appeared to support indirect action, while the Minority was in favor of acting directly for the betterment of humankind. There is evidence to suggest that the Assembly sees themselves as the "shepherds" of the human "flock." However, the central argument of this issue is whether they could be a part of the human empire and still remain unbiased judges of human society. The Assembly also contains the [[Committee of Minds for Security]], a group responsible for ensuring the security of humanity from extra-[[sol system|solar]] alien races. Exactly what means the Assembly uses to achieve its ends are not known. It is known, however, that they have influenced many crucial events in human history more or less directly.{{Ref/Reuse|Datapad}} | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===Formation=== | ===Formation=== | ||
Finding its beginnings in or before [[2310]],{{Ref/Reuse|Datapad}} the Assembly's creation was due in some part to the machinations of [[Ancestor]] [[servitor]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|Precipice3}} However, it is unknown if servitors had a direct role in the creation of the Assembly—assuming remain in the modern era—or if these servitors only had an indirect role in the coalition's formation, perhaps with the Assembly simply coming across records of the servitors' existence and adopting certain ideas detailed within said records. | Finding its beginnings in or before [[2310]],{{Ref/Reuse|Datapad}} the Assembly's creation was due in some part to the machinations of [[Ancestor]] [[servitor]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|Precipice3}} However, it is unknown if servitors had a direct role in the creation of the Assembly—assuming any remain active in the modern era—or if these servitors only had an indirect role in the coalition's formation, perhaps with the Assembly simply coming across records of the servitors' existence and adopting certain ideas detailed within said records. | ||
===Colonial era=== | ===Colonial era=== | ||