Editing 2401 Penitent Tangent

{{era|H2}}
{{ratings}}
{{AI infobox
|name=2401 Penitent Tangent 
|image=[[Image:PenitentTangent01.jpg|300px]]
|began=More than 100,000 years ago
|ended=N/A
|gender=N/A (Male Voice)
|description=A Monitor, Currently glows red. Has a deeper voice than [[343 Guilty Spark]]
|color=Unknown, currently red
|affiliation=[[Forerunner]]
|function=[[Monitor]] of [[The Halos|Halo]] [[Installation 05]]
|battles=
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{{Quote|Greetings! I am 2401 Penitent Tangent. I am the monitor of Installation 05.| 2401 Penitent Tangent greeting the Master Chief and the Arbiter.}}   


'''2401 Penitent Tangent''' is the [[Monitor]] of [[Installation 05]].<ref>[[Halo 2]]'s [[Gravemind (Level)|Gravemind]] level</ref> Although only shown briefly during the encounter with the [[Gravemind]] deep in the bowels of Halo, 2401 Penitent Tangent is nearly identical to its brother monitor, [[343 Guilty Spark]], with the exceptions that its voice is deeper than Guilty Spark's and its "eye" glows red instead of blue, possibly indicating a state of Rampancy. This is unlikely, however, as he behaves much like 343 Guilty Spark does in his non-rampant state, and still shows regard for protocols and rules which Spark lost when he turned rampant. This Monitor was captured by the [[Gravemind]] whilst in combat as it is in "defense mode" and glows dimly and its outer casing appears to be damaged.

The only other difference from [[343 Guilty Spark]] apart from his deeper voice and red glow is that the holes on the side of 2401 Penitent Tangent are rectangular instead of round. He is not encountered again after the [[Master Chief]] sees him beneath the Library of [[Installation 05]], and he isn't seen when [[Gravemind]] occupies [[High Charity]]. It is unknown where he went after the first encounter, it is unknown if he even exists any more.

==[[Cold Storage (Level)|<font color="black">Cold Storage</font>]] Transmission==

REPORT: CONTAINMENT FAILURE

LF.Xx.3273 research and containment facility; [delta site] has experienced catastrophic specimen containment failure. All apertures into facility will be locked until further notice. Atmosphere evacuation and [reduction of ambient temperature] protocols have already been enacted. Request maintenance and security detail [at earliest opportunity]. [8 minutes] elapsed since initial containment failure.

 
REPORT: CONTAINMENT FAILURE

Waiting for maintenance and security detail. [32 minutes, 9 seconds] elapsed since request.

 
REPORT: CONTAINMENT FAILURE

Still waiting for maintenance and security detail. [24 hours] elapsed since request.

 
REPORT: SECURITY BREACH

LF.Xx.3273 research and containment facility; [delta site] has experienced a security breach via emergency [slip stream space] transportation conduits. Emergency [slip stream space] transportation conduits have been placed in recursive mode to contain unauthorized hostile lifeforms. Request emergency security detail. Still waiting for primary maintenance and security detail. [2512332 hours, 14 minutes, 6 seconds]elapsed since initial request.

 
REPORT: DERELICTION OF DUTY

2401 [PENITENT TANGENT] has been lax in the areas of maintenance and security.

LOG: QUERIED ADJACENT FACILITIES
LF.Xx.3273 research and containment facility [alpha, beta, gamma, epsilon, zeta, and kappa sites] have all replied [systems normal] within expected constraints. This would tend to signify that the containment failure was purely mechanical in nature; perhaps a manufacturing flaw. As no [outside agent] has accessed [delta site] in the past [874068942 hours, 4 minutes, 46 seconds]—[allowing for a 61360 hour, 54, minute, 2 second margin of error]—sabotage would seem unlikely.


LOG: REQUEST UNANSWERED
LF.Xx.3273 research and containment facility; [delta site] is currently being held at [.01 atm] / [184K]. Local maintenance and security hubs have failed to reply within expected constraints. [Bumping maintenance and security request up] to [quadrant oversight].


LOG: REQUEST UNANSWERED
LF.Xx.3273 research and containment facility; [delta site] is currently being held at [1 atm] / [278K] as atmospheric seals were showing signs of stress. [Quadrant oversight] has failed to reply within expected constraints. [Bumping maintenance and security request all the way up] to 2401 [PENITENT TANGENT].


LOG: UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO FACILITIES
LF.Xx.3273 research and containment facility; [delta site] emergency [slip stream space] transportation conduits have been accessed by unauthorized parties.


LOG: FILED COMPLAINT TO INSTALLATION 00
2401 [PENITENT TANGENT], monitor of Installation 05, has been lax in the areas of maintenance and security. Requests for aid in said areas have gone unanswered by both 2401 and [subservient] systems well beyond expected constraints.

== Quotes ==
[[Image:Tanget.JPG|thumb|right|Monitor 2401 Penitent Tangent]]
*"Greetings. I am 2401 Penitent Tangent. I am the [[Monitor]] of [[Installation 05]]." - In the beginning of level [[Gravemind (Level)|Gravemind]]. 
*"A [[Reclaimer]]? Here? At last! We have much to do! [[Installation 05|This facility]] must be activated if we are to control this outbreak." - When he saw the [[Master Chief]].
*"Not true. [[Installation 05|This installation]] has a successful utilization record of 1.2 trillion simulated and one actual. It is ready to fire on demand." - To the half - [[Flood]] form of the [[Prophet of Regret]].
*"And you know nothing about containment! You have demonstrated a complete disregard to even the most basic protocols!" - To the half [[Flood]] form of the [[Prophet of Regret]] before the [[gravemind]] told him about his containment.

== Appearances ==
*[[Halo 2]]
**[[Gravemind (Level)|Gravemind]]
**[[Backwash]]
**[[Cold Storage]] (possible)

== Trivia ==
* 2401 when added together equals seven, a number often referenced in the Halo games (2+4+0+1=[[7]]).
* 2401 is also 7^4, or seven to the fourth power.
* In addition, "Penitent" in 2401 Penitent Tangent's name means "feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses". This may signify that he might have aided the Flood in some way, or it signifies his capture. However, it may simply be a running theme, as the Monitor of [[Installation 04]], [[343 Guilty Spark]], has a first word in their name that roughly means the same thing. The "Tangent" means "to achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by effort", which may show a state of rampancy.
* Penitent Tangent's color may be his normal or rampant color.
* 2401 Penitent Tangent is mentioned in two recent [[Bungie]] weekly updates: 05-30-08 and 06-06-08. This information most likely describes the fall of 2401 Penitent Tangent to the clutches of the [[Gravemind]].
* 2401 can be seen floating around on the Multiplayer map [[Backwash]], but he never performs any serious tasks.

==Sources==
<references/>

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+{{era|H2}}
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 {{AI infobox
 |name=2401 Penitent Tangent
-|image=[[File:HTMCC-H2A 2401PenitentTangent.png|300px]]
+|image=[[Image:PenitentTangent01.jpg|300px]]
-|began= c. [[97,445 BCE]]
+|began=More than 100,000 years ago
-|ended=
+|ended=N/A
-|gender= Male
+|gender=N/A (Male Voice)
-|description=Floating, round-edged cube, with one "eye" sign
+|description=A Monitor, Currently glows red. Has a deeper voice than [[343 Guilty Spark]]
-|color= Red illuminations with silver casing
+|color=Unknown, currently red
-|affiliation=[[Forerunner]] [[ecumene]]
+|affiliation=[[Forerunner]]
-|function=[[Monitor]] of [[Installation 05]]
+|function=[[Monitor]] of [[The Halos|Halo]] [[Installation 05]]
+|battles=
 }}
-{{Quote|Greetings! I am 2401 Penitent Tangent. I am the monitor of Installation 05.|2401 Penitent Tangent introducing himself to [[John-117]] and [[Thel 'Vadam]]ee{{Ref/Level|Id=gra|H2|Gravemind (level)|Gravemind}}}}
-'''05-2401 Penitent Tangent''' was the [[monitor]] of [[Halo Array|Halo]] [[Installation 05]].{{Ref/Reuse|gra}}{{Ref/Book|Id=EVG|EVG|Page=136}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=371}}
+{{Quote|Greetings! I am 2401 Penitent Tangent. I am the monitor of Installation 05.| 2401 Penitent Tangent greeting the Master Chief and the Arbiter.}}
-==Biography==
-Penitent Tangent, as well as the other six monitors, was present at the dispersion of the [[activation index|activation indexes]] prior to the firing of the [[Halo Array|Halo weapons]] near the end of the [[Forerunner-Flood war]].{{Ref/Game|HCEA|Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary|Terminal 2}}
-Penitent Tangent was charged with regularly scheduled communications with the other Halo array monitors for updates. Several millennia after the rings were fired, though, he ceased sending these messages. Penitent Tangent was the last monitor to send a message to [[343 Guilty Spark]] on [[Installation 04]], though Guilty Spark described his final messages as "incomplete and quite perplexing," and logged his concerns about Penitent Tangent's ability to perform his duties, believing he had not been functioning correctly for some time before his messages ceased.<ref>[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Terminals]], Terminal 4</ref> These reports were recieved by the [[Edom Terminal\Juridical]] on [[Mars]], and later noted by [[Catalog]] around the [[2558]].{{Ref/Site|Id=Catalog|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/db05ce78845f4120b062c50816008e5d/topics/query-catalog-old/7fbf60e8-92f7-4826-ac2a-ab1b5e4e3603/posts?page=5|Site=Halo Waypoint Forums|Page=Query: Catalog(old)|D=29|M=12|Y=2019|LocalArchive=Catalog/Archive/2014#Query: Catalog(old)}}
+'''2401 Penitent Tangent''' is the [[Monitor]] of [[Installation 05]].<ref>[[Halo 2]]'s [[Gravemind (Level)|Gravemind]] level</ref> Although only shown briefly during the encounter with the [[Gravemind]] deep in the bowels of Halo, 2401 Penitent Tangent is nearly identical to its brother monitor, [[343 Guilty Spark]], with the exceptions that its voice is deeper than Guilty Spark's and its "eye" glows red instead of blue, possibly indicating a state of Rampancy. This is unlikely, however, as he behaves much like 343 Guilty Spark does in his non-rampant state, and still shows regard for protocols and rules which Spark lost when he turned rampant. This Monitor was captured by the [[Gravemind]] whilst in combat as it is in "defense mode" and glows dimly and its outer casing appears to be damaged.
-===Flood outbreak===
+The only other difference from [[343 Guilty Spark]] apart from his deeper voice and red glow is that the holes on the side of 2401 Penitent Tangent are rectangular instead of round. He is not encountered again after the [[Master Chief]] sees him beneath the Library of [[Installation 05]], and he isn't seen when [[Gravemind]] occupies [[High Charity]]. It is unknown where he went after the first encounter, it is unknown if he even exists any more.
-At some point, [[Unidentified ancilla (Installation 05)|another artificial intelligence construct]] warned 2401 Penitent Tangent of a pending outbreak in one the installation's [[Flood]] [[Flood containment facility|containment facilities]]. The monitor continued to ignore this warning, and those that followed, for millennia. Within [[2552|99,779 years]], the containment facility had been overrun by the Flood, with lockdown protocols in effect within the Halo's [[teleportation grid]] to prevent further infestation.{{Ref/Map|H3|Cold Storage|Detail=[[Cold Storage Reports]]}} By around the year [[93 BC]], the Edom Terminal\Juridical had received an incomplete [[Cold Storage Reports|report]] filed by an ancilla on Delta Halo (presumably the same as the aforementioned), and responded in kind by requesting that the Delta Halo ancillae continue the correspondence through properly-secured channels. These events were also noted by Catalog in 2558.{{Ref/Reuse|Catalog}}
-Eventually, the [[Quarantine Zone]] was established and the full force of the installation's [[Sentinel]]s and [[Enforcer]]s was mobilized.{{Ref/Level|H2|Sacred Icon}}{{Ref/Level|H2|Quarantine Zone}}
+==[[Cold Storage (Level)|<font color="black">Cold Storage</font>]] Transmission==
-===Battle of Installation 05===
+REPORT: CONTAINMENT FAILURE
-{{Main|Battle of Installation 05}}
-{{Quote|And you know nothing about containment! You have demonstrated a complete disregard for even the most basic protocols!|2401 Penitent Tangent rebuking the [[Prophet of Regret]]}}
-By [[2552#November|November 2, 2552]], 2401 Penitent Tangent had been captured by the Flood and was held captive by the [[Gravemind]] that had manifested on Installation 05. After the battle on the ring had raged for some time, the Gravemind absorbed and reanimated the [[Prophet of Regret]], one of the [[Hierarchs]] of the [[Covenant]]. Later, [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]] [[John-117]] and [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]]ee were also captured by the Gravemind. Upon seeing John, a [[Reclaimer]], the monitor urged the Spartan to activate the ring. This was immediately objected to by Regret, who insisted that nothing could be done until he had completed his sermon in preparation for the [[Covenant religion|Great Journey]]. The monitor countered that the installation had a firing record of 1.2 trillion simulated, and one actual thus making the ring fully prepared to fire on demand. The Hierarch then retorted that the "Oracles" were the most worthless artifacts that had been left by the Forerunners, prompting the monitor to berate Regret for his lack of regard for protocol. Amid the argument, the Gravemind insisted that the four factions represented in the meeting shared a common goal: preventing the ring from being activated. Shortly thereafter, the Gravemind used the monitor's control of Installation 05's [[teleportation grid]] to send the Spartan to ''[[High Charity]]'' and 'Vadamee to  Halo's [[Control Room (Installation 05)|control room]], respectively, in an attempt to stop the activation of the Halo array.{{Ref/Reuse|gra}} The current status of 2401 Penitent Tangent is unknown.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
-== Trivia ==
+LF.Xx.3273 research and containment facility; [delta site] has experienced catastrophic specimen containment failure. All apertures into facility will be locked until further notice. Atmosphere evacuation and [reduction of ambient temperature] protocols have already been enacted. Request maintenance and security detail [at earliest opportunity]. [8 minutes] elapsed since initial containment failure.
-{{Linkbox|gallery=yes}}
-*2401 Penitent Tangent was voiced by [[John Michael Higgins]].
-*Like all monitors, 2401 Penitent Tangent's numerical designation is derived from seven raised to one less than the number of his installation (7<sup>n-1</sup>). This is one of [[Bungie]]'s numerous references to the number [[seven]] in the ''Halo'' series.
+REPORT: CONTAINMENT FAILURE
-*"Penitent" means ''feeling or expressing sorrow for sin or wrongdoing and [being] disposed to atonement and amendment''" and is synonymous with "repentant".<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/penitent '''Dictionary.com:''' penitent]</ref> "Tangent" is part of the idiom "off on a tangent", which refers to ''digressing suddenly from one course of action or thought and turning to another''.<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tangent '''Dictionary.com:''' tangent]</ref>
-*2401 Penitent Tangent appears in the ''Halo 2'' multiplayer map ''[[Backwash]]''. He hovers around the map and is invulnerable to damage.
+Waiting for maintenance and security detail. [32 minutes, 9 seconds] elapsed since request.
+REPORT: CONTAINMENT FAILURE
+Still waiting for maintenance and security detail. [24 hours] elapsed since request.
+REPORT: SECURITY BREACH
+LF.Xx.3273 research and containment facility; [delta site] has experienced a security breach via emergency [slip stream space] transportation conduits. Emergency [slip stream space] transportation conduits have been placed in recursive mode to contain unauthorized hostile lifeforms. Request emergency security detail. Still waiting for primary maintenance and security detail. [2512332 hours, 14 minutes, 6 seconds]elapsed since initial request.
+REPORT: DERELICTION OF DUTY
+[PENITENT TANGENT] has been lax in the areas of maintenance and security.
+LOG: QUERIED ADJACENT FACILITIES
+LF.Xx.3273 research and containment facility [alpha, beta, gamma, epsilon, zeta, and kappa sites] have all replied [systems normal] within expected constraints. This would tend to signify that the containment failure was purely mechanical in nature; perhaps a manufacturing flaw. As no [outside agent] has accessed [delta site] in the past [874068942 hours, 4 minutes, 46 seconds]—[allowing for a 61360 hour, 54, minute, 2 second margin of error]—sabotage would seem unlikely.
+LOG: REQUEST UNANSWERED
+LF.Xx.3273 research and containment facility; [delta site] is currently being held at [.01 atm] / [184K]. Local maintenance and security hubs have failed to reply within expected constraints. [Bumping maintenance and security request up] to [quadrant oversight].
+LOG: REQUEST UNANSWERED
+LF.Xx.3273 research and containment facility; [delta site] is currently being held at [1 atm] / [278K] as atmospheric seals were showing signs of stress. [Quadrant oversight] has failed to reply within expected constraints. [Bumping maintenance and security request all the way up] to 2401 [PENITENT TANGENT].
+LOG: UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO FACILITIES
+LF.Xx.3273 research and containment facility; [delta site] emergency [slip stream space] transportation conduits have been accessed by unauthorized parties.
+LOG: FILED COMPLAINT TO INSTALLATION 00
+[PENITENT TANGENT], monitor of Installation 05, has been lax in the areas of maintenance and security. Requests for aid in said areas have gone unanswered by both 2401 and [subservient] systems well beyond expected constraints.
+== Quotes ==
+[[Image:Tanget.JPG|thumb|right|Monitor 2401 Penitent Tangent]]
+*"Greetings. I am 2401 Penitent Tangent. I am the [[Monitor]] of [[Installation 05]]." - In the beginning of level [[Gravemind (Level)|Gravemind]].
+*"A [[Reclaimer]]? Here? At last! We have much to do! [[Installation 05|This facility]] must be activated if we are to control this outbreak." - When he saw the [[Master Chief]].
+*"Not true. [[Installation 05|This installation]] has a successful utilization record of 1.2 trillion simulated and one actual. It is ready to fire on demand." - To the half - [[Flood]] form of the [[Prophet of Regret]].
+*"And you know nothing about containment! You have demonstrated a complete disregard to even the most basic protocols!" - To the half [[Flood]] form of the [[Prophet of Regret]] before the [[gravemind]] told him about his containment.
-==Gallery==
+== Appearances ==
-<gallery>
+*[[Halo 2]]
-File:PT2401.JPG|Penitent Tangent in ''Halo 2''.
+**[[Gravemind (Level)|Gravemind]]
-File:PenitentTangentCEA.jpg|2401 Penitent Tangent in one of his garbled transmissions to [[343 Guilty Spark]].
+**[[Backwash]]
-File:H2_Backwash_2401PT.jpg|2401 Penitent Tangent on [[Backwash]].
+**[[Cold Storage]] (possible)
-File:H2-2401PenitentTangent.png|A cutout of Penitent Tangent.
-File:2401 Penitent Tangent Render.png|A render of Penitent Tangent.
-File:H2-2401PT-J117.jpg|2401 Penitent Tangent addresses John-117 in ''Halo 2''.
-File:H2AChief&2401.png|2401 Penitent Tangent and John-117 in ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''.
-File:H2A2401&Regret.png|2401 Penitent Tangent arguing with an infected Prophet of Regret.
-File:Enc22 PenitentTangent.png|Artwork of Penitent Tangent in the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)]]''.
-</gallery>
-==List of appearances==
+== Trivia ==
-*''[[Halo 2]]'' {{1st}}
+* 2401 when added together equals seven, a number often referenced in the Halo games (2+4+0+1=[[7]]).
-*''[[Halo 3]]''
+* 2401 is also 7^4, or seven to the fourth power.
-**''[[Bestiarum]]'' {{Mo}}
+* In addition, "Penitent" in 2401 Penitent Tangent's name means "feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses". This may signify that he might have aided the Flood in some way, or it signifies his capture. However, it may simply be a running theme, as the Monitor of [[Installation 04]], [[343 Guilty Spark]], has a first word in their name that roughly means the same thing. The "Tangent" means "to achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by effort", which may show a state of rampancy.
-*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''
+* Penitent Tangent's color may be his normal or rampant color.
-**''[[Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)|Terminals]]''
+* 2401 Penitent Tangent is mentioned in two recent [[Bungie]] weekly updates: 05-30-08 and 06-06-08. This information most likely describes the fall of 2401 Penitent Tangent to the clutches of the [[Gravemind]].
-*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''
+* 2401 can be seen floating around on the Multiplayer map [[Backwash]], but he never performs any serious tasks.
-*''[[Halo Mythos]]'' {{Mo}}
 ==Sources==
-{{Ref/Sources}}
+<references/>
-{{Forerunner AI}}
 [[Category:Forerunner A.I.]]
-[[Category:AI characters]]