Editing 295 Harken Watch

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'''295 Harken Watch''' was an [[ancilla]] constructed by the [[Forerunner]]s, and the [[monitor]] assigned as the caretaker of the [[Shield world|shield]] installation [[Trove]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=358}}

==Biography==
===Forerunner-Flood War===
295 Harken Watch was activated sometime prior to the end of the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], and was present on Trove when the world was attacked by [[Flood]] forces. During the conflict, the shield world's surface was overrun and the monitor damaged. In response to this, 295 Harken Watch attempted to escape to the shield world's interior, with the retreat covered by three [[Promethean]]s - [[Animus-To-Remain]], [[Habit-To-Sever]] and [[Malice-Begets-Demise]]. All three died to cover Harken Watch's escape, allowing the monitor to successfully seal off the shield world and prevent the Flood from gaining entry.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

===Destruction===
During the [[Human-Covenant War]], Trove was obliterated in a [[Battle of Trove|short battle]] by [[human]] forces of {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}. 295 Harken Watch was destroyed in this explosion, though fragments did survive. In [[2557]], a fragment of Harken Watch was recovered by the crew of the salvager ship ''[[Ace of Spades]]'' and partially-restored. The fragment, nicknamed "[[Little Bit]]", was adopted by the crew of ''Ace of Spades'' as the resident shipboard [[Artificial intelligence|AI]].{{Ref/Novel|SaS|Chapter=17}} Although Little Bit was eventually taken by ONI,{{Ref/Novel|Ren}} [[343 Guilty Spark]], the former [[Monitor]] of [[Installation 04]], was able to extract a copy of the AI from some data that it had generated and more properly repair Little Bit to be the ship's AI.{{Ref/Novel|PoL}}

==Production notes==
During the ''[[Halo Wars]]'' level [[Cleansing]], an [[Unidentified ancilla (Shield World 0459)|unidentified AI]] voice can be heard in the mission directing the efforts of the cleansing rings and [[Sentinel]]s. It is unknown whether this voice represents the voice of 295 Harken Watch, or another sub-monitor or intelligence assigned to Trove.

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Smoke and Shadow]]'' {{Fm}}

==Sources==
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[[Category:Forerunner A.I.]]
[[Category:AI characters]]