Editing Ascendant Justice's AI

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There was an '''unnamed Covenant AI''' [[Associated Intelligence]] construct used by the [[Covenant]] which was stationed on the Covenant [[Assault Carrier|flagship]] ''[[Ascendant Justice]]''<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]], page 64</ref> however it never identified itself with a name. When [[Cortana]] infiltrated the ''Ascendant Justice'' the Covenant AI tried to stop her, but it was mostly unsucessful as she eventually caught it and decompiled it. The Covenant AI managed to send a message over the [[Battlenet]] before it was caught, warning of the capture of the ship and sending the calculations for a sub-atmospheric [[Slipspace]] jump. <ref>[[Halo: First Strike]], page 170</ref> 

The AI appeared to demonstrate "fractured" thinking, as though it were suffering from the errors of being copied extensively. Cortana also stated that its algorithms looked very familiar leading Cortana to the possibility that a [[human]]-made [[UNSC]] AI had been captured and copied. <ref>[[Halo: First Strike]], page 195</ref> Later, there were several security AI's aboard the ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]''. <ref>[[Halo: First Strike]], page 305</ref> 

At the end of [[Halo 2]], [[Cortana]] encounters a presence based inside the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]]. The AI inside the Dreadnought is believed to be [[Mendicant Bias]], due to the fact that it was trapped within the Dreadnought by Truth until it landed on the Ark, allowing the AI to leave the ship and go into the Ark's systems, sending messages to the player via [[Terminals]]. It is unknown why it was trying to keep Cortana from delaying the Deadnought. It is possible (assuming this unknown AI is Mendicant Bias) that it wanted Truth to successfully activate the Halo rings in order to destroy the Flood, to compensate betraying the [[Forerunners]] during the [[Forerunner-Flood War]]. This, however, is speculation.
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[[Category:Covenant A.I.]]