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{{Status|Canon}}
{{Era|HCW}}
{{AI infobox
{{AI infobox
|name=Auntie Dot
| image=[[File:Auntie Dot.jpg|295px]]<!-- do not replace the introductory image-->
|image=[[File:Auntie Dot.jpg|300px]]
| name=Auntie Dot
|activationsite=
| number=ADT 6849-9
|began=[[2541#May|May 9, 2541]]{{Ref/Book|Id=vis|EVG|Page=17}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=108}}
| began= May 9, 2541<ref name="vis">'''Halo: The Essential Visual Guide''', ''page 17''</ref>
|ended=
| ended=
|gender=Female programming
| gender=Female programming
|description=Constantly-shifting geometric patterns
| description=Constantly changing grid pattern of blue lights
|color=
| color=Blue
|affiliation=[[UNSC Army]]{{Ref/Reuse|vis}}
| affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command]]
*[[Special Warfare Command]]{{Ref/Reuse|vis}}
*[[Special Warfare Command]]
|number= ADT 6849-9{{Ref/Reuse|vis}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
| function=Intelligence support{{Ref/Reuse|vis}}
|function=Intelligence support{{Ref/Reuse|vis}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Book|Enc11|Page=77}}
| battles=[[Fall of Reach]]
|notable=
}}
}}
{{Quote|This exceeds expectations.|Auntie Dot}}
{{Quote|This exceeds expectations.|Auntie Dot}}
'''Auntie Dot''' ([[AI Serial Number]]: ADT 6849-9) also known simply as '''Dot''', was a [[Dumb AI|"dumb"]] [[Artificial Intelligence|AI]] active in the service of the [[UNSC Army]] between the years of [[2541]] and [[2552]].{{Ref/Reuse|vis}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} Specializing in operative military intelligence, she notably served as intelligent support and liaison between [[Colonel]] [[Urban Holland]] and [[Noble Team]] during the [[Fall of Reach]].{{Ref/Reuse|vis}}


==Overview==
'''Auntie Dot''' ([[AI Serial Number]]: ADT 6849-9) also known simply as '''Dot''', was a [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[Dumb AI|"dumb"]] [[Artificial Intelligence|AI]] active in [[2552]].{{Ref/Reuse|vis}}<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level, ''[[ONI: Sword Base]]''</ref> Specializing in operative military intelligence, she served as intelligent support and liaison between [[Colonel]] [[Urban Holland]] and [[Noble Team]].{{Ref/Reuse|vis}}
Auntie Dot's primary precepts included tactics and intelligence analysis; she was primarily created to serve as an overwatch adjunct during [[United Nations Space Command]] field operations, and worked as a direct liasion between teams deployed in the field and their [[commanding officer]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}


Rather than personifying herself in the form of a humanoid [[avatar]] like the majority of AIs, Dot's personal representation is a grid of glowing, constantly changing blue lights. Characteristic of "dumb" military intelligence support AIs, Dot typically speaks in a calm, dry, articulate voice, displaying little emotion compared to [[Smart AI]]s like [[Cortana]].{{Ref/Reuse|vis}}
Rather than personifying herself in the form of a humanoid [[avatar]] like the majority of AIs, Dot's personal representation is a grid of glowing, constantly changing blue lights. Characteristic of "dumb" military intelligence support AIs, Dot typically speaks in a calm, dry, articulate voice, displaying little emotion compared to AIs like [[Cortana]].{{Ref/Reuse|vis}}


==Operational history==
==Operational history==
===Human-Covenant War===
===Fall of Reach===
Auntie Dot was activated on [[2541#May|May 9, 2541]].{{Ref/Reuse|vis}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} She served between that year and the [[Covenant]] [[Fall of Reach|attack]] on [[Reach]] in late [[2552]]. During the Fall of Reach, Dot  worked alongside Colonel Holland and several [[UNSC Special Forces]] units including [[Noble Team]] to provide observation and intelligence where possible through security cameras and satellites orbiting the planet connected to the [[UNSC battle network]]. She directed Noble Team during the [[Battle of Sword Base]] in late July 2552{{Ref/Level|HR|ONI: Sword Base}}, alongside the [[Battle at Szurdok Ridge]]{{Ref/Level|HR|Nightfall}}{{Ref/Level|HR|Tip of the Spear}}, [[Operation: UPPER CUT]]{{Ref/Level|HR|Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace}}, the [[Siege of New Alexandria]]{{Ref/Level|HR|Exodus}}{{Ref/Level|HR|New Alexandria}} and the campaign's closing engagements [[Operation: WHITE GLOVE|again at Sword Base]]{{Ref/Level|HR|The Package}} and finally the [[Battle of Asźod]].{{Ref/Level|HR|The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Reach level)|The Pillar of Autumn}}
During the [[Fall of Reach]], she monitored and assisted Noble Team and kept the team's members connected while they were embarking on separate missions. She observed the team and provided intel where possible through security cameras and satellites orbiting Reach, but her actual physical location during the battle is unknown. Similarly, it is not known if Dot survived the Fall of Reach, nor what her activities afterwards were if she did.{{Ref/Reuse|vis}}
 
During the campaign on Reach, Auntie Dot herself was housed in a [[Reach super-AI network|suite of physical servers]] located somewhere on Reach. The fate of the servers - and thus Dot's survival - is unknown{{Ref/Reuse|vis}}, though the chances they survived the planet's [[glassing]] are unlikely.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
 
==In-game information==
===''Halo: Reach''===
Auntie Dot can be [[Armor customization (Halo: Reach)|unlocked]] as a custom voice for use in the [[Firefight (Halo: Reach)|Firefight]] component of ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' multiplayer. In ''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection]]'', she can be unlocked as part of the [[Series 1: Noble]] progression track.
{| class="wikitable"
|-align="center"
!colspan="3"|Firefight Voices
|-
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Firefight voice
! scope="col" style="width:135px;text-align:center;" |Unlock (''Halo: Reach'')
! scope="col" style="width:175px;height:20px;text-align:center;" |Unlock (''Halo: The Master Chief Collection'')
|-align="center"
|[[File:HR AuntieDot Firefight Icon.png|75px]]<br/>[[Auntie Dot|Auntie Dot [A.I.]]]
|15,000 cR
|[[Series 1: Noble|Series 1]] Tier 56, {{SeasonPoint|1}}
|}
 
==Production notes==
Auntie Dot was introduced in ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' as the AI companion to assist Noble Team throughout the game's [[campaign]]. She appears in almost every level of the game and is unlockable for use in the game's [[Firefight (Halo: Reach)|Firefight]] mode. Additionally, she appears throughout the game as the loading screen animation between missions. In-game, she was voiced by actress [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0749442/ Carole Ruggier].{{Ref/Game|HR|Halo: Reach credits|credits}}
 
In the first week of [[Bungie]]'s "All-Star" contest in [[2011|January 2011]], the task was to produce an image of what a humanoid representation of Auntie Dot might look like.{{Ref/Site|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=30283|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Bungie All Stars - Week Uno|D=15|M=01|Y=2021}} The winner depicted Dot as an elderly woman knitting a blanket with her characteristic grid pattern sewn into it.{{Ref/Site|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=30329|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Bungie Weekly Update: 01/14/2011|D=07|M=02|Y=2021}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
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Dot's grid accompanies the [[Halo: Reach credits|credits sequence]] to ''Reach'', and at the very end, just before it fades completely into darkness, it displays a [[seven]].
*She was voiced by [[Carole Ruggier]].<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', ''[[Halo: Reach credits|credits]]''</ref>
*Auntie Dot's voice is usable in ''Halo: Reach'''s [[Firefight]] mode.<ref>'''Halo: Reach'''</ref>
*Auntie Dot's grid is displayed as ''Halo: Reach''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s loading screen.
*One of Auntie Dot's loading screen images could be a reference to the [[Superintendent]] AI, as it appears to be a circle-like shape with two eyes in the center.
*Dot's grid accompanies the credits sequence to ''Reach'', and at the very end, just before it fades completely into darkness, it displays a [[seven]].
*In the first week of [[Bungie]]'s [http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=30283 "All-Star" contest] in [[2011|January 2011]], the task was to produce an image of what a humanoid representation of Auntie Dot might look like. The winner depicted Dot as an elderly woman knitting a blanket with her characteristic grid pattern sewn into it.<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=30283 '''Bungie.net''': ''Bungie All Stars – Week Uno'']</ref> Some of the results were listed in the 01/14/2011 [[Bungie Weekly Update]].<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=30329 '''Bungie.net''': ''Bungie Weekly Update: 01/14/2011'']</ref>
*Auntie Dot's grid bears some similarity to the [[Project GUNGNIR]] logo.


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