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| {{AI infobox | | {{AI infobox |
| |name = Beowulf | | |name=Beowulf |
| |image = [[File:Beowulf.jpg|300px]] | | |image= |
| |began = [[2525#November|November 2525]] or earlier{{Ref/Novel|Id=HTFoR11|HTFoR|Chapter=11}} | | |began= |
| |ended = | | |ended= |
| |gender = Male programming{{Ref/Reuse|HTFoR11}} | | |gender=Male |
| |description = A man wearing a hooded cloak{{Ref/Reuse|HTFoR11}}{{Ref/Comic|Id=FoRBC4|FoRBC|Issue=4}} | | |description=A man wearing a hooded cloak. |
| |color = Blue{{Ref/Reuse|FoRBC4}} | | |color= |
| |affiliation = [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]{{Ref/Reuse|HTFoR11}} | | |affiliation=ONI |
| |function = Attaché to the Office of Naval Intelligence{{Ref/Reuse|HTFoR11}} | | |function=Guardian of the [[UNSC]] personnel and planning database. |
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| '''Beowulf''' was a [[Dumb AI|"dumb" artificial intelligence]] of the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]].{{Ref/Reuse|HTFoR11}}{{Ref/Site|Id=CFAmore|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-armory-amore|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Armory Amore|D=18|M=09|Y=2020}} In [[2525#November|November 2525]], Beowulf was attached is some capacity to [[Vice Admiral]] [[Michael Stanforth]], the head of the Office of Naval Intelligence's [[ONI Section Three|Section Three]].{{Ref/Reuse|HTFoR11}}{{Ref/Reuse|FoRBC4}} By late [[2552#August|August 2552]], he safeguarded the [[United Nations Space Command]]'s personnel and planning database on [[Reach]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=HTFoR28|HTFoR|Chapter=28}}
| | [[ONI]] [[Artificial Intelligence]] construct. '''Beowulf''' was the attaché to [[Admiral Micheal Stanforth]] and the [[UNSC]] navy. He was present during the [[Spartans]] original briefing about the [[Covenant]]. |
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| ==Biography==
| | He was later assigned to guard the [[UNSC]] personnel and planning database. He knew [[Cortana]] well, and knew that she was trouble. When she would try to get into the system, he would block her entrance.<ref name="Justice">[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], page 267</ref> |
| ===Discovery of the Covenant===
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| Beowulf was present during the [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan-II]]s' original briefing about the [[Covenant]] in the [[Reach FLEETCOM Military Complex]]'s secure briefing room on [[2525#November|November 2, 2525]]. Upon the instruction of [[Vice Admiral]] [[Michael Stanforth]], Beowulf reluctantly presented the classified [[First Battle of Harvest|destruction]] of [[Harvest]] to the Spartans. He also broadcasted a message across the amphitheater from the [[Prophet of Regret|High Prophet of Regret]], whom insisted that the destruction of [[human]]ity was the "will of the [[Forerunner|Gods]]." Afterwards, Beowulf left with Stanforth and [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]].{{Ref/Reuse|HTFoR11}}{{Ref/Reuse|FoRBC4}}
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| ===Reassignment===
| | He was thorough, methodical, and paranoid. However, compared to Cortana's code cracking skills, he might as well be an accounting program. He was incapable of learning because he was a "dumb" AI.<ref name="Justice"/> |
| By late [[2552#August|August 2552]], Beowulf had been assigned to guard the UNSC's personnel and planning database on [[Reach]]. He knew [[Cortana]] well and knew that she was potentially dangerous. During Cortana's attempts to hack into the system, Beowulf managed to foil her efforts. However, Cortana quickly overcame his defenses and accessed [[John-117]]'s [[Career Service Vitae]].{{Ref/Reuse|HTFoR28}}
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| ===Fate===
| | His hologram form was that of a man wearing a hooded cloak. |
| Given his assignment to guard UNSC's personnel and planning database on Reach—a capacity in which he was serving as of [[2552#August|August 30, 2552]],{{Ref/Reuse|HTFoR28}} it is likely that Beowulf was destroyed during the [[Fall of Reach]]. However, his fate ultimately remains unknown.
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| ==Description==
| | Also, though not proven, Beowulf was believed to be aboard the [[Pillar of Autumn]] as the second AI. Though not proven, it is listed as BW, possibly '''B'''eo'''w'''ulf |
| Beowulf's [[Holography|holographic]] [[avatar]] was blue and consisted of a man in a hooded cloak with no discernable hands.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFoR11}}{{Ref/Reuse|FoRBC4}} When manifesting his avatar, Beowulf was known to project a dust cloud which would coalesce into his hooded figure.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFoR11}} He was thought to be thorough, methodical, and paranoid.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFoR28}}
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| ==Production Notes==
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| At one point during the [[Development of Halo: Combat Evolved|production]] of ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', Beowulf was going to have a notable presence in the game's story, serving as a secondary antagonist.{{Ref/Site|Id=DigsiteDeepDive|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/digsite-deep-dive|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Digsite Deep-Dive|Quote=What we do have are story documents and some script information for the early Halo story, including a very early Story Bible. [...] Beowulf had a big role as a secondary antagonist at one point.|Quotee=Kenneth Peters|D=20|M=06|Y=2024}} Notably, in the [[Cortana Letters]] and related "[[Transmissions]]" logs, the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} is described to house a second AI only known as "BW," designated as a "Class III" AI. Within the transmissions texts, "BW" is only seen running processes on the ''Pillar of Autumn'' that receives Covenant transmissions, with little insight.{{Ref/Generic|Id=Transmissions|[[Transmissions]]}} In the Cortana letters, it was said that a process "BW" initiated was "unexpectedly terminated." Immediately thereafter, a new process was started, with its owner unable to be determined.{{Ref/Generic|Id=Letters|[[Cortana Letters]]}} It is likely that "BW" likely is intended to represent Beowulf.
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| Beowulf, similarly to [[Seeker (AI)|Seeker]], was planned to be a hero for an unidentified upcoming fleet commander in ''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]''.{{Ref/YouTube|Id=Weekender|XnqvhSVfq5s|OnTableTop|Weekender: Halo Fleet Battles Special!|Detail=1:15:42|D=30|M=06|Y=2024}} However, this never came to fruition.
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| ==Trivia==
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| Beowulf is named after the [[Wikipedia:Beowulf (hero)|titular character]] of the poem ''[[Wikipedia:Beowulf|Beowulf]]'', the most famous piece of [[Wikipedia:Old English literature|Old English literature]].
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery>
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| File:HFoR-stanforth.png|Beowulf alongside Vice Admiral Stanforth.
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| File:HTFoR AS - Stanforth & Beowulf.jpg|Concept art for ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]'' depicting Beowulf alongside Mendez, Halsey, and Stanforth.
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| </gallery>
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
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| *''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''
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| **''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]''
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| *''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]'' {{Mo}}
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
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