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|name = Beowulf | |name = Beowulf | ||
|image = [[File:Beowulf.jpg|300px]] | |image = [[File:Beowulf.jpg|300px]] | ||
|began = [[2525#November|November 2525]] or earlier | |began = [[2525#November|November 2525]] or earlier | ||
|ended = | |ended = | ||
|gender = Male programming | |gender = Male programming | ||
|description = A man wearing a hooded cloak | |description = A man wearing a hooded cloak | ||
|color = Blue | |color = Blue | ||
|affiliation = [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] | |affiliation = [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] | ||
|function = Attaché to | |function = Attaché to ONI | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Beowulf''' was a [[Dumb AI|"dumb" artificial intelligence]] of the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]. | '''Beowulf''' was a [[Dumb AI|"dumb" artificial intelligence]] of the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]].<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-armory-amore '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Armory Amore'']</ref> He was thorough, methodical and paranoid. His [[avatar]] depicted a man in a hooded cloak. He served as the attaché to [[Vice Admiral]] [[Michael Stanforth]], the head of the Office of Naval Intelligence's [[Office of Naval Intelligence#Section Three|Section Three]]<ref name="hfor117">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''pages 117-122'' (2010 edition)</ref> and safeguarded the [[United Nations Space Command]]'s personnel and planning database.<ref name="Justice">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 267''</ref> | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Beowulf was present during the [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-IIs']] 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 amphitheatre 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 Doctor [[Catherine Halsey]].{{Ref/Reuse|hfor117}} | |||
Beowulf was present during the [[SPARTAN-II program| | |||
He was later assigned to guard the UNSC's personnel and planning database. He knew [[Cortana]] well and knew that she was potentially dangerous. During her attempts to hack into the system, Beowulf foiled her attempts. However, Cortana quickly overcame his defenses and accessed SPARTAN [[John-117]]'s [[Career Service Vitae]].{{Ref/Reuse|Justice}} | |||
As Beowulf served as Vice Admiral Stanforth's personal attaché, it is possible that the AI was destroyed when Stanforth was killed during the [[Fall of Reach]] on [[2552#August|August 30, 2552]]. | |||
==Production Notes== | ==Production Notes== | ||
At one point during | At one point during 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 related 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>'''[[Transmissions]]'''</ref> In the Cortana letters, it was said that a processes BW initiated was "unexpectedly terminated", then a new process immediately starting, with the owner unable to be determined.<ref>'''[[Cortana Letters]]'''</ref> It is likely that BW was '''B'''eo'''W'''ulf. | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
Beowulf is named after the | Beowulf is named after the titular character of the famous heroic poem ''[[Wikipedia:Beowulf|Beowulf]]'', the only surviving piece of ancient Anglo-Saxon heroic poetry. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:HFoR-stanforth.png|Beowulf alongside Vice Admiral Stanforth. | File:HFoR-stanforth.png|Beowulf alongside Vice Admiral Stanforth. | ||
File:HTFoR AS - Stanforth & Beowulf.jpg| | File:HTFoR AS - Stanforth & Beowulf.jpg|Conceptual art depicting Beowulf. | ||
File:HTFoR AS - Beowulf.png| | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
