Editing Jerrod

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{{AI infobox
|name=Jerrod
|image=
|activationsite=[[Sydney]], [[Australia]], [[Earth]]<ref name="enc77">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]''', ''page 77''</ref>
|began=Prior to [[2529]]<ref name="journal">'''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'''</ref>
|ended=
|gender=Male programming
|description=A tiny spark of light with a formal butler voice. 
|color=
|affiliation=Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]]
|function=
|battles=[[Battle of Onyx]]
}}

'''Jerrod''' was the first experimental [[artificial intelligence#"Micro" AI|"micro" artificial intelligence]] created by the [[United Nations Space Command]] at the [[Sydney Synthetic Intellect Institute]]. He took the form of a tiny spark of light and had a formal butler voice.<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''pages 147-148''</ref>

==Biography==
Created by [[United Nations Space Command]] researchers at the [[Sydney Synthetic Intellect Institute]] in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]] on [[Earth]], Jerrod was one of the AIs in the ownership of [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]].{{Ref/Reuse|enc77}}

On December 11, [[2529]], while Halsey was struggling to get access into the [[Kig-Yar point defense gauntlet]] Jerrod thought he had a solution.{{Ref/Reuse|journal}} On September 7, [[2547]], after Halsey's failed attempt to create a fractal AI housing within slipspace, she ported data to Jerrod for further analysis.<ref>[https://content.halocdn.com/media/Default/community/blogs/canon-fodder/halseyjournal_excisedleaves-6691217d69c54707b5a0fd97d0b25e77.pdf '''Halseys Journal ripped pages''']</ref>

In [[2552]], during the final stages of the [[Fall of Reach]], Jerrod informed Halsey that the perimeter of [[SWORD Base]] was compromised by the [[Covenant]]. Although the base AI denied this, likely as part of ONI's cover-up regarding the extent of the Covenant invasion, Halsey chose to trust Jerrod instead.{{Ref/Reuse|journal}}

Halsey took Jerrod with her as she and the [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartans]] [[Raid on Reach|escaped Reach]] and later when she stole the rebel ship ''[[Beatrice]]'', which Jerrod helped to navigate. After they made it to [[Onyx]], Jerrod assisted Halsey in locating ONI AI [[Endless Summer]], and eventually discovering the entrance to [[Sarcophagus|Shield World 006]].<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 162''</ref>

After [[Jameson Locke]] tasked an ONI [[dumb AI]] with searching for weaknesses in the active Spartan-II assets circa [[2558]], Jerrod repeatedly hindered the other AI's attempts to access classified files pertaining to Halsey's work, frequently mocking its inferiority in the process.<ref>'''[[Hunt the Truth|Hunt the Signal]]'''</ref>

==Trivia==
*For unknown reasons, Jerrod was not mentioned at all in ''[[Halo: Glasslands]]''. Halsey mentioned that she doesn't have an AI with her to translate Forerunner glyphs (suggesting Jerrod's inability to do so), and must do so on her own throughout her time in the shield world.

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Reach]]''
**''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Hunt the Truth]]''
**''[[Hunt the Signal]]''

==Sources==
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