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{{AI infobox | {{AI infobox | ||
|name=Wellsley | |name=Wellsley | ||
|image=[[File:HFR | |image=[[File:HFR Wellsly.png|300px]] | ||
|activationsite= | |activationsite= | ||
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|ended=[[2552#September|September 22, 2552]] | |ended=[[2552#September|September 22, 2552]]<ref name="death">'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', Chapter 12, ''page 332'' (2003 paperback); ''page 371'' (2010 paperback)</ref> | ||
|gender=Male programming | |gender=Male programming<ref name="personality">'''Halo: The Flood''', Chapter 8, ''page 209'' (2003 paperback); ''page 232'' (2010 paperback)</ref> | ||
|description=Stern-looking man with longish hair, prominent nose, and a collared coat; supposed to look like an 18th century British officer | |description=Stern-looking man with longish hair, prominent nose, and a collared coat; supposed to look like an 18th century British officer<ref name="personality"/> | ||
|color=Blue | |color=Blue<ref>[https://twitter.com/GrimBrotherOne/status/997310821184167937?s=19 '''Twitter''' ''- Grimbrotherone respose'']</ref> | ||
|affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command]] | |affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command]], Major Silva's Battalion on Installation 04<ref name="personality"/> | ||
|number= | |number= | ||
|function=Military assistant | |function=Military assistant<ref name="personality"/> | ||
|notable= | |notable= | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{Quote|Then God help you, because if your plan fails, no one else will have the power to do so.|Wellsley to Major Silva, after Silva ignored Wellsely's advice regarding the Flood.}} | |||
'''Wellsley''' was a 4th generation, Class-C Military [[Dumb AI|dumb]] [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] who helped [[UNSC rank structure|Major]] [[Antonio Silva]] and First Lieutenant [[Melissa McKay]] set up and operate the [[Alpha Base (Installation 04)|Alpha Base]] on [[Installation 04]]. He was consumed in the destruction of the ''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]''. | |||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
===Fall of Reach=== | ===Fall of Reach=== | ||
On August 30 | On August 30 2552, Silva reported to Wellsley that [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartans]] had taken all the [[M90 shotgun]]s from the aft rack on the ''Pillar of Autumn''.<ref>'''[[Data Drop|Data Drop Six]]'''</ref> | ||
===Landing at Halo=== | ===Landing at Halo=== | ||
As part of the [[UNSC Insertion Protocols]], Wellsley was onboard | As part of the [[UNSC Insertion Protocols]], Wellsley was onboard Silva's drop pod.<ref name="ODSTfieldguide">[http://www.bungie.net/projects/odst/guide.aspx '''Bungie.net''', ''ODST Field Guide'']</ref> During the descent to [[Installation 04]], Wellsley picked out a butte on the surface for Major Silva to act as an effective home base for the scattered UNSC forces on Halo. Wellsley then sent a message to the rest of the [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers|ODST]]s about the location, and told Silva that the Covenant owned that location.<ref name="Flood1">'''Halo: The Flood''', Chapter 2, ''page 48-49'' (2003 paperback); ''page 54-55'' (2010 paperback)</ref> | ||
Later, he also warned Silva about a Covenant motorized counterattack, which he compared to the French cavalry charge at Waterloo, much to Silva's annoyance. To which Silva then used an [[Infantry square]] with A and D Company to counter the threat. | Later, he also warned Silva about a Covenant motorized counterattack, which he compared to the French cavalry charge at Waterloo, much to Silva's annoyance. To which Silva then used an [[Infantry square]] with A and D Company to counter the threat.<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', Chapter 2, ''page 64-65'' (2003 paperback); ''page 73'' (2010 paperback)</ref> | ||
Wellsley | Wellsley then got in contact with [[Cortana]], who was with [[John-117]] rescuing crew members from [[Class-3 Bumblebee]]s, and sent a [[D77-TC Pelican]] [[Echo 419]] to pick them up.<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', Chapter 3, ''page 69'' (2003 paperback); ''page 78'' (2010 paperback)</ref> Wellsley also got in contact with Captain [[Jacob Keyes]] and the other surviving crew prior to their capture telling them his group and Cortanas were busy at the moment.<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', Chapter 3, ''page 73'' (2003 paperback); ''page 83'' (2010 paperback)</ref> | ||
Wellsley then helped Pelicans such as [[Echo 136]] get troops prepared for the assault on Alpha base, and after the assault was done helped get the rest of McKay's battalion to the the base.<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', Chapter 3, ''page 77-79'' (2003 paperback); ''page 86-90'' (2010 paperback)</ref> | |||
===Rescuing Keyes=== | ===Rescuing Keyes=== | ||
After Alpha Base was secured, Wellsley, Cortana, and | After Alpha Base was secured, Wellsley, Cortana, and Silva concocted a mission to rescue Keyes, who was being held on the the Covenant ship ''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]''. In preparation for this mission, Wellsley concocted an array of signals that was able to trick Covenant technicians into believing UNSC dropships were one of their own.<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', Chapter 4, ''page 99'' (2003 paperback); ''page 111'' (2010 paperback)</ref> | ||
===Covenant Alpha base attack=== | ===Covenant Alpha base attack=== | ||
When Pelican [[Charlie 217]] appeared, Wellsley recommended Com Tech First Class [[Mary Murphy]] to get more information out of the pilot, questioning how they even knew about Alpha Base, and put the base on full alert, also prepping a medical team.<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', Chapter 8, ''page 209'' (2003 paperback); ''pages 232-233'' (2010 paperback)</ref> As Charlie 217 was landing, it turned out to be filled with [[Special Operations Sangheili]], Wellsley noticed six heavy duty signatures, just as Alpha base was being overrun. To handle the upcoming forces, Wellsley recommended McKay and Silva handle the Covenant in the mesa while he dealt with the Covenant at the pads.<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', Chapter 8, ''pages 215-213'' (2003 paperback); ''pages 235-237'' (2010 paperback)</ref> | |||
Murphy then took the safeties off the anti-air defenses and gave control to Wellsley, after which she and her two companions then were slaughtered by the Elites, Wellsley, witnessing the murders, killed the lights and notified Silva to then send a properly equipped team to deal with the Sangheili inside. At the same time, while control to the anti-air was too late to hit the first dropship, and was ineffective against the [[Type-26 Banshee]]s, Wellsley managed to shoot down the second out of the six approaching Covenant dropships.<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', Chapter 8, ''pages 214-215'' (2003 paperback); ''pages 238-239'' (2010 paperback)</ref> | |||
After the attack, Wellsley made a report on the event that concluded that the Covenant were searching for John-117.<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', Chapter 9, ''page 236'' (2003 paperback); ''page 262'' (2010 paperback)</ref> Wellsley also believed that the Covenant dismissed the Marines and Naval personnel as little more than a nuisance, and the enemy had since changed their minds, monitoring human radio traffic, conducting recon and so on.<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', Chapter 9, ''page 245'' (2003 paperback); ''page 274'' (2010 paperback)</ref> | |||
===The Flood=== | ===The Flood=== | ||
After the Flood attacked Alpha base forces, Wellsley believed that | After the Flood attacked Alpha base forces, Wellsley believed that Halo was constructed to house them and keep them under control.<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', Chapter 10, ''page 270'' (2003 paperback); ''page 301'' (2010 paperback)</ref> Wellsley also had scans of the Flood corpses.<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', Chapter 10, ''page 271'' (2003 paperback); ''page 303'' (2010 paperback)</ref> | ||
Wellsley and Cortana managed to link up again, and Cortana told him their plan to destroy the ''Autumn''. Silva then planned to have Wellsley take a crack at flying the ''Truth and Reconciliation'' if Cortana couldn't make it to the ship.<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', Chapter 11, ''page 300'' (2003 paperback); ''page 335'' (2010 paperback)</ref> | |||
===''Truth and Reconciliation'' assault=== | ===''Truth and Reconciliation'' assault=== | ||
When the surviving Marines and ODSTs captured the ''Truth and Reconciliation'', Wellsley sided with First Lieutenant | When the surviving Marines and ODSTs captured the ''Truth and Reconciliation'', Wellsley sided with [[First Lieutenant]] [[McKay]] and attempted to convince Silva not to leave until they were sure that every last [[Flood]] on the ship was exterminated.<ref name="exterminate">'''Halo: The Flood''', Chapter 12, ''pages 317-318'' (2003 paperback); ''pages 354-355'' (2010 paperback)</ref> | ||
When McKay cut the communications to the engines, the Covenant ship lost control and crashed on Halo. He was fully aware of McKay's actions and just before the ship crashed, he told Silva that if he could be proud of one thing, it was that he had taught McKay well. Wellsley was presumed lost in the crash, as was almost the entire remaining UNSC presence on Halo.<ref name="death"/> | |||
==Personality and traits== | |||
Wellsley | As with all [[Artificial intelligence|AI]]s, Wellsley had the ability to choose his appearance. He chose to appear as a stern-looking man with long hair, a prominent nose, and a collared coat,<ref name="personality"/> and so resembled his namesake, [[wikipedia:Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington]]. Wellsley was created to act as a military assistant. He often referred to his victories as though he were the actual Duke and not an artificial re-creation, which annoyed many of his acquaintances.<ref name="Flood1"/> | ||
{{Conjecture}} | {{Conjecture}} | ||
It is possible, though unconfirmed, that he was the other A.I for the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}. Lieutenant [[Hikowa]] mentioned Wellsley as being for "point defense."<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', Chapter 29, ''page 273'' (2001 paperback); ''page 309'' (2010 paperback)</ref> A factor against this would be that he was already in Major Silva's HEV (Human Entry Vehicle) when he arrived. It is also possible that "his" purpose as a second AI would be to guide Marine Forces whilst Cortana would guide the Spartans and fighter craft. | |||
{{Conjecture end}} | {{Conjecture end}} | ||
== | ==Storage== | ||
Wellsley was stored in an armored matrix that was often slung on Silva's shoulder.<ref name="exterminate"/> | |||
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==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{First mentioned}} | |||
*''[[Halo: The Flood]]'' {{1st}} | *''[[Halo: The Flood]]'' {{1st}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Fireteam Raven]]'' | *''[[Halo: Fireteam Raven]]'' | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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{{UNSC AI}} | {{UNSC AI}} | ||
