Unidentified ancilla (Installation 05): Difference between revisions

Unidentified ancilla
Biographical information
Description:	Resembles a large monitor integrated to the ceiling of a Flood containment facility
Color(s):	Silver, blue
Political and military information
Affiliation:	Forerunner
Functionality:	Oversaw Flood containment facility on Installation 05

Latest revision as of 18:42, March 19, 2022

This unidentified ancilla is a Forerunner construct that monitored a Flood containment facility on Installation 05. It was far larger than a monitor; rather than freely levitating like a monitor, this construct was mounted on rails on the ceiling of the facility.^[1]

Overview[edit]

Warning: The following information is conjecture and does not necessarily represent official information.

This ancilla might have served as a local caretaker designated to watch or oversee the Flood specimens contained in the facility.

Given their remarkably similar appearances, it is also possible that this ancilla had the same role with the Knowing, a Forerunner construct on the planet Ariel that was designed to gather and organize information about the course of history. If this is so, it is possible that all Halo installations possess such a construct.

Conjecture ends here.

Gameplay[edit]

The ancilla is attached to a pair of rails on the ceiling of the main room in the multiplayer map Cold Storage. It serves as an invulnerable piece of immobile scenery. It follows the movements of any players in the room, but stops paying attention to players when they leave the room. However, it will not track players in edit mode unless it sees them prior to entering this mode. It is capable of seeing players using active camouflage, implying the usage of heat sensors or other optical technologies. It will continue to track the bodies of dead players provided if no one else is in the room.

Gallery[edit]

The construct compared to a normal monitor.
The ancilla from another angle.

List of appearances[edit]

Halo 3 (First appearance)

Sources[edit]

^ Halo 3, level Cold Storage

[1] Halo 3, level Cold Storage

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-{{Era|Forerunner}}
+{{Status|Canon}}
-{{Ratings}}
+{{AI infobox
-{{AI Infobox
+|image = [[File:Cold Storage Monitor.jpg|265px]]
-|image = [[File:Cold Storage Monitor.jpg|250px]]
+|description = Resembles a large monitor integrated to the ceiling of a Flood containment facility
-|name = Cold Storage Monitor
-|description = Large [[Monitor]] integrated to the ceiling of [[Cold Storage]]
 |color = Silver, blue
-|function = Watches over the Cold Storage facility
+|function = Oversaw Flood containment facility on Installation 05
-|affiliation = [[Forerunner]]
+|affiliation = Forerunner
 }}
-The '''Cold Storage Monitor''' is a moving device that resembles a [[Forerunner]] [[Monitor]]. It is located on the ceiling of the ''[[Halo 3]]'' [[multiplayer]] map [[Cold Storage]], which is set in a small portion of a [[Flood Containment Facility]] on [[Installation 05]]. It is far larger than a normal Monitor, a comparison that can be easily made by entering Edit Mode in [[Forge]].
+This '''unidentified [[ancilla]]'''  is a [[Forerunner]] construct that monitored a [[Flood]] [[Flood containment facility|containment facility]] on [[Installation 05]]. It was far larger than a [[monitor]]; rather than freely levitating like a monitor, this construct was mounted on rails on the ceiling of the facility.<ref>'''Halo 3''', level ''[[Cold Storage]]''</ref>
-== Description ==
+==Overview==
-The Monitor, which is located in Cold Storage's main room, follows the movements of any players in the room, but stops paying attention to players when they leave the room. It is capable of seeing players using [[Active Camo]], implying the usage of heat sensors or other optical technologies.
+{{Conjecture}}
+This ancilla might have served as a local caretaker designated to watch or oversee the Flood specimens contained in the facility.
-It has been speculated to be a "local caretaker," designated to watch over the facility like a prison guard, and similar in operation to a [[Human]] [[AI#Smart and Dumb AIs|"dumb" AI]]. If that is the case, it can be viewed as having either failed or succeeded in its duties; the Flood Containment Facility ''has'' experienced an outbreak, but there are no [[Flood]] in the room that the Monitor resides in. The Monitor ''may'' possess offensive capabilities; while it has never been seen using an attack (and no attacks have been programmed for it in ''Halo 3''), there is no other visible explanation for the lack of Flood in its chamber.
+Given their remarkably similar appearances, it is also possible that this ancilla had the same role with [[the Knowing]], a Forerunner construct on the planet [[Ariel]] that was designed to gather and organize information about the course of history. If this is so, it is possible that all [[Halo Array|Halo installations]] possess such a construct.
+{{Conjecture end}}
-However, it is possible that this monitor has the same role with [[The Knowing]], which is to gather and organize information about the course of history. This explains why these two monitors are similar in design as well as the reason that it failed to stop the Flood outbreak. If this is true, than it would imply that all other Halo Installations had a Knowing of its own.
+==Gameplay==
+The ancilla is attached to a pair of rails on the ceiling of the main room in the multiplayer map ''[[Cold Storage]]''. It serves as an invulnerable piece of immobile scenery. It follows the movements of any players in the room, but stops paying attention to players when they leave the room. However, it will not track players in edit mode unless it sees them prior to entering this mode. It is capable of seeing players using [[active camouflage]], implying the usage of heat sensors or other optical technologies. It will continue to track the bodies of dead players provided if no one else is in the room.
-The Monitor is apparently invulnerable to damage, and is attached to a pair of rails that run along the ceiling. It has not been seen using these rails, however, and in the game, it is programmed as an immobile piece of scenery.
-==Trivia==
-*The Cold Storage Monitor will not follow a player in Monitor mode in Forge unless it sees the player before he/she becomes a Monitor. The Monitor will follow a new person that walks into the room, even if someone else is in there. This can be useful in [[Multiplayer]] battles like Oddball. An advantage, the Monitor can see everyone, even those wearing [[Active Camo]]; this indicates that it uses other sensors, such as heat sensors, to detect objects that normally cannot be seen.
-*The Monitor will continue to watch the player after they have died, as long as no other player enters the room.
 ==Gallery==
 <gallery widths="150">
-File:1215439011 Untitled.jpg|The Monitor is far larger than a normal Monitor.
+File:ColdStorageMonitor2.jpg|The construct compared to a normal monitor.
-File:Monitor3.jpg|The Monitor from another angle.
+File:ColdStorageMonitor3.jpg|The ancilla from another angle.
 </gallery>
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 ==Sources==
-<references/>
+{{Ref/Sources}}
 {{Forerunner AI}}
 [[Category:Forerunner A.I.]]
+[[Category:Unidentified content]]
+[[Category:AI characters]]