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A sentient is a being with the ability to think intelligently, commonly determined by the being's ability to speak, manipulate tools, and reason. | {{Quote|They, as well as all additional sentient life within three radii of the galactic center, died as planned.|[[343 Guilty Spark (Monitor)|343 Guilty Spark]]}} | ||
Other lifeforms lacking such capabilities are classified as non-sentient, though some classification systems have a middle ground, semi-sentient, for species that had very primitive capabilities to manipulate tools, use language, and/or solve problems. | |||
A ''sentient being'' is a being with the ability to think intelligently, commonly determined by the being's ability to speak, manipulate tools, and reason. Other lifeforms lacking such capabilities are classified as non-sentient, though some classification systems have a middle ground, semi-sentient, for species that had very primitive capabilities to manipulate tools, use language, and/or solve problems. | |||
==In Relation to the Flood== | ==In Relation to the Flood== | ||
The | The [[Flood]] only consumed an organism that was sentient and also had a sufficient biomass to support the infection process. For the most part, all species in the Covenant are sentient, but some lack the structural integrity needed to be infected; for example, [[Hunter]]s cannot be infected because each sentry are made from a buildup of many eels that lack a spinal cord to control. | ||
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- "They, as well as all additional sentient life within three radii of the galactic center, died as planned."
- — 343 Guilty Spark
A sentient being is a being with the ability to think intelligently, commonly determined by the being's ability to speak, manipulate tools, and reason. Other lifeforms lacking such capabilities are classified as non-sentient, though some classification systems have a middle ground, semi-sentient, for species that had very primitive capabilities to manipulate tools, use language, and/or solve problems.
In Relation to the Flood
The Flood only consumed an organism that was sentient and also had a sufficient biomass to support the infection process. For the most part, all species in the Covenant are sentient, but some lack the structural integrity needed to be infected; for example, Hunters cannot be infected because each sentry are made from a buildup of many eels that lack a spinal cord to control.
