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{{Quote|After exhausting every other strategic option, my creators activated the rings, 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]]}} | {{Quote|After exhausting every other strategic option, my creators activated the rings, 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]]}} | ||
'''Sentience''' is the ability to think intelligently, commonly determined by the being's ability to speak, manipulate tools, and reason. 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. The [[Precursors]] were thought to be "transsentient", which probably means that they were above "normal" sentient life forms in factors such as intelligence. | |||
==In | ==In relation to the Halo Array and the Flood== | ||
The [[Flood]] only consumed organisms that were sentient and had sufficient biomass and calcium to support the infection process. For the most part, all species in the Covenant and Humanity are sentient, but some lack the structural integrity needed to be infected; for example, [[Hunter]]s cannot be infected because each entity is made from a buildup of many eels that lack a spinal cord to control. It is, as of now, unknown how much mass is needed to be of sufficient use for Flood infection. | The [[Flood]] only consumed organisms that were sentient and had sufficient biomass and calcium to support the infection process. For the most part, all species in the Covenant and Humanity are sentient, but some lack the structural integrity needed to be infected; for example, [[Hunter]]s cannot be infected because each entity is made from a buildup of many eels that lack a spinal cord to control. It is, as of now, unknown how much mass is needed to be of sufficient use for Flood infection. | ||
==List of | ==List of known sentient species in Halo== | ||
*[[Forerunner]] | *[[Forerunner]] | ||
*[[Human]] | *[[Human]] | ||
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==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category: | [[Category:Halo Universe]] | ||
Revision as of 09:06, December 1, 2010
- "After exhausting every other strategic option, my creators activated the rings, they, as well as all additional sentient life within three radii of the galactic center, died as planned."
- — 343 Guilty Spark
Sentience is the ability to think intelligently, commonly determined by the being's ability to speak, manipulate tools, and reason. 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. The Precursors were thought to be "transsentient", which probably means that they were above "normal" sentient life forms in factors such as intelligence.
In relation to the Halo Array and the Flood
The Flood only consumed organisms that were sentient and had sufficient biomass and calcium to support the infection process. For the most part, all species in the Covenant and Humanity are sentient, but some lack the structural integrity needed to be infected; for example, Hunters cannot be infected because each entity is made from a buildup of many eels that lack a spinal cord to control. It is, as of now, unknown how much mass is needed to be of sufficient use for Flood infection.
