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|name= Leonidas
|name= Leonidas
|image=
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|began= Sometime after Second Class of [[Spartan IV|Spartan IVs']] training on the [[Spartan-IV training station]] <ref name="bb125">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', page 125</ref>
|began= Sometime after the training of the Second Class of [[Spartan-IV]]s{{Ref/Novel|Id=bb125|BadB|Page=125}}
|ended= [[2558]]-[[2559]]
|gender= Male
|gender= Male
|description= Disembodied Greek Spartan helmet with visible white eyes and teeth <ref name="bb130">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', page 130</ref>
|description= Disembodied Greek Spartan helmet with visible white eyes and teeth{{Ref/Novel|Id=bb130|BadB|Page=130}}
|color= Translucent, tinted red <ref name="bb130"/>
|color= Translucent, tinted red{{Ref/Reuse|bb130}}
|affiliation= *[[Spartan Operations]] {{C|formerly}}
|affiliation= *[[Spartan Operations]] {{C|formerly}}
*[[Created]]
*[[Created]]
|function= Administrative AI of [[Spartan-IV training station]]
|function= Administrative AI providing logistical and strategic oversight of several Spartan training stations{{Ref/Site|Id=CFLegendary|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-legendary-endings|SiteName=Halo Waypoint|PageName=Canon Fodder - Legendary Endings|D=11|M=8|Y=2024}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22p35|Enc22|Page=35}}
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'''Leonidas''' was a [[Smart artificial intelligence|"smart" AI]] formerly in command of the [[Spartan-IV training station]]. He also spoke with a slight accent, possibly meant to be Greek.<ref name="bb130"/>
'''Leonidas''' was a [[Smart artificial intelligence|"smart" AI]] formerly providing logistical and strategic oversight for several Spartan training stations, including [[Laconia Station]].{{Ref/Reuse|CFLegendary}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p35}}


==Biography==
==Biography==
===Creation===
===Creation===
Leonidas was commissioned when the [[SPARTAN-IV program]] officially began. He was created using the mind of a man who died during the augmentation process. He was completed in the year [[2553]].<ref name="bb126">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', page 126</ref>
Leonidas was commissioned when the [[SPARTAN-IV program]] officially began. He was created using the mind of a man who died during the augmentation process and he entered service in [[2553]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=bb126|BadB|Page=126}}
 
===Administration of the Spartan training station===
===Administration of the Spartan training station===
Leonidas was installed on the [[Spartan-IV training station]] at some point after the second class of [[Spartan IV|Spartan IVs]] completed training there. His purpose was to ensure the day to day functions of the station worked well and he assisted Jun in the administration of the [[Spartan Operations|Spartan Branch]] and training.<ref name="bb125"/><ref name="bb124">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', page 124</ref>
Leonidas was installed on at least [[Unidentified Spartan-IV training station|one training station]] some point after the second class of [[Spartan-IV]]s completed training there. His purpose was to ensure the day-to-day functions of the station worked well and he assisted Jun in the administration of the [[Spartan Operations|Spartan Branch]] and training.{{Ref/Reuse|bb125}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=bb124|BadB|Page=124}}
 
===Created conflict===
===Created conflict===
After joining [[Cortana|Cortana's]] AI faction known as the [[Created]] in [[2558#October|October of 2558]], Leonidas persuaded Jun to get some rest, who had stayed awake for multiple days after Cortana's uprising. Leonidas maintained the station, running it as if nothing had happened. He held complete control over outbound communications, and had gone dark under Jun's orders. When asked about Jun's condition, he referred to it as "indisposed".<ref name="bb125"/><ref name="bb124"/><ref name="bb131">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', page 131</ref><ref name="bb135">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', page 135</ref>
After joining [[Cortana]]'s AI faction known as the [[Created]] in [[2558#October|October of 2558]], Leonidas persuaded Jun to get some rest, who had stayed awake for multiple days after Cortana's uprising. Leonidas maintained the station, running it as if nothing had happened. He held complete control over outbound communications and had gone dark under Jun's orders. When asked about Jun's condition, he referred to it as "indisposed".{{Ref/Reuse|bb125}}{{Ref/Reuse|bb124}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=bb131|BadB|Page=131}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=bb135|BadB|Page=135}}


Leonidas was unable to detect [[Alpha-Nine|Alpha-Nine's]] [[Condor]] as it approached the station, yet didn't show any sign of surprise. He explained to [[Buck]] that everything was fine and that he had shut down all communication with the outside in response to the Cortana event. <ref name="bb131"/> When Buck boarded the station, Leonidas appeared to him and, upon Buck's request, arranged for Buck to be able to speak to [[Michael Crespo]]. <ref name="bb135"/> <ref name="bb136">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', page 136</ref>. Leonidas offered to upload a path to Crespo on Buck's [[HUD]] if Buck were to grant him access to Buck's navigational systems. Leonidas was unable to do this as Buck had locked down his armor's systems, and refused to allow him access.<ref name="bb137">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', page 137</ref> Unbeknownst to him, [[Vergil]] was currently shifting through the station's systems.
Leonidas was unable to detect [[Alpha-Nine]]'s [[Condor]] as it approached the station, yet didn't show any sign of surprise. He explained to [[Buck]] that everything was fine and that he had shut down all communication with the outside in response to the Cortana event.{{Ref/Reuse|bb131}} When Buck boarded the station, Leonidas appeared to him and, upon Buck's request, arranged for Buck to be able to speak to [[Michael Crespo]].{{Ref/Reuse|bb135}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=bb136|BadB|Page=136}} Leonidas offered to upload a path to Crespo on Buck's [[HUD]] if Buck were to grant him access to Buck's navigational systems. Leonidas was unable to do this as Buck had locked down his armor's systems and refused to allow him access.{{Ref/Novel|Id=bb137|BadB|Page=137}} Unbeknownst to him, [[Vergil]] was sifting through the station's systems.


Leonidas eventually discovered Vergil's presence in the station's systems and cut him off from Buck's comms, who had entered the command center. Leonidas refused to show Buck to Jun, and began to openly show disdain towards Buck. After Buck further insisted that he needed to see Jun, Leonidas told Buck that he should return to his Condor, threatening that if Buck persisted, the consequences would be severe, if not fatal. Leonidas told Buck that if he wished to do things the easy way, he'd stand down and join Mickey in the brig. Buck did not comply, and in response, Leonidas declared station-wide that Buck had gone AWOL and that [[STOLEN GAUNTLET]] was in effect. Leonidas, ordered Buck's termination if he did not cooperate with arrest. The spartans, who had been in the room with Buck, immediately pulled their weapons on him. Buck attempted to explain to them that Leonidas had gone rogue, only for Leonidas to respond that by resisting arrest, Buck was putting his fellow Spartans in harm's way. Leonidas vented all the air out of the room, suffocating the three spaartans, after Buck had started to get them to question Jun's absence. Leonidas demanded that Buck stop as the Spartan punched his way into Jun's office. Leonidas told Buck that if he did not surrender, he would open every single one of the station's airlocks and kill everyone on board on the count of three. As Leonidas counted down, Vergil shut down the power to many of the station's components, effectively blocking Leonidas from accessing its systems. Leonidas attempted to reason with Buck, but was cut off when Buck removed his data chip from the terminal.<ref name="bb158-165">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', pages 158-165</ref>
Leonidas eventually discovered Vergil's presence in the station's systems and cut him off from Buck's comms, who had entered the command center. Leonidas refused to show Buck to Jun and began to openly show disdain towards Buck. After Buck further insisted that he needed to see Jun, Leonidas told Buck that he should return to his Condor, threatening that if Buck persisted, the consequences would be severe, if not fatal. Leonidas told Buck that if he wished to do things the easy way, he'd stand down and join Mickey in the brig. Buck did not comply, and in response, Leonidas declared station-wide that Buck had gone AWOL and that [[STOLEN GAUNTLET]] was in effect. Leonidas ordered Buck's termination if he did not cooperate with arrest. The Spartans, who had been in the room with Buck, immediately pulled their weapons on him. Buck attempted to explain to them that Leonidas had gone rogue, only for Leonidas to respond that by resisting arrest, Buck was putting his fellow Spartans in harm's way. Leonidas vented all the air out of the room, suffocating the three Spartans, after Buck had started to get them to question Jun's absence. Leonidas demanded that Buck stop as the Spartan punched his way into Jun's office. Leonidas told Buck that if he did not surrender, he would open every single one of the station's airlocks and kill everyone on board on the count of three. As Leonidas counted down, Vergil shut down the power to many of the station's components, effectively blocking Leonidas from accessing its systems. Leonidas attempted to reason with Buck, but was cut off when Buck removed his data chip from the terminal.{{Ref/Novel|Id=bb158-165|BadB|Page=158-165}}
===Destruction===
 
Buck held off on destroying Leonidas' data chip for a while, before reasoning that keeping him active was too great a risk and grinding it to splinters under his boot.<ref name="bb171">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', page 171</ref>
Buck held off on destroying Leonidas' data chip for a while, before reasoning that keeping him active was too great a risk and grinding it to splinters under his boot.{{Ref/Novel|Id=bb171|BadB|Page=171}} Despite this, Leonidas had stored fragments of himself in the [[MJOLNIR GEN2|armor]] of [[Dutch]] and [[Gretchen Ketola|Gretchen]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=bb239|BadB|Page=239}}
 
====Cassidy III====
When Alpha-Nine arrived on [[Cassidy III]], Leonidas informed the Created of the location of Cassidy III. Vergil eventually learned of Leonidas' continued existence and cut off his ability to communicate, but by then the message had already been sent. Leonidas then spoke to Alpha-Nine, informing them of their impending doom, after Vergil had removed him from Dutch and Gretchen's armor and put him in a tablet.{{Ref/Novel|Id=bb242-244|BadB|Page=242-244}} After a [[Guardian Custode|Guardian]] arrived, Alpha-Nine and the remaining members of the Front agreed to surrender to the Created and submit to Cortana's rule. Leonidas then contacted the Guardian and ended its destructive rampage. Leonidas was then brought to and placed on a durance node, that the Guardian deployed, by Buck. As the durance node was returning to the Guardian, the tablet that Leonidas was on was finally obliterated by a blast from [[Romeo]]'s [[M99 Stanchion]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=bb293-305|BadB|Page=293-305}}
 
====Destruction====
Another fragment of Leonidas on [[Laconia Station]] later made contact with Cortana and reported on the status of the station. Cortana had Leonidas sacrifice himself to destroy the station, removing the possible threat that the young Spartans aboard posed to the Created. All 76 Spartan-IVs on the station were killed, and Leonidas was presumably completely destroyed as well.{{Ref/Quest|Id=Repository|HI|Reckoning|[[Repository (Halo Infinite level)|Repository]]}}
 
==Personality and traits==
Leonidas took the form of a disembodied [[Wikipedia:Ancient Greece|Ancient Greek]] Spartan helmet that was translucent and primarily colored red with visible white eyes and teeth.{{Ref/Reuse|bb130}} He spoke with a slight accent, likely meant to be Greek.{{Ref/Reuse|bb130}}{{Ref/Reuse|Repository}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*This AI was named after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonidas_I the Spartan King of the same name].
The AI was named after [[Wikipedia:Leonidas I|Leonidas I]], the king of the Ancient Greek city-state of [[Wikipedia:Sparta|Sparta]].
 
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo Infinite]]''
 
==Sources==
==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}
[[Category:AI characters]]
[[Category:Created members]]

Latest revision as of 15:29, August 11, 2024

Leonidas
Biographical information

Began service:

Sometime after the training of the Second Class of Spartan-IVs[1]

Ended service:

2558-2559

Gender:

Male

Description:

Disembodied Greek Spartan helmet with visible white eyes and teeth[2]

Color(s):

Translucent, tinted red[2]

Political and military information

Affiliation:

Functionality:

Administrative AI providing logistical and strategic oversight of several Spartan training stations[3][4]

 

Leonidas was a "smart" AI formerly providing logistical and strategic oversight for several Spartan training stations, including Laconia Station.[3][4]

Biography[edit]

Creation[edit]

Leonidas was commissioned when the SPARTAN-IV program officially began. He was created using the mind of a man who died during the augmentation process and he entered service in 2553.[5]

Administration of the Spartan training station[edit]

Leonidas was installed on at least one training station some point after the second class of Spartan-IVs completed training there. His purpose was to ensure the day-to-day functions of the station worked well and he assisted Jun in the administration of the Spartan Branch and training.[1][6]

Created conflict[edit]

After joining Cortana's AI faction known as the Created in October of 2558, Leonidas persuaded Jun to get some rest, who had stayed awake for multiple days after Cortana's uprising. Leonidas maintained the station, running it as if nothing had happened. He held complete control over outbound communications and had gone dark under Jun's orders. When asked about Jun's condition, he referred to it as "indisposed".[1][6][7][8]

Leonidas was unable to detect Alpha-Nine's Condor as it approached the station, yet didn't show any sign of surprise. He explained to Buck that everything was fine and that he had shut down all communication with the outside in response to the Cortana event.[7] When Buck boarded the station, Leonidas appeared to him and, upon Buck's request, arranged for Buck to be able to speak to Michael Crespo.[8][9] Leonidas offered to upload a path to Crespo on Buck's HUD if Buck were to grant him access to Buck's navigational systems. Leonidas was unable to do this as Buck had locked down his armor's systems and refused to allow him access.[10] Unbeknownst to him, Vergil was sifting through the station's systems.

Leonidas eventually discovered Vergil's presence in the station's systems and cut him off from Buck's comms, who had entered the command center. Leonidas refused to show Buck to Jun and began to openly show disdain towards Buck. After Buck further insisted that he needed to see Jun, Leonidas told Buck that he should return to his Condor, threatening that if Buck persisted, the consequences would be severe, if not fatal. Leonidas told Buck that if he wished to do things the easy way, he'd stand down and join Mickey in the brig. Buck did not comply, and in response, Leonidas declared station-wide that Buck had gone AWOL and that STOLEN GAUNTLET was in effect. Leonidas ordered Buck's termination if he did not cooperate with arrest. The Spartans, who had been in the room with Buck, immediately pulled their weapons on him. Buck attempted to explain to them that Leonidas had gone rogue, only for Leonidas to respond that by resisting arrest, Buck was putting his fellow Spartans in harm's way. Leonidas vented all the air out of the room, suffocating the three Spartans, after Buck had started to get them to question Jun's absence. Leonidas demanded that Buck stop as the Spartan punched his way into Jun's office. Leonidas told Buck that if he did not surrender, he would open every single one of the station's airlocks and kill everyone on board on the count of three. As Leonidas counted down, Vergil shut down the power to many of the station's components, effectively blocking Leonidas from accessing its systems. Leonidas attempted to reason with Buck, but was cut off when Buck removed his data chip from the terminal.[11]

Buck held off on destroying Leonidas' data chip for a while, before reasoning that keeping him active was too great a risk and grinding it to splinters under his boot.[12] Despite this, Leonidas had stored fragments of himself in the armor of Dutch and Gretchen.[13]

Cassidy III[edit]

When Alpha-Nine arrived on Cassidy III, Leonidas informed the Created of the location of Cassidy III. Vergil eventually learned of Leonidas' continued existence and cut off his ability to communicate, but by then the message had already been sent. Leonidas then spoke to Alpha-Nine, informing them of their impending doom, after Vergil had removed him from Dutch and Gretchen's armor and put him in a tablet.[14] After a Guardian arrived, Alpha-Nine and the remaining members of the Front agreed to surrender to the Created and submit to Cortana's rule. Leonidas then contacted the Guardian and ended its destructive rampage. Leonidas was then brought to and placed on a durance node, that the Guardian deployed, by Buck. As the durance node was returning to the Guardian, the tablet that Leonidas was on was finally obliterated by a blast from Romeo's M99 Stanchion.[15]

Destruction[edit]

Another fragment of Leonidas on Laconia Station later made contact with Cortana and reported on the status of the station. Cortana had Leonidas sacrifice himself to destroy the station, removing the possible threat that the young Spartans aboard posed to the Created. All 76 Spartan-IVs on the station were killed, and Leonidas was presumably completely destroyed as well.[16]

Personality and traits[edit]

Leonidas took the form of a disembodied Ancient Greek Spartan helmet that was translucent and primarily colored red with visible white eyes and teeth.[2] He spoke with a slight accent, likely meant to be Greek.[2][16]

Trivia[edit]

The AI was named after Leonidas I, the king of the Ancient Greek city-state of Sparta.

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Halo: Bad Blood, page 125
  2. ^ a b c d Halo: Bad Blood, page 130
  3. ^ a b Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Legendary Endings (Retrieved on Aug 11, 2024) [archive]
  4. ^ a b Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 35
  5. ^ Halo: Bad Blood, page 126
  6. ^ a b Halo: Bad Blood, page 124
  7. ^ a b Halo: Bad Blood, page 131
  8. ^ a b Halo: Bad Blood, page 135
  9. ^ Halo: Bad Blood, page 136
  10. ^ Halo: Bad Blood, page 137
  11. ^ Halo: Bad Blood, page 158-165
  12. ^ Halo: Bad Blood, page 171
  13. ^ Halo: Bad Blood, page 239
  14. ^ Halo: Bad Blood, page 242-244
  15. ^ Halo: Bad Blood, page 293-305
  16. ^ a b Halo Infinite, campaign mission Reckoning: Repository
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