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|H3}}
+{{Status|Canon}}
-[[Image:Cold Storage Monitor.jpg|thumb|right|The Cold Storage Monitor]]
+{{AI infobox
-The '''Cold Storage Monitor''' is a [[Monitor]] on the ceiling of the multiplayer map, [[Cold Storage]]. The "Monitor" follows your movements if you stare at it for a while, but will stop once you leave the room. It should be noted that the Monitor on the ceiling can't be [[2401 Penitent Tangent]], for it's far too large, in fact it is several times the size of an average Monitor, such as the player's model whilst in [[Forge]]. It has been speculated to be a "local caretaker," designated to watch over the facility like a prison guard, similar to a "dumb" [[UNSC]] [[AI]]. This Monitor is also invincible, and cannot be harmed by [[grenades]], [[Human]] [[weapons]], a [[Sentinel Beam]] or [[Plasma]] weapons.
+|image = [[File:Cold Storage Monitor.jpg|265px]]
-[[Image:1215439011 Untitled.jpg|thumb|left|The Cold Storage Monitor compared to a [[Forge]] [[Monitor]].]]
+|description = Resembles a large monitor integrated to the ceiling of a Flood containment facility
-{{clear}}
+|color = Silver, blue
+|function = Oversaw Flood containment facility on Installation 05
+|affiliation = Forerunner
+}}
+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>
-==Trivia==
+==Overview==
-*This Monitor has been compared to GLaDOS, an AI that is the main antagonist and guide from the video game Portal.
+{{Conjecture}}
-*This Monitor cannot move freely, because it is embedded in the ceiling.
+This ancilla might have served as a local caretaker designated to watch or oversee the Flood specimens contained in the facility.
-*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.
-*The Monitor can see everyone, even those wearing [[Active Camo]], this indicates that it uses other sensors such as heat sensors to detect objects.
-* The Monitor will occasionally appear on the radar as a friendly.
+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}}
+==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.
+==Gallery==
+<gallery widths="150">
+File:ColdStorageMonitor2.jpg|The construct compared to a normal monitor.
+File:ColdStorageMonitor3.jpg|The ancilla from another angle.
+</gallery>
+==List of appearances==
+*''[[Halo 3]]'' {{1st}}
+==Sources==
+{{Ref/Sources}}
+{{Forerunner AI}}
 [[Category:Forerunner A.I.]]
+[[Category:Unidentified content]]
+[[Category:AI characters]]