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==Summary==
{{Status|Canon}}
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{{AI infobox
|image=[[File:2401pt.jpg]]
|name=2401 Penitent Tangent
|race=[[AI|Artificial Intelligence Construct]]
|image=[[File:HTMCC-H2A 2401PenitentTangent.png|300px]]
|faction=[[The Forerunner]]
|began= c. [[97,445 BCE]]
|ended=
|gender= Male
|description=Floating, round-edged cube, with one "eye" sign
|color= Red illuminations with silver casing
|affiliation=[[Forerunner]] [[ecumene]]
|function=[[Monitor]] of [[Installation 05]]
}}
}}
{{Quote|Greetings! I am 2401 Penitent Tangent. I am the monitor of Installation 05.|2401 Penitent Tangent introducing himself to [[John-117]] and [[Thel 'Vadam]]ee{{Ref/Level|Id=gra|H2|Gravemind (level)|Gravemind}}}}


'''2401 Penitent Tangent''' is the [[monitor]] of [[Installation 05]], referred to by the humans as "Delta" Halo. Although only shown briefly during the encounter with the [[Flood]] [[Gravemind]] deep in the bowels of Halo, 2401 Penitent Tangent is nearly identical to its brother monitor, [[343 Guilty Spark]], with the exception that it glows a dim red instead of bright blue. It speaks with the same upbeat, artifical voice that all [[monitor|Monitors]] appear to have, and expresses excitement at the sight of the [[Master Chief]], because a [[Reclaimer]] can activate the facility and contain the [[Flood]] outbreak. A short argument with a semi-deceased [[High Prophet of Regret]] demonstrates that Penitent Tangent employs the same amount of regulation and protocol when it comes to dealing with the threat of the parasite. This is much to the dismay of Regret, who insists that "...of all the objects [the [[Forerunners]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> left behind, there are none so worthless as these [Monitors]!"
'''05-2401 Penitent Tangent''' was the [[monitor]] of [[Halo Array|Halo]] [[Installation 05]].{{Ref/Reuse|gra}}{{Ref/Book|Id=EVG|EVG|Page=136}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=371}}


Also revealed by Penitent Tangent is the fact that the ring(s) have been activated exactly once before, and is/are quite capable of being activated again. It shouts at Regret for the [[The Covenant|Covenant's]] "blatant disregard of protocol" in controlling the Flood. Before anything more can be said, 2401 Penitent Tangent is taken away.
==Biography==
2401 Penitent Tangent, as well as the other six monitors, was present at the dispersion of the [[activation index|activation indexes]] prior to the firing of the [[Halo Array|Halo weapons]] near the end of the [[Forerunner-Flood war]].{{Ref/Game|HCEA|Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary|Terminal 2}}


Even so, however, suggestions, and fans say that this, along with Guilty Spark, should play an important role when meeting even another monitor in [[Halo 3]], if such a game will be created. Anyone who has played through [[Halo 2]], and watched the cutscenes, saw that there were seven halos, and if the [[Bungie]] team makes another Halo game, there should be a time where all three monitors meet, to solve a very big problem. However, this is purely speculation.
Penitent Tangent was charged with regularly scheduled communications with the other Halo array monitors for updates. Several millennia after the rings were fired, though, he ceased sending these messages. Penitent Tangent was the last monitor to send a message to [[343 Guilty Spark]] on [[Installation 04]], though Guilty Spark described his final messages as "incomplete and quite perplexing," and logged his concerns about Penitent Tangent's ability to perform his duties, believing he had not been functioning correctly for some time before his messages ceased.<ref>[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Terminals]], Terminal 4</ref> These reports were recieved by the [[Edom Terminal\Juridical]] on [[Mars]], and later noted by [[Catalog]] around the [[2558]].{{Ref/Site|Id=Catalog|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/db05ce78845f4120b062c50816008e5d/topics/query-catalog-old/7fbf60e8-92f7-4826-ac2a-ab1b5e4e3603/posts?page=5|Site=Halo Waypoint Forums|Page=Query: Catalog(old)|D=29|M=12|Y=2019|LocalArchive=Catalog/Archive/2014#Query: Catalog(old)}}


Penitent Tangent also appears in the [[Multiplayer]] map '[[Backwash]]', where he hovers around the air, occasionally talking quietly to himself. He serves no strategic or combat value whatsoever and will not acknowledge the presence of players.
===Flood outbreak===
At some point, [[Unidentified ancilla (Installation 05)|another artificial intelligence construct]] warned 2401 Penitent Tangent of a pending outbreak in one the installation's [[Flood]] [[Flood containment facility|containment facilities]]. The monitor continued to ignore this warning, and those that followed, for millennia. Within [[2552|99,779 years]], the containment facility had been overrun by the Flood, with lockdown protocols in effect within the Halo's [[teleportation grid]] to prevent further infestation.{{Ref/Map|H3|Cold Storage|Detail=[[Cold Storage Reports]]}} By around the year [[93 BC]], the Edom Terminal\Juridical had received an incomplete [[Cold Storage Reports|report]] filed by an ancilla on Delta Halo (presumably the same as the aforementioned), and responded in kind by requesting that the Delta Halo ancillae continue the correspondence through properly-secured channels. These events were also noted by Catalog in 2558.{{Ref/Reuse|Catalog}}


==Trivia==
Eventually, the [[Quarantine Zone]] was established and the full force of the installation's [[Sentinel]]s and [[Enforcer]]s was mobilized.{{Ref/Level|H2|Sacred Icon}}{{Ref/Level|H2|Quarantine Zone}}
Also of interest is the fact that Penitent Tangent's number (2401) is 7 to the power of 4 whilst Guilty Spark's number (343) is 7 to the power of 3, as the number 7 is used frequently in Bungie games and mythology. Also, 2+4+0+1 = 7.


Also, one must note that there are seven unique letters in "Penitent Tangent".
===Battle of Installation 05===
{{Main|Battle of Installation 05}}
{{Quote|And you know nothing about containment! You have demonstrated a complete disregard for even the most basic protocols!|2401 Penitent Tangent rebuking the [[Prophet of Regret]]}}
By [[2552#November|November 2, 2552]], 2401 Penitent Tangent had been captured by the Flood and was held captive by the [[Gravemind]] that had manifested on Installation 05. After the battle on the ring had raged for some time, the Gravemind absorbed and reanimated the [[Prophet of Regret]], one of the [[Hierarchs]] of the [[Covenant]]. Later, [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]] [[John-117]] and [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]]ee were also captured by the Gravemind. Upon seeing John, a [[Reclaimer]], the monitor urged the Spartan to activate the ring. This was immediately objected to by Regret, who insisted that nothing could be done until he had completed his sermon in preparation for the [[Covenant religion|Great Journey]]. The monitor countered that the installation had a firing record of 1.2 trillion simulated, and one actual thus making the ring fully prepared to fire on demand. The Hierarch then retorted that the "Oracles" were the most worthless artifacts that had been left by the Forerunners, prompting the monitor to berate Regret for his lack of regard for protocol. Amid the argument, the Gravemind insisted that the four factions represented in the meeting shared a common goal: preventing the ring from being activated. Shortly thereafter, the Gravemind used the monitor's control of Installation 05's [[teleportation grid]] to send the Spartan to ''[[High Charity]]'' and 'Vadamee to  Halo's [[Control Room (Installation 05)|control room]], respectively, in an attempt to stop the activation of the Halo array.{{Ref/Reuse|gra}} The current status of 2401 Penitent Tangent is unknown.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}


In an earlier Bungie series, namely [[Marathon]], names were often found to be sevens. A numerology grid was used as shown:<br>
== Trivia ==
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9<br>
{{Linkbox|gallery=yes}}
  a b c d e f g h i j<br>
*2401 Penitent Tangent was voiced by [[John Michael Higgins]].
  k l m n o p q r s t<br>
*Like all monitors, 2401 Penitent Tangent's numerical designation is derived from seven raised to one less than the number of his installation (7<sup>n-1</sup>). This is one of [[Bungie]]'s numerous references to the number [[seven]] in the ''Halo'' series.
  u v w x y z
*"Penitent" means ''feeling or expressing sorrow for sin or wrongdoing and [being] disposed to atonement and amendment''" and is synonymous with "repentant".<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/penitent '''Dictionary.com:''' penitent]</ref> "Tangent" is part of the idiom "off on a tangent", which refers to ''digressing suddenly from one course of action or thought and turning to another''.<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tangent '''Dictionary.com:''' tangent]</ref>  
*2401 Penitent Tangent appears in the ''Halo 2'' multiplayer map ''[[Backwash]]''. He hovers around the map and is invulnerable to damage.


Penitent Tangent is thus<br>
==Gallery==
  P e n i t e n t<br>
<gallery>
  5+4+3+8+9+4+3+9=45, 4+5=9<br>
File:PT2401.JPG|Penitent Tangent in ''Halo 2''.
  T a n g e n t<br>
File:PenitentTangentCEA.jpg|2401 Penitent Tangent in one of his garbled transmissions to [[343 Guilty Spark]].
  9+0+3+6+4+3+9=34, 3+4=7
File:H2_Backwash_2401PT.jpg|2401 Penitent Tangent on [[Backwash]].
File:H2-2401PenitentTangent.png|A cutout of Penitent Tangent.
File:2401 Penitent Tangent Render.png|A render of Penitent Tangent.
File:H2-2401PT-J117.jpg|2401 Penitent Tangent addresses John-117 in ''Halo 2''.
File:H2AChief&2401.png|2401 Penitent Tangent and John-117 in ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''.
File:H2A2401&Regret.png|2401 Penitent Tangent arguing with an infected Prophet of Regret.
File:Enc22 PenitentTangent.png|Artwork of Penitent Tangent in the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)]]''.
</gallery>


9+7=16, 1+6=7.
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 2]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo 3]]''
**''[[Bestiarum]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''
**''[[Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)|Terminals]]''
*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''
*''[[Halo Mythos]]'' {{Mo}}


==Images==
==Sources==
[[Image:2401PT.jpg|70px]] [[Image:Tangent.jpg|150px]]
{{Ref/Sources}}


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{{Forerunner AI}}
[[Category:Forerunner A.I.]]
[[Category:AI characters]]

Latest revision as of 00:17, November 6, 2023

2401 Penitent Tangent
2401 Penitent Tangent.
Biographical information

Began service:

c. 97,445 BCE

Gender:

Male

Description:

Floating, round-edged cube, with one "eye" sign

Color(s):

Red illuminations with silver casing

Political and military information

Affiliation:

Forerunner ecumene

Functionality:

Monitor of Installation 05

 

"Greetings! I am 2401 Penitent Tangent. I am the monitor of Installation 05."
— 2401 Penitent Tangent introducing himself to John-117 and Thel 'Vadamee[1]

05-2401 Penitent Tangent was the monitor of Halo Installation 05.[1][2][3]

Biography[edit]

2401 Penitent Tangent, as well as the other six monitors, was present at the dispersion of the activation indexes prior to the firing of the Halo weapons near the end of the Forerunner-Flood war.[4]

Penitent Tangent was charged with regularly scheduled communications with the other Halo array monitors for updates. Several millennia after the rings were fired, though, he ceased sending these messages. Penitent Tangent was the last monitor to send a message to 343 Guilty Spark on Installation 04, though Guilty Spark described his final messages as "incomplete and quite perplexing," and logged his concerns about Penitent Tangent's ability to perform his duties, believing he had not been functioning correctly for some time before his messages ceased.[5] These reports were recieved by the Edom Terminal\Juridical on Mars, and later noted by Catalog around the 2558.[6]

Flood outbreak[edit]

At some point, another artificial intelligence construct warned 2401 Penitent Tangent of a pending outbreak in one the installation's Flood containment facilities. The monitor continued to ignore this warning, and those that followed, for millennia. Within 99,779 years, the containment facility had been overrun by the Flood, with lockdown protocols in effect within the Halo's teleportation grid to prevent further infestation.[7] By around the year 93 BC, the Edom Terminal\Juridical had received an incomplete report filed by an ancilla on Delta Halo (presumably the same as the aforementioned), and responded in kind by requesting that the Delta Halo ancillae continue the correspondence through properly-secured channels. These events were also noted by Catalog in 2558.[6]

Eventually, the Quarantine Zone was established and the full force of the installation's Sentinels and Enforcers was mobilized.[8][9]

Battle of Installation 05[edit]

Main article: Battle of Installation 05

"And you know nothing about containment! You have demonstrated a complete disregard for even the most basic protocols!"
— 2401 Penitent Tangent rebuking the Prophet of Regret

By November 2, 2552, 2401 Penitent Tangent had been captured by the Flood and was held captive by the Gravemind that had manifested on Installation 05. After the battle on the ring had raged for some time, the Gravemind absorbed and reanimated the Prophet of Regret, one of the Hierarchs of the Covenant. Later, Spartan John-117 and Arbiter Thel 'Vadamee were also captured by the Gravemind. Upon seeing John, a Reclaimer, the monitor urged the Spartan to activate the ring. This was immediately objected to by Regret, who insisted that nothing could be done until he had completed his sermon in preparation for the Great Journey. The monitor countered that the installation had a firing record of 1.2 trillion simulated, and one actual thus making the ring fully prepared to fire on demand. The Hierarch then retorted that the "Oracles" were the most worthless artifacts that had been left by the Forerunners, prompting the monitor to berate Regret for his lack of regard for protocol. Amid the argument, the Gravemind insisted that the four factions represented in the meeting shared a common goal: preventing the ring from being activated. Shortly thereafter, the Gravemind used the monitor's control of Installation 05's teleportation grid to send the Spartan to High Charity and 'Vadamee to Halo's control room, respectively, in an attempt to stop the activation of the Halo array.[1] The current status of 2401 Penitent Tangent is unknown.[3]

Trivia[edit]

Main-Superintendent.png Browse more images in this article's gallery page.
  • 2401 Penitent Tangent was voiced by John Michael Higgins.
  • Like all monitors, 2401 Penitent Tangent's numerical designation is derived from seven raised to one less than the number of his installation (7n-1). This is one of Bungie's numerous references to the number seven in the Halo series.
  • "Penitent" means feeling or expressing sorrow for sin or wrongdoing and [being] disposed to atonement and amendment" and is synonymous with "repentant".[10] "Tangent" is part of the idiom "off on a tangent", which refers to digressing suddenly from one course of action or thought and turning to another.[11]
  • 2401 Penitent Tangent appears in the Halo 2 multiplayer map Backwash. He hovers around the map and is invulnerable to damage.

Gallery[edit]

  • Penitent Tangent in Halo 2.

    Penitent Tangent in Halo 2.

  • 2401 Penitent Tangent in one of his garbled transmissions to 343 Guilty Spark.

    2401 Penitent Tangent in one of his garbled transmissions to 343 Guilty Spark.

  • 2401 Penitent Tangent on Backwash.

    2401 Penitent Tangent on Backwash.

  • A cutout of Penitent Tangent.

    A cutout of Penitent Tangent.

  • A render of Penitent Tangent.

    A render of Penitent Tangent.

  • 2401 Penitent Tangent addresses John-117 in Halo 2.

    2401 Penitent Tangent addresses John-117 in Halo 2.

  • 2401 Penitent Tangent and John-117 in Halo 2: Anniversary.

    2401 Penitent Tangent and John-117 in Halo 2: Anniversary.

  • 2401 Penitent Tangent arguing with an infected Prophet of Regret.

    2401 Penitent Tangent arguing with an infected Prophet of Regret.

  • Artwork of Penitent Tangent in the Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition).

    Artwork of Penitent Tangent in the Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition).

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Halo 2, campaign level Gravemind
  2. ^ Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 136
  3. ^ a b Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 371
  4. ^ Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Terminal 2
  5. ^ Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Terminals, Terminal 4
  6. ^ a b Halo Waypoint Forums, Query: Catalog(old) (Retrieved on Dec 29, 2019) [local archive] [external archive]
  7. ^ Halo 3, multiplayer map Cold Storage: Cold Storage Reports
  8. ^ Halo 2, campaign level Sacred Icon
  9. ^ Halo 2, campaign level Quarantine Zone
  10. ^ Dictionary.com: penitent
  11. ^ Dictionary.com: tangent

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