Unidentified ancilla (Installation 05): Difference between revisions

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Template:Ratings Template:AI Infobox 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

Template:Conjecturalization This ancilla might have served as a local caretaker designated to watch oversee the Flood specimens contained in the facility. In this manner, it might have been similar in operation to a human "dumb" AI.

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. Template:Conjecturalization End

Gameplay

The ancilla is attached to a pair of rails on the ceiling of the main room in the muliplayer 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 no one else is in the room.

Gallery

1215439011 Untitled.jpg

The construct compared to a normal monitor.
Monitor3.jpg

The ancilla from another angle.

List of appearances

Halo 3 (First appearance)

Sources

^ Halo 3, level Cold Storage

[1] Halo 3, level Cold Storage

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 {{AI Infobox
 |image = [[File:Cold Storage Monitor.jpg|250px]]
-|name = Unidentified Ancilla
+|name = Unidentified ancilla
-|description = Looks like a large Monitor integrated to the ceiling of a Flood containment facility
+|description = Looks like a large monitor integrated to the ceiling of a Flood containment facility
 |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 normal Monitor. Rather than freely levitating like other Monitors, this construct was mounted on rails on the ceiling of the facility.<ref>'''Halo 3''', level ''[[Cold Storage]]''</ref>
+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>
 ==Overview==
 {{Conjecturalization}}
-This Ancilla might have served as a "local caretaker" designated to watch oversee the Flood specimens contained in the facility. In this manner, it might have been similar in operation to a [[human]] [[Artificial intelligence#"Dumb" AI|"dumb" AI]].
+This ancilla might have served as a local caretaker designated to watch oversee the Flood specimens contained in the facility. In this manner, it might have been similar in operation to a [[human]] [[Dumb artificial intelligence|"dumb" AI]].
-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.
+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.
 {{Conjecturalization End}}
 ==Gameplay==
-The Ancilla is attached to a pair of rails on the ceiling of the main room in the muliplayer 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 no one else is in the room.
+The ancilla is attached to a pair of rails on the ceiling of the main room in the muliplayer 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 no one else is in the room.
 ==Gallery==
 <gallery widths="150">
-File:1215439011 Untitled.jpg|The construct compared to a normal Monitor.
+File:1215439011 Untitled.jpg|The construct compared to a normal monitor.
-File:Monitor3.jpg|The Ancilla from another angle.
+File:Monitor3.jpg|The ancilla from another angle.
 </gallery>