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343 Guilty Spark

Race	Artificial Intelligence Construct
Faction	The Forerunners

343 Guilty Spark (alternatively known to the UNSC as the Monitor; and to the Covenant as the Oracle) is a fictional character featured in the video games Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2.

Background

343 Guilty Spark is an artificial intelligence tasked with overseeing Installation 04, which the Covenant and the UNSC know as "Halo". Unlike other artificial intelligence characters in the Halo universe, 343 Guilty Spark is contained within a physical avatar, which he is invariably tied to. Constructed in the Forerunner Monitor style, the avatar has many abilities, including the ability to interface with computer systems when in close proximity, flight, and indestructibility. Its indestructable nature was likely written in so the player would be unable to kill it. It can also access Installation 04's teleportation grid. However, it lacks offensive capabilities, and it can be immobilized by strong magnetism, such as that present in Tartarus's hammer.

343 Guilty Spark also controls the Sentinels of Halo. He can manipulate them just as he can manipulate his own personal avatar. However, this only extends to the Sentinels of Installation 04. He has absolutely no control of other Sentinels, such as those of 2401 Penitent Tangent on Installation 05. It can be assumed that he requires his avatar to be within a certain proximity of the Sentinels in order to manipulate them, or, alternatively, for some sort of relay network to transmit his signal over a larger area. While on Installation 04, 343 Guilty Spark could command his Sentinels from tremendous distances, but once the Halo was destroyed and he left its ruins, he displayed control only over those Sentinels near to him.

343 Guilty Spark is not fully integrated with the systems of Halo; in fact, Halo seems to be composed of various completely separate systems, so as to prevent the entire ring's takeover at once. Instead, 343 Guilty Spark must use his avatar to interact with Halo physically, usually by using his interface ability within very close proximity of certain interactive terminals.

343 Guilty Spark's interface ability appears to be quite advanced. Not only can he access Forerunner computers, but he can also enter alien systems, like those on the human Pillar of Autumn
. His technical ability is phenomenal; even on a human computer that he'd no previous interaction with, he could institute overrides that even Cortana, an exceptionally skilled UNSC artificial intelligence, could not contend with.

The personality of 343 Guilty Spark is somewhat egotistical and eccentric, and possibly insane, due to the amount of time left alone on Halo; he often audibly reminds himself, through his avatar, that he "is a genius", and he is prone to cheerful humming for no apparent reason. It is possible that 343 Guilty Spark is in a state of Rampancy, a form of insanity featured in Bungie's Marathon series; although he is still accepting of his role as Monitor, his pursuit of alien knowledge does seem to go beyond his purpose. He seems to prefer that his living companions remain alive, but he shows little sorrow when they die. He has a special relationship with humans, which he refers to as Reclaimers, although the true meaning of his thoughts are still unknown.

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