Editing Ascendant Justice's AI

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{{quote|Sneaky little bastard.|Cortana, on the AI}}
There was an '''unnamed Covenant [[Associated Intelligence]]''' construct used by the [[Covenant]] which was stationed on the Covenant [[Assault Carrier|flagship]] ''[[Ascendant Justice]]''<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]], page 64</ref> however it never identified itself with a name. When [[Cortana]] infiltrated the ''Ascendant Justice'' the Covenant AI tried to stop her, but it was mostly unsuccessful as she eventually caught it and decompiled it. The Covenant AI hated that Cortana was able to improve upon Covenant technology, believing it to be heresy,<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]], page 86</ref> and managed to send a message over the [[Battlenet]] before it was caught, both warning of the capture of the ship and sending the calculations for a sub-atmospheric [[Slipspace]] jump.<ref name="infidel">[[Halo: First Strike]], page 170</ref> 

The AI  demonstrated "fractured" thinking, as though it were suffering from the errors of being copied extensively. Cortana also stated that its algorithms looked very familiar, leading Cortana to speculate that a [[human]]-made [[UNSC]] AI had been captured and copied.<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]], page 195</ref> When the AI faced its death from Cortana, it screamed a fractured statement: "Do what you will-will-will-will. I go to finally to my heaven reward paradise final-final-final-infinity-infinity-infini-AT NONCOPYSTATE."<ref name="infidel"/> This perhaps indicates that it saw death as salvation from a fractured life caused by repeated copying.

It is this unnamed AI's code that allowed Cortana to copy the code-breaking part of her logic into another Cortana, sent with Blue Team. They effectively used this fracture of Cortana to break into and eventually destroy the ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'', a Covenant Command Platform, and its resident fleet.

==Trivia==
*The most likely reason for this unnamed Covenant AI's disgust at Cortana's improvements upon Covenant technology, is that the technology was handed down to the Covenant by the Forerunners and that technology was considered extremely sacred by the Covenant, only allowed to be altered by the ever wise [[San 'Shyuum]].
*While Covenant technology is generally superior to UNSC, Cortana was able to completely destroy the Unnamed Covenant AI, even though she was "weighed down" with data from Installation 04. 
*It is assumed that there were many more Covenant AI's aboard the ''Unyielding Hierophant'', as something was actively working to eliminate the copies of Cortana that had infested their system.

==Sources== 
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-{{Title|''Ascendant Justice's'' AI}}
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+{{quote|Sneaky little bastard.|Cortana, on the AI}}
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+There was an '''unnamed Covenant [[Associated Intelligence]]''' construct used by the [[Covenant]] which was stationed on the Covenant [[Assault Carrier|flagship]] ''[[Ascendant Justice]]''<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]], page 64</ref> however it never identified itself with a name. When [[Cortana]] infiltrated the ''Ascendant Justice'' the Covenant AI tried to stop her, but it was mostly unsuccessful as she eventually caught it and decompiled it. The Covenant AI hated that Cortana was able to improve upon Covenant technology, believing it to be heresy,<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]], page 86</ref> and managed to send a message over the [[Battlenet]] before it was caught, both warning of the capture of the ship and sending the calculations for a sub-atmospheric [[Slipspace]] jump.<ref name="infidel">[[Halo: First Strike]], page 170</ref>
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-|ended = [[2552#September|September 23, 2552]] {{C|estimated date within time/record anomaly}}{{Citation needed}}
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-{{quote|Sneaky little bastard.|Cortana}}
-This '''unidentified [[artificial intelligence]] construct''' was used by the [[Covenant]] aboard the {{Pattern|Ruma|light carrier}} ''[[Ascendant Justice]]''.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 64''</ref> When [[Cortana]] [[Skirmish over Threshold|infiltrated]] the ''Ascendant Justice'' the Covenant AI tried to stop her, but it was mostly unsuccessful as she eventually caught it and decompiled it. The Covenant AI hated that Cortana was able to improve upon Covenant [[technology]], believing it to be [[heresy]],<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 86''</ref> and managed to send a message over the [[proselytization network|battlenet]] before it was caught, both warning of the capture of the ship and sending the necessary calculations for a sub-atmospheric [[Slipspace]] jump. This likely allowed the [[Prophet of Regret]]'s [[Solemn Penance|assault carrier]] to perform such a jump during the [[Battle of Mombasa]].<ref name="infidel">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 170''</ref>
-The AI demonstrated "fractured" thinking, as though it were suffering from the errors of being copied extensively. While large amounts of its code were unknown to Cortana and presumably of Covenant or Forerunner origin, its core algorithms bore a striking resemblance to her own, leading Cortana to speculate that a [[human]]-made [[United Nations Space Command]] AI had been captured and copied.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 195''</ref> When the AI faced its death from Cortana, it screamed a fractured statement: "Do what you will-will-will-will. I go to finally to my heaven reward paradise final-final-final-infinity-infinity-infini-AT NONCOPYSTATE."{{Ref/Reuse|infidel}} This indicates that it either saw death as salvation from a fractured life caused by repeated copying, or that it has been programmed to possess [[Covenant religion|Covenant religious beliefs]].{{Citation needed}}
+The AI  demonstrated "fractured" thinking, as though it were suffering from the errors of being copied extensively. Cortana also stated that its algorithms looked very familiar, leading Cortana to speculate that a [[human]]-made [[UNSC]] AI had been captured and copied.<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]], page 195</ref> When the AI faced its death from Cortana, it screamed a fractured statement: "Do what you will-will-will-will. I go to finally to my heaven reward paradise final-final-final-infinity-infinity-infini-AT NONCOPYSTATE."<ref name="infidel"/> This perhaps indicates that it saw death as salvation from a fractured life caused by repeated copying.
-A post-mortem analysis of this AI revealed an [[Artificial intelligence#Covenant AI copying program|AI duplicator program]], which Cortana speculated had likely resulted in its distorted thinking processes.{{Citation needed}}  She used this program twice, to replicate her translation software to increase its effectiveness and to create a stripped-down infiltration-only copy of herself to travel with [[Blue Team]].{{Citation needed}}  They effectively used this copy of Cortana to break into and eventually [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE|destroy]] the Covenant command platform ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'' and its [[Truth's fleet|resident fleet]].{{Citation needed}}
+It is this unnamed AI's code that allowed Cortana to copy the code-breaking part of her logic into another Cortana, sent with Blue Team. They effectively used this fracture of Cortana to break into and eventually destroy the ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'', a Covenant Command Platform, and its resident fleet.
-==List of appearances==
+==Trivia==
-*''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}}
+*The most likely reason for this unnamed Covenant AI's disgust at Cortana's improvements upon Covenant technology, is that the technology was handed down to the Covenant by the Forerunners and that technology was considered extremely sacred by the Covenant, only allowed to be altered by the ever wise [[San 'Shyuum]].
+*While Covenant technology is generally superior to UNSC, Cortana was able to completely destroy the Unnamed Covenant AI, even though she was "weighed down" with data from Installation 04.
+*It is assumed that there were many more Covenant AI's aboard the ''Unyielding Hierophant'', as something was actively working to eliminate the copies of Cortana that had infested their system.
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