Editing Auntie Dot

{{Status|Canon}}
{{AI infobox
|name=Auntie Dot
|image=[[File:Auntie Dot.jpg|300px]]
|activationsite=
|began=[[2541#May|May 9, 2541]]{{Ref/Book|Id=vis|EVG|Page=17}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=108}}
|ended=
|gender=Female programming
|description=Constantly-shifting geometric patterns
|color=
|affiliation=[[UNSC Army]]{{Ref/Reuse|vis}}
*[[Special Warfare Command]]{{Ref/Reuse|vis}}
|number= ADT 6849-9{{Ref/Reuse|vis}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|function=Intelligence support{{Ref/Reuse|vis}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Book|Enc11|Page=77}}
|notable=
}}
{{Quote|This exceeds expectations.|Auntie Dot}}
'''Auntie Dot''' ([[AI Serial Number]]: ADT 6849-9) also known simply as '''Dot''', was a [[Dumb AI|"dumb"]] [[Artificial Intelligence|AI]] active in the service of the [[UNSC Army]] between the years of [[2541]] and [[2552]].{{Ref/Reuse|vis}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} Specializing in operative military intelligence, she notably served as intelligent support and liaison between [[Colonel]] [[Urban Holland]] and [[Noble Team]] during the [[Fall of Reach]].{{Ref/Reuse|vis}}

==Overview==
Auntie Dot's primary precepts included tactics and intelligence analysis; she was primarily created to serve as an overwatch adjunct during [[United Nations Space Command]] field operations, and worked as a direct liasion between teams deployed in the field and their [[commanding officer]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

Rather than personifying herself in the form of a humanoid [[avatar]] like the majority of AIs, Dot's personal representation is a grid of glowing, constantly changing blue lights. Characteristic of "dumb" military intelligence support AIs, Dot typically speaks in a calm, dry, articulate voice, displaying little emotion compared to [[Smart AI]]s like [[Cortana]].{{Ref/Reuse|vis}}

==Operational history==
===Human-Covenant War===
Auntie Dot was activated on [[2541#May|May 9, 2541]].{{Ref/Reuse|vis}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} She served between that year and the [[Covenant]] [[Fall of Reach|attack]] on [[Reach]] in late [[2552]]. During the Fall of Reach, Dot  worked alongside Colonel Holland and several [[UNSC Special Forces]] units including [[Noble Team]] to provide observation and intelligence where possible through security cameras and satellites orbiting the planet connected to the [[UNSC battle network]]. She directed Noble Team during the [[Battle of Sword Base]] in late July 2552{{Ref/Level|HR|ONI: Sword Base}}, alongside the [[Battle at Szurdok Ridge]]{{Ref/Level|HR|Nightfall}}{{Ref/Level|HR|Tip of the Spear}}, [[Operation: UPPER CUT]]{{Ref/Level|HR|Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace}}, the [[Siege of New Alexandria]]{{Ref/Level|HR|Exodus}}{{Ref/Level|HR|New Alexandria}} and the campaign's closing engagements [[Operation: WHITE GLOVE|again at Sword Base]]{{Ref/Level|HR|The Package}} and finally the [[Battle of Asźod]].{{Ref/Level|HR|The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Reach level)|The Pillar of Autumn}}

During the campaign on Reach, Auntie Dot herself was housed in a [[Reach super-AI network|suite of physical servers]] located somewhere on Reach. The fate of the servers - and thus Dot's survival - is unknown{{Ref/Reuse|vis}}, though the chances they survived the planet's [[glassing]] are unlikely.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

==In-game information==
===''Halo: Reach''===
Auntie Dot can be [[Armor customization (Halo: Reach)|unlocked]] as a custom voice for use in the [[Firefight (Halo: Reach)|Firefight]] component of ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' multiplayer. In ''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection]]'', she can be unlocked as part of the [[Series 1: Noble]] progression track.
{| class="wikitable"
|-align="center"
!colspan="3"|Firefight Voices
|-
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Firefight voice
! scope="col" style="width:135px;text-align:center;" |Unlock (''Halo: Reach'')
! scope="col" style="width:175px;height:20px;text-align:center;" |Unlock (''Halo: The Master Chief Collection'')
|-align="center"
|[[File:HR AuntieDot Firefight Icon.png|75px]]<br>[[Auntie Dot|Auntie Dot [A.I.]]]
|15,000 cR
|[[Series 1: Noble|Series 1]] Tier 56, {{SeasonPoint|1}}
|}

==Production notes==
Auntie Dot was introduced in ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' as the AI companion to assist Noble Team throughout the game's [[campaign]]. She appears in almost every level of the game and is unlockable for use in the game's [[Firefight (Halo: Reach)|Firefight]] mode. Additionally, she appears throughout the game as the loading screen animation between missions. In-game, she was voiced by actress [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0749442/ Carole Ruggier].{{Ref/Game|HR|Halo: Reach credits|credits}} The character is named for [[Lee Wilson]]'s Aunt Dorothy.{{Ref/YouTube|8kQl17MWmWE|Marty O'Donnell|The Marty O'Donnell Show Episode 15: Lee Wilson|Time=5511|Detail=1:31:51}}

In the first week of [[Bungie]]'s "All-Star" contest in [[2011|January 2011]], the task was to produce an image of what a humanoid representation of Auntie Dot might look like.{{Ref/Site|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=30283|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Bungie All Stars - Week Uno|D=15|M=01|Y=2021}} The winner depicted Dot as an elderly woman knitting a blanket with her characteristic grid pattern sewn into it.{{Ref/Site|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=30329|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Bungie Weekly Update: 01/14/2011|D=07|M=02|Y=2021}}

==Trivia==
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Dot's grid accompanies the [[Halo: Reach credits|credits sequence]] to ''Reach'', and at the very end, just before it fades completely into darkness, it displays a [[seven]].

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:HR AuntieDot Firefight Icon.png|Auntie Dot's Firefight voice icon.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'' {{C|Emblem only}}

==Sources==
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