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Throughout the training of [[SPARTAN-III Beta Company]], Deep Winter served as the AI on station at [[Camp Currahee]], [[Onyx]], and took particular care of the candidates in training - often expressing his concern for their wellbeing to Kurt and Mendez.{{Ref/Reuse|GoO9}} This care extended to [[SPARTAN-III Gamma Company|Gamma Company]], with Deep Winter's final act prior to his end-of-life termination in [[2551]] being to warn Kurt of illegal and dangerous alterations that had been made to the Gammas' [[Project CHRYSANTHEMUM|augmentation procedures]] clandestinely.{{Ref/Reuse|GoO11}} | Throughout the training of [[SPARTAN-III Beta Company]], Deep Winter served as the AI on station at [[Camp Currahee]], [[Onyx]], and took particular care of the candidates in training - often expressing his concern for their wellbeing to Kurt and Mendez.{{Ref/Reuse|GoO9}} This care extended to [[SPARTAN-III Gamma Company|Gamma Company]], with Deep Winter's final act prior to his end-of-life termination in [[2551]] being to warn Kurt of illegal and dangerous alterations that had been made to the Gammas' [[Project CHRYSANTHEMUM|augmentation procedures]] clandestinely.{{Ref/Reuse|GoO11}} | ||
He did this by imprinting a fraction of his intellect into a [[Slipstream space probe|slipspace probe]] at the cost of much of his processing power, and using a [[slipspace COM launcher]] to send the probe to Kurt aboard {{UNSCShip|Hopeful}}. Doing this allowed the AI a limited time to talk with Kurt without the need for an expansive datacentre or power infrastructure, though with only a very limited amount of time to do it. Unbeknownst to Deep Winter, the alteration of the augmentation process had been Kurt's idea and agreed-upon by [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]]. By the time Kurt returned to Onyx, Deep Winter had been shut down, though he left a number of files for Kurt to review about his findings on the secretive augmentation alterations.{{Ref/Reuse|GoO11}} These files also contained his " | He did this by imprinting a fraction of his intellect into a [[Slipstream space probe|slipspace probe]] at the cost of much of his processing power, and using a [[slipspace COM launcher]] to send the probe to Kurt aboard {{UNSCShip|Hopeful}}. Doing this allowed the AI a limited time to talk with Kurt without the need for an expansive datacentre or power infrastructure, though with only a very limited amount of time to do it. Unbeknownst to Deep Winter, the alteration of the augmentation process had been Kurt's idea and agreed-upon by [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]]. By the time Kurt returned to Onyx, Deep Winter had been shut down, though he left a number of files for Kurt to review about his findings on the secretive augmentation alterations.{{Ref/Reuse|GoO11}} These files also contained his "deathbed confession" regarding his findings and suspicion of Kurt and Ackerson's approval of the alterations, alongside his reveal of the reassignment of Alpha Company Spartans to the Headhunters and other "parallel initiatives". Due to his suspicion of Kurt and Ackerson, he expected the file cache to be fully wiped to cover up the process{{Ref/Reuse|Intel}} - something later affirmed when Kurt did exactly that upon return to Onyx.{{Ref/Reuse|GoO11}} | ||
Deep Winter was, in turn, replaced by the newer smart AI [[Endless Summer]] in [[2551]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=GoO13|GoO|Chapter=13}}{{Ref/Note|Id=Age|Deep Winter had already entered service by mid-2537 and was deactivated in either late 2550 or early 2551; this implies that the AI was active for over thirteen years, six years past the typical threshold of rampancy for smart AIs. While this is likely to be an oversight, it is possible that Deep Winter's nature as a fifth-generation smart AI, or some other, unspecified factor, allowed it to survive six years past the normal lifespan of a smart AI. In the ''Halo Infinite'' intel drops concerning Deep Winter, this was later directly alluded to as an impressive feat in-universe, confirming its status in canon.}} | Deep Winter was, in turn, replaced by the newer smart AI [[Endless Summer]] in [[2551]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=GoO13|GoO|Chapter=13}}{{Ref/Note|Id=Age|Deep Winter had already entered service by mid-2537 and was deactivated in either late 2550 or early 2551; this implies that the AI was active for over thirteen years, six years past the typical threshold of rampancy for smart AIs. While this is likely to be an oversight, it is possible that Deep Winter's nature as a fifth-generation smart AI, or some other, unspecified factor, allowed it to survive six years past the normal lifespan of a smart AI. In the ''Halo Infinite'' intel drops concerning Deep Winter, this was later directly alluded to as an impressive feat in-universe, confirming its status in canon.}} |