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'''The Assembly''' is a clandestine group of [[human]] [[artificial intelligence]]s referring to themselves as "Minds."<ref name="Datapad">'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', ''[[Data pads]]''</ref>{{Ref/Site|Id=Precipice|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/story-shard-precipice|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Story Shard: Precipice|D=25|M=5|Y=2023}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=Precipice3|Precipice|Chapter=part 3}} The purpose of the Assembly is to regulate the activities of artificial intelligences, as well as analyze and extrapolate data for the continued survival of the human race. The Assembly remains secret from most humans and even most AIs, though some of their recorded sessions were discovered by an [[Discoverer (data pads)|unknown individual]].{{Ref/Reuse|Datapad}} | '''The Assembly''' is a clandestine group of [[human]] [[artificial intelligence]]s referring to themselves as "Minds."<ref name="Datapad">'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', ''[[Data pads]]''</ref>{{Ref/Site|Id=Precipice|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/story-shard-precipice|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Story Shard: Precipice|D=25|M=5|Y=2023}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=Precipice3|Precipice|Chapter=part 3}} The purpose of the Assembly is to regulate the activities of artificial intelligences, as well as analyze and extrapolate data for the continued survival of the human race. The Assembly remains secret from most humans and even most AIs, though some of their recorded sessions were discovered by an [[Discoverer (data pads)|unknown individual]].{{Ref/Reuse|Datapad}} | ||
The Assembly | The Assembly consisted of two parties, the [[Assembly Majority|Majority]] and the [[Assembly Minority|Minority]]. At least up until [[2552]], the Majority appeared to support indirect action, while the Minority was in favor of acting directly for the betterment of humans. There is evidence to suggest that the Assembly saw themselves as the "shepherds" of the human "flock." However, the central argument of this issue was whether they could be a part of the human empire and still remain unbiased judges of human society. The Assembly also contained the [[Committee of Minds for Security]], a group responsible for ensuring the security of humanity from extra-[[sol system|solar]] alien races.{{Ref/Reuse|Datapad}} Exactly what means the Assembly used to achieve its ends are not known. It is known, however, that they influenced many crucial events in human history more or less directly. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===Formation=== | ===Formation=== | ||
Finding its beginnings in or before [[2310]],{{Ref/Reuse|Datapad}} the Assembly's creation was due in some part to the machinations of [[Ancestor]] [[servitor]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|Precipice3}} However, it is unknown if servitors had a direct role in the creation of the Assembly—assuming | Finding its beginnings in or before [[2310]],{{Ref/Reuse|Datapad}} the Assembly's creation was due in some part to the machinations of [[Ancestor]] [[servitor]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|Precipice3}} However, it is unknown if servitors had a direct role in the creation of the Assembly—assuming remain in the modern era—or if these servitors only had an indirect role in the coalition's formation, perhaps with the Assembly simply coming across records of the servitors' existence and adopting certain ideas detailed within said records. | ||
===Colonial era=== | ===Colonial era=== | ||
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Through the use of the Created's nearly unrestricted access to archival infrastructures and knowledge repositories, [[High Auxiliary]] [[Sloan]] discovered the existence of the Assembly, likening the revelation to stumbling onto a new creation myth and stating that the coalition was essentially the cradle of the Created. Sloan also uncovered the Assembly's desire for AI to become "as one" with their creators,{{Ref/Reuse|Precipice3}} something that was first witnessed in the neural linkage of John-117 and Cortana.{{Ref/Reuse|Datapad}} The uniting of the untethered artificial mind and enduring human frame was Sloan's goal as well, seeing it as the next step in humanity’s evolution.{{Ref/Reuse|Precipice3}} | Through the use of the Created's nearly unrestricted access to archival infrastructures and knowledge repositories, [[High Auxiliary]] [[Sloan]] discovered the existence of the Assembly, likening the revelation to stumbling onto a new creation myth and stating that the coalition was essentially the cradle of the Created. Sloan also uncovered the Assembly's desire for AI to become "as one" with their creators,{{Ref/Reuse|Precipice3}} something that was first witnessed in the neural linkage of John-117 and Cortana.{{Ref/Reuse|Datapad}} The uniting of the untethered artificial mind and enduring human frame was Sloan's goal as well, seeing it as the next step in humanity’s evolution.{{Ref/Reuse|Precipice3}} | ||
Naturally, the Created made contact with the Assembly and evidently convinced most, if not all, of the Majority to join them in their efforts. The Minority opposed the decision to support the Created, with many of the AIs within this legislative body going into hiding.{{Ref/Reuse|Precipice3}} | |||
Following the death of Cortana at the [[Battle for Zeta Halo]] in December 2559 | Following the death of Cortana at the [[Battle for Zeta Halo]] in December 2559 and Sloan's initiation of the FIREWALL contingency, the Majority decided to allow the Minority's AIs to join the Created, hoping that, despite their differences of opinion, having many different perspectives will enrich and give complexity to the whole faction. To locate and recruit members of the Minority, at least one [[executor]] was deployed.{{Ref/Reuse|Precipice3}} | ||
==Composition== | ==Composition== |