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{{ | {{Status|Canon}} | ||
{{AI infobox | {{AI infobox | ||
|name = Beowulf | |name = Beowulf | ||
|image = [[File:Beowulf.jpg|300px]] | |image = [[File:Beowulf.jpg|300px]] | ||
|began = [[2525# | |began = [[2525#November|November 2525]] or earlier | ||
|ended = | |ended = | ||
|gender = Male programming | |gender = Male programming | ||
|description = A man wearing a hooded cloak | |description = A man wearing a hooded cloak | ||
|color = | |color = Blue | ||
|affiliation = Office of Naval Intelligence | |affiliation = [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] | ||
|function = | |function = Attaché to ONI | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Beowulf''' was a [[Dumb | '''Beowulf''' was a [[Dumb AI|"dumb" artificial intelligence]] of the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]].<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-armory-amore '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Armory Amore'']</ref> He was thorough, methodical and paranoid. His [[avatar]] depicted a man in a hooded cloak. He served as the attaché to [[Vice Admiral]] [[Michael Stanforth]], the head of the Office of Naval Intelligence's [[Office of Naval Intelligence#Section Three|Section Three]]<ref name="hfor117">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''pages 117-122'' (2010 edition)</ref> and safeguarded the [[United Nations Space Command]]'s personnel and planning database.<ref name="Justice">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 267''</ref> | ||
== | ==Biography== | ||
He was | Beowulf was present during the [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-IIs']] original briefing about the [[Covenant]] in the [[Reach FLEETCOM Military Complex]]'s secure briefing room on [[2525#November|November 2, 2525]]. Upon the instruction of [[Vice Admiral]] [[Michael Stanforth]], Beowulf reluctantly presented the classified [[First Battle of Harvest|destruction]] of [[Harvest]] to the Spartans. He also broadcasted a message across the amphitheatre from the [[Prophet of Regret|High Prophet of Regret]], whom insisted that the destruction of [[human]]ity was the "will of the [[Forerunner|Gods]]". Afterwards, Beowulf left with Stanforth and Doctor [[Catherine Halsey]].{{Ref/Reuse|hfor117}} | ||
He was later assigned to guard the UNSC's personnel and planning database. He knew [[Cortana]] well and knew that she was potentially dangerous. During her attempts to hack into the system, Beowulf foiled her attempts. However, Cortana quickly overcame his defenses and accessed SPARTAN [[John-117]]'s [[Career Service Vitae]].{{Ref/Reuse|Justice}} | |||
He was later assigned to guard the UNSC's personnel and planning database. He knew [[Cortana]] well and knew that she was potentially dangerous. During her attempts to hack into the system, Beowulf foiled her attempts. However, Cortana quickly overcame his defenses and accessed SPARTAN [[John-117]]'s [[Career Service Vitae]]. | |||
As Beowulf served as Vice Admiral Stanforth's personal attaché, it is possible that the AI was destroyed when Stanforth was killed during the [[Fall of Reach]] on [[2552#August|August 30, 2552]]. | As Beowulf served as Vice Admiral Stanforth's personal attaché, it is possible that the AI was destroyed when Stanforth was killed during the [[Fall of Reach]] on [[2552#August|August 30, 2552]]. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
Beowulf is named after the titular character of the famous heroic poem ''[[Wikipedia:Beowulf|Beowulf]]'', the only surviving piece of ancient Anglo-Saxon heroic poetry. | |||
==Gallery== | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:HFoR-stanforth.png|Beowulf alongside Vice Admiral Stanforth. | |||
File:HTFoR AS - Stanforth & Beowulf.jpg|Conceptual art depicting Beowulf. | |||
File:HTFoR AS - Beowulf.png| | |||
</gallery> | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
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*''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]'' | *''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]'' | ||
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]'' | **''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]'' | |||
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
{{Ref/Sources}} | |||
{{UNSC AI}} | {{UNSC AI}} | ||
[[Category:AI characters]] | |||