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[[ONI]] [[Artificial Intelligence]] construct. '''Beowulf''' was the attaché to [[Admiral Micheal Stanforth]] and the [[UNSC]] navy. He was present during the [[Spartans]] original briefing about the [[Covenant]].  
{{Status|Canon}}
{{AI infobox
|name = Beowulf
|image = [[File:Beowulf.jpg|300px]]
|began = [[2525#November|November 2525]] or earlier
|ended =
|gender = Male programming
|description = A man wearing a hooded cloak
|color = Blue
|affiliation = [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]
|function = Attaché to ONI
}}
'''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>


He was later assigned to guard the [[UNSC]] personnel and planning database. He knew [[Cortana]] well, and knew that she was trouble. When she would try to get into the system, he would block her entrance.<ref name="Justice">[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], page 267</ref>
==Biography==
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 thorough, methodical, and paranoid. However, compared to Cortana's code cracking skills, he might as well be an accounting program. He was incapable of learning because he was a "dumb" AI.<ref name="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]].{{Ref/Reuse|Justice}}


His hologram form was that of a man wearing a hooded cloak.
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]].


Also, though not proven, Beowulf was believed to be aboard the [[Pillar of Autumn]] as the second AI. Though not proven, it is listed as BW, possibly '''B'''eo'''w'''ulf
==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==
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]''
*''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]''
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]'' {{Mo}}


==Sources==
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