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'''Vergil''' was a subroutine built into the larger [[Superintendent]] [[artificial intelligence]]. It later merged with [[Unidentified Huragok|a renegade Covenant Huragok]].

Vergil was created by [[Dr. Endesha]] to look after his daughter, [[Sadie Endesha]], because her mother was dead and he had to work very long hours. Using the seemingly endless resources of [[New Mombasa|New]] and [[Old Mombasa]], Vergil would monitor her through the Superintendent's network of security cameras and microphones. It was even capable of overriding municipally-controlled machines when it believed it was acting in Sadie's best interest. For example, it brought a public train to a halt in an attempt to prevent Sadie from moving towards New Mombasa when her intention was to sign up with the UNSC, which Vergil believed would put her in unnecessary danger. Vergil performed its tasks without fault, although Sadie found it to be a little restrictive. It isn't quite clear whether or not Vergil was truly sentient, or merely an incredibly advanced computer program that simulated the reactions of a sentient mind very well.<ref>''[[Sadie's Story]]''</ref>

When the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] [[Battle of Earth|Invasion of Earth]] and the [[Battle of Mombasa|attack on Mombasa]] took place, Vergil was instrumental in Sadie's escape from harm in her struggle to reach her trapped father, commandeering numerous vehicles to assist her, as well as the defense of the city by [[Colonial Militia|local militia]], [[New Mombasa Police Department|police]], and [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]].

[[File:Hurag_encounter.png|thumb|left|Dare and the Rookie meet the Huragok that saved Vergil inside the Superintendent's data center.]]

In his attempts to find Sadie, Commissioner [[Kinsler]] shut down the Superintendent, in order to prevent it from helping her. Eventually reactivated, Vergil had been badly damaged and was near to total system shutdown, saved only by the efforts of [[Unidentified Huragok|a defected Covenant Huragok]]. Unwilling to continue as slaves to the Covenant, [[List of "seven" references in Halo|seven]] [[Huragok]] had made an attempt to free one of them. Six of them were destroyed during this attempt by giving their lives so that the seventh could flee. Eventually, it made its way to [[New Mombasa Data Center|the core]] of the Superintendent, working to repair it. As it worked, the Huragok began to merge the badly damaged Vergil with itself, a process that was complete just as it was discovered by [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Veronica Dare]] and [[the Rookie]]. Early in this process, Vergil, now stored within the Huragok, helped to free Sadie from Kinsler by opening the doors of his private train and letting the mob of refugees rip Kinsler apart.

Later, the Huragok allowed itself to be captured by [[Veronica Dare]] and [[Dare's Shock Trooper Squad|her team]] of [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper|ODSTs]], to provide the UNSC vital information on the Covenant, and their intentions for New Mombasa.<ref>'''Halo 3: ODST''', campaign level, ''[[Data Hive]]''</ref> A month later, [[Sergeant Major]] [[Avery Junior Johnson|Johnson]] had a talk with Vergil, who was in the process of accessing the [[Covenant Battle Network|Covenant Battlenet]], about the information it had. Vergil agreed to share any information it has with the Sergeant and lit his [[cigar]] as a friendly gesture.<ref>'''Halo 3: ODST''', campaign level, ''[[Coastal Highway]]''</ref>

*The name Vergil itself is likely a reference to the Divine Comedy, specifically to Virgil, the poet that guides fellow poet Dante through the nine circles of [[Inferno|hell]] and purgatory, much in the same way the Rookie is guided through a metaphorical hell-on-earth, a destroyed New Mombasa, and also through the nine "circles" of audio logs, a reference to the nine circles of hell.

*''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''

**''[[Sadie's Story]]''

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