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{{Quote|After exhausting every other strategic option, my creators activated the rings, they, as well as all additional sentient life within three radii of the galactic center, died as planned.|[[343 Guilty Spark (Monitor)|343 Guilty Spark]]}} | {{Quote|After exhausting every other strategic option, my creators activated the rings, they, as well as all additional sentient life within three radii of the galactic center, died as planned.|[[343 Guilty Spark (Monitor)|343 Guilty Spark]]}} | ||
A '''sentient being''' is a being with the ability to think intelligently, commonly determined by the being's ability to speak, manipulate tools, and reason. Other lifeforms lacking such capabilities are classified as non-sentient, though some classification systems have a middle ground, semi-sentient, for species that had very primitive capabilities to manipulate tools, use language, and/or solve problems. | A '''sentient being''' is a being with the ability to think intelligently, commonly determined by the being's ability to speak, manipulate tools, and reason. Other lifeforms lacking such capabilities are classified as non-sentient, though some classification systems have a middle ground, semi-sentient, for species that had very primitive capabilities to manipulate tools, use language, and/or solve problems. The [[Precursers]] are thought to be "transentient. | ||
==In Relation to the Halo Array and the Flood== | ==In Relation to the Halo Array and the Flood== | ||