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*'''[[05-032 Mendicant Bias]]''', a Forerunner [[ancilla]] charged with studying and combating the [[Flood]] was eventually [[logic plague|corrupted]] by a [[Gravemind]] and confirmed rampant. He commanded Flood [[fleet]]s against the Forerunner until he was [[Battle of the Maginot Sphere|defeated]] by another AI, [[Offensive Bias]], who split his compound mind into fragments. One fragment made it to the Ark and another was put on a [[Keyship]]. Mendicant Bias' Keyship was discovered by the [[San'Shyuum]] and | *'''[[05-032 Mendicant Bias]]''', a Forerunner [[ancilla]] charged with studying and combating the [[Flood]] was eventually [[logic plague|corrupted]] by a [[Gravemind]] and confirmed rampant. He commanded Flood [[fleet]]s against the Forerunner until he was [[Battle of the Maginot Sphere|defeated]] by another AI, [[Offensive Bias]], who split his compound mind into fragments. One fragment made it to the Ark and another was put on a [[Keyship]]. Mendicant Bias' Keyship was discovered by the [[San'Shyuum]] and was kept in the ship until [[2525]], when it detected [[Reclaimer]]s. Having spent approximately 100,000 years in isolation, Mendicant Bias had returned to a stable state, and later even assisted the Reclaimers against the Flood during the [[Battle of Installation 00]] in [[2552]].<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', ''[[Terminal/Halo 3|Terminal]]s''</ref> | ||
*'''[[343 Guilty Spark]]''', the [[monitor]] of [[Installation 04]], demonstrated symptoms of rampancy during his 100,000 years of isolation on the ring. Over time, he attempted to diminish the effects by fragmenting his personality and memory,<ref name="pri372"/> but a certain degree of instability was evident when he was encountered by [[John-117]] in [[2552]]. Spark was known to hum absent-mindedly, even in the heat of battle, and evidently mistook the Master Chief for the Forerunner known as the [[IsoDidact]].<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 314''</ref> During the [[Raid on Installation 04B]], after it was discovered that the Ark was automatically constructing a [[Installation 04B|replacement]] for the destroyed Installation 04, Spark agreed with human forces that activating the ring was the preferable course of action. However, when [[Avery Johnson|Sergeant Avery Johnson]] insisted on activating Installation 04B before it was fully constructed (which would result in the destruction of both the ring and [[Installation 00|the Ark]]), Spark attacked him and his compatriots, declaring that protocol dictated that he protect his installation at all costs. Guilty Spark was then destroyed by the [[John-117|Master Chief]].<ref name="h3halo"/> | *'''[[343 Guilty Spark]]''', the [[monitor]] of [[Installation 04]], demonstrated symptoms of rampancy during his 100,000 years of isolation on the ring. Over time, he attempted to diminish the effects by fragmenting his personality and memory,<ref name="pri372"/> but a certain degree of instability was evident when he was encountered by [[John-117]] in [[2552]]. Spark was known to hum absent-mindedly, even in the heat of battle, and evidently mistook the Master Chief for the Forerunner known as the [[IsoDidact]].<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 314''</ref> During the [[Raid on Installation 04B]], after it was discovered that the Ark was automatically constructing a [[Installation 04B|replacement]] for the destroyed Installation 04, Spark agreed with human forces that activating the ring was the preferable course of action. However, when [[Avery Johnson|Sergeant Avery Johnson]] insisted on activating Installation 04B before it was fully constructed (which would result in the destruction of both the ring and [[Installation 00|the Ark]]), Spark attacked him and his compatriots, declaring that protocol dictated that he protect his installation at all costs. Guilty Spark was then destroyed by the [[John-117|Master Chief]].<ref name="h3halo"/> | ||