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Each Monitor commands the [[Constructors]], [[Sentinels]], [[Sentinel Majors]], and [[Enforcers]] of the Installation they monitor.<ref name="CE">[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]</ref> The latter two are only activated if a catastrophic outbreak occurs, to hold back the Flood, while the Monitor locates a [[Reclaimer]]. | Each Monitor commands the [[Constructors]], [[Sentinels]], [[Sentinel Majors]], and [[Enforcers]] of the Installation they monitor.<ref name="CE">[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]</ref> The latter two are only activated if a catastrophic outbreak occurs, to hold back the Flood, while the Monitor locates a [[Reclaimer]]. | ||
Monitors are extremely intelligent, but are also devoted to their original functions and to protocol, resulting in (among other things) a zealous attitude toward containment of the Flood and an overeagerness to activate the Halos. Monitors frequently cite protocols as explanations for their actions, no matter how impractical; this has been known to confuse or annoy | Monitors are extremely intelligent, but are also devoted to their original functions and to protocol, resulting in (among other things) a zealous attitude toward containment of the Flood and an overeagerness to activate the Halos. Monitors frequently cite protocols as explanations for their actions, no matter how impractical; this has been known to confuse or annoy [[humans]] who have interacted with them. It is possible that a Monitor sees their protocols as the ''only'' options in a situation; in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', 343 Guilty Spark could have taken numerous precautions to prevent the Flood from spreading across the Installation, but the only action he ever considered was the activation of the Halo.<ref group="note">This behavior may also have been due to 343 Guilty Spark's possible rampancy. The Monitor may have literally been oblivious to all possible options that didn't follow protocol -- the Halo's activation may have been the only solution that ever even occurred to him -- and might not have been willfully ignoring other solutions.</ref> | ||
Nearly every action taken by a Monitor is based on some sort of protocol; even their greetings appear to be standardized. Of the two Monitors seen in the ''Halo'' series, both have introduced themselves as follows: "Greetings. I am [Number] [Name]. I am the Monitor of Installation [Number]."<ref>''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'': [[343 Guilty Spark (Level)|343 Guilty Spark]] ([[cutscene]]). "Greetings. I am the Monitor of Installation 04. I am 343 Guilty Spark."</ref><ref>''[[Halo 2]]'', [[Gravemind (Level)|Gravemind]] ([[cutscene]]). "Greetings. I am 2401 Penitent Tangent. I am the Monitor of Installation 05."</ref> The only variation seen is the occasional reversal of the latter two sentences. | Nearly every action taken by a Monitor is based on some sort of protocol; even their greetings appear to be standardized. Of the two Monitors seen in the ''Halo'' series, both have introduced themselves as follows: "Greetings. I am [Number] [Name]. I am the Monitor of Installation [Number]."<ref>''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'': [[343 Guilty Spark (Level)|343 Guilty Spark]] ([[cutscene]]). "Greetings. I am the Monitor of Installation 04. I am 343 Guilty Spark."</ref><ref>''[[Halo 2]]'', [[Gravemind (Level)|Gravemind]] ([[cutscene]]). "Greetings. I am 2401 Penitent Tangent. I am the Monitor of Installation 05."</ref> The only variation seen is the occasional reversal of the latter two sentences. | ||
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Monitors keep daily logs of all things that occur on their Installation. As with [[UNSC]] AI, the Monitors have been speculated to be in stages of [[Rampancy]] -- a condition that affects human [["Smart" AI]]s and is comparable to insanity—due to their isolation for literally a hundred thousand years. | Monitors keep daily logs of all things that occur on their Installation. As with [[UNSC]] AI, the Monitors have been speculated to be in stages of [[Rampancy]] -- a condition that affects human [["Smart" AI]]s and is comparable to insanity—due to their isolation for literally a hundred thousand years. | ||
== Features == | == Features == | ||