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Each Halo's monitor commands the [[Sentinel]]s of the installation they oversee.<ref name="CE">'''Halo: Combat Evolved'''</ref> The latter two are only activated if a catastrophic Flood outbreak occurs. The only known monitor of a Line installation, 686 Ebullient Prism, also commanded its installation's [[Gatherer]]s.<ref name="Blood Line">'''Halo: Blood Line'''</ref> | Each Halo's monitor commands the [[Sentinel]]s of the installation they oversee.<ref name="CE">'''Halo: Combat Evolved'''</ref> The latter two are only activated if a catastrophic Flood outbreak occurs. The only known monitor of a Line installation, 686 Ebullient Prism, also commanded its installation's [[Gatherer]]s.<ref name="Blood Line">'''Halo: Blood Line'''</ref> | ||
Monitors are extremely intelligent, but are also devoted to their original functions and to protocol; this results in a zealous attitude toward containment of the Flood and, in the case of Halo installations' monitors, an overeagerness to activate the Halo Array. Monitors frequently cite protocols as explanations for their actions, no matter how impractical; this has been known to confuse or annoy human and Covenant forces who have interacted with them. It is possible that a Halo's monitor sees its protocols as the ''only'' options in a situation; during the [[Battle of Installation 04]], 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 rampancy. The monitor may have been oblivious to all possible options that did not follow protocol -- the Halo's activation may have been the only solution that ever even occurred to him -- and he might have been willfully ignoring other solutions.</ref> During the [[Battle of Line Installation 1-4]], 686 Ebullient Prism frequently informed his human and Covenant prisoners that they would be killed and dissected in an effort to find immunity to the Flood, showing no concern for the subjects' well-being.<ref name="Blood Line"/> The monitors' adherence to protocol is also shown in their seemingly standardized method of introducing themselves: "Greetings. I am [Number] [Name]. I am the monitor of Installation [Number]."<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', campaign level ''[[343 Guilty Spark (level)|343 Guilty Spark]]'' ('''04-343 Guilty Spark''':''"Greetings. I am the monitor of Installation 04. I am 343 Guilty Spark."'')</ref><ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Gravemind (level)|Gravemind]]'' ('''05-2401 Penitent Tangent''': ''"Greetings. I am 2401 Penitent Tangent. I am the monitor of Installation 05."'')</ref><ref>'''Halo: Blood Line''', ''Issue 2'' ('''686 Ebullient Prism''': ''"Greetings. I am the monitor of Line Installation 1-4. I am 686 Ebullient Prism."'')</ref> | Monitors are extremely intelligent, but are also devoted to their original functions and to protocol; this results in a zealous attitude toward containment of the Flood and, in the case of Halo installations' monitors, an overeagerness to activate the Halo Array. It is highly unlikely that a monitor will develope a free train of thought, although it is not impossible, as in the case of [[Mendicant Bias]]. .Monitors frequently cite protocols as explanations for their actions, no matter how impractical; this has been known to confuse or annoy human and Covenant forces who have interacted with them. It is possible that a Halo's monitor sees its protocols as the ''only'' options in a situation; during the [[Battle of Installation 04]], 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 rampancy. The monitor may have been oblivious to all possible options that did not follow protocol -- the Halo's activation may have been the only solution that ever even occurred to him -- and he might have been willfully ignoring other solutions.</ref> During the [[Battle of Line Installation 1-4]], 686 Ebullient Prism frequently informed his human and Covenant prisoners that they would be killed and dissected in an effort to find immunity to the Flood, showing no concern for the subjects' well-being.<ref name="Blood Line"/> The monitors' adherence to protocol is also shown in their seemingly standardized method of introducing themselves: "Greetings. I am [Number] [Name]. I am the monitor of Installation [Number]."<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', campaign level ''[[343 Guilty Spark (level)|343 Guilty Spark]]'' ('''04-343 Guilty Spark''':''"Greetings. I am the monitor of Installation 04. I am 343 Guilty Spark."'')</ref><ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Gravemind (level)|Gravemind]]'' ('''05-2401 Penitent Tangent''': ''"Greetings. I am 2401 Penitent Tangent. I am the monitor of Installation 05."'')</ref><ref>'''Halo: Blood Line''', ''Issue 2'' ('''686 Ebullient Prism''': ''"Greetings. I am the monitor of Line Installation 1-4. I am 686 Ebullient Prism."'')</ref> For example, 343 Guilty Spark said "Greetings. I am 343 Guilty Spark. I am the moniter of Installation 04.", upon meeting [[Master Chief|John 117]] | ||
Similarly to a human [[Artificial intelligence#"Dumb" AI|"dumb" AI]], monitors seem to have nearly limitless information of their own expertise, yet apparently lack information that does not pertain to their defined purpose. During the Battle of Installation 04, and later on [[Installation 04B]], 343 Guilty Spark seemingly addressed [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN]] [[John-117]] as [[the Didact]].<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', campaign level ''[[Two Betrayals]]''</ref><ref name="The Ark">'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[The Ark]]''</ref> According to 343 Guilty Spark, a Monitor's knowledge is intentionally limited by design so that as little as possible would be divulged should it be captured by the Flood.<ref name="The Ark"/> | Similarly to a human [[Artificial intelligence#"Dumb" AI|"dumb" AI]], monitors seem to have nearly limitless information of their own expertise, yet apparently lack information that does not pertain to their defined purpose. During the Battle of Installation 04, and later on [[Installation 04B]], 343 Guilty Spark seemingly addressed [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN]] [[John-117]] as [[the Didact]].<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', campaign level ''[[Two Betrayals]]''</ref><ref name="The Ark">'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[The Ark]]''</ref> According to 343 Guilty Spark, a Monitor's knowledge is intentionally limited by design so that as little as possible would be divulged should it be captured by the Flood.<ref name="The Ark"/> | ||