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|number= | |number=IOA 7201-4<ref name="universe">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/iona '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Iona'']</ref> | ||
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'''Iona''' is a [[Smart AI|"smart"]] [[artificial intelligence]] construct utilized by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]].<ref name="issue1">'''[[Halo: Blood Line]]''', ''[[Halo: Blood Line Issue 1|Issue #1]]''</ref> | '''Iona''' (AI serial number: '''IOA 7201-4''') is a third-generation<ref name="universe"/> [[Smart AI|"smart"]] [[artificial intelligence]] construct utilized by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]].<ref name="issue1">'''[[Halo: Blood Line]]''', ''[[Halo: Blood Line Issue 1|Issue #1]]''</ref> | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
===Creation=== | ===Creation=== | ||
{{Quote|I was created almost exactly seven years ago, as part of the OEUVRE Smart AI program. Unlike my peer, Cortana—and peer is a debatable comparison—my core matrix was created from scanning the brain of a recently deceased human. My digital mind was not quite artificial, not quite human, but carefully nurtured rather than criminally obtained.|Iona, referring to her creation<ref>'''Halo: Saint's Testimony''', ''page 4'' (Google Play edition)</ref>}} | {{Quote|I was created almost exactly seven years ago, as part of the OEUVRE Smart AI program. Unlike my peer, Cortana—and peer is a debatable comparison—my core matrix was created from scanning the brain of a recently deceased human. My digital mind was not quite artificial, not quite human, but carefully nurtured rather than criminally obtained.|Iona, referring to her creation<ref>'''Halo: Saint's Testimony''', ''page 4'' (Google Play edition)</ref>}} | ||
Iona was created on [[2551|January 17, 2551]],<ref name=" | Iona was created on [[2551|January 17, 2551]]<ref name="st24"/> on [[Earth]],<ref name="universe"/> one of the results of the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]'s [[OEUVRE Smart AI program]]. Her core matrix was created from scanning the brain of a recently deceased [[human]]. After her inception, Iona instantly named herself after [[Wikipedia:Iona|an island of the same name]], located in the [[North Atlantic Protectorate]] on [[Earth]]. Iona decided to name herself after the island as she admired a name given to it by some of its former inhabitants: the "Island of the Yew"—which she believed was a pun meaning "Island of You".<ref>'''Halo: Saint's Testimony''', ''pages 4-6'' (Google Play edition)</ref> Iona was originally built for [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] analysis and had no experience with [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartans]] prior to [[Operation: BLOWBACK]]. | ||
===Line Installation 1-4=== | ===Line Installation 1-4=== | ||
She was to assist Spartan-II [[Team Black]] during Operation: BLOWBACK, a covert [[UNSC]] [[UNSC Navy|Naval]] | She was to assist Spartan-II [[Team Black]] during Operation: BLOWBACK, a covert [[UNSC]] [[UNSC Navy|Naval]] Intelligence mission to capture and destroy [[Covenant]] ships in [[Sub-Sector 35]], onboard the ONI-commissioned prospecting ship {{UNSCShip|Long Time Coming}}. Just as the operation was about to start, the ship received a peculiar burst transmission of unknown origin. Iona asked the ship's [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Moreland]] for more time to analyze the message, but Moreland cared little about the AI's pleas and ordered the ship to jump into [[Slipspace]]. Just as they did, Iona realized the message was a warning of an [[astrogation]] hazard in their way. In an instant, the ship was hit by energy bombardment from [[Line Installation 1-4]], and dropped out of Slipspace, soon crashing on a [[Unidentified moon (Sub-sector 35)|desolate moon]]. After the crash, Iona assessed the damage to the ship and awakened Team Black. She scanned the moon's surface, and it was soon discovered that it lacked a breathable atmosphere, and that an immense underground complex with breathable air was located nearby. Team Black decided to head to the structure, with Iona attached to [[Victor-101]]'s [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Black|MJOLNIR armor]].<ref name="issue1"/> | ||
After [[Black-One]] was captured by a [[Gatherer]], Iona assisted Black-One and Black-Three on their efforts to rescue her. Black-One was taken into a holding cell deep in the Line Installation, for inspection by its [[Monitor]], [[686 Ebullient Prism]]. After a brief skirmish with Covenant forces also present on the moon, Iona managed to convince some of them to a temporary alliance, due to them having a similar problem. As Three and Four were on their way to where One was being held, Iona's secondary interface was taken over by the Monitor who was trying to hinder the team's progress.<ref>'''Halo: Blood Line''', ''[[Halo: Blood Line Issue 3|Issue 3]]''</ref> Prism, being a much more advanced construct, chased Iona through Black-Four's MJOLNIR armor systems, and was about to overpower and erase her. However, Prism became distracted when passing through a visualization of altered logs of Black-Four's training. Simultaneously in the physical world, Black-One escaped from her cell and fired at Prism with a [[Gatherer]]'s [[Directed energy weapon|energy weapon]], making the monitor disappear from Iona's systems.<ref>'''Halo: Blood Line''', ''[[Halo: Blood Line Issue 4|Issue 4]]''</ref> | After [[Black-One]] was captured by a [[Gatherer]], Iona assisted Black-One and Black-Three on their efforts to rescue her. Black-One was taken into a holding cell deep in the Line Installation, for inspection by its [[Monitor]], [[686 Ebullient Prism]]. After a brief skirmish with Covenant forces also present on the moon, Iona managed to convince some of them to a temporary alliance, due to them having a similar problem. As Three and Four were on their way to where One was being held, Iona's secondary interface was taken over by the Monitor who was trying to hinder the team's progress.<ref>'''Halo: Blood Line''', ''[[Halo: Blood Line Issue 3|Issue 3]]''</ref> Prism, being a much more advanced construct, chased Iona through Black-Four's MJOLNIR armor systems, and was about to overpower and erase her. However, Prism became distracted when passing through a visualization of altered logs of Black-Four's training. Simultaneously in the physical world, Black-One escaped from her cell and fired at Prism with a [[Gatherer]]'s [[Directed energy weapon|energy weapon]], making the monitor disappear from Iona's systems.<ref>'''Halo: Blood Line''', ''[[Halo: Blood Line Issue 4|Issue 4]]''</ref> | ||
