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'''Iona''' is a | '''Iona''' is a [[Artificial Intelligence|artificial intelligence]] construct utilized by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]].<ref name="issue1">'''[[Halo: Blood Line]]''', ''[[Halo: Blood Line Issue 1|Issue 1]]''</ref> | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Iona was originally built for | Iona was originally built for Naval Intelligence analysis and had no experience with [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartans]] prior to [[Operation: BLOWBACK]]. As a unique feature not seen in other AI, she has a secondary, more simplistic "ghost" interface layered over her actual one. This was intended as a cover to deceive remote scanners, making her appear to them as a simpler AI, affordable by [[civilian]] miners. She is known to accidentally switch to this interface without realizing it in unexpected situations. This secondary interface also changes her [[avatar]], to a child-like version of her default appearance.<ref name="issue1"/> She is also able to communicate in 306 languages.<ref>'''Halo: Blood Line''', ''[[Halo: Blood Line Issue 2|Issue 2]]''</ref> | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
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Over the course of the events, Iona occasionally filed status reports of the team's progress. When she was infiltrated by Prism, she already filed a message only to be sent in the event of a total mission failure, or if Team Black was to be neutralized.<ref name="issue5"/> | Over the course of the events, Iona occasionally filed status reports of the team's progress. When she was infiltrated by Prism, she already filed a message only to be sent in the event of a total mission failure, or if Team Black was to be neutralized.<ref name="issue5"/> | ||
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Iona serves as the narrator of | Iona serves as the narrator of 2010's ''[[Halo: Blood Line]]'' comic series. The status reports filed by her serve as introductions for each issue. The introduction message for [[Halo: Blood Line Issue 4|Issue 4]] is by 686 Ebullient Prism, having infiltrated Iona's systems during the events of the [[Halo: Blood Line Issue 3|previous issue]]. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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File:Iona_Avatars.jpg|Iona's simpler "cover" interface's manifestation (left) and her normal avatar (right). | File:Iona_Avatars.jpg|Iona's simpler "cover" interface's manifestation (left) and her normal avatar (right). | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo: Blood Line]]'' {{1st}} | *''[[Halo: Blood Line]]'' {{1st}} | ||