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{{AI infobox | {{AI infobox | ||
|name = Beowulf | |name = Beowulf | ||
|image = | |image = [[File:Beowulf.jpg|300px]] | ||
|began = | |began = [[2525#September|September 2525]] or earlier | ||
|ended = | |ended = [[2552#August|August 30, 2552]] <small>(presumed)</small> | ||
|gender = Male | |gender = Male programming | ||
|description = A man wearing a hooded cloak | |description = A man wearing a hooded cloak | ||
|color = | |color = | ||
|affiliation = | |affiliation = Office of Naval Intelligence | ||
|function = Guardian of the | |function = Guardian of the UNSC personnel and planning database; attaché to Vice Admiral Michael Stanforth | ||
|battles = | |battles = | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Beowulf''' was a [[Dumb artificial intelligence|"dumb" artificial intelligence]] of the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]. He served as the attaché to [[Vice Admiral]] [[Michael Stanforth]], the head of the Office of Naval Intelligence's [[Office of Naval Intelligence#Section Three|Section Three]] and safeguarded the [[United Nations Space Command]]'s personnel and planning database.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page ???''</ref> | |||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
He was | He was thorough, methodical and paranoid. His [[avatar]] depicted a man in a hooded cloak. | ||
Beowulf was present during the [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-IIs']] original briefing about the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] on [[2525#September|September 12, 2525]].<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page ???''</ref> | |||
He was | He was later assigned to guard the UNSC's personnel and planning database. He knew [[Cortana]] well and knew that she was potentially dangerous. During her attempts to hack into the system, Beowulf foiled her attempts. However, Cortana quickly overcame his defenses and accessed SPARTAN [[John-117]]'s [[Career Service Vitae]].<ref name="Justice">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 267''</ref> | ||
As Beowulf served as Vice Admiral Stanforth's personal attaché, it is possible that the AI was destroyed when Stanforth was killed during the [[Fall of Reach]] on [[2552#August|August 30, 2552]]. | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Beowulf | *Beowulf is named after the titular character of the famous heroic poem ''[[Wikipedia:Beowulf|Beowulf]]'', the only surviving piece of ancient Anglo-Saxon heroic poetry. | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}} | |||
*''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]'' | |||
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]'' | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
{{UNSC AI}} | {{UNSC AI}} | ||