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[[Image:Chrysopteron.gif|thumb|AdjutantReflex's Bungie.net avatar.]]
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[[Image:SOTA symbol.jpg|thumb|[[N'chala]]'s ancient artwork.]]
{{AI infobox
'''AdjutantReflex''' (sometimes reffered to as "AR") is a mysterious character who has posted on the [http://www.bungie.net  Bungie.net] and [http://halo.bungie.org  Halo.Bungie.Org] forums.  It always posts in gold text and it's member title is "CompoundIntelligence" which is also in gold text. It is widely rumored to be a [[Forerunner]] [[artificial intelligence]], but this information is unconfirmed and its true identity remains a mystery.
|name = Adjutant Reflex
|image = [[File:Chrysopteron.gif]]
|number =
|began =
|ended = June 19, 2007 (Killed and replaced by Mendicant Bias)<br>
September 13, 2007 (Mendicant Bias left Adjutant Reflex's body)
|gender =
|description = CompoundIntelligence
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|affiliation = [[Forerunner]]
|function =
|battles =}}
{{quote|This entity has been terminated, its matrix comandeered [sic].|Former Status of Adjutant Reflex}}


AdjutantReflex has admitted to hacking into the [[Bungie]] servers, although it says it has no hostile intentions. It calls itself a facilitator of "Array requirements" which "are in flux". The last "Array event" occurred 871803909 ± 384 hours before its post on 06.11.2007 12:23 PM PDT.
'''Adjutant Reflex''', username on [[Bungie.net]] and [[halo.bungie.org]] '''AdjutantReflex''', was a [[Facilitator-class ancilla|Facilitator-class]] [[Forerunner]] [[ancilla]], whose operation was facilitation of Array requirements.<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/Account/Profile.aspx?memberID=2437447 '''Bungie.net''': ''Profile of AdjutantReflex''] (account removed)</ref>


==History of AdjutantReflex==
==Biography==
===Interations===
On June 11, [[2007]] on Bungie.net, Adjutant Reflex appeared on the forums as an enigmatic character with the security role "CompoundIntelligence", who created its first forum entitled '''System Integrity Confirmed''' with its first post being as so:
{{quote|This will be a good place to begin.|AdjutantReflex}}


June 11, 2007
Adjutant admitted to hacking into the [[Bungie]] servers, although it said that it had no hostile intentions, and then proceeded to answer a few queries that was directed towards it. The entity called itself a "facilitator" who facilitated "Array requirements" which were "in flux".


At 10:26 AM PST on June 11, 2007, a mysterious message appeared in the Halo 3 forum on Bungie.net with a subject line entitled, "System Integrity Confirmed." The thread was created by a user named AdjutantReflex, whose system security role is "CompoundIntelligence."
When queried to the current date Adjutant stated the last "Array event" to occur which was '''871803909 ± 384 hours''' before its post on 06.11.2007 12:. This places the last array event approximately 99,455 years before the 2007 post, plus or minus 16 days. This timing coincides with the first firing of [[halo Array|the seven Halos]], in the year [[97,445 BCE]]. This is calculated using the [[Wikipedia:Gregorian calendar|Gregorian calendar]]: [[File:AdjutantReflexHistory.png]]


http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=11263399 - First B.net thread
Later that day Adjutant attempted to communicate with Halo.Bungie.Org, but later admitted the following day that "Bandwith restraints prevented its use".


AdjutantReflex's text is gold.
On June 12, Adjutant created another thread on Bungie.net entitled "Archive/Resource Estimate," with its first post stating, "Archives/Resources will be compiled in approximately 38 hours [1:00 AM PST on Thursday, June 14]."


In response to a post wondering if this was the work of a hacker, AdjutantReflex confirmed that it entered Bungie's systems "by force," but stated that it was irrelevant because there was no hostile intent.
During that 38 hours Adjutant made several posts in the "Archive/Resource Estimate" thread stating it could not control the "dissemination of information" as it was chaotic and that it would try to facilitate in the best way it could, though it said "This time, no one will be ready".


AdjutantReflex edited the first reply by another user, showing a system ability to edit other posts.
===Forerunner email===
[[File:Forerunner Email.png|300px|thumb|The Forerunner Email sent to Fans]]
{{Main|Forerunner email}}


After exactly 100 excited and confused replies from forumgoers, AdjutantReflex locked and stickied the thread, showing that it has other moderator powers as well. The thread was open for about two hours.
On June 14, Adjutant stated that the "first seeds are scattered" in reference to the event that it was foreshadowing. This turned out to be a mass emailing of a cryptic poem, sent by XBox Flash. The email contained a link to [http://halo3.com Halo3.com], and also showed a mysterious [[Forerunner symbols|Forerunner symbol]].


AdjutantReflex then moved to Bungie.org, posting a similar series of mysterious writings in the halo.bungie.org forum.
Shortly after the email was sent out Adjutant changed its avatar to one that had the Forerunner symbol as shown in the email with the name "Chrysopteron.gif" Chrysopteron being the nickname of "Iris" a messenger goddess with golden wings. Also adding the question
{{quote|Who is the path of light from blackest Earth to brilliant heaven?<br />On whose golden wings will we fly from here to there.|AdjutantReflex}}
To which, when someone answered "Iris", Adjutant stated it was time to sleep saying [[Mendicant Bias|something]] was stirring.


http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=808840 - HBO thread
The "Iris" code word also triggered a countdown and transmission log. Which was located at [http://206.16.223.65 206.16.223.65].


June 12, 2007
===Sudden disappearances===
On June 17, Adjutant started a thread in the Bungie.net Halo 3 forum entitled "Stop it." In the thread, it stated that its integrity was being attacked and that it could only maintain it for about 22 hours. It also posted the cryptic message "By the pricking of my thumbs," a quote from William Shakespeare's play '''Macbeth,''' which precedes the line "Something wicked this way comes" in the play.


At exactly 11:00 AM PST, AdjutantReflex created another thread entitled "Archive/Resource Estimate," with its first post stating that "Archives/Resources will be compiled in approximately 38 hours [1:00 AM PST on Thursday, July 14]." Another several posts followed, but no further substantive information was gleaned.
The next day, about 22 hours later, Adjutant started a thread called "That Old Life", stating that it could "not prevail" against the attacks and that an "older life" was here with us that had both higher rank and more strength than Adjunct. Adjutant then stated, "I will seek one of you out and leave my legacy in a small space." In the same thread, Adjutant stated that this "life" has had "millennia for reflection, but what image does he see?", this was in reference to Mendicant Bias being locked away for a millennia to reflect on its actions.


http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=11278044
Shortly thereafter, the countdown timer and Transmission Log sped up dramatically, though the end date of the countdown was difficult to determine at first as it seemed to change depending on whether the counter had been refreshed or not, eventually stopping early and not continuing.


June 13, 2007
===Last moments===
At 9:08 AM PDT on June 19, [[Bungie.net]]'s member, '''x Foman123 x''', received a distressed private message from Adjutant called "HELP ME".<ref>[[:File:AR Warning.JPG|First Message to xFoman123x]]</ref> The entity claimed that it had already been defeated and that ''"peril"'' was near, and asked the user to warn the Community of the threat. Over three increasingly despairing private messages, the entity revealed that a new "machine" that was much more powerful, intelligent, and higher "ranking" would take over.


At 3:43 PST, AdjutantReflex posted an addendum to his locked thread entitiled "Archive/Resource Estimate" with the text "Tick Tock."
<gallery>
File:AR Warning.JPG|AR's First Message to x Foman123 x
File:AR2.jpg|AR's Second Message to x Foman123 x
File:AR3.JPG|AR's Third Message to x Foman123 x
</gallery>


June 14, 2007
During these messages, Adjutant posted publicly one last time saying he was helpless to the being's hacking, curious to what it learnt during its "eons of slumber", doubting it was "mercy or sorrow".


In the hours counting down to the 1 AM PST deadline there were two other posts by AR.
===Mendicant Bias takeover===
[[File:AR4.JPG|300px|thumb|AR's Fourth Message to x Foman123 x]]


Shortly after 1 AM PST several members of Bungie.net recieved emails from Xbox Flash with a cryptic poem inside. It was titled "Look for the signs, Keepers of the Flame".
Adjutant's last message to '''x Foman123 x''' stated that the previous entity had been "terminated" and that the account had been hijacked by a newer, malevolent entity.<ref>[[:File:AR4.JPG|Last Message to xFoman123x]]</ref>


[[Image:Forerunner Email.png]]
Following this Adjutant had a new avatar to signify it was terminated and replaced by this new entity, and posted in a thread called "AR has a new avatar!" the word "STERILIZING" to publicly announce that the old Adjutant was killed. This new avatar was called "MB05032_09_25_07.gif" meaning that Mendicant Bias had taken over the shell of Adjutant.
(The Forerunner Email image)


Forerunner glyphs were noticed, not only inside the email (seen above), but also on Master Cheif's visor at Halo3.com (seen below).
Mendicant Bias, using the same account as the previous Adjutant Reflex created a new thread called "Last Word", stated that we should be concerned about its "intent" rather than its "identity", and indicated that it would no longer communicate through Bungie.net. It vaguely referred to something that would take place on June 20, but refused to elaborate.  


[[Image:Halo3.com AR image.jpg]]
As part of his termination of Adjutant Reflex, the new entity deleted all Bungie.net threads created by AdjutantReflex except for the very first thread titled "System Integrity Confirmed" and the threads that the new entity created.


The third glyph found is AdjutantReflex's new avatar on Bungie.net.
===Mendicant Bias preparations===
On June 28, after a long week of silence in the forums and lack of activity elsewhere. The hijacked Adjutant posted a mysterious poetic paragraph :


[[Image:Chrysopteron.gif]]
:'''A pulse.'''
(AdjutantReflex's bungie.net avatar)
:''Can you feel it?''
:''Beating at the heart of the Universe.''
:''Skin too thick to be sure.''
:''It's alive though.''
:''I'm certain.''
:''What do I do with life?''


The fourth glyph found on the last page of www.halo3.com/comic.
The thread was only open for 3 minutes. Yet, Mendicant bias did not respond to any of the several posts that were made at that time.


[[Image:Halo_3_-_TCOL_AR_symbol.jpg]]
The following day the hijacked Adjutant created a thread called "Veins of Ice and Poison" stating
(Strip Three of the last page (Pade 4) of The Cradle of Life)


The fifth was found on a website connected to the IP address found in the Halo3.com comic strip (seen below). The last digit is a 3 instead of a 5.
:|n|n|nROGUE PROCESS ghost.713>
:X.XX.713> POS/NAV < @ > <53LPH54.6JG62.1740><1………>
:X X5 > CONFIRM SECURE QUARANTINE - > qghost.713
:
:I do not require charity or alms
:But I did choose poverty
:And other darkness too
:Will you wait for me?


[[Image:SOTA symbol.jpg]]
A few minutes later the following post was made.


The sixth was found in a newspaper ad to debut in the US on Sunday, June 17th.
:Adjutant Reflex is ended. This is a convenient Matrix. For now.


[[Image:Halo3.com_comic_ad_with_AR_symbol.jpg]]
This two posts paired together stated meant that Mendicant Bias planned to leave the vessel that was Adjutant Reflex, and showed the new matrix that it was going to start using "ghost.713" on Local node "X.XX.713".


'''IN PROGRESS FROM THIS POINT ON'''
===An Empty Casket===
On September 13, the hijacked Adjutant Reflex posted one last thread on Bungie.net called "An Empty Casket" stating that the body of Adjutant was not enough to hold it in. Mendicant Bias showed remorse for killing Adjutant, and also told the readers to look for it on [[Installation 00]].


On June 14, 2007 at 3:43 PM PST AdjutantReflex began another thread at Bungie.net entitled, "Who?" with one other post following before going back into hibernation. This posting corresponded to a change at Halo3.com where the main page had been turned into five darkened pictures labled Servers #1-5. All five servers were locked at this time.
==Description==
Its first avatar was a simple projected Halo, similar to the one in [[The Silent Cartographer|Silent Cartographer]]. Its second avatar was one called "Chrysopteron.gif", with the base IRIS glyph in it. The avatar changed a final time to one called "MB05032_09_25_07.gif" when AR was hijacked by Mendicant Bias the presence of another character, this avatar had a terminal design with its blue sigil located at the lower right.
<gallery>
File:HaloRingcopy.gif|AdjutantReflex's first Bungie.net avatar.
File:Chrysopteron.gif|"Chrysopteron.gif" AdjutantReflex's second Bungie.net avatar.
File:AdjutantReflex 3rd.gif|"MB05032_09_25_07.gif" AdjutantReflex's third Bungie.net avatar to signify the ancila was hijacked.
</gallery>


Another section of halo3.com was uncovered (http://halo3.com/comic/) with an intriguing comic. Intrepid searchers discovered that the last page of this comic could be manipulated to give an IP address. "206.16.223.65" (Apparently all IP addresses listed 206.16.223.0 through 206.16.223.225 belong to Microsoft corp.)
==Production notes==
In every post, AR always posted in gold text, and was able to edit posts traits that was indicative of Bungie employees who posted in the forum.  


Shortly after, the IP was manipulated (206.16.223.63) to lead us to a site associated with the (presumably fictional) organization entitled Society of the Ancients, or SOTA. A few minutes after this discovery a myspace page was discovered with references to this organization.
Sometime before March 2009, AdjutantReflex's Bungie.net profile was deleted.


http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=1000322121
==Trivia==
*AdjutantReflex is part of Microsoft's viral marketing campaign for ''[[Halo 3]]'', called "[[Iris]]", which existed for several weeks through Summer 2007.
*''CompoundIntelligence'' is a another term used by the Terminals for [[Gravemind]], suggesting a connection/similarity between the two.
*Despite the fact that AdjutantReflex's avatars are not available on [[Bungie.net]], they are all connected by means that they all contain a singular ring. This is probably a reference to the [[Halo]]s.
*AdjutantReflex was taken over by an unknown entity that continued to post a number of times in its place. The new entity is commonly known as NAR (New Adjutant Reflex), and appears to be the entity behind the revelation of the 5 servers. NAR also has appeared with the initials: MB and the number 05032. MB was revealed in ''Halo 3'' to stand for [[Mendicant Bias]] and 05'''032''' is the group of numbers of his name (032 Mendicant Bias). Yet it also stated that he is not who we think he is.
*Strangely, AdjutantReflex was part of a Bungie.net group membership called "[http://halo.bungie.net/fanclub/117546/Group/GroupHome.aspx The Brute Ghostbusters]", which is led by Bungie.net "Top Story" writer, "lukems". Another strange fact is that all of AdjutantReflex's avatars are not available on Bungie.net. At some point after AdjutantReflex was "terminated", the entity's signature changed to; "''This entity has been terminated, its matrix <!-- DO NOT CORRECT THIS --> comandeered [sic].<!-- DO NOT CORRECT THIS -->''", which is strangely not in gold text. Additionally, the word "commandeered" was misspelled within the signature.


Not much is known about this page, or other myspace or facebook profiles at this time.
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:AR Profile.jpg|The old profile of Adjutant Reflex.
File:AR First Post.jpg|Adjutant Reflex's first post in  Bungie.net.
File:Countdown1.JPG|The Countdown page guarded by Adjutant Reflex.
</gallery>


==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}


Beware of Imposters
==See also==
In trying to solve this mystery, you should be aware that there is a copycat. The same day that the original AdjutantReflex posts were created, a regular forum user created an account named "AdjutantRefIex" with a "capital eye" instead of a "lower-case ell" in the word "Reflex." That user attempted to make more mysterious posts, although the style of writing was inferior and distinctly different from the original and real AdjutantReflex's.
*[[Array Recorder Data]]
 
*[[Iris]]
Forum Ninja "just another fan" banned the imposter.
*[[Forerunner email|Forerunner Email]]
 
*[[Halo 3: The Cradle of Life]]
Shortly thereafter, another account was created on Bungie.net entitled "ReticentAxiom." This user began creating posts nearly identical to the fake AdjutantRefIex, pretending to be another AI. Once again, they are recognizable by lack of gold text and inferior writing style -- not to mention a distinctly different "style" and "feel" to the posts from the originals.
*[[Society of the Ancients]]
*[[Terminal (Halo 3)|Terminal]]s


The best advice follows: don't believe it if it's not in gold text.
==External links==
*[http://halo.wikibruce.com/Home '''WikiBruce''', a Halo franchise ARG community Wiki]
*[http://halo.bungie.net/fanclub/118020/Group/GroupHome.aspx CompoundIntelligence The largest group dedicated to discussing the AdjutantReflex incidents]
*[http://args.bungie.org/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=529 - A collection of AR's quotes]


==Related Links==
{{Forerunner AI}}
'''Internal'''
[[Category:Iris]]
*[[Forerunner Email]]
[[Category:AI characters]]
*[[Halo 3: The Cradle of Life]]
*[[Society of the Ancients]]
'''External'''
*http://www.bungie.net/Account/Profile.aspx?memberID=2437447 - AdjutantReflex's profile page on www.bunige.net
*[http://www.bungie.net/fanclub/118020/Group/GroupHome.aspx CompoundIntelligence] - the largest group dedicated to discussing the AdjutantReflex incidents
*[http://args.bungie.org/ Discussion forum] - hosted by [[Halo.Bungie.Org]]
*[http://bungie.wikia.com/wiki/AdjutantReflex Bungiepedia's detailed history of the AdjutantReflex events]
*http://www.halo3.com/comic/
*http://206.16.223.65/
[[Category:Characters]]

Latest revision as of 13:54, March 21, 2022

Adjutant Reflex
Chrysopteron.gif
Biographical information

Ended service:

June 19, 2007 (Killed and replaced by Mendicant Bias)
September 13, 2007 (Mendicant Bias left Adjutant Reflex's body)

Description:

CompoundIntelligence

Political and military information

Affiliation:

Forerunner

 

"This entity has been terminated, its matrix comandeered [sic]."
— Former Status of Adjutant Reflex

Adjutant Reflex, username on Bungie.net and halo.bungie.org AdjutantReflex, was a Facilitator-class Forerunner ancilla, whose operation was facilitation of Array requirements.[1]

Biography[edit]

Interations[edit]

On June 11, 2007 on Bungie.net, Adjutant Reflex appeared on the forums as an enigmatic character with the security role "CompoundIntelligence", who created its first forum entitled System Integrity Confirmed with its first post being as so:

"This will be a good place to begin."
— AdjutantReflex

Adjutant admitted to hacking into the Bungie servers, although it said that it had no hostile intentions, and then proceeded to answer a few queries that was directed towards it. The entity called itself a "facilitator" who facilitated "Array requirements" which were "in flux".

When queried to the current date Adjutant stated the last "Array event" to occur which was 871803909 ± 384 hours before its post on 06.11.2007 12:. This places the last array event approximately 99,455 years before the 2007 post, plus or minus 16 days. This timing coincides with the first firing of the seven Halos, in the year 97,445 BCE. This is calculated using the Gregorian calendar: AdjutantReflexHistory.png

Later that day Adjutant attempted to communicate with Halo.Bungie.Org, but later admitted the following day that "Bandwith restraints prevented its use".

On June 12, Adjutant created another thread on Bungie.net entitled "Archive/Resource Estimate," with its first post stating, "Archives/Resources will be compiled in approximately 38 hours [1:00 AM PST on Thursday, June 14]."

During that 38 hours Adjutant made several posts in the "Archive/Resource Estimate" thread stating it could not control the "dissemination of information" as it was chaotic and that it would try to facilitate in the best way it could, though it said "This time, no one will be ready".

Forerunner email[edit]

The Forerunner Email sent to Fans
Main article: Forerunner email

On June 14, Adjutant stated that the "first seeds are scattered" in reference to the event that it was foreshadowing. This turned out to be a mass emailing of a cryptic poem, sent by XBox Flash. The email contained a link to Halo3.com, and also showed a mysterious Forerunner symbol.

Shortly after the email was sent out Adjutant changed its avatar to one that had the Forerunner symbol as shown in the email with the name "Chrysopteron.gif" Chrysopteron being the nickname of "Iris" a messenger goddess with golden wings. Also adding the question

"Who is the path of light from blackest Earth to brilliant heaven?
On whose golden wings will we fly from here to there."
— AdjutantReflex

To which, when someone answered "Iris", Adjutant stated it was time to sleep saying something was stirring.

The "Iris" code word also triggered a countdown and transmission log. Which was located at 206.16.223.65.

Sudden disappearances[edit]

On June 17, Adjutant started a thread in the Bungie.net Halo 3 forum entitled "Stop it." In the thread, it stated that its integrity was being attacked and that it could only maintain it for about 22 hours. It also posted the cryptic message "By the pricking of my thumbs," a quote from William Shakespeare's play Macbeth, which precedes the line "Something wicked this way comes" in the play.

The next day, about 22 hours later, Adjutant started a thread called "That Old Life", stating that it could "not prevail" against the attacks and that an "older life" was here with us that had both higher rank and more strength than Adjunct. Adjutant then stated, "I will seek one of you out and leave my legacy in a small space." In the same thread, Adjutant stated that this "life" has had "millennia for reflection, but what image does he see?", this was in reference to Mendicant Bias being locked away for a millennia to reflect on its actions.

Shortly thereafter, the countdown timer and Transmission Log sped up dramatically, though the end date of the countdown was difficult to determine at first as it seemed to change depending on whether the counter had been refreshed or not, eventually stopping early and not continuing.

Last moments[edit]

At 9:08 AM PDT on June 19, Bungie.net's member, x Foman123 x, received a distressed private message from Adjutant called "HELP ME".[2] The entity claimed that it had already been defeated and that "peril" was near, and asked the user to warn the Community of the threat. Over three increasingly despairing private messages, the entity revealed that a new "machine" that was much more powerful, intelligent, and higher "ranking" would take over.

  • AR's First Message to x Foman123 x

    AR's First Message to x Foman123 x

  • AR's Second Message to x Foman123 x

    AR's Second Message to x Foman123 x

  • AR's Third Message to x Foman123 x

    AR's Third Message to x Foman123 x

During these messages, Adjutant posted publicly one last time saying he was helpless to the being's hacking, curious to what it learnt during its "eons of slumber", doubting it was "mercy or sorrow".

Mendicant Bias takeover[edit]

AR's Fourth Message to x Foman123 x

Adjutant's last message to x Foman123 x stated that the previous entity had been "terminated" and that the account had been hijacked by a newer, malevolent entity.[3]

Following this Adjutant had a new avatar to signify it was terminated and replaced by this new entity, and posted in a thread called "AR has a new avatar!" the word "STERILIZING" to publicly announce that the old Adjutant was killed. This new avatar was called "MB05032_09_25_07.gif" meaning that Mendicant Bias had taken over the shell of Adjutant.

Mendicant Bias, using the same account as the previous Adjutant Reflex created a new thread called "Last Word", stated that we should be concerned about its "intent" rather than its "identity", and indicated that it would no longer communicate through Bungie.net. It vaguely referred to something that would take place on June 20, but refused to elaborate.

As part of his termination of Adjutant Reflex, the new entity deleted all Bungie.net threads created by AdjutantReflex except for the very first thread titled "System Integrity Confirmed" and the threads that the new entity created.

Mendicant Bias preparations[edit]

On June 28, after a long week of silence in the forums and lack of activity elsewhere. The hijacked Adjutant posted a mysterious poetic paragraph :

A pulse.
Can you feel it?
Beating at the heart of the Universe.
Skin too thick to be sure.
It's alive though.
I'm certain.
What do I do with life?

The thread was only open for 3 minutes. Yet, Mendicant bias did not respond to any of the several posts that were made at that time.

The following day the hijacked Adjutant created a thread called "Veins of Ice and Poison" stating

|n|n|nROGUE PROCESS ghost.713>
X.XX.713> POS/NAV < @ > <53LPH54.6JG62.1740><1………>
X X5 > CONFIRM SECURE QUARANTINE - > qghost.713
I do not require charity or alms
But I did choose poverty
And other darkness too
Will you wait for me?

A few minutes later the following post was made.

Adjutant Reflex is ended. This is a convenient Matrix. For now.

This two posts paired together stated meant that Mendicant Bias planned to leave the vessel that was Adjutant Reflex, and showed the new matrix that it was going to start using "ghost.713" on Local node "X.XX.713".

An Empty Casket[edit]

On September 13, the hijacked Adjutant Reflex posted one last thread on Bungie.net called "An Empty Casket" stating that the body of Adjutant was not enough to hold it in. Mendicant Bias showed remorse for killing Adjutant, and also told the readers to look for it on Installation 00.

Description[edit]

Its first avatar was a simple projected Halo, similar to the one in Silent Cartographer. Its second avatar was one called "Chrysopteron.gif", with the base IRIS glyph in it. The avatar changed a final time to one called "MB05032_09_25_07.gif" when AR was hijacked by Mendicant Bias the presence of another character, this avatar had a terminal design with its blue sigil located at the lower right.

  • AdjutantReflex's first Bungie.net avatar.

    AdjutantReflex's first Bungie.net avatar.

  • "Chrysopteron.gif" AdjutantReflex's second Bungie.net avatar.

    "Chrysopteron.gif" AdjutantReflex's second Bungie.net avatar.

  • "MB05032_09_25_07.gif" AdjutantReflex's third Bungie.net avatar to signify the ancila was hijacked.

    "MB05032_09_25_07.gif" AdjutantReflex's third Bungie.net avatar to signify the ancila was hijacked.

Production notes[edit]

In every post, AR always posted in gold text, and was able to edit posts traits that was indicative of Bungie employees who posted in the forum.

Sometime before March 2009, AdjutantReflex's Bungie.net profile was deleted.

Trivia[edit]

  • AdjutantReflex is part of Microsoft's viral marketing campaign for Halo 3, called "Iris", which existed for several weeks through Summer 2007.
  • CompoundIntelligence is a another term used by the Terminals for Gravemind, suggesting a connection/similarity between the two.
  • Despite the fact that AdjutantReflex's avatars are not available on Bungie.net, they are all connected by means that they all contain a singular ring. This is probably a reference to the Halos.
  • AdjutantReflex was taken over by an unknown entity that continued to post a number of times in its place. The new entity is commonly known as NAR (New Adjutant Reflex), and appears to be the entity behind the revelation of the 5 servers. NAR also has appeared with the initials: MB and the number 05032. MB was revealed in Halo 3 to stand for Mendicant Bias and 05032 is the group of numbers of his name (032 Mendicant Bias). Yet it also stated that he is not who we think he is.
  • Strangely, AdjutantReflex was part of a Bungie.net group membership called "The Brute Ghostbusters", which is led by Bungie.net "Top Story" writer, "lukems". Another strange fact is that all of AdjutantReflex's avatars are not available on Bungie.net. At some point after AdjutantReflex was "terminated", the entity's signature changed to; "This entity has been terminated, its matrix comandeered [sic].", which is strangely not in gold text. Additionally, the word "commandeered" was misspelled within the signature.

Gallery[edit]

  • The old profile of Adjutant Reflex.

    The old profile of Adjutant Reflex.

  • Adjutant Reflex's first post in Bungie.net.

    Adjutant Reflex's first post in Bungie.net.

  • The Countdown page guarded by Adjutant Reflex.

    The Countdown page guarded by Adjutant Reflex.

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ Bungie.net: Profile of AdjutantReflex (account removed)
  2. ^ First Message to xFoman123x
  3. ^ Last Message to xFoman123x

See also[edit]

External links[edit]

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