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|name = Beowulf
|name = Beowulf
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|image = [[File:Beowulf.jpg|300px]]
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|began = [[2525#November|November 2525]] or earlier
|ended =
|ended =  
|gender = Male Programming
|gender = Male programming
|description = A man wearing a hooded cloak
|description = A man wearing a hooded cloak
|color =  
|color = Blue
|affiliation = ONI
|affiliation = [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]
|function = Guardian of the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] personnel and planning database
|function = Attaché to ONI
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An [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] [[Artificial Intelligence]] construct, '''Beowulf''' was the attaché to Admiral [[Michael Stanforth]] and the [[UNSC Navy]].
'''Beowulf''' was a [[Dumb AI|"dumb" artificial intelligence]] of the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]].<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-armory-amore '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Armory Amore'']</ref> He was thorough, methodical and paranoid. His [[avatar]] depicted a man in a hooded cloak. 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]]<ref name="hfor117">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''pages 117-122'' (2010 edition)</ref> and safeguarded the [[United Nations Space Command]]'s personnel and planning database.<ref name="Justice">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 267''</ref>


==Background==
==Biography==
He was present during the [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN's]] original briefing about the [[Covenant Empire]].
Beowulf was present during the [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-IIs']] original briefing about the [[Covenant]] in the [[Reach FLEETCOM Military Complex]]'s secure briefing room on [[2525#November|November 2, 2525]]. Upon the instruction of [[Vice Admiral]] [[Michael Stanforth]], Beowulf reluctantly presented the classified [[First Battle of Harvest|destruction]] of [[Harvest]] to the Spartans. He also broadcasted a message across the amphitheatre from the [[Prophet of Regret|High Prophet of Regret]], whom insisted that the destruction of [[human]]ity was the "will of the [[Forerunner|Gods]]". Afterwards, Beowulf left with Stanforth and Doctor [[Catherine Halsey]].{{Ref/Reuse|hfor117}}


He was later assigned to guard the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] personnel and planning database. He knew [[Cortana]] well and knew that she was trouble. When she would try to get into the system, he would block her entrance.<ref name="Justice">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 267''</ref>
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/Reuse|Justice}}


He was thorough, methodical and paranoid. However, Cortana quickly cracked her way around his defenses to access [[John-117|SPARTAN-117]]'s [[Career Service Vitae|CSV]]. He was incapable of learning, due to the fact he was a "dumb" AI.<ref name="Justice"/>
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]].


His holographic appearance was that of a man wearing a hooded cloak.
==Trivia==
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.


==Trivia==
==Gallery==
*Beowulf was named after the titular character of the famous heroic poem ''[[Wikipedia:Beowulf|Beowulf]]'', the only surviving piece of ancient Anglo-Saxon heroic poetry.
<gallery>
File:HFoR-stanforth.png|Beowulf alongside Vice Admiral Stanforth.
File:HTFoR AS - Stanforth & Beowulf.jpg|Conceptual art depicting Beowulf.
File:HTFoR AS - Beowulf.png|
</gallery>


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]''
*''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]''
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]'' {{Mo}}


==Sources==
==Sources==
<references/>
{{Ref/Sources}}
 
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Latest revision as of 14:52, May 14, 2022

Beowulf
Beowulf.jpg
Biographical information

Began service:

November 2525 or earlier

Gender:

Male programming

Description:

A man wearing a hooded cloak

Color(s):

Blue

Political and military information

Affiliation:

Office of Naval Intelligence

Functionality:

Attaché to ONI

 

Beowulf was a "dumb" artificial intelligence of the Office of Naval Intelligence.[1] He was thorough, methodical and paranoid. His avatar depicted a man in a hooded cloak. He served as the attaché to Vice Admiral Michael Stanforth, the head of the Office of Naval Intelligence's Section Three[2] and safeguarded the United Nations Space Command's personnel and planning database.[3]

Biography[edit]

Beowulf was present during the SPARTAN-IIs' original briefing about the Covenant in the Reach FLEETCOM Military Complex's secure briefing room on November 2, 2525. Upon the instruction of Vice Admiral Michael Stanforth, Beowulf reluctantly presented the classified destruction of Harvest to the Spartans. He also broadcasted a message across the amphitheatre from the High Prophet of Regret, whom insisted that the destruction of humanity was the "will of the Gods". Afterwards, Beowulf left with Stanforth and Doctor Catherine Halsey.[2]

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.[3]

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 August 30, 2552.

Trivia[edit]

Beowulf is named after the titular character of the famous heroic poem Beowulf, the only surviving piece of ancient Anglo-Saxon heroic poetry.

Gallery[edit]

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ Halo Waypoint: Canon Fodder - Armory Amore
  2. ^ a b Halo: The Fall of Reach, pages 117-122 (2010 edition)
  3. ^ a b Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 267