Serina: Difference between revisions

{{Status|Canon}}

|image=[[File:HW2 Render Serina-FullBody.png|300px]]

|activationsite=[[Mars]]

|began=[[2530|January 7, 2530]]{{Ref/Reuse|visual}}

|ended=[[2537|January 4, 2537]]<ref name="ShH">'''[[Halo: Tales from Slipspace]]''' - ''Something Has Happened''</ref>

|gender=Female

|description=Young woman with long brown hair.

|function={{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} AI construct

|battles=

*[[Battle of Trove]]

After these events, the now rampant Serina began her [[final dispensation]], set up by Anders,{{Ref/Reuse|Something}} on January 4, leaving one final status report for Captain Cutter upon his eventual awakening and was soon after completely terminated.{{Ref/Reuse|TS}} One of her final acts was quietly restarting production lines aboard the Spirit of Fire to replenish materiel that would later prove pivotal against the Banished.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

As part of the crew's hope to leave a trail, Serina created a series of preprogramed maintenance sheds and data drops. As per a promise she and Cutter made to [[John Forge]], Serina included in these a message Forge had recorded for his daughter. The UNSC recovered at least one of these with the data falling into the hands of [[343 Guilty Spark]] during his time with the UNSC. In [[2557]], Spark was able to explain to Rion her father's sacrifice and give her the message that Serina had kept her promise and left behind for Rion.<ref>'''[[Halo: Renegades]]''', ''pages 312-313''</ref>

Serina had a very sarcastic and detached nature. She frequently seemed to disregard the lives of others, even her own ship's crew - such as when the ''Spirit of Fire'' was slowly being pulled inside [[Trove]] - almost always responding to their peril with some curious remark or dark joke.{{Ref/Reuse|hw}} Although prone to sarcastic comments and exhibiting a seemingly uncaring attitude, she was more compassionate than she seemed.<ref name="timeline">'''Halo Wars''': ''Halo Timeline''</ref>

She also appeared to have a fascination with human relationships.<ref>'''Halo Wars''', ''game manual''</ref> Knowing the crew of the ''Spirit of Fire'' may be on a one-way trip, Serina manufactured and delivered fake emails from family members to the crew celebrating Valentine's Day. No one ever suspected her of this deception.{{Ref/Reuse|timeline}}

 

==Trivia==

*Serina was voiced by [[Wikipedia:Courtenay Taylor|Courtenay Taylor]] for ''[[Halo Wars]]'' and ''[[Halo Wars 2]]'',{{Ref/Reuse|hw}}<ref name="HW2">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]'''</ref> who also voiced an [[UNSC Army|Army trooper]] in ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', ''[[Halo: Reach credits|credits]]''</ref>

*Serina's line "Spinning up FTL drive" may be a reference to the re-imagined ''[[Wikipedia:Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'', in which the phrase is used when the Fleet jumps.

*Serina's British accent may have been chosen as a reference to [[Cortana]], as the original draft of ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'''s script had her planned to speak with one, but was later removed in favor of [[Jen Taylor]]'s natural voice.

*On July 25, [[2017]], Serina was added as a multiplayer leader for ''Halo Wars 2'' alongside and in a bundle with ''[[Halo Wars 2: Operation: SPEARBREAKER]]''.

File:HW Serina Concepts Early.jpg|Early concept sketches for Serina.

File:HW Serina Pose Concept 1.jpg|Early reference sketches for various poses for Serina.

File:HW-AI-Serina-Avatar-Main.png|Extracted close-up view of Serina's avatar.

File:HM-Cutter&Serina.png|Serina in ''[[Halo Mythos]]''.

File:TFS-Sadface.png|Serina's final moments.

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