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|began=[[2530|January 7, 2530]]<ref name="visual"/> | |began=[[2530|January 7, 2530]]<ref name="visual"/> | ||
|ended=[[2537|January 4, 2537]]<ref name="ShH">'''[[Halo: Tales from Slipspace]]''' - ''Something Has Happened''</ref> | |ended=[[2537|January 4, 2537]]<ref name="ShH">'''[[Halo: Tales from Slipspace]]''' - ''Something Has Happened''</ref> | ||
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{{Quote|It was a pleasure and an honor to serve with you, sir. Do look after everyone for me. Goodbye, Captain. Serina out.|Serina's final report to [[James Cutter|Captain Cutter]].<ref name="TS">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level ''[[The Signal]]''</ref>}} | {{Quote|It was a pleasure and an honor to serve with you, sir. Do look after everyone for me. Goodbye, Captain. Serina out.|Serina's final report to [[James Cutter|Captain Cutter]].<ref name="TS">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level ''[[The Signal]]''</ref>}} | ||
'''Serina''' ([[AI Serial Number]]: SNA 1292-4)<ref name="visual">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 170''</ref> was a | '''Serina''' ([[AI Serial Number]]: SNA 1292-4)<ref name="visual">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 170''</ref> was a second-generation<ref name="CF"/> [[Smart artificial intelligence|"Smart"]] [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] that was assigned to the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}, a modified {{Class|Phoenix|colony ship}} commissioned by the [[UNSC Navy]].<ref>'''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]''' (''"Spirit's 'smart' AI, Serina, can coordinate the simultaneous repair and refit of 12 ships of the line. We couldn't get along without her."'')</ref><ref name="hw">'''Halo Wars'''</ref> Serina's [[avatar]] was a young woman with long hair and she spoke with a distinct British accent.<ref name="hw"/> | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
===Creation=== | |||
Serina was created by [[Daedalia Technology]], a [[Mars|Martian]] firm, on [[2530|January 7, 2530]]. Serina was considered their greatest work of that era, being an omni-capable AI that displayed both impressive intellectual capacity and remarkable computational efficiency.<ref name="CF">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/stay-frosty '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Canon Fodder: Stay Frost'']</ref> | |||
===UNSC ''Spirit of Fire''=== | |||
Serina replaced the previous shipboard AI of the ''Spirit of Fire''<ref name="visual"/>, although she had a somewhat rocky period of acclimation to the ship's unorthodox crew.<ref name="CF"/> During her service aboard the ''Spirit'', Serina and Nurse [[Lulu Hershey]] started to have "girly" discussions together during the latter's night shifts in the ship's medical bay.<ref name="Prima">'''[[Halo Wars: Official Strategy Guide]]'''</ref> | |||
During [[2531]], Serina was present in the final battles of the [[Harvest campaign]] as well as the [[Battle of Arcadia]] and the [[Battle of the Etran Harborage]], providing the crew with intelligence on the various situations they encountered. After the destruction of the [[Shield 0459]], Serina, along with the rest of the crew of the ''Spirit'', were left stranded far beyond human-controlled space without a [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]]. | |||
===Working alone=== | |||
On the next six years, Serina would focus her efforts on designing and modifying vehicles and weapons for the ''Spirit of Fire'' crew, including modification for the [[M808S Scorpion]] and the [[HRUNTING Mark III Cyclops]], and weaponizing [[Cryonics|cryotechnology]] for UNSC use, like the [[ZAV-48 Frostraven]], the Tundra [[Bison]] APC with a vacuum energy siphon, and the possibility of [[Hellbringers]] making use of cryoweapons.<ref name="CF"/> | |||
===Rampancy and end of service=== | |||
In [[2537]], six years after the events on Shield World 0459, Serina had begun to fall into the early stages of [[rampancy]], but continued her essential functions on the ''Spirit''. On January 1, Serina sought to conduct routine maintenance aboard the vessel, awakening several engineers from cryo-sleep. One of them, [[Violeta Maldini]] was then attacked by a [[Flood infection form]] that had been nesting out of sight after the events on the Shield World, infecting her. Serina imposed lockdown on [[cryo chamber]] Foxtrot 7, not to kill the parasite but to study it. Over the next three days, Serina continued to behave erratically as she watched Maldini mutate into a [[Flood carrier form|carrier form]], breeding new infection forms that proceeded to attack other crewmen still in cryo-sleep. Realizing her mistake as the Flood threatened to breach quarantine, Serina awoke Professor [[Ellen Anders]] (and, indirectly, [[Jerome-092]]) who managed to kill all Flood aboard the vessel, ensuring the survival of the ''Spirit'' and its remaining crew.<ref>'''[[Halo: Tales from Slipspace]]''', ''[[Something has Happened]]''</ref> | In [[2537]], six years after the events on Shield World 0459, Serina had begun to fall into the early stages of [[rampancy]], but continued her essential functions on the ''Spirit''. On January 1, Serina sought to conduct routine maintenance aboard the vessel, awakening several engineers from cryo-sleep. One of them, [[Violeta Maldini]] was then attacked by a [[Flood infection form]] that had been nesting out of sight after the events on the Shield World, infecting her. Serina imposed lockdown on [[cryo chamber]] Foxtrot 7, not to kill the parasite but to study it. Over the next three days, Serina continued to behave erratically as she watched Maldini mutate into a [[Flood carrier form|carrier form]], breeding new infection forms that proceeded to attack other crewmen still in cryo-sleep. Realizing her mistake as the Flood threatened to breach quarantine, Serina awoke Professor [[Ellen Anders]] (and, indirectly, [[Jerome-092]]) who managed to kill all Flood aboard the vessel, ensuring the survival of the ''Spirit'' and its remaining crew.<ref>'''[[Halo: Tales from Slipspace]]''', ''[[Something has Happened]]''</ref> | ||