Just finished Hunters in the Dark, and it seems to have brought up a conflicting piece of lore.
Hunters in the Dark:
> “When the monitor didn’t respond, she asked another question: “How did you get your name? Tragic Solitude?”
> “I chose it during the dark times following reintroduction”
Silentium:
> “I send you on your way, friend,” I [Librarian] tell Chakas. “Your new home will be Installation 04. I also give you a new designation. Henceforth, you will no longer be just a guide and assistant. You will be guardian and protector of an entire installation. You will be called 343 Guilty Spark.”
So do the monitors choose their own designation and only have their number, or is it assigned to them from a Forerunner?
Its assigned to them by a Forerunner. Solitude is quite obviously rampant and far beyond his normal programming (similar to what happened to Spark ironically enough) and changed it on his own volition.
Then do we know what his designation was prior to rampancy? And it sounds like he named himself that before rampancy.
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> Then do we know what his designation was prior to rampancy? And it sounds like he named himself that before rampancy.
No, not at the current moment. We didnt even know that the Ark had a caretaker AI until Hunters in the Dark
For the naming I cant help you but for the numbering:theres an mathematical formula made of Instalationnumber (n) raised over seven minus one.And this his how the formula. should looks:7n-1
Corrections are welcome.
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> > Then do we know what his designation was prior to rampancy? And it sounds like he named himself that before rampancy.
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> No, not at the current moment. We didnt even know that the Ark had a caretaker AI until Hunters in the Dark
Actually, we sort of did. Terminal 3 in Halo 3 has the local ancilla of Installation 00 popping in to deny 343 Guilty Spark access to some of the Lesser Ark’s systems.
> Warning: Your intrusion has been logged.
> 04-343: (errant): Excuse me?
> Your intrusion has been logged. And now it has been halted.
> 04-343 (errant): On whose authority?
> Advice: Any further attempt to access [insects under stones] will result in your immediate addition to local Sentinels’ targeting ledger.
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> 04-343 (errant): Vexation! I am the Monitor of –
> Judgment: Your authority means nothing here.
> 04-343 (errant): Impatience!
> 04-343 (errant): I have told you who I am. Who are you?
> All our makers once held dear.
> [Alexandria before the Fire].
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> 04-343 (errant): Sincere apology. But how –
> Explanation: This facility is host to the [Librarians’] final –
> 04-343 (errant): The archive is intact?! Then our makers’ plan –
> But also maintains [bellows, crucible, castings]04-343 (errant): A what?
> [bellows, crucible]–
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> 04-343 (errant): A Foundry?
> 04-343 (errant): For what purpose?!
> Warning: Your intrusion has been logged.
> Advice: Any further attempt to access will result–
> 04-343 (errant): Indignant!
> --immediate addition to local Sentinels’ targeting ledger.
The seven terminals in Halo 3 talk about Mendicant Bias, don’t they?
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> > > Then do we know what his designation was prior to rampancy? And it sounds like he named himself that before rampancy.
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> > No, not at the current moment. We didnt even know that the Ark had a caretaker AI until Hunters in the Dark
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> Actually, we sort of did. Terminal 3 in Halo 3 has the local ancilla of Installation 00 popping in to deny 343 Guilty Spark access to some of the Lesser Ark’s systems.
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> > Warning: Your intrusion has been logged.
> > 04-343: (errant): Excuse me?
> > Your intrusion has been logged. And now it has been halted.
> > 04-343 (errant): On whose authority?
> > Advice: Any further attempt to access [insects under stones] will result in your immediate addition to local Sentinels’ targeting ledger.
> >
> > 04-343 (errant): Vexation! I am the Monitor of –
> > Judgment: Your authority means nothing here.
> > 04-343 (errant): Impatience!
> > 04-343 (errant): I have told you who I am. Who are you?
> > All our makers once held dear.
> > [Alexandria before the Fire].
> >
> > 04-343 (errant): Sincere apology. But how –
> > Explanation: This facility is host to the [Librarians’] final –
> > 04-343 (errant): The archive is intact?! Then our makers’ plan –
> > But also maintains [bellows, crucible, castings]04-343 (errant): A what?
> > [bellows, crucible]–
> >
> > 04-343 (errant): A Foundry?
> > 04-343 (errant): For what purpose?!
> > Warning: Your intrusion has been logged.
> > Advice: Any further attempt to access will result–
> > 04-343 (errant): Indignant!
> > --immediate addition to local Sentinels’ targeting ledger.
I figured that was Medicant Bias…good catch mate.