| “ | Greetings. I am the monitor of Installation 04. I am 343 Guilty Spark. | „ |
| ~ 343 Guilty Spark introducing himself to the Master Chief for the first time. |
| “ | Ah, I am a genius. Hmhmhmhm. | „ |
| ~ 343 Guilty Spark bragging about himself |
| “ | Unacceptable! Unacceptable! Absolutely unacceptable! Protocol dictates action! I see now that helping you was wrong! You are a child of my makers, inheritors of all they left behind. You are Forerunner. But this ring... is mine. | „ |
| ~ 343 Guilty Spark's villainous breakdown. |
343 Guilty Spark, also referred to simply as Spark or as The Monitor, is a major antagonist in the Halo franchise.
An AI Monitor created by the Forerunners, Guilty Spark was left to watch over Installation 04 and its contents when they departed. As revealed in the novel series, he was originally an ancient human named Chakas. As with UNSC and Covenant AIs, Guilty Spark's programming prohibits certain actions outside of his function. He cannot, for example, retrieve the Index from the Library or unify it with the Core, instead needing a Reclaimer to carry out this task.
Apparently destroyed in Halo 3 by the Master Chief, he's revealed to have survived in the novel Halo: Primordium which explores his background as Chakas and his transformation into 343 Guilty Spark. Regaining his memories of his former life and now going simply by Spark, he joins the crew of the Ace of Spades salvage ship and transforms into more of an anti-hero as depicted in Halo: Renegades and Halo: Point of Light.
He was voiced by Tim Dadabo, who also voiced Bebop in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan.
Appearance[]
343 Guilty Spark is a small robot with no limbs. He has a sphere for a sensor, which can either be the color blue or red when he is rampant.
Personality[]
343 Guilty Spark's personality is somewhat egotistical and eccentric. The long period of isolation experienced by it may have contributed, or even been the cause, of much of this. 343 Guilty Spark is in a state of Rampancy; although he is still accepting of his role as Monitor, his pursuit of alien knowledge does seem to go beyond his purpose. Since it was his job to manage the Flood, he was also trained to learn. It was intended for him to learn so he could stand ready for any changes in the Flood. However this system is his greatest weakness and he applies it to everything. He loves to learn and to take records; even if he has to force it out. While egotistical much of the time, he seems to be aware of the limitations of his knowledge, such as when he perceived Installation 00 to be part of a Shield Installation, and not what it was all along. 343 Guilty Spark had quite an erratic and abnormal personality, and a disregard to Human and alien life alike. He seemed almost effervescent and gleeful when, in Halo 2, he told Miranda Keyes there was no way for him to halt or cease the firing of Installation 05, showing a great lack of respect and deference for Humanity and Covenant life. This may be due to certain programming parameters. He, like 2401 Penitent Tangent, seems quite eager to activate the Halo Array, perhaps hinting that there is a certain gratification they receive in helping their masters. His strange personality was shown in the way he would randomly and with no clear lucid pattern say things such as: 'Ah, I am a genius!'. In Halo: CE, when helping Master Chief, he was constantly humming and giggling. It is also interesting to note that he finds the religious rich conversation of the Covenant tiring. Terms such as "Oracle", the "Sacred Icon" and "Sacred Rings" frustrate him as the Covenant, with their limited knowledge about the Forerunners continue to use obscuring, meaningless titles for various objects. Spark's eagerness to activate the rings at the slightest provocation seems unlike the wishes of previous Forerunners, who, by Spark's own admission, had used the Halo Array as a last resort. Spark's behavior indicates he sees the array as the only resort, as he wishes to use it before the Flood has even escaped the ring. At no point does he attempt less extreme actions, such as disabling and destroying any possible escape ships for the Flood to use.
Weapons[]
The laser of 343 Guilty Spark used to attack his enemies. 343 Guilty Spark, using his force field after turning rampant. 343 Guilty Spark has been seen using five known weapons. The first, shown in Floodgate, is a red beam that is similar to, but more powerful than, Sentinel Beam—the beam is powerful enough to mortally wound Sergeant Johnson and completely drain the Master Chief and the Arbiter's shields. The second weapon is a force field projector that repels objects; it was likely meant to be used when overwhelmed by Flood. The Monitor is also equipped with a third weapon, which is a thin blue laser that can unlock doors on The Ark and deliver a painful but non-fatal electrical shock or laser burn. The fourth is a similar variant, being a white laser that can be used to levitate and manipulate objects, which Spark used to the Separatists’ benefit at Earth by repairing the Covenant Storage Device containing Cortana’s message. The final known weapon that the Monitor used is an unusual beam resembling blue electricity which was used by Spark at the Pillar of Autumn to download data from the ship’s databases into Spark’s own files, allowing him to shut down the ship’s countdown sequence and delay the activation of its reactor.
Trivia[]
- A figure of 343 Guilty Spark was created by McFarlane Toys as part of the Halo: Anniversary Series 2 line.
External Link[]
- 343 Guilty Spark on the Halo Alpha Wiki
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