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mreddy1 · Boot Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 30

[SPEC] pious flea=G.O.D?

**Posted:** Mon Aug 30, 2004 10:11 am

Macavity

For a moment I thought you were talking about hte Graphical Omniscient Device from "When H.A.R.L.I.E. Was One".

No, the Pious Flea is not a god. The Pious FLewa is a very small artificial intelligence that wants to repair the Operator for its own purposes - purposes that conflicted with SPDR's.

That's why the Flea pretended to be a newer version of SPDR - to trick Melissa into giving it the power to delete the interfering SPDR.

**Posted:** Mon Aug 30, 2004 10:18 am

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mreddy1 · Boot Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 30

dammit, i thought i had something there.

**Posted:** Mon Aug 30, 2004 10:21 am

Macavity

Not to worry, mreddy - we all make mistakes.

However, judging by how the Flea's been named, the general consensus is that it's a Covenant AI -the Covenant being the theocratic alliance of various alien races that are waging a holy war against humanity in the Halo books and game.

A lot of their ships have names that reflect this religious bent - the Unyielding Hierophant and Truth and Reconciliation, to name a couple.

**Posted:** Mon Aug 30, 2004 10:32 am

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TheDuder · Boot Joined: 12 Aug 2004 Posts: 47 Location: PEI, Canada

Because of the religious nature of the Covenant race, the fact that is is called the "pious" flea could in fact be a clue as to the possibility that it is covenent spy AI.

**Posted:** Mon Aug 30, 2004 10:37 am

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Pious means loyal. Not necessarily loyal to a God, but loyal.

**Posted:** Mon Aug 30, 2004 1:06 pm

TheDuder · Boot Joined: 12 Aug 2004 Posts: 47 Location: PEI, Canada

**Posted:** Mon Aug 30, 2004 1:24 pm

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Raveneyes · Boot Joined: 22 Aug 2004 Posts: 55 Location: NOLA

**Posted:** Mon Aug 30, 2004 1:50 pm

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Bane · Kilroy Joined: 30 Aug 2004 Posts: 2

**Posted:** Mon Aug 30, 2004 2:25 pm

CoffeeJedi

yeah, grasping at straws here on this one....that website is definitely oog

you have assess how a particular website fits in with the storyline that we're working with... that one definitely does not

**Posted:** Mon Aug 30, 2004 2:34 pm

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darquehope · Boot Joined: 11 Aug 2004 Posts: 15

Sins and Virtues

**Posted:** Mon Aug 30, 2004 3:54 pm

ABoxInABox

**Posted:** Mon Aug 30, 2004 4:24 pm

Turtle · Boot Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 13

You forgot Bungie's other equation:
7*7*7=343 (Guilty Spark)
Very Happy

**Posted:** Mon Aug 30, 2004 5:28 pm