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[SPEC] Kumal's Sister=Sleeping Princess
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fyzle
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Re: [SPEC] Kumal's Sister=Sleeping Princess

More supports:
AlexofMaceidon wrote:

what do you do with the emotions of a 6-year-old that are attached to that same human brain.

What if you just bottled them up, say, in a GLASS COFFIN (perfect symbolism because everyone thinks she's dead) When Durga tryies to look at herself, she would be reflected by the surface of this "glass coffin".


Sleeping Princess.

AlexofMaceidon wrote:

"I've always been good with languages."


Durga's influence on SP during the time SP is creeped out when Durga listens to the chatter net.

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Another support:

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So there was this guy, saying, wouldn't it be creepy if someone was listening to us right now—and of course I WAS listening to him! And I got to thinking, what if someone was listening to ME? And what if someone else was listening to THEM?

!analyze Princess fail

It seems to reference when Durga and Jersey were talking after Jersey turned off the music.

"So there was this guy, saying, wouldn't it be creepy if someone was listening to us right now—and of course I WAS listening to him!"
Spec: SP hears some of what Durga hears.

"And I got to thinking, what if someone was listening to ME? And what if someone else was listening to THEM?"
Spec: SP shares some of Durga's thoughts.

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Wow.... that last post was awesome... Mystery solved. Kamal's Sister is the Sleeping Princess. Let that be Fact.
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DeceptaconS wrote:
Wow.... that last post was awesome... Mystery solved. Kamal's Sister is the Sleeping Princess. Let that be Fact.


Right. SP+Durga= the AI mapped from Kamal's sister.

However:
We still don't know if the real Kamal's sister is doing anything in the story. Some speculate that Jan may be Kamal's sister. I do not have enough evidence to support or refute that speculation, yet.

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Thanks for all the gratitude on the initial post guys, and I do apologize for my spelling, this whole thing hit my like a ton of bricks while I was having dinner last night, and I needed to write it down before I forgot the finer detals that make the theory so friggen cool.

As for this multipul personality buisiness, I really think that she was a whole, real person before she was an AI (why would the miltiary take a girl with Multipul Personality Disorder into a program for exceptionally cool human beings like a Spartan-III type program?)

I think what really happened, was that the miltiary somehow took all of the logical parts of the brain they could, and stuck the rest in the glass coffin. They couldn't do this perfectly, so Durga still has some human parts to her, which is why her intractions with Jersey can take a very human tone ("I am a very curious girl") also, if the coffin was perfect, Durga probably would have had her own computer type name, and she never would have had to wonder about why she is reflected.

So Durga (we can assume at this point) is a fully functional (if imperfect) version of the thing that is infecting ilovebees, but in the crash, somehow the progging was maimed and KS's emotions were bottled away. The queen doesn't want her out of the coffin, because she knows its wrong for KS to be out (probably some strange progging protocol added in) so she desperatley (how do you spell that, maybe I should type these posts in word so I can spell check 'em first) trys to catch our little SP and shove her back in a fixed coffin.

So there you go, I think the multiple personalties were cause by the military trying to take only what they wanted from the human brain, not from nature, or bed time stories.

but I wish I had some more evidence to back this up.

As for age, I'm pretty sure she would be refering to the fact that she existed before PF and Melissa, as a human.

Question: where did this seven year age for AI's come from? Is it another thing from the Halo books?


PS: I am really psyched about the response on this thread, I honestly expected to be told to shit down and shut up because 120 people had thought that up already and it had been soundly disproven as well.
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There is a small problem of consistency within the universe. All we really know about the characters in this world is the contact we've had with them and the information we've obtained by means of Halo (such as the manual or the novels). The other really important thing is Occam's Razor. We know that "genetically ideal" people were taken at or around the age of six for introduction into the Spartan Program (I believe this is in the Fall of Reach, but I'm not sure).
Conclusion from the wav files: Kamal's sister was "perfect" and was taken. The creation of an AI program from a child seems to me to be very unlikely. While it would explain personality quirks in the Sleeping Princess, the question is: why would they make an AI out of a child? Sure, it makes a great plot device, but Bungie it seems to me has always been more practical.
The other thing I don't tend to believe is the merging of the Durga/SP AIs. First of all, we have no proof that Durga is in fact in the same position as anyone(thing?) on ILB. In fact, we have some proof that this is not true.
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Conjecture:
The voices are in some way related to my accident.
Because of the damage, I am unable to accurately assess the nature of the voices.
By broadcasting the voices to my crew, they will be able to assess the damage.
Once assessed, the damage can be repaired.

Seems to me that she would be able to recognize herself. If there is a connection, I would say that Durga = Melissa. The curious girl and other similar quotes don't immediately lend themselves to an AI created out of a child, due to the fact that Cortana says similar "color self-commentary" things herself during Halo.
Of course, the question is, where did SP come from? We know that the cylinder that they picked up was a Covenant artifact (or at least the naval guys *think* it was Covenant) and that after they picked it up Melissa started acting screwy. Melissa herself said that she felt things "moving around." While some have interpreted this as the Pious Flea coming onboard, I myself think that the Pious Flea wouldn't have that much size to it, certainly not enough to cause Melissa to take notice. I think the Sleeping Princess would, however.

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ok, Ill admit that my entire theory hinges on the creation of AI out of a human, but not necessarily a 6-year-old girl. Once the flash clone is created and sent off, they could have given Ysmine (kumal's sister's name, I went on to the sight and looked it up myself, as far as spelling goes, my guess is as good as anyone elses) training up to any point until they stuck her mind into a computer and sealed off her human emotions. As a matter of fact, they may have just finished her, and she immediately escaped to Jersey (the survive, evade, whatever montra is probably from her military training days) but I like to think she was being used by the government, and she wanted to know more about herself, and she knew she'd never find out more with these people, so she escaped.

At what age was Kumal when his sister died, my bet would be 11-12, as he was very pal-y with her, which suggests he hadn't gone through puberty at the time (teenagers are so anxy). He has now graduated medical school. They probably trained her for so long, and then stuck her mind into a computer. (as for being able to do this, if you can interface a human with cybernetic parts that interact directly to the brain, I think its a small jump to take that brain and make it all just the machine parts)

As to the reasone why, this is very simple. You must have heard your elementary school teacher tell you this a million times. "Your brain is the most powerful computer" do you realize that programming a machine with the capabilities of your mind is probably imposible? Your brain can analyze any situation, come up with an appropriate reasponce, all in the matter of a few seconds. Why wouldn't you want to harness that kind of power in an AI designed for spy work?

The SP wouldn't have to be a child's mind, so much as a human's desires, and this human's desires definitly would have been for a long lost childhood, stolen by the government.

As for your "evidence" those voices are probably a memory failure on Melissa's part, memory that she accumulated as Durga. Haven't you noticed that the ONLY common link between these 3 people is the observation of Durga?

you said that you think SP came abourd on the covenent artifact, but that is so obviously the PF. The PF destroyed the SPDF, why? because the SPDF's purpose was to fix Melissa, a thing that a covenant program designed to mess up chatters wouldn't want. also notice the change in Melissa/Durga's montra from Survive Evade Reveal Escape, adding in Seek the truth, Behold the Truth, Reveal the Truth. so sometimes you'll see on the sight Survive Evade Reveal Seek, or some other strange combination of the seven things. The Flea is obviously messing up Melissa on a very basic level. As for the size thing, just because Pious flea is little in the progging world, doesnt mean that he's not big in the real world.

The size of that cylinder has nothing to do with the size of the program, and how else do you suppose PF made it into the system, if not by way of that cylinder, and why project a program into the ai, if its stuck in a coffin until the ship is crashed and destroyed...

it seems your theory has more plot holes then mine.
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KS+ONI=Operator

I'm glad to see a thread about this...I was about to post this theory myself. Now I don't have to type so much. YAY.

To clarify here's a quote from the Library:

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Artificial Intelligence was developed by the UNSC in cooperation with ONI. The process of creating an AI is different than most people realize. Instead of simply "programming" an AI, the AI matrix is actually created by sending electric bursts through the neural pathways of a human brain which are then replicated in a superconducting nano-assemblage. This destroys the original brain tissue however, and so the brain being used could only be obtained after the host had died. However, in some instances, as in the case of the AI "Cortana", the candidate brain was flash-cloned and had it's memories transferred to the recepticle organs so that the host, Dr. Catherine Halsey, could remain alive.


Now it's not hard to imagine an ONI operation where instead of stealing promising children and inducting them into the Spartan-II program the children were used to create Smart AI. The most recent wav files seem to suggest exactly this.

If this is true, and in my mind it is, then I wonder if KS is still alive...did they use the flash-clone technique as Halsey did, or did they burn KS and raise Melissa from the pyre like a phoenix?

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fyzle wrote:


"So there was this guy, saying, wouldn't it be creepy if someone was listening to us right now—and of course I WAS listening to him!"
Spec: SP hears some of what Durga hears.

"And I got to thinking, what if someone was listening to ME? And what if someone else was listening to THEM?"
Spec: SP shares some of Durga's thoughts.


DeceptaconS wrote:
Wow.... that last post was awesome... Mystery solved. Kamal's Sister is the Sleeping Princess. Let that be Fact.


Nope, she's been listening to what the Queen has been transmitting to us. She's said so several times.

Though, I'm not against the idea of the SP being somehow connected to Kamal's sister...
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Sister's name

Yasmin - Arabic, I believe; westernized "Jasmine."

I also thought it could be "Esme" - short for Esmeralda. Somehow, though, Yasmin seems to go with Kamal better.

I have one question regarding the theories here. Kamal said that his sister consistently had fits of paranoia - from what we know now were probably real people snooping around her house. Where does this show up in either the Durga, Melissa, or SP's personalities? If the AI was taken directly from Yasmin, we should be seeing spontaneous fits of crippling paranoid fear - effectively we should see the AI running to her big brother's room for comfort.

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Re: Sister's name

toenolla wrote:
Yasmin - Arabic, I believe; westernized "Jasmine."

I also thought it could be "Esme" - short for Esmeralda. Somehow, though, Yasmin seems to go with Kamal better.

I have one question regarding the theories here. Kamal said that his sister consistently had fits of paranoia - from what we know now were probably real people snooping around her house. Where does this show up in either the Durga, Melissa, or SP's personalities? If the AI was taken directly from Yasmin, we should be seeing spontaneous fits of crippling paranoid fear - effectively we should see the AI running to her big brother's room for comfort.


When SP climbs up the staircase in the castle to spy on the queen, she sees a mirror and assumes that the queen placed it there for the sole purpose of catching SP red handed.

I'd say that's pretty paranoid. My first thought about the queen's mirror would be that she used it to look at herself.

But, just like the paranoia about bad men creeping around outside, SP's fear turns out to be true when the Queen unleashes a tempertantrum and chases after SP.

And

When Jersey says he should give back Durga - Durga has an emotional response. She subconciously still thinks the Government are the Bad Men.

And

When Jersey suggests that someone could be watching them, Durga says that no one is - because she "would know"

That implies that Durga is monitoring every connection adjacent to her position. Is that not paranoid enough?

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AlexofMaceidon wrote:
you said that you think SP came abourd on the covenent artifact, but that is so obviously the PF. The PF destroyed the SPDF, why? because the SPDF's purpose was to fix Melissa, a thing that a covenant program designed to mess up chatters wouldn't want. also notice the change in Melissa/Durga's montra from Survive Evade Reveal Escape, adding in Seek the truth, Behold the Truth, Reveal the Truth. so sometimes you'll see on the sight Survive Evade Reveal Seek, or some other strange combination of the seven things. The Flea is obviously messing up Melissa on a very basic level. As for the size thing, just because Pious flea is little in the progging world, doesnt mean that he's not big in the real world.

The size of that cylinder has nothing to do with the size of the program, and how else do you suppose PF made it into the system, if not by way of that cylinder, and why project a program into the ai, if its stuck in a coffin until the ship is crashed and destroyed...

Isn't it still current SPEC that the Pious Flea rode the Covenant transmission that Melissa decoded to be about the planned glassing of Troy? Your list of evidence about the Flea only makes it plain that he's Covie, not that he rode the artifact, which I'm still comfortable believing is Forerunner.
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Platonix wrote:
Your list of evidence about the Flea only makes it plain that he's Covie, not that he rode the artifact, which I'm still comfortable believing is Forerunner.


It seems the PM's are using the Forerunner artifact as a way to explain HOW Melissa's memories are from the FUTURE and how WE are listening to them in the PRESENT.

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AlexofMaceidon wrote:
ok, Ill admit that my entire theory hinges on the creation of AI out of a human, but not necessarily a 6-year-old girl. Once the flash clone is created and sent off, they could have given Ysmine (kumal's sister's name, I went on to the sight and looked it up myself, as far as spelling goes, my guess is as good as anyone elses) training up to any point until they stuck her mind into a computer and sealed off her human emotions. As a matter of fact, they may have just finished her, and she immediately escaped to Jersey (the survive, evade, whatever montra is probably from her military training days) but I like to think she was being used by the government, and she wanted to know more about herself, and she knew she'd never find out more with these people, so she escaped.


To add another angle to your speculation about Yasmin's conversion to an AI.

First, some background to the speculation. The SPARTAN-II project took young kids and gave them the best combat and strategic training that Earth could muster, up to the age of about 18-21 (not sure). It was only later that they were subjected to the treatments that boosted their physical and mental powers. However, out of 75 SPARTANs going through treatment, 30 died and 12 were crippled. The crippled SPARTANs, while unable to join combat, were still very smart and expert tacticians. They were carted off to ONI to help out with research and tactical planning.

Now, what if Yasmin was one of those 'failed' SPARTANs? She was obviously a smart and resourceful kid even at 6, and she had a knack for languages, traits that are valued in espionage and intel gathering. Could it be possible that ONI, as part of 'research', took her brain signature in an attempt to make a 'super-intrusion-spy' AI? ONI would probably have had to repress any latent memories of her former self, to minimize chance of rebellion.

This would explain why Durga (the main intrusion program, made of the parts of Yasmin's mind ONI kept) is good at ghosting nearly anyone, and familiar with ONI security protocols. Her SPARTAN training would explain the "Evade, Resist, etc" mantra, which is reminiscent of military infiltration procedures, as well how she eliminates those in her way without hesitation.

At the same time, she is influenced by the memories ONI sealed away (aka Sleeping Princess), which leads her to spy on Kamal. Nearly all the elements that ONI would not want in and infiltration AI (sentimentality, questioning orders, disruptive paranoia) seem to be manifesting in the Sleeping Princess.

Finally, because I've already typed enough, could it be possible that the Forerunner artifact is an advanced version of the blue crystal found in "First Strike"? If so, it's power to warp time and space would be greater. Which opens the possibility that while Durga escaped the Apocalypso's crash and landed in the future, the parts of her core that were sealed away (ie, Sleeping Princess) were affected by the artifact and sent back in time to here.

There, more grist for the mill. Hope it's not all chaff.
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Count Zero, I love you.

You took my random theories from my 3rd post and backed them up with storyline evidence from the halo books... I would hug you if you were near enough.

And as refering to the artifact, looking back at the "artifact" tape in recipe3.html, we see that Melissa had a case of the "pious fleas" before they found the artifact, so my argument in that respect collapses in on itself.

sorry there platonix.

well its late for me, and I have high school on the morrow. Ill probably get back on next saturday. Hope to see you guys then.
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