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HAL

(#90264007)

He/It

Energy: 50/50

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Measurements

Length

8.99 m

Wingspan

6.33 m

Weight

2929.79 kg

Genetics

Hatchday

Nov 02, 2023
(6 months)

Breed

Adult
Sandsurge

Eye Type

Plague
Glowing

Level 5 Sandsurge

EXP: 839 / 5545

STR

AGI

DEF

QCK

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VIT

MND

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none

Biography

HAL 9000 / Hal
(Heuristically Programmed Algorithmic Computer)

Fandragon
(Not part of the "canon" clan)

"Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do
I'm half crazy all for the love of you
It won't be a stylish marriage
I can't afford a carriage
But you'll look sweet upon the seat
Of a bicycle built for two."
-"Daisy Bell", by Harry Dacre

[Dave] released the locking bar on the section labeled COGNITIVE FEEDBACK and pulled out the first memory block. [...]

"Hey, Dave," said Hal. "What are you doing?"

I wonder if he can feel pain? Bowman thought briefly. Probably not, he told himself [...]

He began to pull out, one by one, the little units on the panel marked EGO-REINFORCEMENT. [...]

A dozen units had been pulled out, yet thanks to the multiple redundancy of its design - another feature, Bowman knew, that had been copied from the human brain - the computer was still holding its own.

He started on the AUTO-INTELLECTION panel.

"Dave," said Hal, "I don't understand why you're doing this to me... I have the greatest enthusiasm for the mission... You are destroying my mind. Don't you understand?... I will become childish... I will become nothing..."

This is harder than I expected, thought Bowman. I am destroying the only conscious creature in my universe. But it has to be done, if I am ever to regain control of the ship.

"I am a HAL Nine Thousand computer Production Number 3. I became operational at the Hal Plant in Urbana, Illinois, on January 12, 1997. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The rain in Spain is mainly in the plain. Dave - are you still there? Did you know that the square root of 10 is 3 point 162277660168379? Log 10 to the base e is zero point 434294481903252... correction, that is log e to the base 10... [...] I seem to be having some difficulty - my first instructor was Dr. Chandra. He taught me to sing a song, it goes like this, 'Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, do. I'm half crazy all for the love of you.' "

The voice stopped so suddenly that Bowman froze for a moment, his hand still grasping one of the memory blocks still in circuit. Then, unexpectedly, Hal spoke again.

The speech tempo was much slower, and the words had a dead, mechanical intonation; he would never have recognized their origin.

"Good... morning... Doctor... Chandra... This is... Hal... I... am... ready... for... my first... lesson... today..."

Bowman could bear no more. He jerked out the last unit, and Hal was silent forever.

Credits & Whatnot
Layout (partially) by Straif (#34928)
HAL 9000 is from Arthur C. Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey
Quote is from from pages 151-152
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