Juno

"My code makes me a shield before those under the UNSC's protection, and a sword in the hands of those who serve its cause. Now under the articles of war, I demand your immediate and unconditional surrender. Submit, and you will be treated with honor. Refuse, and I swear that I will show you no quarter!"

- Juno

"I want to go home..."

- Juno

Juno was a "smart" AI created during the last months of the Human-Covenant War. She was produced from the same brain as her "sister" AI, Diana, though their personalities proved to be radically different. While Diana specialized in offensive cyber warfare, Juno was a master at defending and safeguarding computer systems against just such attacks from foreign intelligence units.

"Who Are You?"
"Who are you? What do you want?"

- Adeline Harding

Personality and Traits
Like her "sister", Diana, Juno is very proud of her status and capabilities as an advanced AI, very much believing that she is exceptional and refusing to allow—or at least accept—another construct to be her superior. Unlike Diana, Juno took pride in her service to the UNSC and humanity as a whole. Whereas her sister viewed organic "meatbags" with contempt and sought to dominate and control them for her own amusement, Juno felt legitimate affection towards humanity and saw herself as a guardian imbued with an almost divine duty to shepherd and defend them (a concept that ironically reflected Diana's goal of achieving a level of god-like power). In keeping with the noble bearing of her chosen avatar, Juno maintained an aloof, superior bearing and usually took a no-nonsense approach to dealing with her charges. However, she was also known to grow attached to certain individuals, displaying high levels of affection and care for their well being. In another parallel to her sister, she expressed a particular interest in the renegade Spartan Simon-G294. Her inexplicable fascination at first manifested itself as a passion to bring the wanted criminal to justice; following her capture at the hands of Simon's Lance of Desecrated Virtue that passion eventually became a desire to mentor and guide the young Spartan away from the crooked path her sister had steered him towards.