Ninth Generation Artificial Intelligence

Development
After the capturing of Forerunner technology, particularly the technology that created the FT-1 AI Core, all other artificial intelligence research ground to a halt in order to attempt to reverse engineer this technology.

For the first four years progress on cracking the technology was slow as the computers ONI had available were not equipped to support the FT-1. Studies during this time were comparable to the experiments done with the experiments done with the Large Hadron Collider] in the early 21st century, in that they were able to create a reaction that only lasted a few milliseconds at most, but broke apart too fast for any meaningful observations to be made.

In 2560 the Dark Space Shipyards were completed, along with bleeding-edge supercomputers capable of sustaining the core of and FT-1 AI for an indefinite amount of time.

The first ninth generation artificial intelligence, dubbed "Alpha," was successfully created in 2563 and was sustained for one year before going rampant. The power was cut and a system-wide purge was initiated, wiping the AI from any and all databases.

During that one year quantum leaps were made in the technology used to create and hold the processes of an artificial intelligence. The first innovation was the limited ability to stabilize the core of an existing AI, thus extending its lifespan by an indefinite amount of time. However, tests have shown that the younger an AI is, the more this process will extend its lifespan.

Known Ninth generation AIs

 * Alpha - First ninth generation AI created. Destroyed one year after creation.
 * Omega - First stable 9th generation AI created. Is still active today.
 * Deep Ocean - Powerful AI specializing in infiltration, intelligence gathering, and battle planning.
 * Element - Security AI.