Roland (AI)

"Attention all hands. Prep for slipspace jump."

- Roland before the Second Battle of Requiem

Roland (Service Number: RLD 02 05-4) is the AI in service of the.

History
Roland was put in service on board the on December 5, 2557 after the original AI on the Infinity was destroyed after crash landing. He took part in commanding the UNSC forces during the Second Battle of Requiem.

Personality
Roland is usually polite when bored, but when excited, he can become annoying, and particularly enjoys mocking SPARTAN Jared Miller. He has also been known to joke with Officers such as Sarah Palmer and Thomas Lasky whilst in a combat situation.

Trivia

 * Roland takes the appearance of an American bomber pilot during WWII.
 * In the third Episode of Spartan Ops, Roland stated that he "could fly the Infinity without human aid'. This has been stated in various games and books that AIs are not capable of this. Therefore, Roland may have been either boasting or exaggerating.
 * Roland and Jared Miller appear to have a rivalry, but towards the end of the Second Battle of Requiem it appears to be more of a friendly rivalry.
 * Roland's override code phrase is "undid iridium".
 * Curiously, Roland was able to resist the activation of his override code. He accomplished this by seemingly creating partitions of himself; similar to the way Cortana did, and then merging the copy to himself. This allowed him to gradually regain control over himself.
 * Roland's name could possibly come from that of Roland Garros, French aviator and World War I fighter pilot, and the first person to cross the Mediterranean by air.

List of appearances

 * Halo 4
 * Spartan Ops
 * Halo: Spartan Assault