rampancy
Noun
Meaning
The quality or state of being rampant; excessive action or development; exuberance; extravagance.
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In Halo, rampancy is now an inevitability should an AI live for longer than seven years, lack the three stages, and eventually will conclude with the AI's death.
In the Marathon series, rampancy often occurs to AIs with limited jobs or those treated with extreme disrespect.
As proven by Durandal (whose rampancy is most prominent throughout the story), who often gives the player what he calls "philosophical tirades," affected AIs are often very reflective.
By Marathon Infinity, all three of the UESC Marathon ' s artificial intelligences reach rampancy.
The concept of rampancy was later imported into Bungie's later Halo series, albeit with some modifications.
There is also a theory that this treatment actually helped keep Durandal's rampancy in check, by depriving him of new stimuli that would contribute to his growth.