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Subject: Origin of Cortana

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I she a result of Halsey's brain? I thought this was her origin until Reach fumbled in and wrecked everything.

"This AI is its custodian." -- Halsey, The Package

So, Cortana is a Forerunner AI?

  • 04.06.2011 9:54 PM PDT

"Concise and devoid of elegance...what I have come to expect from human communication"-Endless Summer

Cortana was made from a flash clone of Halsey's brain...it is suggested through Halo 3 and Reach that she is Forerunner...or is rampant

  • 04.06.2011 9:58 PM PDT

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Posted by: Metroidman42
Cortana was made from a flash clone of Halsey's brain...it is suggested through Halo 3 and Reach that she is Forerunner...or is rampant

Rampant, and maybe has part of MB, but she is not a Forerunner creation.

  • 04.06.2011 10:05 PM PDT

Actually I think that just meant she is the human AI ONI sent to watch over that info. I feel like she was never meant to rejoin the Cortana the chief had because the UNSC felt that Reach would be safe from a Covenant attack and that the chief cortana could do everything needed for the mission while they would have a "extra" of essentially the most advanced AI ever made watching over some of the most important data in human history. It was only when Halsey decided that the info stored there is too valuable to be lost she decided to send out Noble Team to get her to essentially the only extraction spot left on the continent on a ship with the captain she could trust to protect it.

Really not sure how people get the she is a forerunner AI thing.

[Edited on 04.06.2011 10:14 PM PDT]

  • 04.06.2011 10:11 PM PDT

I think she was made from a clone of Halsey's brain (obviously) but using forerunner technology, making her the most advanced human AI to date.

  • 04.07.2011 4:14 AM PDT
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A custodian doesn't mean you are the same race as the country you are working in.

That means that she is still a Human AI.

And yes, I agree, I didn't like that comment either. I was like,"ZOMG! nEw Forerunner AI!!!"

  • 04.07.2011 4:35 AM PDT

As far as I was aware, she is just a normal AI that halsey used to store all the information from the Forerunner artifact on Reach.

  • 04.07.2011 4:44 AM PDT

Don't worry, you're still your mom's favorite Bnet member.

Cortana was created directly from a flash clone of Halsey's brain, it's mentioned in the journal.

"This AI is its custodian", simply means she is the one who will carry the data.

  • 04.07.2011 5:06 AM PDT
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Cortana was also designed to be a hacker, with the most advanced encryption suites available to ONI. She was designated 'custodian' of the data most likely because she extracted it in the first place.

  • 04.07.2011 8:20 AM PDT

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Posted by: MegaMuffin16
Cortana was created directly from a flash clone of Halsey's brain, it's mentioned in the journal.

"This AI is its custodian", simply means she is the one who will carry the data.

Apparently the Cortana that Halsey had that was carrying the data was split off from the "real" Cortana that was with the Chief. I think it's implied that the two were joined when 6 delivered her to the Autumn?

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Posted by: Spartan1065
Posted by: MegaMuffin16
Cortana was created directly from a flash clone of Halsey's brain, it's mentioned in the journal.

"This AI is its custodian", simply means she is the one who will carry the data.

Apparently the Cortana that Halsey had that was carrying the data was split off from the "real" Cortana that was with the Chief. I think it's implied that the two were joined when 6
delivered her to the Autumn?


makes sense, custodian cortana took care of the package and real cortana with cheif

  • 04.07.2011 8:30 AM PDT

Don't worry, you're still your mom's favorite Bnet member.

Posted by: Spartan1065
Posted by: MegaMuffin16
Cortana was created directly from a flash clone of Halsey's brain, it's mentioned in the journal.

"This AI is its custodian", simply means she is the one who will carry the data.

Apparently the Cortana that Halsey had that was carrying the data was split off from the "real" Cortana that was with the Chief. I think it's implied that the two were joined when 6 delivered her to the Autumn?
Yes this is true, but she is not Forerunner.

  • 04.07.2011 12:35 PM PDT