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Subject: Cortana Journals?
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alright im sorry for making a new topic, as i hate how people keep making so many topics repeatign the same thing, but i went back 3 pages and didnt see a topic adressing this...


so what are the Cortana Journals?

someone mentioned them in one of the first debates over what Cortana says in the trailer.


Thank You in Advance

  • 05.11.2006 7:09 AM PDT
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The Cortana Letters were sent to Hamish Sinclair at Marathon's story page (sent from Bungie, no less) before Halo was announced, and seemed to be something about Bungie's earlier game Marathon. But, alas, it was about Halo. Signs of rampancy are shown in the letters, and because she's quoting from them makes it seem like Cortana will be rampant in Halo 3.

ONLY TIME WILL TELL.
-TGP-

  • 05.11.2006 7:13 AM PDT
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so rampancy is when AIs start messing up, right?

like the one did int he books. (i'm bad with names, i apologize)

  • 05.11.2006 7:14 AM PDT
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In the Halo 3 announcement trailer displayed at E3 2006, Cortana makes a brief appearance with some key signs of rampancy. Her image appears in brief "flickers," and her voice has a grainy distortion to it. The corruption of images was also used extensively in Marathon as the AIs progressed through their rampancy. Also, her speech patterns, including phrases such as "I have defied gods and demons" and "I know you; your past, your future" resemble the prophetic megalomania demonstrated by Durandal. In the Halo 3 trailer it appears that the Gravemind may have lead Cortana to this.

In the Halo 3 storyboard pictures, there is a single picture of what looks to be Cortana in great distress.

Taken from Wikipedia, full article can be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rampancy
(very helpful)

  • 05.11.2006 7:20 AM PDT
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thank you, very informative.

Also, those who havn't read the cortana letters should

they are interesting

  • 05.11.2006 7:24 AM PDT