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Subject: Cortana is not bad!
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First of all she dos not have control of master cheifs body adn the cutscene in pillar of autumm dosent count.Also she was programmed to help John and even risk her life so he could succeed,it was stated in the books.Also i think at the end of Halo 2 she was going to give gravemind FALSE information.And have you even seen the end of the level High Charity?

  • 05.13.2006 7:49 AM PDT

Posted by: ultimatearbiter
First of all she dos not have control of master cheifs body adn the cutscene in pillar of autumm dosent count.Also she was programmed to help John and even risk her life so he could succeed,it was stated in the books.Also i think at the end of Halo 2 she was going to give gravemind FALSE information.And have you even seen the end of the level High Charity?


Programmed to help John? Are you serious? Cortana is a ship-board AI. She helped John because she could and he was risking his life to get her off the Pillar of Autumn and then, Halo.

If you actually read the books, you'd know that Cortana is just about ready to die. When she left Halo had she had so much information stored from the Halo control center that her life span, the average life span of a smart AI is seven years, was knocked down to around 5 or 6. She was around 5 by the time Halo 1 started.

When AIs get close to death they go Rampant, or unbelievably insane if you will. Now, what do you think would be easier to control? Someone who's perfectly sane or someone who's more than a touch crazy? It's definately Gravemind controlling her, at least in this cutscene. It's entirely possible that if it weren't for Gravemind that Cortana wouldn't have even been able to contact the Chief. We don't know.

What we do know is this:

1) Chief's on Earth
2) Cortana's with Gravemind
3) When she was talking to Master Chief in the trailer, Gravemind's voice is heard in perfect sync with Cortana's
4) Cortana is getting close to death so she may be going crazy and cryptic on her own.

  • 05.13.2006 8:13 AM PDT


Posted By: Recon 54

Acting like pre and post pubescent idiots who feel confident behind Internet anonymity? Even though it's applicable to the majority of our members, we ask that they not do that here.

Cortana was originally designed as a companion AI for John 117 (AKA Master Chief). She was then made into a ship AI.

Also, does anybody notice that at the last part of "I know you you past your future." She gets a really soft tone in her voice. She cares for him because her intelligence and emotions are that of a female (her mind comes from a brain of a female soldier).

  • 05.13.2006 8:38 AM PDT

Posted by: metkiller joe
Cortana was originally designed as a companion AI for John 117 (AKA Master Chief). She was then made into a ship AI.

Also, does anybody notice that at the last part of "I know you you past your future." She gets a really soft tone in her voice. She cares for him because her intelligence and emotions are that of a female (her mind comes from a brain of a female soldier).



If by soldier you mean doctor, and if by doctor you mean Dr. Halsey, then yes, her brain comes from a female soldier. ;)

  • 05.13.2006 8:45 AM PDT