- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Hybrid
I assume that by Gods, she means the Covenant.
and by Demons, she means the Flood.
her speech could very well have many meanings if it is put forth into the game itself. She could be talking to the Master Chief, trying to boost his moral... Or she could be talking to the Human race as a whole, referring to herself or her and the Master Chief.
I have defied Gods and Demons
I am your shield, I am your sword
I know you, your past, your future
This is the way the world ends.
I have stood against the Covenant and the Flood.
I have defended your race, I have assaulted your enemy.
I know the secret of your past (the Forerunner/human thing) and I know the prophecy of your future.
This is the way the world is supposed to end...
But I'll be damned if I'll let that happen!
If you sit down and analyze it... it really sounds like a speech made by Cortana on behalf of herself and the Master Chief to whomever is left on Earth, in an attempt to give them hope.
I like your theories, although this one I disagree with. Cortana had the chance to broadcast one message to Master Chief and this is all she said. In my opinion she could've said alot more morale boosting things than this. In fact i'd go as far as saying her words are actually anti-morale. Granted, she may have been weary of her words being intercepted so she spoke in code, but personally I believe that this is not cortana at all, and that she is being forced to say this by Gravemind. Most of these sound like taunts.
"I am your shield, I am your sword" - Chief, I have your only real weapon, you will fail without cortana.
"I know you, your past, your future" - And with your AI under my control there is nothing about you I cannot learn.
"This is the way the world should end" - So stop trying to fight it(?) Although her change in tone at this point suggests she may have said this of her own free will.
Also note the occasional breakthrough of Gravemind's voice over cortana, and cortana's apparent struggle to speak. I think this is either the Gravemind's crude control of Cortana's speech, or Cortana resisting control.
[Edited on 5/21/2006]