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Posted by: Coach Syberion
Hey idiot did I say I wanted him to return? No I said I wanted to learn more about him and no Cortana was not created in 2549. where are your references at least I gave mine. At least I gave a specific chapter to a novel you just said novels.
Why don't you sit down and cool off? I never said you wanted him to return. Read properly:
frankly why anyone would want such a horrid character to return is beyond me.
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Also Halo reach is a knockoff of the series so Dr. Halsey's journal is a knockoff as well. She had nothing to do with the spartan 3 project or training whatsoever.
1) I never said or even so much as insinuated that Halsey had anything to do with the S-III Project, once again you're just putting words in my mouth. Refrain from being a bollocks like that.
2) Halsey's journal is established canon, Frankie cites it as canonical numerous times for instance in this video with Miranda Keyes being Halsey's daughter (04:50).
Really its pathetic how your arguing against me with the same references but without specific details on where to find the information.
It's funny because what's more pathetic than anything is how you took anything said against you as a personal affront. This suggests you need to grow up, let's do a quick Google search about this all, shall we? I'll even guide you through it!
Firstly, let's Google "Cortana 2549" - the year I say, and the established year in canon she's said to be created.
Well would you just look at all those bolded words! Here's a few I'll pick yout:
Cortana. Biographical information. Began service. November 7, 2549.
This year can be figured out by taking the year Cortana was made in (2549/11/07) and adding seven years.
2549 November 7: Cortana is created from Dr. Catherine Halsey's flash-cloned brain.
Now for the icing on the cake, from 343i themselves. The official RED FLAG document. So what does it say about Cortana here?
CORTANA
SERVICE NUMBER: CTN 0452-9
ACTIVATION DATE: November 7, 2549
BRANCH: UNSC Navy, Office of Naval Intelligence
RANK: Smart AI Construct ~ page 2
That's funny, it seems to directly tie into the date in Halsey's journal and the date repeated over and over.
Also, I know you're saying that whole thing about "began service", well here's your definitive answer. It says "ACTIVATION DATE".
Now, let's Google the date you say she was created in. "Cortana 2542"
And what's the first thing to come up? 'List of inconsistencies in Halo'... Let's look into that, shall we? Oh my, well here's something you should check:
On page 282, after chapter 31, when the Covenant first enter Epsilon Erandi System, it states that the year is 2542, when it should be 2552. It continues this right up until the end of the book. This was obviously a typo.
Well now, I seem to remember the massive controversy over the following years that The Fall of Reach had numerous canonical inconsistencies with the series - such as humanity first encountering Elites in 2552 when we know that's not true. '2542' was a misprint, Cortana was created by Halsey flash cloning her brain in 2549 - I say it, everyone else is saying it and, most importantly, 343i is saying it. You're wrong.
EDIT: Note that I deplore having to use the Halo wikis as sources, yet if you have half a brain you can recognise that what they say is reflected directly by what 343i has said.
[Edited on 06.17.2012 3:35 AM PDT]