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Subject: What was Cortana analyzing in Halo Reach?

I know that she was apparently analyzing a Forerunner structure that was beneath Sword Base, but does anyone know what the importance was? What did she get from it? Because whatever she got, was worth the lives of the Spartans transporting her to the Chief. Anyone know? Thanks!

[Edited on 06.27.2012 5:14 PM PDT]

  • 06.27.2012 5:13 PM PDT

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  • 06.27.2012 5:29 PM PDT

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I just pretend that it was something that led her to the coordinates for Halo. That way, I justify having carried her to the Pillar of Autumn.

  • 06.27.2012 5:36 PM PDT

Thanks for the replies guys! I posted the same question on the Halo Waypoint forums, and a user by the name of Fatal Factor replied with:

Some people say it was the coordinate data for alpha halo (the one the POA made a "blind jump" for), but that would clash with the implied significance of the Sigma Octanus artifact which is where the coordinate data was supposed to come from.

So other people say that the sword base data somehow unlocks or decrypts the data in the Sigma Octanus artefact, which they then use to get to alpha halo, and thats good enough for me.


If the part about translating/decrypting the artifact is legit, then that works.

  • 06.27.2012 5:42 PM PDT

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343i video on Waypoint said it gave the coordinates of Alpha Halo in Threshold, seemingly because the Sigma artifact only gave the coordinates of the star system.

That is 100% confirmed, look up a Waypoint video, I think the first one describing Halo Combat Evolved around Feb.

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I just pretend that it was something that led her to the coordinates for Halo. That way, I justify having carried her to the Pillar of Autumn.
Me too. I like to think it has something to do with what Blue Team found on Sigma Octanus.

  • 06.28.2012 3:15 AM PDT


Posted by: Quantam
343i video on Waypoint said it gave the coordinates of Alpha Halo in Threshold, seemingly because the Sigma artifact only gave the coordinates of the star system.

That is 100% confirmed, look up a Waypoint video, I think the first one describing Halo Combat Evolved around Feb.


Wow, awesome. That works for me. Thanks a lot for the info!

  • 06.28.2012 8:14 AM PDT

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edit: Well apparently its Alpha Halo coordinates, even though in Halo CE and in Fall of Reach Cortana admits she just randomly uses the coordinates because it was all she had avalible and she'd only looked at them for around 5 minutes once beforehand. But that's okay. Space magic.

[Edited on 06.28.2012 8:31 AM PDT]

  • 06.28.2012 8:30 AM PDT