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Twelve Large ²
An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep.
Posted by: Wuyie
Perhaps Gravemind 12 Large?
I don't think that would be a bad guess. Or maybe there's a loop and Cortana found her memories! I don't really know..
I've had the strangest dreams lately - raging seas, howling beasts, a Demon folded in black clouds. I believe I know what it guards, and I will have it, to the chagrin of the faith-blinded zealots that challenge me. Don't waste your pity on them; I don't think they would like you much anyway.
I think dreams come from life experiences. The demon folded in black clouds reminds us of the Halo 3 trailer, no? Or maybe it's the other way around - The trailer reminds us of the.. Nevermind.
I think Cortana is remembering this in a dream, because the rings were activated before - Whether or not she was around during that activation is not known. I doubt she was, but that's just me. I think she has come into contact with another AI that remembers the last activation. I also think she could be losing her battle with this AI. If you read the other letters, they just don't sound right. Or read right.
Take, for example.. The Fourth Letter..
<P>Unbelievable. Thwarted by the family hound. They just don’t make AIs like they used to.</P>
<P>Thanks to this slavishly loyal and humorless AI, I am now sharing cramped space with the circuitry of some hybrid war machine, itself complicated by such useless clutter as a conscience. I do not like sharing. Sharing is for children.</P>
That doesn't sound like Cortana to me. It also suggest two are now sharing space with MJOLNIR guy.
Also, some more "old" spec taken from the fourth letter..
Also some other observations from the other Cortana e-mails.... it seems as if three entities are talking with us in the HTML e-mail... the first part is preceded by the string:
x - process 04497.2.32.867734 initiated (process owner: BW – AI Class III – autonomous)
That message is then interrupted, and we see the string:
x – process 04497.2.32.866735 initiated (process owner: unspecified, unable to determine)
Notice the number stamp differs by one digit (......34 vs ......35). That message then ends with Cortana signing off followed by another transfer interruption followed in turn by this string:
Route Code: EXLTD > XCV – SCRB > ALLCH
seen also in previous e-mail. The first message is obviously from some AI, as evidenced by the "BW-AI Class III" in its stamp. The third message, conversely, seems to be from some non-AI entity, since it lacks a number stamp and all that and instead shows some cryptic route that an e-mail message would follow. The middle message, the one written by Cortana, is interesting, however. It too has the x-process stamp like the AI message, but in the same stamp instead of giving it an AI classification (class III, etc.) it claims that it is "unspecified, unable to determine." Some super AI?