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Subject: Interesting....(Cortana and Gravemind)
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I was think abit about all the speculation of what Gravemind was asking of Cortana. What did he want to know? But I think I found a simple answer to this.

In the High Charity level of Halo 2, Cortana mentions that the Forerunner ship in the middle of the city is the power source of High Charity. As we all know, Truth takes the ship with Chief in it and slipspace to Earth. So this would let us assume that High Charity is now without power. And also through evidence in the last cutscene between Cortana and Gravemind shows that the rooms were very dark, also showing that High Charity is without power.

Now Gravemind, being a Flood (or most evidence shows he is), what would the one thing he/she/it would want most? Some of you would answer the location of Earth: big Flood buffet. Gravemind would want to go there and it would help the Flood get a foothold in the universe again. But High Charity is without power maing its slispace engines worthless. This is where Cortana comes in: Cortana with her vast knowledge of Covenant tech would be the best person (umm AI) for the job for finding away to bring power back to High Charity.

Gravemind is using Cortana to make High Charity slipspace capable again; allowing for
Gravemind and the Flood to get to Earth.

EDIT: Another possible reason why Gravemind would want to get to Earth would be for the Ark. As we know, the Ark is capable of remote activating all the Halos. Assuming the Ark is on the Earth (I doubt that big Forerunner structure in the H3 trailer is a Forerunner version of Burger King), wouldn't Gravemind want to disable/destory the largest threat to the Flood's on going existance? The answer is yes.


[Edited on 7/24/2006]

  • 07.24.2006 6:20 PM PDT
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Certainly possible, but we probably won't know until Halo 3 or one of
the books comes out. Good sound theory though, makes sense.

  • 07.24.2006 6:22 PM PDT
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I Think Gravemind Abused Cortana...... Cortana must activate In Amber Clad Main Reactor To say Flood and Gravemind GoodBye

  • 07.24.2006 6:25 PM PDT
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yah or this is a joke

grave mind was asking cortana to marry him lol

  • 07.24.2006 6:27 PM PDT
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Flood already have ships.

  • 07.24.2006 6:28 PM PDT
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I count one: Amber Clad. The last time I saw that one was rammed into the walls of High Charity. As for the Pelicans, they do not have slipspcae engines, meaning it would take a VERY long time for them to get to Earth and even so, they would most likely run out of fuel. Unless the Flood got hold of some other Covenant ships we do not know of, the only ship the Flood currently have is High Charity.

  • 07.24.2006 6:33 PM PDT
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Posted by: Elite0021
I Think Gravemind Abused Cortana...... Cortana must activate In Amber Clad Main Reactor To say Flood and Gravemind GoodBye


i think there's a problem with that. if gravemind has access to halo's subsystems, and can control cortana (which we can infer from the trailer), then i think he can prevent her from detonating those reactors.

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Posted by: MSAT07
I count one: Amber Clad. The last time I saw that one was rammed into the walls of High Charity. As for the Pelicans, they do not have slipspcae engines, meaning it would take a VERY long time for them to get to Earth and even so, they would most likely run out of fuel. Unless the Flood got hold of some other Covenant ships we do not know of, the only ship the Flood currently have is High Charity.


Ok, what about the covenant fleet outside which is conviniently distracted having a civil war. If their is no power why is cortonna alive. The flood could even most likely rebuild the amber clad, the way they infest other vehicles.

  • 07.24.2006 6:40 PM PDT
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no no the most likely sicnerio would be that
gravemind asked cortana to marry him
that would shure be as funny as hell i nthe game or at least in a book

  • 07.24.2006 6:46 PM PDT
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cortana and the flood will return but gravemind will fale in his attempt to stop the ark the halos will be activated and everyone will die

  • 07.24.2006 6:56 PM PDT
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Gravemind has made a deal with Cortana. She helps Gravemind escape to Earth where she doublecrosses MC. Her subsystems were damaged from the Forerunner ship detaching from High Charity and she need to get to Earth to use Installation 01's computer system to save herself. Gravemind knows where the entrace to the hidden installation is.

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Posted by: Nachos Martini
Gravemind has made a deal with Cortana. She helps Gravemind escape to Earth where she doublecrosses MC. Her subsystems were damaged from the Forerunner ship detaching from High Charity and she need to get to Earth to use Installation 01's computer system to save herself. Gravemind knows where the entrace to the hidden installation is.

One problem with that. Cortana cannot betray the UNSE. her programming would prevent that.
Unless she goes rampant, but then I doubt she would be able to do much with 90+% of her code corrupted.

  • 07.24.2006 7:52 PM PDT
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no it wouldnt be hell as funny as it would be if the grave mind asked cortana to marry him

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  • 07.24.2006 8:02 PM PDT
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Posted by: hunterm90
Certainly possible, but we probably won't know until Halo 3 or one of
the books comes out. Good sound theory though, makes sense.


I agree with you. Are they making more books?

  • 07.24.2006 8:05 PM PDT

Well that'd be a real life scenerio ;) All bungie is looking for is a good story line with some twists. So this theory of cortana betraying the UNSC seems very realistic to me.

  • 07.24.2006 8:11 PM PDT