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Re: the story thus far
Posted By: Ben Schodek <schodek@mediaone.net>Date: 10/3/99 11:20 p.m.

In Response To: Re: the story thus far (SiliconDream)

> Well, we know Cortana must be a human AI, given its name and
> glib references to Earth literature. And it's obviously rampant.
> So I think it might be the AI which controlled the troop
> transport, and it went rampant and caused the transport's crash,
> then entered whatever computer systems were left behind on the
> Halo so that it could continue to expand. Alternatively, Cortana
> may have originally inhabited a network back in Sol territory,
> gone rampant, and "stowed away" on the transport when
> the humans tried to purge the system. In this case the
> "slavishly loyal and humorless AI" which opposes it
> might be the AI which originally commanded the transport. After
> the ship crashlands, the ship-AI manages to purge Cortana from
> the onboard systems; Cortana escapes into the circuitry of one
> of the cyborgs (you.) Hence its complaint about "sharing
> cramped space with the circuitry of some hybrid war
> machine."

> Also note that Cortana says of the Covenant that "they own
> nothing which they have not stolen." So apparently their
> technological superiority is due to their having looted the
> technology of more advanced races. Maybe they were already
> planning to invade the Halo and steal its tech, having done this
> to many other ancient artifacts in the past. I remember that the
> Pfhor also used stolen technology (such as the trih xeem, taken
> from the Jjaro.) I guess Bungie has to use the same explanation
> for the aliens' superiority every time, since the alternative is
> that they're just smarter than us (in which case fighting them
> wouldn't be much gun.)

> --SiliconDream

Why is the ai obviously rampant? It certainly isn't that obvious to me, even after reading the letters. And about cortana being cramped up in a cyborg, are you sure thats you? its an interesting notion, while you playing halo youd always have this anoying ai in the back of your head telling you to do stuff... heh heh, an interesting take on being two headed...


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the story thus farDesio 10/3/99 5:00 p.m.
     Re: the story thus farMaxaminus 10/3/99 5:15 p.m.
           Re: the story thus farDispatcher 10/3/99 5:33 p.m.
                 Re: the story thus farSiliconDream 10/3/99 10:23 p.m.
                       Re: the story thus far, far, away...Dispatcher 10/3/99 10:35 p.m.
                       Re: the story thus farBen Schodek 10/3/99 11:20 p.m.
                             Re: the story thus farSiliconDream 10/4/99 1:49 a.m.
           Re: the story thus farYorick 10/3/99 6:49 p.m.
                 Re: the story thus farMaxaminus 10/3/99 7:22 p.m.
                       Re: the story thus farGiule 10/3/99 8:26 p.m.
                             Re: the story thus farchaoswarrior 10/3/99 9:28 p.m.
                                   Re: crash I vote•Mimer 10/4/99 1:37 p.m.
                 Re: the story thus farSocket 10/3/99 9:09 p.m.
                 Cortana's Identity...Jägermeister 10/4/99 12:51 a.m.
                       Re: Cortana's Identity...Wirehead 10/4/99 12:12 p.m.
           Re: the story thus farMr.Sith 10/3/99 8:34 p.m.
           Re: the story thus farSocket 10/3/99 9:18 p.m.
     Re: the story thus farBen Schodek 10/3/99 8:45 p.m.
           Re: the story thus farMaxaminus 10/3/99 10:31 p.m.
           Re: the story thus farMike (aka) ShOtTgUnNeR 10/3/99 10:59 p.m.
                 Re: the story thus farMark Levin 10/3/99 11:06 p.m.
                       Re: the story thus farTsao 10/4/99 12:05 a.m.
                             Re: the story thus far•Mimer 10/4/99 1:29 p.m.
                                   Re: the story thus farSiliconDream 10/4/99 3:33 p.m.
                                         Re: oops, thanks•Mimer 10/4/99 5:40 p.m.
                                               Re: oops, thanksDan Rudolph 10/4/99 11:53 p.m.
                                   Re: the story thus farBen Schodek 10/4/99 6:11 p.m.
                             Re: the story thus farJägermeister 10/4/99 5:22 p.m.
                             Re: the story thus farBen Schodek 10/4/99 6:05 p.m.
                                   Re: the story thus farDan Rudolph 10/4/99 11:50 p.m.
                                         Re: the story thus farBen Schodek 10/5/99 1:44 p.m.
                                               Re: the story thus farJägermeister 10/5/99 2:01 p.m.
                                                     Re: the story thus farSiliconDream 10/5/99 8:55 p.m.
                                               Re: the story thus farDan Rudolph 10/5/99 9:27 p.m.
                                                     Re: the story thus farBen Schodek 10/5/99 9:51 p.m.
                                                           Re: the story thus farSiliconDream 10/6/99 12:55 a.m.
                                                           Re: the story thus farDan Rudolph 10/6/99 10:14 p.m.
                                   Re: the story thus farDead Glory 10/5/99 7:18 a.m.
                       Re: the story thus farJägermeister 10/4/99 12:40 a.m.
                             Re: the story thus farSiliconDream 10/4/99 1:38 a.m.
                 umm...Ben Schodek 10/3/99 11:12 p.m.
                       Cyborgs/AndroidsDead Glory 10/5/99 7:04 a.m.
     More FactsDesio 10/4/99 2:27 p.m.
           Re: Cyborg marinesMark Levin 10/4/99 2:46 p.m.
                 Re: Cyborg marinesDesio 10/4/99 5:51 p.m.
                       Re: Cyborg marinesBen Schodek 10/4/99 6:28 p.m.
                             SpeculationDesio 10/4/99 8:44 p.m.
                                   Re: SpeculationMaxaminus 10/4/99 9:28 p.m.
                                         Re: SpeculationJägermeister 10/5/99 12:58 a.m.
                                         Re: SpeculationDead Glory 10/5/99 7:49 a.m.
                                   Re: SpeculationJägermeister 10/5/99 12:52 a.m.
                                         Re: SpeculationDan Rudolph 10/5/99 9:44 p.m.
                                               yeah...Ben Schodek 10/5/99 9:57 p.m.
                                                     Re: yeah...Mark Levin 10/5/99 10:52 p.m.
                                                           Volunteers?Desio 10/6/99 3:32 p.m.
                                                                 Re: Volunteers?Ben Schodek 10/6/99 8:07 p.m.
                                                                       Re: Volunteers?SiliconDream 10/6/99 11:29 p.m.
                                                                             CyborgDead Glory 10/7/99 3:40 a.m.
                                                                                   Re: CyborgGiule 10/7/99 8:05 p.m.
                                                                                   Re: CyborgSiliconDream 10/8/99 2:29 a.m.
                                                                                         Re: CyborgDead Glory 10/8/99 2:47 a.m.
                                                                                         Re: CyborgRaven 10/8/99 3:50 a.m.
                                                                                               Re: CyborgSiliconDream 10/8/99 10:21 a.m.
                                                                 Re: ConscriptsDan Rudolph 10/6/99 10:23 p.m.
           Re: More FactsSiliconDream 10/4/99 3:24 p.m.
                 Re: More FactsCannibal Harry 10/4/99 5:02 p.m.
                       Re: More FactsJägermeister 10/4/99 5:20 p.m.
                 Re: More FactsJägermeister 10/4/99 5:17 p.m.
     M Player = CyborgDead Glory 10/5/99 7:58 a.m.



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