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Re: What if the Covenant AI was Cortana? *Long*
Posted By: FadedPhotograph <spamdisruptor@yahoo.com>Date: 4/17/06 1:25 a.m.

In Response To: What if the Covenant AI was Cortana? *Long* (Schedonnardus)

: Stay with me here for a moment: We know that certain there was a crystal in
: the novels that has shown time warping abilities

: Perhaps from all the data Cortana has downloaded from the Halos, she has
: figured out how to reliably transport herself through time. Much like how
: in First Strike she was able to make covenant weapons work much more
: efficiently; maybe she was able to solve the problems of time travel as
: well, all she needs is a covenant ship and a crystal.

: All this data from Halo's control room may have also given her the key to her
: own sustainability, preventing her demise; in a sense making herself
: immortal.

: Cortana, with possibly the help of half jaw or arby, is able to get into the
: systems of a Covenant ship and take it back in time. Her love of humanity
: is so strong, that she waits eons for the covenant to find her. When they
: do find her, they think she is a gift from the Gods, and so begins her
: attempts to effectively destroy the covenant.

: Perhaps it was Cortana that prevented the Covenant from being innovative.
: Maybe she intentionally weakened their technology. Perhaps she created the
: Covenant's AI to be so weak that she herself can crack them when her
: younger self comes into contact with them in First Strike.

: Could it be possible that all of the Covenant's military blunders (albeit
: only a few) be attributed to Cortana?

: Could it also be possible that Cortana stalled the covenant's discovery of
: the Halos until humanity had the technology (slipspace, MAC guns,
: Spartans) to possibly stand a chance?

: And now, Cortana could be on the Forerunner ship, and will be able to help
: the MC out in Halo 3?

If she really was the covenant AI all that time ago, she could have reeked a lot more havok. The covenant was started when just the Prophet and Elites joined up upon discovery of the forunner she could have made them think all other species were evil, like they did with the humans. Alternativley, she could of had the accept the humans. It wouldnt really matter if she was contradicted by other forunner messages, because we've already seen the covenant will accept that some forunner tools lie (like they did with 343)

Which brings up the interesting question... what exactly have the covenant based their belief on? WHat belief was powerful enough to contradict what 343 told them?


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The MC gets a new AI in Halo 3 -speculationWado SG 4/10/06 12:06 p.m.
     Re: The MC gets a new AI in Halo 3 -speculationRagashingo 4/10/06 12:36 p.m.
           What if the Covenant AI was Cortana? *Long*Schedonnardus 4/10/06 2:50 p.m.
                 Re: What if the Covenant AI was Cortana? *Long*Ragashingo 4/10/06 2:53 p.m.
                       Looks Like Someone Wants on the HSPLoneRanger 2.5 4/10/06 6:15 p.m.
                             won't happenSchedonnardus 4/10/06 9:02 p.m.
                 Re: What if the Covenant AI was Cortana? *Long*Simpsons Rule 4/10/06 10:58 p.m.
                       Re: What if the Covenant AI was Cortana? *Long*mc_leprechaun 4/11/06 9:18 a.m.
                             Re: What if the Covenant AI was Cortana? *Long*Simpsons Rule 4/11/06 11:14 a.m.
                                   Re: What if the Covenant AI was Cortana? *Long*SPARTAN-034 4/11/06 4:06 p.m.
                             Re: What if the Covenant AI was Cortana? *Long*Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 4/11/06 10:00 p.m.
                                   Re: What if the Covenant AI was Cortana? *Long*FadedPhotograph 4/17/06 1:30 a.m.
                 Re: What if the Covenant AI was Cortana? *Long*FadedPhotograph 4/17/06 1:25 a.m.
                       Re: What if the Covenant AI was Cortana? *Long*Schedonnardus 4/17/06 10:52 a.m.
           Re: The MC gets a new AI in Halo 3 -speculationShortRoundMcfly 6/28/06 8:32 p.m.
     Re: The MC gets a new AI in Halo 3 -speculationspaartan117 4/10/06 12:56 p.m.
           Forrunner AI? Who does that remind me of...SPARTAN-034 4/10/06 5:52 p.m.
                 Re: Forrunner AI? Who does that remind me of...jimbo-034 4/10/06 6:53 p.m.
                       ^^High Charity is carved from a moon!? WTF?^^ *NM*Schedonnardus 4/11/06 9:31 a.m.
                 Re: Forrunner AI? Who does that remind me of...Ragashingo 4/11/06 3:57 p.m.
                 Re: Forrunner AI? Who does that remind me of...FadedPhotograph 4/17/06 1:32 a.m.
     MephistophelesJillybean 4/10/06 7:10 p.m.
           Re: MephistophelesWado SG 4/10/06 8:34 p.m.
                 Re: MephistophelesEric Trautmann 4/17/06 3:22 p.m.
                       Re: MephistophelesJillybean 4/17/06 3:28 p.m.
           But not a sword! *NM*Infantier 4/11/06 7:28 a.m.
           Re: It's catchy!UrsusArctos 4/12/06 2:43 a.m.
                 Escaping AIsForunner Prophet 4/16/06 7:32 p.m.
                       Okay.. did you even play halo?! *NM*Scaraby 4/16/06 7:37 p.m.
                             Re: Okay.. did you even play halo?!L!ve w!re 4/16/06 7:49 p.m.
                             Re: Okay.. did you even play halo?!Spartan Jag 4/16/06 7:50 p.m.
                                   Agreed. Always be helpful to noobs. *NM*skavenger_s7 4/17/06 7:23 a.m.
                                         Agreed, we should try to be helpful towards skav!Scaraby 4/17/06 11:18 a.m.
                                               Re: Agreed, we should try to be helpful towards skL!ve w!re 4/17/06 5:41 p.m.
                       Re: Escaping AIsPeptuck 4/16/06 9:36 p.m.
                             Re: Escaping AIsFadedPhotograph 4/17/06 1:38 a.m.
                                   Re: Escaping AIsPeptuck 4/17/06 10:37 a.m.
                 Re: It's catchy!FadedPhotograph 4/17/06 1:35 a.m.
     Re: The MC gets a new AI in Halo 3 -speculationsteven 4/17/06 5:38 a.m.
           Re: The MC gets a new AI in Halo 3 -speculationTrickwaffle 4/17/06 5:48 p.m.
                 Lord Hood *NM*LoneRanger 2.5 4/17/06 7:51 p.m.
           Re: The MC gets a new AI in Halo 3 -speculationFourPenguins 6/27/06 10:13 p.m.



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