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Re: Cortana lying to Foe Hammer

Posted By: Mark LXIX <blahblah@halbhalb.org> Date: 1/31/03 10:32 a.m.
In Response To: Re: Cortana lying to Foe Hammer (FatWalker)

: You too guys are on to something really great here, but I think you have lost
: hte focus. I mean, what does cortana mean by saying she is "cooped up
: in here"? I doubt it means that she is anoyed because she cant help
: the MC, because she could have choosen to travel with him to rescue Keyes.
: And as Cortana wasnt a military person IRL (as we get discribed in FoR) I
: doubt she is mad at GS because he gives the MC orders.
: No, what I think is that this is a sign of her change, call it rampancy
: whatever. I mean where is cortana usually? Being a ship AI on the PoA
: doesnt make her complain that she is "cooped up". Being inside a
: soldeirs helmet doesnt make here complain (ok, theres quite much action
: while she is inside MCs helmet, but still she does very few demanding
: things during the entire game). But being inside a large network that
: contains huge amount of knowledge makes her feel boring? I think that is a
: clear sign that she as changed.
I think we need a vocabulary lesson here:
Main Entry: coop
Function: transitive verb
Date: 1583
1 : to confine in a restricted and often crowded area -- usually used with up
2 : to place or keep in a coop : PEN -- often used with up
Main Entry: coop
Pronunciation: 'küp, 'kup
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English cupe; akin to Old English cype basket
Date: 14th century
1 : a cage or small enclosure (as for poultry); also : a small building for housing poultry
2 a : a confined area b : JAIL
Being cooped up doesn't necessarily connotate boredom. I think you need to get that straight first before proceeding with your thoughts and arguments.
Even if Cortana is not a military officer she seems to have the loyalty of the troops on Halo and she can command them.
She might have not left with the MC because of a division of labor inefficiencies. She could study Halo while the Chief simply stoped Keyes from releasing the Flood. Also she might be more powerful inside the control room to defend herself or proceed with the original mission is to use Halo against the Covenant. I don't think she planned that the Index or 'the key to the superweapon' would be released by a soldier trying to stop the destruction of the human race. In Cortana's eyes the MC might have just f'ed up things more by releasing the Index in to the open for potential triggering. That would make me pissy too.
I think Cortana is more alarmed after the Flood are released but that would seem natural as they would wipe out almost all living things.
: We get to know in FoR that she is normally connected to the UNSC network, and
: I guess there is quite much interesting things to do in such a network (as
: she also does in the book). And while inside MCs helmet she listens to the
: covenants network, which probably also is quite interesting. But if she
: can use the covenants battlenet from MCs helmet, then she should clearly
: be able to do that from the core too, or atleast follow all the drones
: that use the core for there communication, as she also says she did
: "watching you toady about, helping [343 Guilty Spark] get set to slit
: our throats!". But why is doing what she normally does all of a
: sudden boring to her? There clearly must have been something that changed
: her in that core.
The technical capacities of Cortana and the UNSC network are interesting. It would explain a few things. However, Halo is a videogame and not a universe and sadly these things are not explained. :-(

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