Editing Armored matrix

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[[File:HReach-Package-DataStorageUnit.png|thumb|350px|An armored matrix containing the AI [[Cortana]].]]
An '''armored matrix''', also called a '''memory matrix''',<ref>'''[[Halo: The Great Journey: The Art of Building Worlds]]''', ''page 113''</ref> is a reinforced housing used by the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] to securely transport an [[artificial intelligence]] construct. An armored matrix may be used when a [[holotank]] is not available, such as on a battlefield. Though the AI contained within can communicate verbally, there is no hologram emitter for it to manifest a body; hence, the AI can talk, but it cannot see.<ref name="Flood">'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''page 317''</ref>

Class-C Military AIs serving under [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers|ODST]] commanding officers are carried in armored matrices aboard the officers' [[drop pod]]s. In this manner they may ride into a combat zone intact and be further operated when a [[Military base|firebase]] or other operational command post is put into place.{{Ref/Reuse|Flood}}

An armored matrix was used to house the AI [[Cortana]] while she was transferred by [[Spartan-III]] [[Noble Team]] to the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} during the [[Fall of Reach]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', campaign level, ''[[The Package]]''</ref> During an unspecified battle, [[Admiral]] [[Kovalic]] was protecting the armored matrix of an unknown AI from [[Covenant]] forces. With the help of [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers|Shock Trooper]] [[Sarah Palmer]], Kovalic and the AI made it safely off the planet.<ref>'''[[Halo: Initiation]]''', ''[[Halo: Initiation Issue 1|Issue #1]]''</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:HR_ArmoredMatrix_Concept.png|Concept art of Cortana's armored matrix for ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.
File:Package hipoly.png|A high-poly model of the matrix.
File:Package.png|Another view of the unit.
File:Halsey holding Cortana Fragment.jpg|[[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] holding [[Cortana]]'s armored matrix.
File:Reach 7804700 Full.jpg|[[SPARTAN-B312]] examining Cortana's matrix.
File:HReach-ThePackage-Screen.jpg|Cortana's matrix mounted on the Spartan's back.
File:Halo Initiation Kovalic.PNG|[[Admiral]] [[Kovalic]] protecting the armored matrix of an unknown AI in ''[[Halo: Initiation]]''.
File:Armoredmatrixh5prologue.png|Cortana's matrix in ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''.
File:HLW AthosGabriela.PNG|A matrix in ''[[Halo: Lone Wolf]]''.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Flood]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Reach]]''
*''[[Halo: Initiation]]''
*''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''
*''[[Halo: Retribution]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Lone Wolf]]''
*''[[Halo: Outpost Discovery]]''

==Sources==
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