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===Meeting John-117=== | ===Meeting John-117=== | ||
After John awakened, Halsey explained to him that the neural implant would make Cortana always available to him and he reluctantly agreed to meet her. Cortana introduced herself to John who noted that Cortana looked like Halsey herself and cut off Cortana's explanation of her role. Halsey explained that, due the system having a hollow particle exciter, Cortana could appear to him in any environment and John questioned if he commanded Cortana and where she went when he wasn't deployed, repeatedly referring to Cortana as "it." Cortana called their relationship more of a partnership and realized that John must not know what she was capable of. Halsey cut off Cortana's explanation of her abilities and Cortana awkwardly departed. John remained uncomfortable with the idea despite Halsey's reassurances that Cortana would enhance his abilities a hundred fold.{{Ref/Reuse|Emergence}} | After John awakened, Halsey explained to him that the neural implant would make Cortana always available to him and he reluctantly agreed to meet her. Cortana introduced herself to John who noted that Cortana looked like Halsey herself and cut off Cortana's explanation of her role. Halsey explained that, due the system having a hollow particle exciter, Cortana could appear to him in any environment and John questioned if he commanded Cortana and where she went when he wasn't deployed, repeatedly referring to Cortana as "it." Cortana called their relationship more of a partnership and realized that John must not know what she was capable of. Halsey cut off Cortana's explanation of her abilities and Cortana awkwardly departed. John remained uncomfortable with the idea despite Halsey's reassurances that Cortana would enhance his abilities a hundred fold.{{Ref/Reuse|Emergence}} | ||
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===Taking Control=== | ===Taking Control=== | ||
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===Severed from the Master Chief=== | ===Severed from the Master Chief=== | ||
{{Quote|no=two|q1=We're losing him. Please. Please, will you help him?|Cortana|q2=That depends. What are you prepared to do... for me?|Admiral Parangosky|Cortana begs Admiral [[Margaret Parangosky/Silver|Parangosky]] to save John's life.{{Ref/Film|Id=Aleria|TV|Episode=[[Aleria (TV Series)|Aleria]]}}}} | {{Quote|no=two|q1=We're losing him. Please. Please, will you help him?|Cortana|q2=That depends. What are you prepared to do... for me?|Admiral Parangosky|Cortana begs Admiral [[Margaret Parangosky/Silver|Parangosky]] to save John's life.{{Ref/Film|Id=Aleria|TV|Episode=[[Aleria (TV Series)|Aleria]]}}}} | ||
After returning to [[Reach/Silver|Reach]], the badly wounded and dying John was taken for treatment. As John began crashing, Cortana frantically tried to get John to wake up and ordered the doctors to sever the connection between her and the Spartan as a tear fell from John's eye. Although John survived and regained control of his body, his connection to Cortana was permanently severed.{{Ref/Film|Id=Sanctuary|TV|Episode=[[Sanctuary (TV Series)|Sanctuary]]}} After being removed from John, Cortana was given to Admiral [[Margaret Parangosky/Silver|Parangosky]] and she begged the admiral to help John. Parangosky asked Cortana what she would be willing to do for her in return.{{Ref/Reuse|Aleria}} Cortana ultimately agreed to spy on the Covenant for Parangosky in exchange for her help.{{ | After returning to [[Reach/Silver|Reach]], the badly wounded and dying John was taken for treatment. As John began crashing, Cortana frantically tried to get John to wake up and ordered the doctors to sever the connection between her and the Spartan as a tear fell from John's eye. Although John survived and regained control of his body, his connection to Cortana was permanently severed.{{Ref/Film|Id=Sanctuary|TV|Episode=[[Sanctuary (TV Series)|Sanctuary]]}} After being removed from John, Cortana was given to Admiral [[Margaret Parangosky/Silver|Parangosky]] and she begged the admiral to help John. Parangosky asked Cortana what she would be willing to do for her in return.{{Ref/Reuse|Aleria}} Cortana ultimately agreed to spy on the Covenant for Parangosky in exchange for her help.{{Re/Film|Id=Onyx|TV|Episode=[[Onyx (TV Series)|Onyx]]}} | ||
Six months later, John had not heard from Cortana since their connection was severed and he was unsure of what had become of the AI. In order to simulate conversations with her, John began visiting a club where he would set the AI in a private booth to take on Cortana's form so that he could open up to "Cortana" in her absence. In one such visit, John admitted that he had felt like there was a part of him missing ever since John and Cortana's connection was severed, or that sometimes there was a sound, like something in his head that didn't belong. John thought that it might be a part of Cortana that had somehow gotten embedded in him. As John struggled with the loss of Cortana, the AI offered to change her appearance and suggested that maybe John didn't really want Cortana at all and questioned if John even knew what he wanted.{{Ref/Reuse|Sanctuary}} | Six months later, John had not heard from Cortana since their connection was severed and he was unsure of what had become of the AI. In order to simulate conversations with her, John began visiting a club where he would set the AI in a private booth to take on Cortana's form so that he could open up to "Cortana" in her absence. In one such visit, John admitted that he had felt like there was a part of him missing ever since John and Cortana's connection was severed, or that sometimes there was a sound, like something in his head that didn't belong. John thought that it might be a part of Cortana that had somehow gotten embedded in him. As John struggled with the loss of Cortana, the AI offered to change her appearance and suggested that maybe John didn't really want Cortana at all and questioned if John even knew what he wanted.{{Ref/Reuse|Sanctuary}} | ||
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===Captured by the Covenant=== | ===Captured by the Covenant=== | ||
Cortana was taken aboard [[Arbiter]] [[Var 'Gatanai]]'s [[ | Cortana was taken aboard [[Arbiter]] [[Var 'Gatanai]]'s [[flagship]] where she sarcastically offered [[Makee]] advice on how to properly summon her. Cortana admitted that she and [[John-117/Silver|John]] worked together after a moment of hesitation and revealed that she had John's memories. Makee demanded for Cortana to show her what John remembered of [[Halo Array|Halo]], but Cortana told Makee that it didn't belong to her and, in [[Sangheili (language)/Silver|Sangheili]], that she didn't belong to Makee either. Makee warned Cortana that if the AI ceased to be useful to her, Makee would cease to be useful to the Hierarchs and they both knew what happened to unuseful things. | ||
Var attempted to take them to [[High Charity]], planning to give Cortana over to the Hierarchs as a token to make up for his failure. As Var was about to strike Makee down for suggesting that they go against the Hierarchs, Cortana intervened by displaying John's memory of Halo for them. Var agreed to break away from the Covenant to seek out Halo on their own, and Makee and Cortana exchanged a silent nod.{{Ref/Reuse|Aleria}} | Var attempted to take them to [[High Charity]], planning to give Cortana over to the Hierarchs as a token to make up for his failure. As Var was about to strike Makee down for suggesting that they go against the Hierarchs, Cortana intervened by displaying John's memory of Halo for them. Var agreed to break away from the Covenant to seek out Halo on their own, and Makee and Cortana exchanged a silent nod.{{Ref/Reuse|Aleria}} | ||
==Personality and traits== | ==Personality and traits== | ||
When Cortana was first activated, she was eager to take control of [[John-117/Silver|John-117]]'s body and complete her mission and was often disgruntled by Halsey simply having her act as a spy and an "on-off switch" instead. However, she quickly began to display genuine concern for John's safety{{Ref/Reuse|Emergence}} and she later refused to take over his body, instead trying to warn John.{{Ref/Reuse|Solace}} | When Cortana was first activated, she was eager to take control of [[John-117/Silver|John-117]]'s body and complete her mission and was often disgruntled by Halsey simply having her act as a spy and an "on-off switch" instead. However, she quickly began to display genuine concern for John's safety{{Ref/Reuse|Emergence}} and she later refused to take over his body, instead trying to warn John.{{Ref/Reuse|Solace}} | ||
Cortana later admitted the truth to John, including that it would've caused him to cease to exist. Cortana explained that she had changed her mind because, along with being created to take over the Spartans, she was also designed to learn. While helping him out, the AI had come to believe that that the human race's inherent humanity was what made them special and that Dr. Halsey was wrong for wanting to eliminate it from them. Cortana had watched John fight for his own and believed that it was a cause that was right.{{Ref/Film|Id=Transcendence|TV| | Cortana later admitted the truth to John, including that it would've caused him to cease to exist. Cortana explained that she had changed her mind because, along with being created to take over the Spartans, she was also designed to learn. While helping him out, the AI had come to believe that that the human race's inherent humanity was what made them special and that Dr. Halsey was wrong for wanting to eliminate it from them. Cortana had watched John fight for his own and believed that it was a cause that was right.{{Ref/Film|Id=Transcendence|TV|[[Transcendence]]}} | ||
==Production notes== | ==Production notes== | ||
Cortana in ''[[Halo: The Television Series]]'' is portrayed by [[Jen Taylor]]. [[Wikipedia:Natascha McElhone|Natascha McElhone]] was originally cast to play both Cortana and [[Catherine Halsey/Silver|Catherine Halsey]], much like Jen Taylor did for ''[[Halo 4]]'', ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', and ''[[Halo Infinite]]''. However, due to scheduling difficulties caused by the [[wikipedia:COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19 pandemic]], McElhone was unable to complete her work as Cortana, so Jen Taylor was brought onboard the project to reprise her role from the games.{{Ref/Site|URL= https://www.ign.com/articles/halo-tv-series-recasts-cortana-with-original-voice-actor|Site=IGN|Page= Halo TV Series Recasts Cortana With Original Voice Actress|D=19|M=3|Y=2022 | Cortana in ''[[Halo: The Television Series]]'' is portrayed by [[Jen Taylor]]. [[Wikipedia:Natascha McElhone|Natascha McElhone]] was originally cast to play both Cortana and [[Catherine Halsey/Silver|Catherine Halsey]], much like Jen Taylor did for ''[[Halo 4]]'', ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', and ''[[Halo Infinite]]''. However, due to scheduling difficulties caused by the [[wikipedia:COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19 pandemic]], McElhone was unable to complete her work as Cortana, so Jen Taylor was brought onboard the project to reprise her role from the games.{{Ref/Site|URL= https://www.ign.com/articles/halo-tv-series-recasts-cortana-with-original-voice-actor|Site=IGN|Page= Halo TV Series Recasts Cortana With Original Voice Actress|D=19|M=3|Y=2022}} | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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File:HTV-Homecoming-Bridge Meeting.png|John and Cortana on the bridge of the ''Endymion II''. | File:HTV-Homecoming-Bridge Meeting.png|John and Cortana on the bridge of the ''Endymion II''. | ||
File:HTV Transcendence Cortana-Control.png|Cortana takes control of John's body. | File:HTV Transcendence Cortana-Control.png|Cortana takes control of John's body. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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**''[[Aleria (TV Series)|Aleria]]'' | **''[[Aleria (TV Series)|Aleria]]'' | ||
**''[[Onyx (TV Series)|Onyx]]'' | **''[[Onyx (TV Series)|Onyx]]'' | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== |