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| Aren't we to assume that this is [[Cortana]] can't we put some of her images here?-- [[User:Yamanba|Yamanba]] 00:27, 17 November 2006 (UTC) | | Aren't we to assume that this is [[Cortana (A.I.)]] can't we put some of her images here?-- [[User:Yamanba|Yamanba]] 00:27, 17 November 2006 (UTC) |
| :I suppose that would make sense. --[[User:Dragonclaws|Dragonclaws]] 00:32, 17 November 2006 (UTC) | | :I suppose that would make sense. --[[User:Dragonclaws|Dragonclaws]] 00:32, 17 November 2006 (UTC) |
| ==Letter out of Character?==
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| Bungie has always had great foresight on stories... perhaps Cortana ISN'T out of Character. Perhaps in the letters, she is possessed by gravemind. She refers to an AI trying to stop her... maybe AR.
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| While not new to the extended Halo Universe my knowledge is woefully inadequate. Anyone care to speculate with me here? There are keys to this universe nobody has turned.
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| : [[User:Ryanman|Ryanman]]
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| ==Investigative Reporting== | | ==Investigative Reporting== |
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| The spartans view Dr Halsey as a Mother figure, and have a slight preoccupation (in a way) with her, but effectively, Dr Halsey is Cortana's mother, as it was her brain that was used. I;m not getting at annything much, just pointing this out. --[[User:Keyes|Keyes]] 06:20, 1 May 2007 (UTC) | | The spartans view Dr Halsey as a Mother figure, and have a slight preoccupation (in a way) with her, but effectively, Dr Halsey is Cortana's mother, as it was her brain that was used. I;m not getting at annything much, just pointing this out. --[[User:Keyes|Keyes]] 06:20, 1 May 2007 (UTC) |
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| :Yeah. It has also been suggested that she was in the Bungie system and refering to the Disembodied Soul. --<b>[[User:Dragonclaws|<font color="000000">Dragon<font color="FF0000">c</font>laws</font>]]<sup>([[User talk:Dragonclaws|<font color="000000">talk</font>]])</sup></b> 06:28, 1 May 2007 (UTC) | | :Yeah. It has also been suggested that she was in the Bungie system and refering to the [[Disembodied Soul]]. --<b>[[User:Dragonclaws|<font color="000000">Dragon<font color="FF0000">c</font>laws</font>]]<sup>([[User talk:Dragonclaws|<font color="000000">talk</font>]])</sup></b> 06:28, 1 May 2007 (UTC) |
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| == Eigth letter speculation ==
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| In the final letter cortona mentions two things that stick out to me. the first is: "Eight human worlds" which may refer to earth and the seven Halo's. The other is the "four 'lost colony' worlds" that would include Onyx, Reach, and two other planets that were colinated by the forerunners. Its best to keep in mind that there are 26 other known planets in the halo universe, not including the ones we know in the real world (jupiter, mars, venus, etc.) Still, its a possibilty. [[User:69.227.215.117|69.227.215.117]] 23:24, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
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| (something is mesing with my broswer and I can not remain logged in if I go to a new page.--Spartan 107.)
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| :Keep in mind that the Cortana Letters are not strict canon, and the info could have changed. Certainly, there has been no widespread knowledge of Forerunners. --<b>[[User:Dragonclaws|<font color="000000">Dragon<font color="FF0000">c</font>laws</font>]]<sup>([[User talk:Dragonclaws|<font color="000000">talk</font>]])</sup></b> 03:45, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
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| ==Real World?==
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| Wait, is this article supposed to be from a realworld point of view, or inuniverse? --<b>[[User:Dragonclaws|<font color="000000">Dragon<font color="FF0000">c</font>laws</font>]]<sup>([[User talk:Dragonclaws|<font color="000000">talk</font>]])</sup></b> 00:00, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
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| ==Analysis==
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| Shouldn't there be some analysis of her religious/historical references on the page? --[[User:TerminalFailure|TerminalFailure]] 22:09, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
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| ==Human?==
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| Is it just me or do some of the letters make Cortana seem human? As these were made during developement, it is not not inconceivable that Cortana was meant to be human rather than AI. Just a thought though. [[User:Werefang|<font color="#2F4F4F">'''AJ'''</font>]] [[User talk:Werefang|<font color="#006400">'''Werefang'''</font>]] 15:08, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
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| :I don't know, there's stuff about her being in a network and this "I am now sharing cramped space with the circuitry of some hybrid war machine," really makes it seem like she's still the AI character. The stuff about her having dreams seems to echo the cryptic messages of Durandal, the main AI of Bungie's previous game series ''Marathon''. --<b>[[User:Dragonclaws|<font color="#4D56B1">Dragon<font color="#F28500">c</font>laws</font>]]<sup>([[User talk:Dragonclaws|<font color="#4D56B1">talk</font>]])</sup></b> 20:26, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
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| == Expansion ==
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| The original Marathon page that these were featured on has some great speculation, but most people aren't going to want to slog through the whole thing. Should we alter this page so that each letter is followed with an "analysis" explaining all the cryptic clues featured?[[User:Tuckerscreator|'''Tuckerscreator''']] 21:25, October 14, 2009 (UTC)
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| == Cortana the Level ==
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| I am surprised that this hasn't been mentioned yet, but read the first letter and them read the script of the level Cortana. They both have "I have walked to the edge of the abyss", "I have seen your future and I have learned" and "There will be no more sadness, no more anger, no more envy!"
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| I, of course noticed this a long time ago, when I played the level "Cortana" but I noticed it isn't mentioned anywhere... Why is that?
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| I don't think I am the only one to notice.
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| ... It was always my speculation that she was "writing" the messages and sending them to the past then.
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| --[[User talk:Sangheili Commando 021: Fluffball Gato|Sangheili Commando 021: Fluffball Gato]] 22:51, October 26, 2009 (UTC)
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| :Bungie reused certain quotes from the Letters and incorporated it with Halo 3. Not all quotes were used.--<font face="century gothic"><font color="red">[[User:-Ascension-|<font color="#666666">Lol</font>]]@[[User talk:-Ascension-|<font color="#666666">Phailure</font>]]</font></font> 22:59, October 26, 2009 (UTC)
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| ::Well, yeah. But still there were repeated quotes. --[[User talk:Sangheili Commando 021: Fluffball Gato|Sangheili Commando 021: Fluffball Gato]] 23:09, October 26, 2009 (UTC)
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| :::Yes, repeated quotes... but it is still somewhat irrelevant. Bungie will always refer to their precedent games and try to incorporate them into new ones. That's just how Bungie works... it's so obvious.--<font face="century gothic"><font color="red">[[User:-Ascension-|<font color="#666666">Lol</font>]]@[[User talk:-Ascension-|<font color="#666666">Phailure</font>]]</font></font> 23:15, October 26, 2009 (UTC)
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| ::::This is different, as the Cortana Letters are about CORTANA, not some other game. --[[User talk:Sangheili Commando 021: Fluffball Gato|Sangheili Commando 021: Fluffball Gato]] 23:26, October 26, 2009 (UTC)
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| :::::Actually, the Cortana Letters is a marketing gimmick to promote Halo: Combat Evolved back in 1999, the same with Ilovebees and Halo 2, Iris and Halo 3. Technically, yes it is about Cortana but note that only a few quotes from the letters were later reused in Halo 3.--<font face="century gothic"><font color="red">[[User:-Ascension-|<font color="#666666">Lol</font>]]@[[User talk:-Ascension-|<font color="#666666">Phailure</font>]]</font></font> 23:34, October 26, 2009 (UTC)
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| ::::::Yeah, I'd say they picked the best ones. But still, I think that it should be considered somehow related. --[[User talk:Sangheili Commando 021: Fluffball Gato|Sangheili Commando 021: Fluffball Gato]] 23:40, October 26, 2009 (UTC)
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| :::::::There ''could'' be, but the fact remains, there none. That's just how Bungie is as well as other game developers.--<font face="century gothic"><font color="red">[[User:-Ascension-|<font color="#666666">Lol</font>]]@[[User talk:-Ascension-|<font color="#666666">Phailure</font>]]</font></font> 23:42, October 26, 2009 (UTC)
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| ::::::::But CORTANA repeated the Cortana letters. I think it's more than an Easter Egg. --[[User talk:Sangheili Commando 021: Fluffball Gato|Sangheili Commando 021: Fluffball Gato]] 01:05, October 27, 2009 (UTC)
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| :::::::::Did she repeat most of the contents of the Letters? No. Is it a reference? Yes. Is it minor or major reference? A minor reference? So, what does this mean? It's just a reference and not an easter egg. Unless she mentions more than half the contents of the Letters, it stays as a minor reference. Also, you should also know that the quotes Cortana said is more of a reference to T.S. Elliot's Hollow Men poem, which is also a reference but not an easter egg.--<font face="century gothic"><font color="red">[[User:-Ascension-|<font color="#666666">Lol</font>]]@[[User talk:-Ascension-|<font color="#666666">Phailure</font>]]</font></font> 01:14, October 27, 2009 (UTC)
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| ::::::::::I think your reasoning is odd. It ''is'' a reference, and that is what I said. I didn't say it was major or minor or anything. But it ''is'' a reference.--[[User talk:Sangheili Commando 021: Fluffball Gato|Sangheili Commando 021: Fluffball Gato]] 03:24, October 27, 2009 (UTC)
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