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[[File:HReach-Package-DataStorageUnit.png|thumb|350px|An armored matrix containing the AI [[Cortana]].]]
An '''Armored Matrix''' is a form of complex, armored, storage devices that the [[UNSC]] uses for the storage and transportation of [[Artificial Intelligence]] constructs.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', page ??</ref>
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>


==Background==
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}}
The Armored Matrix is used when there is a lack of a [[Holotank]] technology, such as on the battlefield. The Matrix is reinforced to make it difficult, though not impossible, to destroy. Though the AI contained in it can communicate verbally, there is no hologram emitter for it to manifest a body; hence, the AI can talk, but it cannot see, dependent on its humans' visualizations.


The Class-C Military AIs of the [[ODST]] Command [[Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle|Human Entry Vehicles]] are carried in Armored Matrices so that they may ride to a combat zone intact and be further operated when a [[Firebase]] or other operational command post is put into place.
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:HR ArmoredMatrix Render.jpg|A render of the armored matrix high-poly and final models.
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==
==List of appearances==
*[[Halo: The Flood]] {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: The Flood]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Reach]]''
*''[[Halo: Initiation]]''
*''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''
*''[[Halo: Retribution]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Lone Wolf]]''
*''[[Halo: Outpost Discovery]]''


==Sources==
==Sources==
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{{Ref/Sources}}
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Latest revision as of 15:42, July 7, 2024

This article is about the AI transport housing. For the AI component, see Riemann matrix.
An armored matrix containing the AI Cortana.

An armored matrix, also called a memory matrix,[1] is a reinforced housing used by the 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.[2]

Class-C Military AIs serving under ODST commanding officers are carried in armored matrices aboard the officers' drop pods. In this manner they may ride into a combat zone intact and be further operated when a firebase or other operational command post is put into place.[2]

An armored matrix was used to house the AI Cortana while she was transferred by Spartan-III Noble Team to the UNSC Pillar of Autumn during the Fall of Reach.[3] During an unspecified battle, Admiral Kovalic was protecting the armored matrix of an unknown AI from Covenant forces. With the help of Shock Trooper Sarah Palmer, Kovalic and the AI made it safely off the planet.[4]

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List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ Halo: The Great Journey: The Art of Building Worlds, page 113
  2. ^ a b Halo: The Flood, page 317
  3. ^ Halo: Reach, campaign level, The Package
  4. ^ Halo: Initiation, Issue #1
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