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Shortly after John's return, Halsey awakened her clone from stasis{{Ref/Film|Id=Unbound|TV|Episode=[[Unbound]]}} and filled her in on the Spartan program and that Halsey had perfected [[Cognitive Impression Modeling|the process]] for neuroelectrical imaging. Halsey presented Cortana as an upgrade to a reluctant John who eventually agreed after Halsey told him that Cortana was the only way to get him back into the field and to advance their research into the [[Forerunner]] [[keystone]].{{Ref/Reuse|Emergence}} | Shortly after John's return, Halsey awakened her clone from stasis{{Ref/Film|Id=Unbound|TV|Episode=[[Unbound]]}} and filled her in on the Spartan program and that Halsey had perfected [[Cognitive Impression Modeling|the process]] for neuroelectrical imaging. Halsey presented Cortana as an upgrade to a reluctant John who eventually agreed after Halsey told him that Cortana was the only way to get him back into the field and to advance their research into the [[Forerunner]] [[keystone]].{{Ref/Reuse|Emergence}} | ||
Halsey and [[Adun Saly]] extracted the clone's neural substrate, killing her in the process | Halsey and [[Adun Saly]] extracted the clone's neural substrate, killing her in the process. Halsey used the substrate to create Cortana while also giving John a neural implant that would allow Cortana access to him.{{Ref/Reuse|Emergence}} | ||
===Meeting John-117=== | ===Meeting John-117=== | ||
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Cortana is an artificial intelligence in the United Nations Space Command.[1]
Biography
Creation
Dr. Catherine Halsey had plans for the creation of Cortana as early as the beginnings of the Spartan program. To this end, Halsey created a flash clone of herself that she kept in stasis for years in order to harvest her own brain to create Cortana. At the time, Halsey was unsure if human flash cloning would ever be legalized and if she'd actually be able to go through with it while sitting across from a living, breathing copy of herself.[2]
In 2552, Halsey attempted to get Vice Admiral Margaret Parangosky's permission to create Cortana without any success. While visiting Halsey's lab following the Attack on Madrigal, Parangosky spotted the flash clone and berated Halsey for her actions. Parangosky ordered Halsey to destroy the clone and any others that she might have made. Later, as John-117 started to go rogue, Halsey again tried to get the Admiral to approve "the Cortana system" without any success.[3]
During a meeting with UNSC HIGHCOM, Halsey suggested Cortana as a solution to controlling John. Halsey explained that, similar to how Spartan bodies had been enhanced to the limits of their current technology, Cortana would do something similar for their minds. Cortana would overwrite the Spartan minds and replace them with an artificial general intelligence. Halsey called Cortana the next stage in human evolution with the Spartans being the first step and Cortana being the upgrade. Halsey stated that Cortana represented "the sum total of every available data point. The intelligence of the galaxy in essence." With Cortana, the UNSC could create Spartans who were more lethal, had error-free judgment, upgradable performance and who were most importantly controllable. Halsey pointed out that the Spartan were the UNSC's only effective weapon against the Covenant and insisted that with Cortana's help, they could win this war. Although one of the officers expressed concern about the need for illegal flash cloning of humans, Lord Hood asked if Parangosky, as the head of ONI, was onboard with this plan. Blindsided by Halsey's revelation of her plan to HIGHCOM, Parangosky reluctantly agreed that the case of John provided an opportunity for a limited trial of the system. Hood then agreed to implementation of the program, leaving it to Parangosky to handle the technical hurdles.[4]
Shortly after John's return, Halsey awakened her clone from stasis[4] and filled her in on the Spartan program and that Halsey had perfected the process for neuroelectrical imaging. Halsey presented Cortana as an upgrade to a reluctant John who eventually agreed after Halsey told him that Cortana was the only way to get him back into the field and to advance their research into the Forerunner keystone.[2]
Halsey and Adun Saly extracted the clone's neural substrate, killing her in the process. Halsey used the substrate to create Cortana while also giving John a neural implant that would allow Cortana access to him.[2]
Meeting John-117
Production notes
Cortana in Halo: The Television Series is portrayed by Jen Taylor. Natascha McElhone was originally cast to play both Cortana and Catherine Halsey, much like Jen Taylor did for Halo 4, Halo 5: Guardians, and Halo Infinite. However, due to scheduling difficulties caused by the 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.[5]
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Halsey's flash clone's brain is scanned in order to create Cortana.
Halsey's flash clone is killed in order to create Cortana.
Cortana manifests her avatar for the first time.
List of appearances
- Halo: The Television Series
- Contact (First mentioned)
- Unbound (Mentioned only)
- Emergence (First appearance)
- Homecoming
Sources
- ^ Entertainment Weekly, Halo TV series casts 2 actors to play familiar characters from game (Retrieved on Mar 19, 2022) [archive]
- ^ a b c Halo: The Television Series, episode Emergence
- ^ Halo: The Television Series, episode Contact
- ^ a b Halo: The Television Series, episode Unbound
- ^ IGN, Halo TV Series Recasts Cortana With Original Voice Actress (Retrieved on Mar 19, 2022) [archive]
