Cortana/Quotes

Halo: Combat Evolved

• "I think we both know the answer to that." - To Captain Keyes, level Pillar of Autumn.
• "Get here first? The Covenant ships have always been faster. As for tracking us all the way from Reach, at light speed, my maneuvering options were limited." - To Captain Keyes.
• "Until we decelerated. No one could have missed the hole we tore in subspace. They were waiting for us on the far side of the planet."
• "Our fighters are mopping up the last of their recon picket now, nothing serious. But, I've isolated approach signatures from multiple CCS-class battle groups, make it 3 capital ships per group. And in about 90 seconds they'll be all over us."
• "I've already begun." - When Captain Keyes told her to "giving their old friends a warm welcome."
• "Attention: All combat personnel, please report to your action stations." - By COM.
• "5th platoon, secure airlocks on Deck 11. 14th platoon, rendezvous with 22nd tactical at bulkhead Charlie 14." - By COM.
• "This is not a drill. I repeat, this is not a drill." - By COM.
• "Attention all personnel: We are reengaging the enemy. Internal and external contact imminent." - By COM.
• "Fire teams, report to defensive positions Alpha through Sierra: Sensors show inbound Covenant boarding craft. Stand by to repel boarders." - By COM.
• "A dozen Covenant superior battleships against a single Halcyon-class Cruiser. Given those odds I'm content with three ... make that four kills." - When Master Chief appears on the Pillar of Autumn's bridge.
• "Sleep well?" - To Master Chief.
• "So, you did miss me." - To Master Chief, smiling mischievously.
• "It must have been one of their boarding parties! I'd guess an Anti-Matter Charge!"
• "Captain, the cannon was my last offensive option!" - When Fire Control Officer informed her, that main cannon is offline.
• "While you do what, go down with the ship?" - When Captain Keyes ordered to abandon the Pillar of Autumn.
• "With all due respect, Sir, this war has enough dead heroes." - To Captain Keyes.
• "Aye aye, Sir." - When Captain Keyes gave her orders to lock in a selection of emergency landing zones, upload them to his neural lace, and sort herself for a hard transfer.
• "The Autumn will continue evasive maneuvers until you initiate a landing sequence. Not that you'll listen, but I'd suggest letting my subroutines handle the final approach." - To Captain Keyes.
• "...Yank me."
• "Hmm... Your architecture isn't much different from the Autumn's..." - When Master Chiefslided Cortana's chip in his helmet.
• "What the hell are you doing!?! Security to the bridge, the Master Chief has gone rampant. Take him down, boys." - If you shot Captain Keyes or anyone from the bridge.
• "Those Marines could use some help, Chief! Do what you do best!" - In the mess hall.
• "Keep your head down, there's two of us in here now, remember?!" - When Master Chief lost some life bars.
• "They're using our lifeboat airlocks to attach their boarding craft...we go out and they come in. Clever bastards..."
• "Covenant! On the landing above us!"
• "The lifepods are launching. We should hurry." - To the Master Chief.
• "The Covenant are destroying the lifepods...they really don't want us on that ring. Warning... blast doors closing! We have to use the ship's maintenance access ways. Follow the navpoint, it will lead you to an opening." - To the Master Chief.
• "I'm detecting Covenant movement outside the access ways. Activating motion tracker. Let's find a safe exit." - To the Master Chief in the Pillar of Autumn's tunnels.
• "We're too close. We need to find another route. Motion tracker shows all clear."
• "Wait... we need to get through that door, but it's been damaged by an explosion. Analyzing... The door's control mechanism is offline, but it's taken a lot of damage. You should be able to bash it open with the butt of your weapon." - After the Master Chief got out from the tunnels.
• "It looks like the Covenant wanted to catch you napping." - About Elites in Cryo 2.
• "The damage to the superstructure is extensive...I don't know how much more abuse the Autumn can take!" - In the damaged part of the ship.
• "There's one last lifeboat! Quickly, get aboard before it launches!"
• "Now would be a very good time to leave!" - When Chief got into the Bumblebee.
• "Sure you wouldn't rather take a seat?" - To the Master Chief, in Bumblebee.
• "If I had fingers, they'd be crossed..." - When the Bumblebee hit Halo's atmosphere.
• "We're coming in too fast!" - To the Bumblebee Pilot, the beginning of level Halo.
• "Chief! Chief! Can you hear me? At last! Are you alright? Can you move? The others...the impact.... There's nothing we can do." - After the Bumblebee crashed, and all of the Marines, except Chief, died.
• Warning! I've detected multiple Covenant Dropships on approach. I recommend moving into those hills. If we're lucky, the Covenant will believe that everyone aboard this lifeboat died in the crash."
• "I'm reading thousands of types of flora. The ring's ecosystem is incredibly sophisticated." - When the Master Chief explored the area.
• "Alert! Covenant dropship inbound! They must be looking for survivors. I recommend immediate evasion."
• "Warning! The Covenant Dropship has detected us, here they come."
• "I'm reading a lifeboat beacon over the next hill. We should check to see if there are any survivors." - Near the second crashed lifeboat.
• "Don't worry, Sergeant. We'll stay here until evac arrives." - To Avery Junior Johnson.
• "Roger, Echo 419. This is Fire Team Charlie. We read you. Is that you, Foe Hammer? - To Carol Rawley, radio message.
• "Foe Hammer, we need transportation to the Command Shuttle.
• "Look, more lifeboats! They're coming in fast. If those lifeboats make it down, the Covenant are going to be right on top of them. - To the Master Chief.
• "Foe Hammer, we need you to disengage your Warthog. The Master Chief and I are going to see if we can save some soldiers."
• "Roger, Foe Hammer. Stand by to evac survivors and transport them to safety." - After Foe Hammer dropped a Warthog.
• "The Master Chief and I need some backup, can you spare a few men?" - Whem the Master Chief is waiting, in or near the Warthog.
• "We need that Warthog, if we want to get to the other lifeboats in time." - If you ignore the Warthog.
• "This cave is not a natural formation. Someone built it, so it must lead somewhere. I've hacked into the Covenant Battlenet. They're actually broadcasting tactical data on unencrypted channels. We should show them who they're dealing with. Master Chief? I'm going to use your suit's transponder system to monitor their chatter." - In the cave structure in the Halo's surface.
• "There must be some mechanism to cross this cavern. Look for a control panel or switch." - In big cave with offline energy bridge.
• "New traffic on the Covenant Battlenet...a lot more crew made it off the Autumn than I had predicted - the Captain really gave them hell! If we can find Captain Keyes and other survivors, we have a chance to coordinate an effective resistance."
• "Survivors detected. The Marines are concealed in those rocks." - In the rock - slide area.
• "We read you, Echo 419. We have survivors and need immediate dust-off." - Rock - slide area.
• "Acknowledged. We're on our way." - To Carol Rawley.
• "We need to find the other two lifeboats." - If the Chief is too slow.
• "There are some Marines hiding in the hills above the structure!" - In the river head crash site.
• "I'll call in a dropship to pick them up."
• "Affirmative, Foe Hammer. We're ready for dustoff. Approach when ready. We're going to look for the last lifeboat, Echo 419. Good luck."
• "Warning. I've picked up reports that the Covenant have located and secured the Pillar of Autumn's crash site. The good news is the Captain's still alive. The bad news is that the Covenant have captured the entire surviving command crew. Let's hurry and find the final lifeboat, so we can link up with the rest of the survivors." - When the Master Chief is near the river.
• "Lifeboat detected. No sign of survivors." - When the fourth lifeboat is found.
• "Maybe they took cover in that structure. Let's check it out." - In the cliff edge crash site.
• "We should search the interior of those structures before we leave."
• "I've called for evac." - When the Master Chief finds the last group pf survivors.
• "New traffic on the Covenant Battlenet! I've found Captain Keyes! He's being held on a Covenant cruiser, the Truth and Reconciliation, a ship I disabled before we abandoned the Autumn. The Truth and Reconciliation touched down on a desert plateau roughly three hundred kilometers upspin."
• "There's our ride. Get aboard, and let's get out of here." - When Foe Hammer approaches.
• "We should move out, Lieutenant. And then we'll need your help on our rescue mission."

Halo 2

"That's what I thought he said. The Prophet of Regret is planning to activate Halo!" —To the Master Chief on the first cutscene of Regret.

"I'll detonate In Amber Clad's reactors, just like we did the Autumn's. The blast will destroy the city and the ring. Not a very original plan, but we know it will work." —To Master Chief in Flood-infested High Charity.

"No. I don't want to chance a remote detonation. I need to stay here" —To Master Chief in Flood infested High Charity.

"Don't make a girl a promise... if you know you can't keep it." —To Master Chief as he leaves in the Forerunner Ship.

"Alright... shoot." —To the Gravemind in the final cutscene in Halo 2.

"Bet you can't stick it!" —In the E3 '03 gameplay trailer.

"Chief, leave me!" —To Master Chief after waiting a significant amount of time to end the "High Charity" level and board the Forerunner ship.

"You all right, Chief?"- To Master Chief in the level Outskirts. (Easy Difficulty)

"Hey, wake up."- To Master Chief in the level Outskirts. (Normal Difficulty)

"Talk to me; should I start CPR? What's going on?"- To Master Chief in the level Outskirts. (Heroic Difficulty)

"Blink if you can hear me, Chief."- To Master Chief in the level Outskirts. (Legendary Difficulty)

"Me. Inside your head. Now!"- To Master Chief right before she defuses the bomb in Cairo Station.

Halo 3

"I have defied Gods and Demons. I am your shield, I am your sword. I know you - your past... your future..." —In the E3 '06 Trailer.

"This is the way the world ends." —In the E3 '06 Trailer.

"They let me pick. Did I ever tell you that? Choose whichever SPARTAN I wanted. You know me. I did my research. Watched as you became the soldier we needed you to be. Like the Others, you were strong, and swift, and brave. A natural leader. But you had something they didn't. Something no one saw but me. Can you guess? Luck. Was I wrong?"

— Cortana in Arrival (Level), opening words of Halo 3

"Could you sacrifice me to complete your mission? Could you watch me die?"

— Cortana to SPARTAN-117 on Sierra 117 (Level)

"It asked, and I answered. For a moment of safety, I loosed damnation on the stars."

— Cortana to SPARTAN-117 on The Covenant (Level)

"I'm a thief, but I keep what I steal."

— Cortana to SPARTAN-117 on The Covenant (Level), possibly referring to the Index

"I'm just my mother's shadow...don't look at me! Don't listen...I'm not who I used to be..."

— Cortana on High Charity

"A collection of lies...that's all I am: stolen thoughts and memories."

— Cortana on High Charity

"What's your name? You like games? So do I."

— Cortana on High Charity (This is a direct quote from Dr. Halsey from Halo: Fall of Reach.)

"It was the coins fault, I was just trying to protect you."

— Cortana on High Charity

"This is UNSC AI serial number CTN 0452-9. I am a monument to all your sins."

— Vision of Cortana to SPARTAN-117 on Flood-infested High Charity

"Just keep your head down. There's two of us in here now, remember."

— Cortana to Master Chief on High Charity, referring to the first Halo

"...You found me... but so much of me is wrong...out of place...you might be too late."

— Cortana

"You know me, when I make a promise..." "You keep it. I do know how to pick 'em." "Lucky me." - Conversation between Cortana and Master Chief when she is rescued from High Charity

"Move, SPARTAN! Go, go, go!"

— Cortana to SPARTAN-117 on Halo (Level)

"Chief, if we don't make it..." "...It's been an honor serving with you, John." - Cortana's final words to Master Chief before The Ark is destroyed.

"I'll miss you." Cortana to SPARTAN-117 at final cutscene.