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After [[First Battle of Harvest|first contact]] with the [[Covenant]], Dr. Halsey accessed [[Lieutenant Commander|LCDR]] [[Jilan al-Cygni|al-Cygni]]'s ONI [[sloop]] ''[[UNSC Walk of Shame|Walk of Shame]]'''s data archive. During Dr. Halsey's investigation, she began researching the last conversations of the AI [[Mack]], and his choice of misspelled Shakespeare during his last days of rampancy.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 391''</ref>
After [[First Battle of Harvest|first contact]] with the [[Covenant]], Dr. Halsey accessed [[Lieutenant Commander|LCDR]] [[Jilan al-Cygni|al-Cygni]]'s ONI [[sloop]] {{UNSCShip|Walk of Shame}}'s data archive. During Dr. Halsey's investigation, she began researching the last conversations of the AI [[Mack]], and his choice of misspelled Shakespeare during his last days of rampancy.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 391''</ref>
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On [[2549#March|March 24, 2549]] Halsey made a note in which which she reminded herself to soon finish field tests experimenting with direct [[human]]-to-A.I. neural linkages.<ref name="HJ32449"/> She believed such a linkage would serve as the final necessary upgrade incumbent to Mjolnir's [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V|MARK V]] platform, as well as the last gift she had to offer her Spartans. And though she felt she had no other choice but to proceed in this direction, she did worry that in combining Spartans and A.I.s it felt as if she was losing both somehow.<ref name="HJ32449">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''March 24, 2549''</ref> On [[2549#May|May 21]] Doctor Halsey [[Flash cloning|cloned]] herself twenty times, thereby breaking civilian laws, [[UNSC Armed Forces|UNSC military]] regulations, and (far from the first time) the [[UN]] [[UN Colonial Mortal Dictata|Colonial Mortal Dictata]].<ref name="HJ52149">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''May 21, 2549''</ref><ref name="HTFOR25"/> She believed her third-generations "smart" A.I.s required better material to use as A.I. matrix seeds than that offered by the new candidates she was being presented with, which she saw as lacking both physical and intellectual agility. To create the clones she used the same equipment that had been used years prior to make the [[flash clone]]s needed for [[SPARTAN-II]]. This time, however, she enhanced their neural physiology at the expense of other biological functions. She made sure the equipment was hidden and secure from all save herself, though the cloning had been arranged by [[ONI]] at her insistence. As such, there were a few others who also knew about it, but she was confident that these particular individuals could be trusted to keep the information secret. The clones developed at a breakneck pace, for on the same day she had first began the process they were already exhibiting familiar anatomy and curling into fetal positions, malformed as they were. In her journal Halsey noted how disquieting this was to watch, grieving for them and wishing she could allay their suffering somehow.<ref name="HJ52149"/> A little over two months later, on [[2549#July|July 29]], Halsey successfully excised all of the clones' brains and transferred them to cryogenic units.<ref name="HJ72949">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''July 29, 2549''</ref> All remaining organic substrates were flash-incinerated. She planned at this time to complete her [[Mind transfer|personality transfer]] seven weeks later and was still uncertain whether or not she should tell them they were clones of her.<ref name="HJ72949"/>
On [[2549#March|March 24, 2549]] Halsey made a note in which which she reminded herself to soon finish field tests experimenting with direct [[human]]-to-A.I. neural linkages.<ref name="HJ32449"/> She believed such a linkage would serve as the final necessary upgrade incumbent to Mjolnir's [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V|MARK V]] platform, as well as the last gift she had to offer her Spartans. And though she felt she had no other choice but to proceed in this direction, she did worry that in combining Spartans and A.I.s it felt as if she was losing both somehow.<ref name="HJ32449">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''March 24, 2549''</ref> On [[2549#May|May 21]] Doctor Halsey [[Flash cloning|cloned]] herself twenty times, thereby breaking civilian laws, [[UNSC Armed Forces|UNSC military]] regulations, and (far from the first time) the [[UN]] [[UN Colonial Mortal Dictata|Colonial Mortal Dictata]].<ref name="HJ52149">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''May 21, 2549''</ref><ref name="HTFOR25"/> She believed her third-generations "smart" A.I.s required better material to use as A.I. matrix seeds than that offered by the new candidates she was being presented with, which she saw as lacking both physical and intellectual agility. To create the clones she used the same equipment that had been used years prior to make the [[flash clone]]s needed for [[SPARTAN-II]]. This time, however, she enhanced their neural physiology at the expense of other biological functions. She made sure the equipment was hidden and secure from all save herself, though the cloning had been arranged by [[ONI]] at her insistence. As such, there were a few others who also knew about it, but she was confident that these particular individuals could be trusted to keep the information secret. The clones developed at a breakneck pace, for on the same day she had first began the process they were already exhibiting familiar anatomy and curling into fetal positions, malformed as they were. In her journal Halsey noted how disquieting this was to watch, grieving for them and wishing she could allay their suffering somehow.<ref name="HJ52149"/> A little over two months later, on [[2549#July|July 29]], Halsey successfully excised all of the clones' brains and transferred them to cryogenic units.<ref name="HJ72949">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''July 29, 2549''</ref> All remaining organic substrates were flash-incinerated. She planned at this time to complete her [[Mind transfer|personality transfer]] seven weeks later and was still uncertain whether or not she should tell them they were clones of her.<ref name="HJ72949"/>


On [[2549#September|September 9]] Halsey reflected on the recent [[Battle for Arcadia|loss]] of [[Arcadia]], as she had come into possession of a near-complete record of the attack taken from from an orbiting weather satellite.<ref name="HJ9949">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''July 29, 2549''</ref> In her journal she expressed the agony viewing the destruction caused her, noting that she knew some would smirk at the thought of her shrinking from it. As the entire world's surface was mercilessly [[Glassing|glassed]] rather than only portions, she wondered variously whether the planet posed a threat to them, had religious or political value, or was simply designated for sending a message to humanity.<ref name="HJ9949"/> By September 14 Halsey had hacked into the redacted portions of other Arcadia reports.<ref name="HJ91449">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''July 14, 2549''</ref> On [[2549#November|November 7, 2549]], within the confines of [[CASTLE Base]], Catherine Halsey transferred and authenticated the H-1 specimen's neural pattern to A.I. matrix strata, completing the initiation sequence within normal quantum flux tolerances.<ref name="HJ11749">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''November 7, 2549''</ref><ref name="WaypointCortana">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/cortana '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Cortana'']</ref> The newly-made intelligence called herself "[[Cortana]]". Halsey placed a viral termination code in her kernel but then could not tell whether she remained unaware of it or had already isolated and bypassed it. The first words spoken by Cortana were those Halsey's mother had said to her after beating her daughter in [[chess]] decades prior. Halsey recognized in the choice of phrase a confluence of morality, mortality, and metaphor. In her journal she recorded her delight and relief upon seeing that Cortana chose a simple human appearance for her avatar.<ref name="HJ11749"/>
On [[2549#September|September 9]] Halsey reflected on the recent [[Second Fall of Arcadia|second fall]] of [[Arcadia]], as she had come into possession of a near-complete record of the attack taken from from an orbiting weather satellite.<ref name="HJ9949">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''July 29, 2549''</ref> In her journal she expressed the agony viewing the destruction caused her, noting that she knew some would smirk at the thought of her shrinking from it. As the entire world's surface was mercilessly [[Glassing|glassed]] rather than only portions, she wondered variously whether the planet posed a threat to them, had religious or political value, or was simply designated for sending a message to humanity.<ref name="HJ9949"/> By September 14 Halsey had hacked into the redacted portions of other Arcadia reports.<ref name="HJ91449">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''July 14, 2549''</ref> On [[2549#November|November 7, 2549]], within the confines of [[CASTLE Base]], Catherine Halsey transferred and authenticated the H-1 specimen's neural pattern to A.I. matrix strata, completing the initiation sequence within normal quantum flux tolerances.<ref name="HJ11749">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''November 7, 2549''</ref><ref name="WaypointCortana">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/cortana '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Cortana'']</ref> The newly-made intelligence called herself "[[Cortana]]". Halsey placed a viral termination code in her kernel but then could not tell whether she remained unaware of it or had already isolated and bypassed it. The first words spoken by Cortana were those Halsey's mother had said to her after beating her daughter in [[chess]] decades prior. Halsey recognized in the choice of phrase a confluence of morality, mortality, and metaphor. In her journal she recorded her delight and relief upon seeing that Cortana chose a simple human appearance for her avatar.<ref name="HJ11749"/>


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