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	Cortana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cortana is a "smart" artificial intelligence that was constructed from the flash-cloned brain of Dr.
		Cortana was able to command the cruiser U.N.S.C. Pillar of Autumn to great effect over the planet of Reach and the astrological phenomena known as Halo against hostile Covenant space forces.
		Cortana is later forced to enter a Covenant computer in order to allow the Master Chief and a group of Marines access to areas of the Covenant ship so that it may be hijacked.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cortana_(Halo) (1051 words)

	Halo Story Page \| Characters \| Cortana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Cortana had, without telling anyone else, deciphered the meaning of the crystal that the MC recovered from Cote d'Azur, realized it was probably an ancient navigational map, and deliberately took the Pillar of Autumn there.
		So either Cortana did not become rampant in the Marathon sense when she was connected to Halo, or else she exhibited a remarkable degree of self control, since we never notice anything like pain or even regret when the Chief removes her from the control room at the beginning of Two Betrayals.
		Cortana and the MC are the sword in the stone.
	halosm.bungie.org /story/cortana.html (7141 words)

	Halo Story
		There ae a few final modifications that need to be made in the systems" Cortana leaped to her "feet" and turned her back to Dr. Halsey, and examined the photographs on the wall.
		Cortana could be seen as a hitchhiker on the PoA and even in Master Chief's body.
		Cortana seems to have gotten a bit less complex right along with the rest of the plot.
	www.angelfire.com /rock3/glorifeye/cortana.html (953 words)

	Cortana Revisited
		Cortana was on Marathon, an altered version of Durandal on which Bernhard used slightly different techniques.
		Cortana, like Durandal, hoped to escape closure, but felt the S'pht legend of the eleventh clan was a red herring and did not join him in his search for Lh'owon, staying in the vicinity of Earth.
		Now, Cortana may have been on board the PoA for short time, sending messages to the Story Page and (as we'll see in a moment) the Covenant, but the routing codes, as the Class III AI suggests, may have simply been faked and Cortana was never on the PoA.
	nikon.bungie.org /theories/m.hilliard.html (2436 words)

	Halo-Toys, Cortana Series 1 Halo Action Figure
		Cortana is a super-intelligent Artificial Intelligence (AI) - a sentient, self-aware computer construct.
		Cortana appears in physical form as a hologram, in the self-determined guise of a human female.
		Her genius intellect is accompanied by a wry wit and deep concern for the welfare of her human associates.
	www.halo-toys.com /halo_1_cortana.htm (139 words)

	The Cortana Letters, Part I \| Rampancy
		Cortana appears to be either Durandal, or familiar with/a peer of Durandal, which may explain the familiar quotes in the letter and place them in context.
		Cortana is familiar terrain, but unfamiliar territory, and if Cortana is a spokesperson for Blam, then that may extend to the game as well.
		Cortana is almost definitely an AI, but the line between her and Durandal becomes ever fuzzier.
	rampancy.net /info/articles/the_cortana_letters_part_i (2606 words)

	Halo for PS2 on Gamerhelp.com
		Cortana: Cortana to fire team Charley: move up on the left you should be able to flank the enemy.
		Cortana: Cortana to Echo 419: the Chief and I are topside.
		Cortana: Cortana to Echo 419: Two Covenant Banshees are approaching on your six.
	www.gamerhelp.com /xbox/Halo/100822.shtml (7294 words)

	The Cortana Brief
		Cortana were invented, Cortana had to obtain these memories either by acquiring them from another source, or Cortana being a supernatural being that has been
		Cortana were invented, Cortana had to obtain these memories either by : acquiring them from another source, or Cortana being a supernatural being : that has been : 18.
		This theory states that Cortana is somehow fused with Gravemind, that : the flood originated on earth or were visited by an advanced human life : form long ago : 43.
	carnage.bungie.org /haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=755234 (1930 words)

	Marathon's Story... Facts and puzzling things about... Cortana
		Munifican forged Durandal, for Roland; Sauvagine and Courtain for Ogier the Dane.
		Cortana definitely seems to be related to Durandal (sporting the same attitude), but perhaps it is an AI who has progressed past any known level of self-advancement.
		Cortana would simply be pseudonym he used while in contact with the recipient of the messages, which ties in nicely with the close relationship between the names 'Cortana' and 'Durandal'.
	marathon.bungie.org /story/cortana.html (14683 words)

	Cortana Letters - Halopedia - A Wikia wiki
		The Cortana Letters are a series of cryptic emails from "cortana@bungie.com", sent to a very prominent Marathon site before the release of Halo: Combat Evolved.
		At the time, it was not known who Cortana was, and her emails offered a small glimpse of the Halo plot.
		Although Cortana does reference the first letter in the Halo 3 Announcement Trailer, Bungie has said the material of the letters is only to be considered canon when used in current Halo material.
	halo.wikia.com /wiki/Cortana_Letters (1359 words)

	If Cortana was played by a real actress... - Xbox 360 & Xbox Forums
		Suppose that for the Halo film, Cortana was to be played by a real actress and then altered using the magic of computer technology to look holographic like she does in the game (purple with the data streams running up and down her).
		Basically, the shape of the face and body would be of the real actress and the only changes made would be to make her look like a holographic AI construct.
		Cortana should be CG because in the story that is in a sense what she is, she just resembles Dr. Halsey.
	forum.teamxbox.com /showthread.php?p=8203071 (1452 words)

	The Armchair Empire - Action Figure Reviews: Cortana (Halo)
		Cortana is a display piece that isn’t truly realized until the lights are off.
		Cortana’s sculpt is great, but it’s her base that showcases her.
		Her sculpt is direct from Halo, but she is way more translucent than her digital counterpart.
	www.armchairempire.com /action-figures/cortana.htm (444 words)

	Cortana lying to Foe Hammer \| Rampancy
		Four, and most importantly, it implies that originally Cortana had no intention of contacting Foe Hammer and thus reinforces the suspicion that she was/is not interested in the survival of any other UNSC forces.
		It's interesting to note though that Cortana refers to her 12 hours in Halo's core as being 'cooped up', which is a curious turn of phrase in itself, given the apparent wealth and breadth of information suddenly available to her.
		While Cortana's plan to stop Halo from firing is quite laudable and certainly understandable in the circumstances, her single minded concerns over doing so tend to ignore the potential of the Flood themselves.
	rampancy.net /node/3152 (1182 words)

	Ramblings of a Technology Addict
		When I was working at Edelman PR in San Francisco during the summer of 1999, the Cortana Letters surfaced.
		The letters themselves were letters from an AI called Cortana addressed to Hamish Sinclair the head of the Marathon's Story page.
		Cortana is an AI, much as Durandal, Leela and Tycho were in the original Marathon, sentient, intelligent, and potentially rampant.
	radio.weblogs.com /0116463/2003/05/07.html (614 words)

	Evan's Halo Script Unrevised
		Oh No. Cortana, get the ship on high alert and get ready to enter slip space and heat up the MAC guns.
		Cortana: The Covenant are on the far side of the planet, sir.
		Cortana: Our fighters are mopping up their recon picket right now.
	www.expage.com /evancooldude (431 words)

	Lucire Fashion: Flights of fancy: Barcelona Fashion Week, Pasarela Gaudi: Cortana autumn-winter 2004-5 (13) - The ...
		Cortana’s designs were inspired by the theatre, with her face-painted models wearing shades of fl and white.
		Cortana’s design philosophy is about individual freedoms, so wearers are permitted to wear her clothes in unique ways.
		Lighter shades were in evidence throughout although, once again, fl and white were the staple colours for her autumn—winter.
	www.lucire.com /2003/fall2004/0405fe6.shtml (153 words)

	Cortana Kiwanis of Baton Rouge, La
		Cortana Kiwanis was founded in 1977 by Dr. Mort Levy with sponsorship of the Downtown Kiwanis Club of Baton Rouge.
		For over 28 years, Cortana Kiwanis Club has touched the lives of many families in Baton Rouge through hand-on projects such as Christmas and Thanksgiving basket deliveries, Boys and Girls Clubs, Northdale Magnet Academy, Bishop Sullivan Key Club, Pictures with Santa at the Christmas Festivities in downtown Baton Rouge and many other worthwhile projects.
		Cortana Kiwanis meet at 7:30 AM every Thursday morning at the Piccadilly Cafeteria, 3332 S. Sherwood Forest Blvd. Our members are more than happy to answer any questions you may have about the organization and how you can join.
	www.mindspring.com /~doylem/cortanakiwanis (387 words)

	Halo Story
		Cortana: "Our fighters are mopping up the last of their recon picket now, nothing serious.
		Cortana: "Attention all personnel, we are re-engaging the enemy, external and internal contact imminent."
		Keyes: "I appreciate your concern Cortana, but it's not up to me. Protocol is clear, destruction or capture of a shipboard AI is absolutely unacceptable and that means you're leaving ship.
	www.angelfire.com /rock3/glorifeye/poas.html (1275 words)

	Halo Babies Comics
		Cortana looks like shes about to kill MC in the third panel.
		And just to tell you all, Cortana says "Me, inside your head, NOW!" in HALO 2 when the cut scene starts, on the crio station, RIGHT before the chief turns the bomb off, incase any of you guys were wondering.
		All the Cortana poses were great, expecially the one in the third panel.
	www.halobabies.net /comics/86 (2496 words)

	HALO2 page
		Cortana marks the location of the nearest pulse generator.
		You fall down, and Cortana soon realizes that the grid needs to be flipped upside down.
		Cortana says that there are pools of coolant on the ground.
	members.cox.net /robertoob/halo2.html (1561 words)

	Cortana's fault!!!
		i agree cortana did her duty, but she could have chosen a different route instead of putting her own vendettas first.
		Cortana and MC's mission was to gather intel on Covenant tech.
		But if Cortana had never led MC to Halo, however accidently, they would have never had intel on the structure, the Flood, and the Covenant's goals so that humanity would have been ignorant to the covenant juggernaut and perhaps the Flood juggernaut, which would have been barreling for Earth.
	www.halomovieonline.com /site/index.php?topic=733.0 (824 words)

	Halo Fanfic Writers -- Readers & Writers of Halo and Halo 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Cortana looked down, then back up and saw lots of debris floating around in space and scanned for any Human vital signs.
		Cortana pointed the direction to the bridge, Chief nodded and walked out of the door heading towards the bridge.
		As soon as Cortana disappeared the MAC gun roared to life; as it fired it caused the Cairo to shake and a bright spark of light came out of the top, hitting a Brute ship which destroyed it in one hit.
	www.freewebs.com /cortana4ever/halotheinterregnum.htm (12525 words)

	Memorable Quotes from Halo (2001) (VG) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Cortana: The Covenant found something, buried in this ring, something horrible, and now, they're scared.
		Cortana: A dozen superior Covenant battleships against a single Halcyon class cruiser.
		Cortana: The Covenant believe that what they call the Silent Cartographer is somewhere under this island.
	imdb.com /title/tt0309654/quotes (1257 words)

	The Maw
		CORTANA: I leave home for a few days, and look what happens.
		CORTANA (with a note of awe in her voice): "He stopped the self-destruct sequence.
		When you enter the engineering Cortana walks you through the procedure of disabiling the engine's core.
	members.cox.net /robertoob/TheMaw.html (1022 words)

	Halo Planet - News, Screenshots, Previews, Reviews, Guides (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Master Chief removes the chip containing Cortana from his helmet and inserts her into a slot below a holographic projector in front of the view-screen.
		Cortana: "There, that should give us enough time to make it to a lifeboat and put some distance between ourselves and Halo before the detonation.
		Cortana: "I'm detecting taps throughout the ship, Sentinels most likely, as for the Monitor...He's in Engineering.
	www.haloplanet.com /features/transcripts/10.shtml (1237 words)

	IGN Boards - The Cortana Theroy
		Then there were saying Cortana wrote a letter.
		Uhh....sorry, but your hand is the only one that'll be doing that, I don't want to touch you, sick bastard.
		A few what seems like random emails were sent to subscribers of bungie.net back in the day before halo.
	boards.ign.com /halo/b5240/131748375/p1/?4 (755 words)

	Halo Story Page \| History \| The Cortana Letters
		This was before Halo had even been revealed at MacWorld New York 1999, though rumors of a new Bungie game were flying about rampantly, as it were.
		The Cortana we are shown is of a temper we have seen before elsewhere; hungry and vengeful (note the sloping, criminal forehead).
		While not neccessarily canon material, these letters do provide exceptional insights into the development (and future?) of not only Cortana, but Halo's story as a whole.
	halosm.bungie.org /story/cortanaletters.html (142 words)

	IGN Boards - Cortana's/Random Girl's voice in Halo 3 Ad?
		I don't think Cortana will be absent the whole game.
		Leave me!", which is a line Cortana said in the last Chief level in Halo 2.
		It could be cortana, not miranda unless she changed her voice, or it could be a voice distorted by the explotion.
	boards.ign.com /halo/b5240/132577198/p1 (580 words)

	Cortana: A LEGO® creation by Nate Mac : MOCpages.com
		Write a review and share your opinion with other visitors.
		Hey man this is great never would have thought of making Cortana.
		MOCpages is an unofficial, fan-created web service that is not sponsored by The LEGO Group of companies.
	www.mocpages.com /moc.php/14605 (196 words)

	GameTrailers.com - User Movie: Cortana Letter Tru7h by DeepShadow
		The infamous 1999 Cortana Letters are compared to the E3 2k6 Halo 3 Trailer.
		Man, thank you, I've never heard of the Cortana Letters, but you shed light on it for me, as well as unveiling a crazy secret from the start.
		It says something about the Cortana Letters, and it's stretched into two rows, and it actually says, "the The Cortana Letters," but when I first read it, it seemed like there was only one "the."
	www.gametrailers.com /umwatcher.php?id=4398 (466 words)

	GameTrailers.com Forums - Cortana in INHERITANCE
		Jen Taylor, the voice of Cortana and Kate Archer, is starring in a new movie entitled INHERITANCE.
		So, if you've ever wanted to see Cortana in the flesh, check it out.
		But oh well, guess I've always wondered what Cortana looks like.
	forums.gametrailers.com /showthread.php?t=6423 (278 words)

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