However it’s not clear whether this ring is Zeta Halo, the setting of Halo Infinite, or one of the other six rings. The last shot of the game featured Cortana humming as the camera zoomed in on a Halo ring, suggesting The Created were seeking control of the galaxy-spanning superweapon. Master Chief, the Arbiter and Catherin Halsey (creator of Cortana and the Spartans) began plotting ways to fight back. Humanity’s main flagship, the UNSC Infinity, had to flee. The Created used the Guardians to fire off electro-magnetic pulses at major locations, and forced their populations into submission. These Guardians could help her and the other ‘Created’ AIs police the galaxy’s population.Īt the end of Halo 5, Cortana's plan succeeded. This led to the awakening of ancient Forerunner Guardians: mile-high machines capable of travelling the stars and quelling resistance where needed. This cured Cortana of her Rampancy, and essentially gave her and other smart AIs the ability to live forever.Īccording to Cortana, the AIs' newfound immortality made them better suited to reclaim the Forerunner’s Mantle of Responsibility than humans.

It simply sent her through slipspace, where she was able to make contact with the Forerunner Domain, basically a Forerunner internet spanning the entire galaxy. In the end, she sacrificed herself to defeat the Didact, saving Master Chief and Earth from his attack. This happened to Cortana during Halo 4’s campaign. In the process, they start suffering from uncontrollable emotional outbursts.

In simple terms, the AIs end up thinking themselves to death. This condition is known as Rampancy: an irreversible malfunction, in which AI memory starts to grow too big for the limited space in its neural matrix. As a 'Smart AI,' Cortana had a life expectancy of only seven years, after which she would begin deteriorating. Meanwhile Cortana, already traumatized from when the Flood Gravemind captured her, was reaching the end of her operational lifespan.

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