Editing The Package (data storage unit)

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<center>''For other uses, see [[The Package (disambiguation)]].''</center>
[[File:HReach-Package-DataStorageUnit.png|thumb|350px|The data storage unit.]]
{{Quote|Get the Package to the ''Autumn''!|[[Carter-A259]] to SPARTAN-B312}}
'''The Package''' was the code name for a data storage unit used by [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] to store a fragment of the [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] [[Cortana]]. During the [[Fall of Reach]], [[Noble Team]]'s final objective, and ultimately that of [[SPARTAN-B312]], was to get the Package, and the sensitive data it contained, off the planet on the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', ''[[The Package (level)|The Package]]''</ref>

The Package was a reinforced metal cylinder with a hollow section in the center, which contained a [[data crystal chip]]. The fragment of Cortana that was within the Package contained the "latchkey discovery" made by [[Laszlo Sorvad]] and the information decrypted from the [[Babd Catha Forerunner complex|Forerunner artifact]] below [[SWORD Base]]. Because Noble Six's [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V(B)|Mark V[B] armor]] lacked the [[SPARTAN neural interface|neural interface upgrades]] necessary to integrate an AI with the MJOLNIR's systems, Cortana must be carried via the Package.<ref>''''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]'''</ref>

==Trivia==
*In the level ''[[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Reach level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]'', Noble Six hooks the Package to his/her back armor, much like an [[Armor Abilities|armor ability]].
*In ''[[Halo: Initiation]]'', [[Admiral]] [[Kovalic]] carries a base AI in a storage device similar to the Package.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Package Concept.png|Concept art of the data storage unit.
File:HaloReach - The Package.jpg|Dr. Halsey removing the Package from its storage terminal.
File:Halsey holding Cortana Fragment.jpg|Halsey holding the Package.
File:Reach 7804700 Full.jpg|[[SPARTAN-B312|Noble Six]] examining the data storage unit.
File:HReach-ThePackage-Screen.jpg|The Package mounted on the back of Noble Six.
File:Package hipoly.png|A high-polygon 3D model of the storage unit.
File:Package.png|Another view of the unit.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Reach]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
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[[Category:Human technology]]