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| :'''UNSC PRIORITY TRANSMISSION 00143A-23''' | | :'''UNSC PRIORITY TRANSMISSION 00143A-23''' |
| :'''[[Encryption code|ENCRYPTION CODE]]: UMBER''' | | :'''[[Encryption code|ENCRYPTION CODE]]: UMBER''' |
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| :Your clearance checked out. You may proceed. | | :Your clearance checked out. You may proceed. |
| :The files you seek are attached and accessible via the failsafe bypass key you were sent through alternate channels and the eight digit coordinates you will find yourself at precisely [[Military Standard Time|MST]] 1657 hours today. | | :The files you seek are attached and accessible via the failsafe bypass key you were sent through alternate channels and the eight digit coordinates you will find yourself at precisely [[Military Standard Time|MST]] 1657 hours today. |
| :Context. This is an interview I personally conducted with [[Master Chief Petty Officer]] S-117. Although I do not know the reason you requested this specific excerpt, it is at least partly clear that you are trying to determine what went wrong; perhaps as a means for finding a solution? There is no single cause to what happened to Cortana, but rather, many, all of which are irreversible and can no longer be mitigated. Nevertheless, I've provided what you requested.
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| :I should warn you that violation of the security parameters of B5D are [[Capital punishment|punishable by death]].
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| :I assure you there are no exceptions to this rule.
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| :'''SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2557 0721:21:15//BORNEO STATION'''
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| :'''[SPHR3]''' ...series of simple questions regarding your interactions in the [[Stasis field|stasis]] vestibule. We have visuals from a local sensor array and the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI|Mjolnir's]] cam.
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| :'''[S-117]''' Stasis vestible?
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| :'''[SPHR3]''' December 17, [[2553]]. Upon your return to High Charity, during the incident on [[Installation 00]]. Do you recall this?
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| :'''[S-117]''' Yes, ma'am.
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| :'''[SPHR3]''' What was Cortana's state when you finally managed to reach her?
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| :'''[S-117]''' Functional.
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| :'''[SPHR3]''' Functional? There were no defects of note?
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| :'''[S-117]''' There were potential defects, but she was functional. Enough to accomplish the mission's objectives.
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| :'''[SPHR3]''' You're referring to the activation of [[Installation 08]]?
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| :'''[S-117]''' The replacement [[Halo Array|Halo]] was our only way to stop the [[Flood]].
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| :'''[SPHR3]''' And Cortana had the [[Activation index|Activation Index]] from the [[Installation 04|first ring]]? Had she previously told you that she intended to keep it?
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| :'''[S-117]''' No.
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| :'''[SPHR3]''' It's actually a severe violation to not report the acquisition of a Class 9B asset, according to Article 2477-6 of the [[UNSC Charter for Xenoarcheological Artifact Recovery and Quarantine]].
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| :'''[S-117]''' [No response, impassive]
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| :'''[SPHR3]''' What were the [[Artificial intelligence|AI's]] defects, as far as you could tell?
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| :'''[S-117]''' Response time, synchronization confidence, diagnostic alerts... things of that nature. Nothing tactically significant.
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| :'''[SPHR3]''' A Software Trauma Analysis filed in 2553 indicates you received [[Character interludes|messages]] shortly after you arrived back on [[Earth]] on November 17, [[2552]]? During her time alone on High Charity?
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| :'''[S-117]''' Messages? Could you clarify?
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| :'''[SPHR3]''' The report says 'residual interface anomalies.' You thought it was an armor malfunction at first?
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| :'''[S-117]''' At first, yes, but the diagnostics checked out.
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| :'''[SPHR3]''' What was the nature of the messages?
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| :'''[S-117]''' They were brief. Images, words. Impressions mainly, but they were generally incoherent.
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| :'''[SPHR3]''' For our records, can you state if these were from Cortana?
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| :'''[S-117]''' As the report said, the trauma team analyzed the data and ruled that it was an echo of Cortana's personality matrix after we were separated on High Charity.
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| :'''[SPHR3]''' Did you ever discuss this with Cortana after you two were reunited?
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| :'''[S-117]''' No.
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| :'''[SPHR3]''' The STA says this may have been caused by her extensive data consumption on the first Halo ring, Installation 04?
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| :'''[S-117]''' That's what the report says.
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| :'''[SPHR3]''' Do you agree with the report, Sierra One-One-Seven?
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| :'''[S-117]''' Not sure that it matters, ma'am. Cortana's been gone for months now. Unclear as to why this is important now?
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| :'''[SPHR3]''' Risk assessment. The AI showed little regard for protocol, especially when it came to [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI's]] procurement policies on [[Forerunner]] material. Despite the STA report, the possibility - however remote - that she was able to communicate with you across thousands of light years supraluminally points to a massive security risk, as it shows a level of manipulation of Forerunner systems that is extremely troubling, and far beyond our own capabilities. Given the fact that she was highly unstable and deep in the throes of [[rampancy]] last time you saw her, I'm sure that you can appreciate the fact that we're not taking any chances.
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| ==Production notes== | | ==Production notes== |
