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{{Quote|You cannot stop me... I will sift it from you before you finally die, or you can surrender it and have what you always wanted—infinite life, infinite knowledge, and infinite companionship.|The Gravemind attempting to persuade Cortana to give up her struggle.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions''', ''"Human Weakness"'', ''pages 392-393''</ref>}} | {{Quote|You cannot stop me... I will sift it from you before you finally die, or you can surrender it and have what you always wanted—infinite life, infinite knowledge, and infinite companionship.|The Gravemind attempting to persuade Cortana to give up her struggle.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions''', ''"Human Weakness"'', ''pages 392-393''</ref>}} | ||
The Flood nearly succeeded in corrupting the human [[smart AI]] [[Cortana]] while holding her captive in ''[[High Charity]]''. Cortana was quickly rendered helpless against the Gravemind, being completely incapable of identifying the points of the Gravemind's intrusion in her system. The Gravemind attempted to corrupt Cortana through a variety of means: after partially taking over the AI's systems, it tried to directly convince her to join the Flood through various arguments. These included ones similar to those used to subvert Mendicant Bias, as well as attempts to antagonize her human creators while offering the promise of infinite information and unity if she surrendered. It also forced her to vividly experience memories of the Flood's past victims, complete with their deaths. The Gravemind also intended to exploit the [[Riemann matrix]]'s fundamental shortcoming by forcibly feeding Cortana with immense amounts of data in order to dramatically expedite the onset of rampancy. However, Cortana was recovered by [[John-117]] before the Gravemind could complete the process.<ref name="human weakness"/><ref name="Cortana">'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level ''[[Cortana (level)|Cortana]]''</ref> | The Flood nearly succeeded in corrupting the human [[smart AI]] [[Cortana]] while holding her captive in ''[[High Charity]]''. Cortana was quickly rendered helpless against the Gravemind, being completely incapable of identifying the points of the Gravemind's intrusion in her system. The Gravemind attempted to corrupt Cortana through a variety of means: after partially taking over the AI's systems, it tried to directly convince her to join the Flood through various arguments. These included ones similar to those used to subvert Mendicant Bias, as well as attempts to antagonize her human creators while offering the promise of infinite information and unity if she surrendered. It also forced her to vividly experience memories of the Flood's past victims, complete with their deaths. The Gravemind also intended to exploit the [[Riemann matrix]]'s fundamental shortcoming by forcibly feeding Cortana with immense amounts of data in order to dramatically expedite the onset of rampancy. However, Cortana was recovered by [[John-117]] before the Gravemind could complete the process. | ||
It is possible the plague has either taken time to fully work on Cortana, or only partially worked. Her recent activity since her apparent death could be signs of the plague taking partial or complete effect now. Though this is unconfirmed and her actions could simply be her own decisions unaffected by what the Gravemind had done to her. <ref name="human weakness"/><ref name="Cortana">'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level ''[[Cortana (level)|Cortana]]''</ref> | |||
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