Catherine Halsey: Difference between revisions

By [[2559#January|January 24, 2559]], they were still on the run, performing erratic jumps to evade discovery.{{Ref/Reuse|lootcrate12}} That day, at just after 1204 hours, Halsey was approached by a Spartan from [[Fireteam Apollo]] with the serial number [[92738-61842-LC]]. This individual had been tasked by Captain Lasky with investigating what was being dubbed "the Guardian Incident". Halsey pointedly asked how they had gotten clearance to talk with her and was made aware of the priority-one directive given to them by the captain. After then confirming she was being recorded, the Spartan informed her they were there to talk about [[Cortana]]. Halsey was interested to hear what their investigation had unearthed so far, but they reported not being authorized to share anything further than their having concluded that the cognitive duress and strain Cortana had sustained since the discovery of [[Installation 04]] was partially responsible. The Spartan's first questions for the doctor concerned Cortana's creation, and Halsey was soon defending her actions incumbent in that process. She also refused to reveal what had become of the clones of herself she had made, claiming that was still classified even for them. Asked what she thought the best explanation for what had happened was, Halsey recalled Cortana's first words and theorized she was simply doing she had to in order to keep "the game" from ending. Halsey then quoted the Greek philosopher [[Wikipedia:Epictetus|Epictetus]] and suggested Cortana was the answer to his thought experiment regarding the harm in saying "Tomorrow you will die," while kissing one's child. When her interviewer asked what she thought the solution to stopping her was, Catherine ignored the question since she doubted coming up with that would be part of a Spartan's directive and was convinced she'd been locked away for that purpose. 92738-61842-LC countered that she'd been locked up because of her repeated protocol violations, which only led to further argument and  the Spartan finally choosing to take their leave. Before they went, Halsey shared the [[Cortana Letters#First letter|last thing]] Cortana had said to her.{{Ref/Reuse|lootcrate12}} The Spartan asked what her words were supposed to have meant, but Halsey could only say that she had been hoping they were able to explain them to her.{{Ref/Reuse|lootcrate12}}{{Ref/Note|What Halsey indicated Cortana had last said to her is quoted from the first of the [[Cortana letters]], a series of emails produced prior to the release of ''Halo: Combat Evolved''. Whether or not Cortana said the things she did to Halsey prior to her slipping away from [[Eridanus Secundus]] in [[2552]] or at some point after, perhaps following her accessing of the [[Domain]], is unknown.}}.

===Stopping Cortana===