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File:HReach-ThePackage-Screen.jpg|Cortana's matrix mounted on the Spartan's back. | File:HReach-ThePackage-Screen.jpg|Cortana's matrix mounted on the Spartan's back. | ||
File:Halo Initiation Kovalic.PNG|[[Admiral]] [[Kovalic]] protecting the armored matrix of an unknown AI. | File:Halo Initiation Kovalic.PNG|[[Admiral]] [[Kovalic]] protecting the armored matrix of an unknown AI. | ||
File:Armoredmatrixh5prologue.png|Cortana's matrix as it appears in Halo 5: Guardians | |||
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Revision as of 15:40, November 23, 2015
An armored matrix is a reinforced housing used by the UNSC to securely transport an artificial intelligence construct. An armored matrix may be used when a holotank is not available, such as on a battlefield. Though the AI contained within can communicate verbally, there is no hologram emitter for it to manifest a body; hence, the AI can talk, but it cannot see.[1]
Class-C Military AIs serving under ODST commanding officers are carried in armored matrices aboard the officers' SOEIVs. In this manner they may ride into a combat zone intact and be further operated when a firebase or other operational command post is put into place.[1]
An armored matrix was used to house the AI Cortana while she was transferred by Spartan-III Noble Team to the UNSC Pillar of Autumn during the Fall of Reach.[2] During an unspecified battle, Admiral Kovalic was protecting the armored matrix of an unknown AI from Covenant forces. With the help of Shock Trooper Sarah Palmer, Kovalic and the AI made it safely off the planet.[3]
Gallery
- Package Concept.png
Concept art of Cortana's armored matrix.
A high-polygon 3D model of the matrix.
Another view of the unit.
Dr. Catherine Halsey holding Cortana's armored matrix.
SPARTAN-B312 examining Cortana's matrix.
Cortana's matrix mounted on the Spartan's back.
Cortana's matrix as it appears in Halo 5: Guardians
List of appearances
- Halo: The Flood (First appearance)
- Halo: Reach
- Halo: Initiation
- Halo 5: Guardians
Sources
- ^ a b Halo: The Flood, page 317
- ^ Halo: Reach, campaign level, The Package
- ^ Halo: Initiation, Issue #1
