Cortana: Difference between revisions

According to the [[Librarian]], a [[geas]] that would eventually lead to the creation of Cortana had been planted in the [[human]] genome as early back as the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], taking inspiration from [[Forerunner]] [[ancilla]]s.<ref>'''[[Halo 4]]''', campaign level ''[[Reclaimer (level)|Reclaimer]]''</ref> This may be why Cortana's avatar resembled the ancillas used in [[Forerunner personal armor]], whose images were of a blue woman who could merge with the wearer's mind. Before the creation of Cortana, [[Catherine Halsey|Doctor Catherine Halsey]] had tested Cortana's intrusion routines and software on her previous AI, [[Kalmiya]].<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 126'' (''"Kalmiya was Cortana's "older sister." Dr. Halsey had designed and tested the software intrusion routines on her. Once the process had been debugged and streamlined, she'd incorporated the routines into Cortana."'')</ref>