Is Cortana a clone?

According to her backstory, Cortana was constructed from the cloned brain of Dr. Catherine Elizabeth Halsey, the creator of the SPARTAN-II supersoldier project; Halsey's synapses became the basis for Cortana's processors.
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Is Cortana a clone of Halsey?

Cortana was created using a flash cloned copy of Dr. Catherine Halsey's brain. Twenty flash cloned brains were created, but only two survived; one of the two survivors were used to create Cortana. The neural pathways of the cloned brain were scanned and copied through a process called Cognitive Impression Modeling.
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Is Cortana a flash clone?

Usage for creating AI

There is one known exception however: Cortana was modeled after a flash clone of Dr. Catherine Halsey's brain. Halsey used the same mothballed equipment used to clone the Spartan candidates to create twenty clones of herself.
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Is Cortana an alien AI?

Universe. Cortana, UNSC Artificial intelligence (Service Number - CTN 0452-9), was a smart artificial intelligence construct.
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How did Cortana turn evil?

For those not in the know, Cortana is well past the age an AI should be, and she now suffers from Rampancy, which has essentially turned her evil.
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Why is Cortana purple?

Bungie said Cortana was purple when she was young, they show her as purple in Halo Reach and Halo CE. Then 343 made Halo CE anniversary and decide to represent her in blue. Then 343 made her purple in Halo Infinite.
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Why did Cortana choose Noble 6?

She choose Noble 6 to get to the PoA safely from Halsey's lab. Plus, Noble 6's armor couldn't carrier her like MC's hence he has the data thing attached to his back.
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Is Cortana a Weapon?

"The Weapon" (AI Serial Number: CTN 0453-0) is the moniker of an artificial intelligence. She was created as an exact copy of the AI Cortana, designed to enter an installation to imitate Cortana and lock her down for retrieval.
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Did the Weapon name herself Cortana?

In Halo Infinite, the Weapon does not have a name. It was implied that The Weapon wanted to name herself Cortana after asking the Master Chief if it's okay to do so. In the final scene inside the Pelican, after the pilot introduced himself as Fernando Esparza, the pilot asked what to call The Weapon.
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Is Master Chief a clone?

4 Master Chief Has A Clone That Took His Place With His Family. A huge part of the Spartan-II program involved abducting children to train and preform experiments on that turn them into Spartans. Master Chief is no different.
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Are Spartan 2 clones?

Flash cloning was used by the Office of Naval Intelligence as part of the SPARTAN-II Program. To cover-up the abduction of seventy-five children, it was agreed to create flash clones to prevent searches. The families cared for the children until their inevitable deaths with no knowledge of the switch.
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Is Cortana based on Halo?

Cortana was created from clones of the brain of a brilliant scientist in the Halo universe, Dr. Catherine Halsey. Cortana is the result of the cloning attempt on Dr.
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Is Cortana based on Dr Halsey?

In the original Halo game timeline, Cortana is a unique AI based on Dr. Halsey - the creator of the Spartan program - herself.
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Who deleted Cortana?

During this period Atriox, the leader of The Banished and a large army of his boys manages to confront Cortana on Zeta Halo at the same time Master Chief appears with the UNSC and an AI known as The Weapon with the plan of containing Cortana and deleting her.
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Why was Cortana on Zeta Halo?

Cortana wanted Zeta Halo, so she was present on it to maximize her chance of securing it. Her conversations with Atriox weren't so much her being trapped in a room as they were her not being willing to abandon the Halo to the Banished.
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Is Cortana in Infinite?

It turns out Cortana is in fact dead, having been locked on Zeta Halo by the Weapon, and cornered by the Banished leader Atriox. In her final moments, Cortana realizes the error of her ways and uses what little control she does have to sabotage the Halo ring to buy Master Chief some time to stop the Banished.
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How old is Cortana?

4 Halo 4: Cortana (Age 8, AI Chip, Activated November 7) Master Chief might have been the one to fight the Covenant and Flood, but it was thanks to Cortana that each mission was successful.
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What is Master Chief's number?

Master Chief Petty Officer John-117, or "Master Chief", is a fictional character and the protagonist in the Halo multimedia franchise.
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Is Master Chief hyper lethal?

"...the Spartan-IIs and the Master Chief are rated as 'hyper-lethal' by ONI tactical analysts." - Official Spartan Field Manual, pg. 57 Thank you, 343! I always thought hyper-lethal was just a designator for among Spartans. Like all were extremely lethal, just six and chief were exceptional even among Spartans.
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Who is the strongest Spartan in Halo?

Halo: Ranking The 12 Strongest Spartans (That Aren't Master Chief...
  • 8 Buck.
  • 7 Jerome-092.
  • 6 Kelly-087.
  • 5 Kurt-051.
  • 4 Frederic-104.
  • 3 Spartan-B312 (Noble 6)
  • 2 Linda-058.
  • 1 Samuel-034.
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How smart is Cortana?

For accuracy in answering questions, the only assistant that increased its accuracy year over year was Cortana Invoke, which went from 86.0 percent to 92.1 percent of questions answered correctly. But many of us are still reluctant to use voice commands in public places.
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Does Cortana have a physical body?

Appearance. As Cortana is an AI, she has no physical body. She can communicate through comm systems and project a holographic image of herself from appropriate projectors, such as Holotanks.
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