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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How did Cortana end up on Zeta Halo?

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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Is Cortana not in Halo Infinite?

Despite many wishing it wasn't the case, 343 industries has stated there are no current plans to add Cortana as an AI into Halo Infinite's multiplayer. There is not too much longer to wait until Halo Infinite's second season - Lone Wolves - makes its debut.
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Why did Cortana destroy Brute Homeworld?

In final act of Infinite it was revealed that Cortana destroyed the home world of the brutes due to them refusing to kneel and submit to her will. This was great story telling element and help understand brutes hatred towards UNSC. It however did nothing to paint a back and forth on the weather or not it was justified.
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Why did Cortana become 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. This new Cortana seems based on Dr. Halsey — just like the original — but it's the AI effectively in her infancy.
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What is Zeta Halo? – Before You Play Halo Infinite



Why did Master Chief go AWOL?

Master Chief Goes AWOL

After learning that Cortana is alive following the events of Halo 4, Master Chief leaves the UNSC (along with three members of his longtime canonical Spartan crew, Blue Team) in order to track her down and rescue her.
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Who replaced Cortana in Halo infinite?

Halo Infinite does feature Cortana, but not necessarily as a lot of fans expected her to be featured. Following her mutiny in Halo 5: Guardians, she left Master Chief's side, so to replace her, Chief gets a new AI named Weapon. Weapon fills a lot of the void left by Cortana, but they aren't quite the same.
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Why is Cortana named Weapon?

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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How did Cortana sacrifice herself?

Cortana is “dead” in Halo Infinite, or at least she isn't active. At the end of the game, it's revealed that she realized the error of her ways. She leaves echoes of herself scattered around Zeta Halo to point Chief in the right direction and sacrifices herself to stop Atriox's assault on the UNSC.
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Is Atriox alive in Halo Infinite?

Because Atriox MIA months later when the main action of Halo Infinite picks up, it seems like he might be dead. Halo Infinite waits until the post-credits scene to show us that the bearded Brute is alive and well. He appears deep inside some kind of Forerunner structure.
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Will Atriox be in Halo Infinite?

Atriox is one of the most intriguing characters to be introduced to the Halo series, so here are a few interesting tidbits about his character. Though Escharum plays the main villain throughout Halo Infinite's campaign, Atriox's role in the story is absolutely pivotal.
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How was Zeta Halo damaged?

Its diameter was originally 30,000 kilometers, until it was nearly destroyed after a failsafe collision course orbit with a Failsafe Planet.
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Why did infinity go to Zeta Halo?

In an effort to stop Cortana and her Guardians, the UNSC hatched a daring plan to trap the rogue AI at Zeta Halo so she could then be deleted. For this, the supercarrier class UNSC Infinity and a small escort fleet were sent to the Ring, along with thousands of Marines and dozens of Spartans, including the Chief.
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Did the infinity crash on Zeta Halo?

The Battle of Zeta Halo resulted in the destruction of the UNSC Infinity, as well the death of 1,986 Infinity personal out of its crew size of 7,150. It's current whereabouts and ships status is unknown as well as it's Captain, Thomas Lasky, who managed to escape via a lifeboat.
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Why did the Covenant want Cortana?

Basically Cortana was made with the express purpose of assisting the Spartan II's on their mission that was interrupted by the attack on Reach. The SII's mission was to go deep in to Covenant space and capture a prophet with the hopes of ending the war (Thought as we see later on, it wouldn't have helped).
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Will the flood be in Halo Infinite?

While the terrifying parasite didn't directly appear in the Halo Infinite campaign, players did notice that in the game's second level, Foundation, a Forerunner cylix labelled with a Flood Infection Form symbol could be found in a secret room (thanks, HiddenXperia).
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Who is the AI in Halo Infinite?

We know her AI codename is 'CTN 0453-0', and that her duty was to imitate Cortana and lock her down for retrieval, so Master Chief can take her to the UNSC Infinity for deletion.
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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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Who is Master Chiefs new AI?

6 Clone Of Cortana

As Master Chief and the Weapon are uncovering more of what happened to Cortana, it's revealed that the Weapon is simply a clone of Cortana. She's still her own AI construct, but this explains why she's so similar to Cortana in virtually every way.
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Is the Weapon Cortana sister?

Kalmiya was a Smart artificial intelligence construct created by Dr. Catherine Halsey. She served as a host for prototype routines to test the software intrusion routines and software that would later be integrated into the specialized AI, Cortana. In a sense, Kalmiya was Cortana's older "sister."
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Is the Weapon a clone of Cortana?

"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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Is Master Chief depressed?

Over the course of the Halo games I have never seen Master Chief show any sign of emotion. He never got excited in battle and he doesnt get depressed with everyone dyin around him. He might as well be a robot.
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Who betrays Master Chief?

Though it is possible that the Chief and 343 Guilty Spark can be looked at as betraying each other, or that it is referring first to Cortana 'betraying' the Chief by refusing to activate Halo, then to Guilty Spark. This is the last level in which the player fights Jackals in Halo: Combat Evolved.
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Do we ever see Master Chief's face?

Paramount's Halo adaptation finally got its debut yesterday, having been stuck in production for what seems like forever. And, in the very first episode, the face of Master Chief was revealed.
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