I realize i made this same thread in the Halo Universe section, but i feel as though it belongs here to as RvB is kind of a Community Creation
My Theory on how RvB (red vs blue for those of you that dont know) and Halo 4 could possibly be connected:
First off, i would like to state that 343i and RT (the company behind red vs blue) have a very big relationship, which furthers my theory. Now… back OT.
During the animated shorts of Halo: Origins, it is implied that Cortana had gone rampant or close to the end of her life while she and Chief were adrift (evidenced by glitchy eyes and discoloration). For those of you who are unaware, “Smart” AI’s, those capable of learning outside of their areas of expertise, only have an effective life of 7 years. After that, they will either think themselves to death, or believe themselves to be above their human companions and become rampant. Given that this game is set in 2557 and she was made in 2549, she will either be rampant or dead in halo 4 but my problem with this is Cortana is a very iconic figure in Halo and i dont think she would be killed off just like that in the first game of the new trilogy.
As most of us know from playing Halo 2, Cortana was tortured immensely by the Gravemind. and for those of us that actually watch RvB, the Alpha was also tortured immensely by Dr. Church, who is the director of the freelancer program. now after the Alpha was tortured by the Director, it fractured its self to protect its self, and split its self into different segments/AI. Do you think that, possibly, Cortana has done the same? or will do the same thing throughout the new trilogy? i just find it would be weird playing Halo with MC and without Cortana, so maybe when she dies we will play with a fragment of her? kind of like an Epsilon-Cortana kind of AI? Also, as a side note, Burnie (the creator of Red Vs Blue) confirmed that in the RvB Universe, Dr. Church worked with/under Dr. Halsey at some point, and for those of you that dont know, The Alpha was based off of Dr. Church and Cortana was based off of Dr. Halsey.
“Agent Washington has stated that Alpha is/was a “smart” AI, which would make it similar to Cortana. Now, however, it’s current state is that of Church, in which many of the personality traits (including but not limited to rage, deception, logic, marksmanship, and creativity) have been separated into alternate AI’s for field use. Personality traits of individual AIs may or may not have been copied from Alpha, as they could either be side-effects of being copied or of rampancy.”
this might be a huge stretch, but its just an idea…
but anyway, what do you guys think?
i dont even know if that really made sense, but let me know if there are flaws or additions of some sort youd like to add.
I would love to see RvB and Halo 4 be connected, especially since RvB has been in support of Halo since 2003…