Here’s what I think what would happen in halo infinite I think Catherine Halsey made a new cortana I think here plan was she’s trying to merge the good cortana with the evil cortana to become the original cortana as we know something like from the dark crystal movie in halo 4 after cortana dies due to rampancy here evil counter parts traveled to genesis the cortana in halo 5 isn’t the real one
I just think it’s the real Cortana who survived and got drunk with power. I know everyone says it’s just her rampant fragments, but the only one who suggests such a thing is Cortana in the Dominion Splinter comic, but she’s a liar so why take her word for it?
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> I just think it’s the real Cortana who survived and got drunk with power. I know everyone says it’s just her rampant fragments, but the only one who suggests such a thing is Cortana in the Dominion Splinter comic, but she’s a liar so why take her word for it?
I don’t know it’s hard to argue though it seems like she totally forgot about the events in halo 4 when she died from rampancy when she said goodbye to chief even though why didn’t she contacted the unsc of her whereabouts
I think that with the composer destroyed, Cortana has realized her Promethean army has a limited supply. To remedy this, she enlists the banished as her own army by guaranteeing them certain exceptions to the rules she placed on all the species. Atriox accepts but only at face value and isn’t actually loyal to her. Chief’s mission is to “cure” Cortana which he eventually accomplishes at the end of the campaign only for Atriox to kill her off once and for all and solidify himself and the Banished as the new primary big bad.
I’ve read so many that I’ve probably forgotten more than I remember. Some of my favorites, albeit predictable and probably won’t happen:
Mendicant Bias is able to restore Cortana due to having experienced similar circumstances and having millennia to ponder atonement
Cortana and another AI (Roland?) will battle in a reflection of Mendicant Bias vs Offensive Bias.
The created is a test by the precursors to determine if humanity is ready for the mantle of responsibility
After the created are defeated, the flood will make their assault on the galaxy
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> I think that with the composer destroyed, Cortana has realized her Promethean army has a limited supply. To remedy this, she enlists the banished as her own army by guaranteeing them certain exceptions to the rules she placed on all the species. Atriox accepts but only at face value and isn’t actually loyal to her. Chief’s mission is to “cure” Cortana which he eventually accomplishes at the end of the campaign only for Atriox to kill her off once and for all and solidify himself and the Banished as the new primary big bad.
I assume she could find/build more Composers given her threat of making those who oppose the Created face a white, hot wrath and be reformed in the image of the Created. Can’t imagine that threat would exist in a vacuum.
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> I just think it’s the real Cortana who survived and got drunk with power. I know everyone says it’s just her rampant fragments, but the only one who suggests such a thing is Cortana in the Dominion Splinter comic, but she’s a liar so why take her word for it?
My personal theory is that since Cortana split herself into multiple fragments and spread herself across the Promethean’s network to defeat the Didactic in Halo 4, there are copies of her still active that are good. The Cortana we see in Halo 5 is one of her rampant fragments that managed to find a cure for rampancy but also went crazy and evil. Maybe in Infinite Chief and Halsey find evidence of one of Cortana’s fragments that remains good and they go find her to help them stop the evil Cortana. After all, who knows Cortana better than Cortana herself? Granted this is all just theory but I never fully liked the idea of Cortana just becoming fully evil.
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> I’ve read so many that I’ve probably forgotten more than I remember. Some of my favorites, albeit predictable and probably won’t happen:
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> Mendicant Bias is able to restore Cortana due to having experienced similar circumstances and having millennia to ponder atonement
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> Cortana and another AI (Roland?) will battle in a reflection of Mendicant Bias vs Offensive Bias.
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> The created is a test by the precursors to determine if humanity is ready for the mantle of responsibility
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> After the created are defeated, the flood will make their assault on the galaxy
These are very interesting theories. I think we are all forgetting about Mendicant Bias. It was a huge theory a while back. Now it has gone cold. I theorize something different. We have a new AI. But it isn’t necessarily a new Cortana. I think it is more likely something newer. Better. I think Halsey cracked something big. How to get smart AI lifespans to go indefinitely. Or something like that. Therefore, we have a smarter, stronger, and more capable AI than Cortana. And I think it will be him/her/it (as AI constructs choose their appearance at birth) vs Cortana and The Banished in the end. But that ending I don’t believe will appear until a near decade from now. I think this will be a 10 year long campaign in multiple parts. (Think Ghost Recon: Breakpoint Episodes.)
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> > I just think it’s the real Cortana who survived and got drunk with power. I know everyone says it’s just her rampant fragments, but the only one who suggests such a thing is Cortana in the Dominion Splinter comic, but she’s a liar so why take her word for it?
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> My personal theory is that since Cortana split herself into multiple fragments and spread herself across the Promethean’s network to defeat the Didactic in Halo 4, there are copies of her still active that are good. The Cortana we see in Halo 5 is one of her rampant fragments that managed to find a cure for rampancy but also went crazy and evil. Maybe in Infinite Chief and Halsey find evidence of one of Cortana’s fragments that remains good and they go find her to help them stop the evil Cortana. After all, who knows Cortana better than Cortana herself? Granted this is all just theory but I never fully liked the idea of Cortana just becoming fully evil.
The biggest problem either way is how wushu-washy 343 has been with this. You’ve got evidence for fragments, but also that her core matrix was pushed into the Domain (ie basically her herself). Nor has 343 really specified either way. It’s a mess.
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> > I think that with the composer destroyed, Cortana has realized her Promethean army has a limited supply. To remedy this, she enlists the banished as her own army by guaranteeing them certain exceptions to the rules she placed on all the species. Atriox accepts but only at face value and isn’t actually loyal to her. Chief’s mission is to “cure” Cortana which he eventually accomplishes at the end of the campaign only for Atriox to kill her off once and for all and solidify himself and the Banished as the new primary big bad.
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> I assume she could find/build more Composers given her threat of making those who oppose the Created face a white, hot wrath and be reformed in the image of the Created. Can’t imagine that threat would exist in a vacuum.
Yeah, that’s a good point. I honestly forgot all about that line.
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> > > I think that with the composer destroyed, Cortana has realized her Promethean army has a limited supply. To remedy this, she enlists the banished as her own army by guaranteeing them certain exceptions to the rules she placed on all the species. Atriox accepts but only at face value and isn’t actually loyal to her. Chief’s mission is to “cure” Cortana which he eventually accomplishes at the end of the campaign only for Atriox to kill her off once and for all and solidify himself and the Banished as the new primary big bad.
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> > I assume she could find/build more Composers given her threat of making those who oppose the Created face a white, hot wrath and be reformed in the image of the Created. Can’t imagine that threat would exist in a vacuum.
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> Yeah, that’s a good point. I honestly forgot all about that line.
Further fun fact: the way humans make Smart AIs is very similar to the Composer. Assuming she’s got the gear, I could see Cortana using human Smart AI tech to jerryrig a Composer if it comes to that.
I can’t wait to see master chief use the force for the first time and strike down cortana with his lightsaber
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> I think that with the composer destroyed, Cortana has realized her Promethean army has a limited supply. To remedy this, she enlists the banished as her own army by guaranteeing them certain exceptions to the rules she placed on all the species. Atriox accepts but only at face value and isn’t actually loyal to her. Chief’s mission is to “cure” Cortana which he eventually accomplishes at the end of the campaign only for Atriox to kill her off once and for all and solidify himself and the Banished as the new primary big bad.
If I remember correctly there were actually 5 or so more new composers where Master Chief and Blue Team went to try to finish off the Diadact between halo 4 and 5. Chief and Blue team couldn’t actually kill him even with a knife in the Didact’s eye all the way through the back of his skull. The fight ends with Diadact being essentially being composed/turned into an AI as a means of containment.
Even if the composers are out of Cortana’s reach she has 5,000,000+ new Promethean Knights from the end of Halo 4 when New Alexandria was hit with the composer in addition to all of the old Prometheans and whatever other Forerunner technology she has acquired.
I don’t think Infinite is going to have a straightforward line of missions against just the banished although the banished will be the first fight. There is Cortana with the created and guardians but also there are flood containment areas still in place on Zeta halo from when Faber, the Master Builder experimented on humans with the flood to see if he could find a way to become immune to the flood.
My theory on Cortana is that she has the logic plague from exposure to the gravemind in Halo 2/3 and while the Forerunner domain fixed her rampantcy it could not repair the corruption from the logic plague.
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> > I think that with the composer destroyed, Cortana has realized her Promethean army has a limited supply. To remedy this, she enlists the banished as her own army by guaranteeing them certain exceptions to the rules she placed on all the species. Atriox accepts but only at face value and isn’t actually loyal to her. Chief’s mission is to “cure” Cortana which he eventually accomplishes at the end of the campaign only for Atriox to kill her off once and for all and solidify himself and the Banished as the new primary big bad.
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> If I remember correctly there were actually 5 or so more new composers where Master Chief and Blue Team went to try to finish off the Diadact between halo 4 and 5. Chief and Blue team couldn’t actually kill him even with a knife in the Didact’s eye all the way through the back of his skull. The fight ends with Diadact being essentially being composed/turned into an AI as a means of containment.
> Even if the composers are out of Cortana’s reach she has 5,000,000+ new Promethean Knights from the end of Halo 4 when New Alexandria was hit with the composer in addition to all of the old Prometheans and whatever other Forerunner technology she has acquired.
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> I don’t think Infinite is going to have a straightforward line of missions against just the banished although the banished will be the first fight. There is Cortana with the created and guardians but also there are flood containment areas still in place on Zeta halo from when Faber, the Master Builder experimented on humans with the flood to see if he could find a way to become immune to the flood.
> My theory on Cortana is that she has the logic plague from exposure to the gravemind in Halo 2/3 and while the Forerunner domain fixed her rampantcy it could not repair the corruption from the logic plague.
I think my reasoning was wrong but I still think the prometheans and banished will be on the same side. I think when Escahrum references the “harbinger” he’s talking about Cortana.
My theory is similar as well. We saw many “Cortanas” at the end of H4, and who knows what happened to all the pieces. I would say it’s possible one or some of the pieces of her were corrupted and thus we have the H5 Cortana.
We saw two fragment of Cortana, one who died in front of MasterChief in H4, an other who command prometheans in H5. I think we will see a third version of Cortana who survived, a good one, and she will help Master Chief like before.
Otherwise, maybe Master Chief will find a cure forthe evil Cortona and bring her back to reason.
In every scenario, I hope Cortana won’t be the principal ennemy like in Halo 5.
Halo infinite is a “spiritual reboot” but it will still continue halo 5’s story. Spiritual reboot means a more class Art style and feel, but with new features. Picture it being like the new star wars trilogy, or the start of dr who (2005).
Anyway, I’ve got a pretty in depth prediction, based on what we know. So here it is:
Halo Infinite will likely have a short prologue cutscene which will somewhat bridge the gap between halo 5 and Infinite, but will then be followed by the discover hope cutscene. The events between halo 5 and Infinite will mostly still be a mystery, which will slowly be found out throughout the campaign. The attack on the pelican at the end of discover hope was most likely from the banished, who will be the main villain for the first half of the campaign. The created are still a villain as well, but will mostly be set aside at first… At some point near the middle of the campaign we will be introduced to the Harbinger. It will be revealed that the Harbinger either created or controlled the evil cortana we saw in halo 5, and he has control to the domain, the created, and the Prometheans. The Harbinger allies with the Banished, convincing them he will help them gain the mantle of responsibility. He will lead them to the “auditorium” mentioned in the demo. The Banished are convinced the auditorium will give them control of the ring, but in reality, it releases the flood.
Infinite’s story will be structured similar to CE, with the Banished starting off as the big villain, with the Harbinger and flood taking over about half way through. I’m not gonna speculate how the ending will go down, but I think we will definitely fight Escharum. I doubt we’ll fight atriox or the Harbinger, but I think the story will have more closure than halo 5