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aisuyoukaiTitle: Share All That We Know
Fandom: Halo
Challenge Prompt: Connected
Summary: Cortana relays what she finds in the Covenant battle network to the Master Chief.
Disclaimer: I don't own; not making money; don't sue.
Rating: PG
Cortana restrained from humming to herself only because it might distract the Spartan whose armor she was currently residing in. Distracting a soldier fighting for his life, no matter how well trained and fully competent, was not on the top of her List of Things to Do While Still Alive Behind Covenant Lines™.
Instead she kept her sub-processors to herself and focused on the information floating before her. The Covenant network was amazing to the UNSC AI known as Cortana. She found it immensely ironic that such a technologically advanced race would have such poor encryption methods. Even more amusing: some of their battle information was actually completely unencrypted. How could they not fear interception? Didn't they realize the human race wasn't that incompetent? In fact, intelligence gathering in the form of communication interception was one of the better points in human technology, and subsequently the encryption varieties to such communications gear.
And since Cortana was made specifically for infiltration and decryption of all varieties, this made her one of the best in what she was currently engaged in.
It was a pity though. Why couldn't they have made this a little more challenging? It was sad really, how easy it was for her to infiltrate Covenant channels. They were supposed to be highly advanced after all. But, who was she to complain for free information?
"This is interesting," Cortana said aloud before she really realized she had done so. Oh, well. Maybe the Master Chief could multitask. It was possible.
A grunt and some rapidly fired shots later the Spartan responded. "Okay. What?"
Cortana allowed herself a full second to process exactly what she wanted to say to the fighting soldier. Not too long or complex, but just enough so that he would fully understand what she was getting at. It wasn't entirely too hard considering she thought the Spartan one of the few intelligent people she'd ever spoken to.
"I infiltrated the Covenant battle network and here's the latest gossip on their hunt for 'The Demon': 'the Holy Icon has been corrupted by the foul touch of The Demon! For this transgression the human monstrosity must be made to pay in blood!'"
Another grunt. "And this is new information how?"
"It's not really. I just thought it interesting. Besides, you didn't let me finish." She paused for a full half second before continuing. "They seem to think that you're the cause of the Flood. They think that, and I quote, 'The Demon has released this parasitic abomination on us! The Ancients punish us for his transgression by swallowing us whole with their biological creation!' So basically they think you released the Flood by touching the Index. Isn't that lovely?"
Yet another grunt in reply.
"Well, I thought so. You don't want to know the other alternative. How could these 'technologically advanced aliens' be so... so naive?"
The Master Chief grunted as he rolled out of the way from a nasty blast of green plasma. He fired off a three round burst that decapitated the last remaining Jackal and paused for a breather.
"Look, you could be less distracting? I'm trying not to get us killed, unlike some other AIs I know around here."
"Well, then maybe I won't tell you about what else I found in the battle network."
"Is it useful?"
"How should I know? I'm just an Artifical Intelligence."
"You should have put the emphasize on 'artifical'."
"...!"
Fandom: Halo
Challenge Prompt: Connected
Summary: Cortana relays what she finds in the Covenant battle network to the Master Chief.
Disclaimer: I don't own; not making money; don't sue.
Rating: PG
Cortana restrained from humming to herself only because it might distract the Spartan whose armor she was currently residing in. Distracting a soldier fighting for his life, no matter how well trained and fully competent, was not on the top of her List of Things to Do While Still Alive Behind Covenant Lines™.
Instead she kept her sub-processors to herself and focused on the information floating before her. The Covenant network was amazing to the UNSC AI known as Cortana. She found it immensely ironic that such a technologically advanced race would have such poor encryption methods. Even more amusing: some of their battle information was actually completely unencrypted. How could they not fear interception? Didn't they realize the human race wasn't that incompetent? In fact, intelligence gathering in the form of communication interception was one of the better points in human technology, and subsequently the encryption varieties to such communications gear.
And since Cortana was made specifically for infiltration and decryption of all varieties, this made her one of the best in what she was currently engaged in.
It was a pity though. Why couldn't they have made this a little more challenging? It was sad really, how easy it was for her to infiltrate Covenant channels. They were supposed to be highly advanced after all. But, who was she to complain for free information?
"This is interesting," Cortana said aloud before she really realized she had done so. Oh, well. Maybe the Master Chief could multitask. It was possible.
A grunt and some rapidly fired shots later the Spartan responded. "Okay. What?"
Cortana allowed herself a full second to process exactly what she wanted to say to the fighting soldier. Not too long or complex, but just enough so that he would fully understand what she was getting at. It wasn't entirely too hard considering she thought the Spartan one of the few intelligent people she'd ever spoken to.
"I infiltrated the Covenant battle network and here's the latest gossip on their hunt for 'The Demon': 'the Holy Icon has been corrupted by the foul touch of The Demon! For this transgression the human monstrosity must be made to pay in blood!'"
Another grunt. "And this is new information how?"
"It's not really. I just thought it interesting. Besides, you didn't let me finish." She paused for a full half second before continuing. "They seem to think that you're the cause of the Flood. They think that, and I quote, 'The Demon has released this parasitic abomination on us! The Ancients punish us for his transgression by swallowing us whole with their biological creation!' So basically they think you released the Flood by touching the Index. Isn't that lovely?"
Yet another grunt in reply.
"Well, I thought so. You don't want to know the other alternative. How could these 'technologically advanced aliens' be so... so naive?"
The Master Chief grunted as he rolled out of the way from a nasty blast of green plasma. He fired off a three round burst that decapitated the last remaining Jackal and paused for a breather.
"Look, you could be less distracting? I'm trying not to get us killed, unlike some other AIs I know around here."
"Well, then maybe I won't tell you about what else I found in the battle network."
"Is it useful?"
"How should I know? I'm just an Artifical Intelligence."
"You should have put the emphasize on 'artifical'."
"...!"
