CH-1 Cortana
0000 hours, Forward Unto Dawn.
"Wake me when you need me." those were his last words.
I don't have much more time. My program as been off line for a lot longer than I thought a sentient AI was physically able to. My program is now degrading extremely quickly... sorry.
My program is deteriorating. Kruz kruz. I don't have much time. my name is Cortana, I am a sentient AI, I was assigned to Spartan 117 a.k.a. master chief, after an attempt to destroy a parasitic species called the flood, we were stranded in the rear half of the Forward Unto Dawn, we are stuck in deep space, S.O.S., HELP.
He is still in stasis. It should last for another couple of days. I won't. I have sent a distress signal on all subspace bands.
They said that a sentient AI couldn't last more than seven years. Either my program is more messed up than I thought or I have existed for eight hundred years, that's seven hundred and ninety three years more than I should have.
0000 hours, Federation star-ship Voyager
"Captain" said the eager-beaver ensign Harry Kim "I'm receiving a distress call"
"On screen" commanded captain Janeway "follows the call"
A purple girl popped up on the view screen "my name is Cortana. I am a sentient AI. I have been stranded out here for hundreds of years. If you find us, HELP."
"Captain, we're receiving a transmission from the damaged vessel. If you can call it that, it looks like it got cut in half. No shields, no life support-"
"Did you just say there is no life support?" asked Janeway. "open a channel."
"Hello! Hello!? Can anyone hear me?"
"Yes, we can hear you. Are you okay?"
"Oh thank god. Yeah I'm okay… wait you're speaking English."
"We're human."
"What happened to the war, the covenant, the UNSC?"
"Do you mean the great war?"
"The what?"
"How long have you been here?"
"782 years… why?"
"Are you Cortana?"
"Yes why?"
"Everyone thought you were dead! Is the Master Chief there?"
"He is in cryo-stasis. Listen you have to get the stasis tube out of here!"
"We'll beam him out."
"What?"
0000 hours, Forward Unto Dawn
Suddenly the cryo tube started glowing white and vanished.
"What just happened?!" demanded Cortana.
0000 hours, Federation star-ship Voyager
"We transported him into our ship. He's okay." Responded Janeway.
"What about me?!" shrieked Cortana worriedly.