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It is also important to note when the term "Reclaimer" is ''not'' applied. All [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] species are referred to as "intruders" or "meddlers" by 343 Guilty Spark. In addition, non-Reclaimers are unable to access or fully utilize Forerunner weapon systems on the Halo rings, the [[Ark]], and [[Shield Worlds]] (as well as, most likely, other Forerunner constructs that have not yet been discovered). Because of this, the [[Prophet of Truth]] had to force Sergeant Johnson to activate the rings in ''Halo 3'' and the [[Prophet of Regret]] had to force [[Ellen Anders]] to activate [[The Apex]] in ''Halo Wars.'' | It is also important to note when the term "Reclaimer" is ''not'' applied. All [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] species are referred to as "intruders" or "meddlers" by 343 Guilty Spark. In addition, non-Reclaimers are unable to access or fully utilize Forerunner weapon systems on the Halo rings, the [[Ark]], and [[Shield Worlds]] (as well as, most likely, other Forerunner constructs that have not yet been discovered). Because of this, the [[Prophet of Truth]] had to force Sergeant Johnson to activate the rings in ''Halo 3'' and the [[Prophet of Regret]] had to force [[Ellen Anders]] to activate [[The Apex]] in ''Halo Wars.'' | ||
Additionally, in ''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', the [[Sentinels]] do not identify the humans on Onyx as Reclaimers. It could be that Sentinels only possess limited analytical intelligence while apart from a controlling [[Monitor]]. It is safe to speculate that the Monitors, as custodians of the Halo installations, play an important role in helping local Sentinels determine who is friendly and who is not. It should also be noted that the first human a Sentinel tried to identify on Onyx was [[Ash-G099]], one of the [[SPARTAN-III|SPARTAN-IIIs]]. All of the [[Gamma Company]] SPARTAN-III's possessed | Additionally, in ''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', the [[Sentinels]] do not identify the humans on Onyx as Reclaimers. It could be that Sentinels only possess limited analytical intelligence while apart from a controlling [[Monitor]]. It is safe to speculate that the Monitors, as custodians of the Halo installations, play an important role in helping local Sentinels determine who is friendly and who is not. It should also be noted that the first human a Sentinel tried to identify on Onyx was [[Ash-G099]], one of the [[SPARTAN-III|SPARTAN-IIIs]]. All of the [[Gamma Company]] SPARTAN-III's possessed [[Project_CHRYSANTHEMUM|special augmentations]] not found in other SPARTAN companies, most notably a drug called 009762-OO, which is designed to affect the brain's frontal lobe to enhance certain traits in combat. This may have been reason enough for the Sentinel to identify him as something other than human or Reclaimer (after Ash spoke to it, the Sentinel said, "Reclassification of targets as non-Reclaimers. Aboriginal subspecies."<ref name="goo">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 133''</ref>), and after that the Sentinels may have simply assumed that all humans on Onyx were of the same classification. Logically, by the term "subspecies", and by the aboriginal notation therein, the Sentinels could easily, by conjecture, be making the notice that the chemical changes in the brain caused by their augmentations cause the SPARTAN-IIIs to represent an earlier, more animalistic breed of humanity to their scanners. | ||
However, this reclassification could have also been caused simply by Ash not exchanging the proper response to the Sentinel as it had asked him. The fact that, initially, it automatically identified Ash as a Reclaimer on sight (which never once happened when Forerunner technology came into contact with Covenant species) supports the theory that the human species as a whole, rather than some specific members of it, were deemed Reclaimers by the Forerunners. When it reclassified him it also said he was a possible infection vector,<ref name="goo"/> whereupon the Sentinels' increased hostility may have had to do with a directive about preventing any way for the Flood to infiltrate the Shield World. It seems entirely possible - given that the Forerunners were ultimately willing to sacrifice themselves in order to halt the Flood's advance across the galaxy - that even an actual Forerunner that did not know the proper response, should an Onyx Sentinel have somehow come into contact with one, would have been treated the same way in order to halt a possible Flood infestation. | However, this reclassification could have also been caused simply by Ash not exchanging the proper response to the Sentinel as it had asked him. The fact that, initially, it automatically identified Ash as a Reclaimer on sight (which never once happened when Forerunner technology came into contact with Covenant species) supports the theory that the human species as a whole, rather than some specific members of it, were deemed Reclaimers by the Forerunners. When it reclassified him it also said he was a possible infection vector,<ref name="goo"/> whereupon the Sentinels' increased hostility may have had to do with a directive about preventing any way for the Flood to infiltrate the Shield World. It seems entirely possible - given that the Forerunners were ultimately willing to sacrifice themselves in order to halt the Flood's advance across the galaxy - that even an actual Forerunner that did not know the proper response, should an Onyx Sentinel have somehow come into contact with one, would have been treated the same way in order to halt a possible Flood infestation. | ||