3,108
edits
Reclaimer: Difference between revisions
m
no edit summary
mNo edit summary |
mNo edit summary |
||
| Line 11: | Line 11: | ||
After Mendicant, the next known bestowal of the title is when Guilty Spark addressed Sergeant Marvin Mobuto in ''Halo: The Flood''. Following Mobuto's death and Spark's first meeting with SPARTAN-117, the title is laid upon the Master Chief. [[2401 Penitent Tangent]] also instantly recognized the Chief as a Reclaimer. In addition to the Master Chief, both [[Commander Keyes]] and [[Sergeant Johnson]] are referred to as Reclaimers, and [[343 Guilty Spark]] seems to show them the same respectful attitude that he shows the Chief. [[Professor Anders]] seemed to be able to access [[Forerunner]] artifacts better than the [[Prophet of Regret]] (which was the reason why she was kidnapped), and was thus considered a Reclaimer as well despite the fact that there was no Monitor or Sentinel present to explicitly identify her as such. | After Mendicant, the next known bestowal of the title is when Guilty Spark addressed Sergeant Marvin Mobuto in ''Halo: The Flood''. Following Mobuto's death and Spark's first meeting with SPARTAN-117, the title is laid upon the Master Chief. [[2401 Penitent Tangent]] also instantly recognized the Chief as a Reclaimer. In addition to the Master Chief, both [[Commander Keyes]] and [[Sergeant Johnson]] are referred to as Reclaimers, and [[343 Guilty Spark]] seems to show them the same respectful attitude that he shows the Chief. [[Professor Anders]] seemed to be able to access [[Forerunner]] artifacts better than the [[Prophet of Regret]] (which was the reason why she was kidnapped), and was thus considered a Reclaimer as well despite the fact that there was no Monitor or Sentinel present to explicitly identify her as such. | ||
It is also important to note when the term "Reclaimer" is ''not'' applied. All [[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''. | 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''. | ||
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 artificial augmentations, most notably an illegal drug called cocktail, 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. | 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 artificial augmentations, most notably an illegal drug called cocktail, 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. | ||