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<center>''Looking for the Halo 3 Meta-Game [[Reclaimer (achievement)|achievement]] or the [[Reclaimer (music)|song]]?''</center> | <center>''Looking for the Halo 3 Meta-Game [[Reclaimer (achievement)|achievement]] or the [[Reclaimer (music)|song]]?''</center> | ||
{{quote|[[05-032 Mendicant Bias|The Oracle]] calls them "Reclaimers". But what do they reclaim? These machines? These cities? These worlds? Or, as I fear, are they to reclaim the [[Mantle]] we so terribly squandered?|[[Minister of Discovery]]<ref>'''[[Halo Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''' volume II, ''page 299''</ref>}} | {{quote|[[05-032 Mendicant Bias|The Oracle]] calls them "Reclaimers". But what do they reclaim? These machines? These cities? These worlds? Or, as I fear, are they to reclaim the [[Mantle]] we so terribly squandered?|[[Minister of Discovery]]<ref>'''[[Halo Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''' volume II, ''page 299''</ref>}} | ||
"'''Reclaimer'''" (Latin: '''Homo ''sapiens augeous''''')<ref>''[[Bestiarum]]''</ref><ref group="note"> "Homo ''sapiens augeous''" is apparently intended to mean ''"augmented intelligent man"'', though ''augeous'' is conjugated incorrectly. Given the context of the Reclaimer entry in the ''Bestiarum'', it is likely that "homo ''sapiens augeous''" refers only to Spartans, and specifically to John-117.</ref> is a [[Forerunner]] term used to refer to a [[human]] individual. More precisely, it refers to a species (or member of said species) chosen to be the inheritor of Forerunner civilization. Before their disappearance from the [[Milky Way]], the Forerunners designated Humanity as their inheritors, transferring their [[mantle]] of guardianship and leaving behind their technology for Humanity to reclaim. Many Forerunner devices, such as the [[Halo]] Installations, will only activate when used by a Reclaimer. | "'''Reclaimer'''" (Latin: '''Homo ''sapiens augeous''''')<ref>''[[Bestiarum]]''</ref><ref group="note"> "Homo ''sapiens augeous''" is apparently intended to mean ''"augmented intelligent man"'', though ''augeous'' is conjugated incorrectly; the proper conjugation is ''aucto''. Given the context of the Reclaimer entry in the ''Bestiarum'', it is likely that "homo ''sapiens augeous''" refers only to Spartans, and specifically to John-117.</ref> is a [[Forerunner]] term used to refer to a [[human]] individual. More precisely, it refers to a species (or member of said species) chosen to be the inheritor of Forerunner civilization. Before their disappearance from the [[Milky Way]], the Forerunners designated Humanity as their inheritors, transferring their [[mantle]] of guardianship and leaving behind their technology for Humanity to reclaim. Many Forerunner devices, such as the [[Halo]] Installations, will only activate when used by a Reclaimer. | ||
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