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Reclaimer is a title, possibly bestowed by the Forerunners, in the computer game Halo: Combat Evolved.

The only known role of a Reclaimer is to recover the "Index" and return it to the Halo control center. Doing this would activate Halo's ability to destroy all sentient life within twenty-five thousand light years, and would also activate other Halos, causing the entire galaxy to be purged of sentient life. This would be done to prevent the spread of The Flood, which can only be accomplished by destroying all sentient life with a biomass sufficient enough to sustain the Flood. Essentially destroying the Flood through starvation.

343 Guilty Spark assumed, for unknown reasons, that the Earth soldier Master Chief was a Reclaimer. However, Miranda Keyes was also called a Reclaimer by 343 Guilty Spark.

According to the Halo novels, there is a possibility that Reclaimers are chosen by someone who is still alive and active somewhere.

The above is one possible interpretation. It is not stated explicitly in either gameplay or literature that Reclaimer is even a title. Another interpretation is that a Reclaimer is the Forerunner terminology for a human. Neither The Master Chief nor Commander Keyes are ever referred to as the Reclaimer. The Monitor always uses the terms Reclaimer, a Reclaimer, or this Reclaimer. From this it is possible to assume that the Forerunners had knowledge of humans and delegated to them the task of Reclaiming Indexes and activating the rings, among many, many other speculative duties. It is also speculated that the Forerunners were human, or at least, very closely related, perhaps being direct ancestors or future form of humanity. There is evidence to prove this, such as 343 Guilty Spark's statements in the first game, and the fact that the Covenant have not asked humanity to join them. This, as is much of the Halo universe, all highly speculative.

Another possibility is that the Forerunners interbreed with humans passing on their genes. Master Chief and Commander Keyes would then be genetic desendents of the Forerunners. This is also supported by 343 Guilty Sparks reactions to Master Chief in Halo: Combat Evolved, where he assumes that Master Chief understands everything that has happened on Halo in the book The Flood and he also states that the Master Chief is the one that activated Halo the first time in the level Two Betrayals. "Why do you hesitate to do what you've done before?" This could mean that Master Chief's ancestor was the Forerunner that activated Halo. 343 Guilty Spark also states "This installation (Halo)was specifically built to study and contain the Flood. Their (the Forerunners) survival as a race was dependent on it. I am grateful to see that some of them survived to reproduce." Also supporting this theory is that in the book The Fall Of Reach Dr. Halsey chose candidates for the Spartan program based on certain genes they carried. It is probable that those genes are those of the Forerunners.

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