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Subject: Why arn't Humans in the Covenant
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there is a group called the forerunner that attempt to discuss this in particular (one of many things discussed) but the general topic at the moment

  • 12.13.2004 12:15 PM PDT
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here is a thought....
what does reclaimer mean. To me it sounds like re-claimer, if this is the case what are the humans reclaiming?
could it be that they are going to claim there position as forerunners?
and is earth the position of the ark a place out of reach from the halo's.
Remember when 343 guilty spark says that the ark is somewhere safe,
unfortunately i cannot recall the rest of this but if anyone who can could help me out possibly?

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  • 12.13.2004 12:26 PM PDT
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The earth (or ark) is safe from the halos. Forunners fled to earth from the flood, activated halos. they evolved into / created humans. Reclaimer refers to how they will re claim the 'throne', of the forerunners? (not a litteral throne i mean the title ect)

  • 12.13.2004 12:30 PM PDT
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i think the humans werent assimalated into the covanant for a number of reasons

we are physically and tecnicalogically weak but are great stratigists so as many other posters have said we would effictively replace the prophits
"sangheili- i wounder about the humans commander. their technology is limited, but some of it is useful and their battle techniques are impressive. they are excelent stratigists. but what i ask is this: why have we not offered them the absolution of the covanant? from the beginning of this war the prophets have made no attempt ot absorb them or even offer the option of honorable submission why?"- conversations from the universe h2 limit collectors edition


i dont think human culture would accept the great jorny as human life is seen very highly by our cultire and i dont think the masses would accept assention

and the humans posess the ark even if we dont know about it yet

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  • 12.13.2004 2:00 PM PDT
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Well obviously we arnt being scrificed because of the ark, since they is never any mention of the Covenant knowing about Earth, which im assuming is the ark, otherwise they would have obliterated the human presance on earth ages ago. I know there would be no game without enemies but i wanted a better explanation as to why we are enemies.

Also we are not the forerunners. When in our histroy could we have built the Halos. Not the ancient past because there would be ruins and crap. We are the reclaimers left on the ark for future use by perhaps the monitors. Thats my theory. Lots and lots of questions still. Thanks for all the responses.

  • 12.13.2004 2:04 PM PDT
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[quote]Posted by: lplad
i think the humans werent assimalated into the covanant for a number of reasons

we are physically and tecnicalogically weak


(Ahem the grunts, and jackals, ahem)

  • 12.13.2004 2:07 PM PDT
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when you say the ark is on the earth do you mean the ark up in that mountain that noah was in?

  • 12.13.2004 3:19 PM PDT
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this guy is a -blam!- brain dead monkey and a retard.

  • 12.13.2004 3:48 PM PDT
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in HALO special edition in the coversations from the universe booklet thing there is a section were 2 elites ae talking about why the prophets havent invited the humans to join them. The elites think they are formidable foes while everyone else think they we dumb. thats why humans and the elites team up in the last lvl of HALO 2.

  • 12.13.2004 4:44 PM PDT
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well technicalyy we are on the covenates team if you think about it............in halo 2 the elites adn hunters and waht not become our allies so if you want to count them still as covenate we are technically on the covenate team





They stand alone-undaunted-before the mighties enemy in the universe...........
but these are no ordinary men
They are SPARTENS............

  • 12.13.2004 4:55 PM PDT
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Posted by: mecka
It's probably because the Ark is on Earth. The Prophets know about the vague location and purpose of the Ark (somewhere in human space, the purpose being the initiation of the Great Journey), but haven't told the other Covenant races. Probably to continue using them (the Prophets aren't the military power - the other Covenant races are). Think about it - the other Covenant races find out the location and purpose of the Ark, and they no longer need the guidance of the Prophets. They set out to find and use the Ark themselves.

An Elite mentions this somewhere in Halo 2 - something about the Humans not being offered a place in the Covenant. The Prophets are obviously hiding the truth from everybody else.

The Prophets use the Covenant as their personal army. They attempt to wipe out humanity because they fear that we will find - or worse - use the Ark. That's the reason we haven't been inducted into the Covenant.



Good Point but look at it this way. The prophets retain control over the Covenant by keeping the various races from warring with each other. If they where to accept humans into the covenant the ensuing peace would allow festering dislikes between the races to boil over (as shown by the fighting in HALO 2). If not tightly controlled the prophets could lose leadership ( the hunter rebelion & the grunt uprising Previous Arbiter missions).

  • 12.14.2004 10:09 AM PDT
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Posted by: drastik215
wow. what a waste of a post. what are you, 9 years old and borderline retarded?


Hey Cheese-d**k, everyone is entitled to an oppinion, so knock off the flaming.

  • 12.14.2004 10:12 AM PDT

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