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But if the Prophets passed the ideas of the Watchmen onto the Elite society, did they also show them what Reclaimers were? Actually, did the Prophets show the Covenant anything at all from Forerunner culture? And did they also train Spartan-like supersoldier Elites? Or did they tell the Covenant the truth (that must have been a laugh) and let them know that only the humans could be Reclaimers, which would show a moment of superiority of humans over the Covenant - which of course the Prophets could not afford were they to continue their little war against 'us'. Hmmm thought provoking. Within the realm of my fanfic (so we don't mix Halo fact for fanFiction)... no, the Prophets never told the Elites what a Reclaimer was. They themselves didn't know the importance of the Reclaimers until they met 343 Guilty Spark (or should I say, captured him, but that's a different story). The Prophets maintained there memories and only passed on relative information to the elites... technology, weapons, government, but beyond this they kept much of the Forerunner culture secret. After all, they used the forerunners as the sortof Gods of the Covenant. Bascially a lie that they used to maintain control... control they sought ever sense the Reclaimers (humans) became the favorites of the founders.
Now, here is where the "super soldier gene" theory comes into play. Did the prophets create a super race of elite soldiers? No, based on what they knew of the super gene, they found it unnecessary to "kindle" the flame of the gene within the elites. AFter all, they had superior numbers with the Covenant, "No had ever withstood their might"... they didn't need to have them. However, this deosn't mean that the gene didn't exist within the elite society. The Mirratord, as Doc Halsey found out, also carry that gene. Which is why they were naturally stronger then most elites.
The war against us, was for the most part, A mistake made by the Prophets. They hated us from the beginning and wanted us all dead, however, they found out that they needed us and well... you get the mess they have now. Not to mention being chased by the Gravemind.
Then will the 'current' flock of Reclaimers (Spartan-IIs/-IIIs) ever learn of their true legacy? Does Dr. Halsey know? They may never know. Currently, only Kelly and Major Rawlings know their Legacy. Major Rawlings, Kelly's Aunt, is a direct descedant and reveals to Kelly what her duties are, but Kelly doesn't care; She's duty driven. The other Spartans have the super soldier gene, however, it is an off branch of he gene's makeup; Kelly is a pure-blood (to steal an off-phrase from Mr_Clark), and her gene is directly related to Elena's. As you can guess, there was some "inbreeding" somewhere along the line, in order to maintain the strength of the gene. In a sense, all super soldier genes are descendents of Elena, but some are no longer pure. Dr. Halsey does not know of the Reclaimer legacecy, but she does know that Kelly carries the Super Soldier Gene.
One final question... this Forerunner culture... did exist on every planet that were part of the Empire? By that mean the Sangheili planet(s?), the human planet(s?) and the Prophet planet(s?) or did the Forerunners have a home planet, or a planet where all races met and one centralized government existed? The Founders (creators of the Empire), most likely visited all of these species and introduced them to various things; Art, education, space travel... etc. Now, over the years, think of the Empire as one large system of planets. They all follow one ruleing body, but keep their own unique governments. Each species has a task within the Empire; Humans were warriors, Elites were body guards, Prophets were lawkeepers, .etc.. While they have their own ways of life, they still interact with one another, and cultuers mix. Once the empire faded, thanks to the Flood Wars, the prophets awakened from the Seed ship earlier then most other species. They had rewired it. Litran and Bitran survived the Halo fireing 100,000 years ago, thanks to the Ark, and used some of that colture "the watchman" as a symbol for humans that had knowledge of the Ark, but not the strength of reclaimers, "weak". The Prophets used it to represent young elite's that were "weak", or coming of age, essentially the youth.
This can all seem very confusing, espcially knowing what we know of the actual halo cannon. Think of my story as "filler", if you read between the lines of the Halo univerfse, there you'll see my story's theories.
MG42:
An interesting read, most certainly, soulguard. TGotLK seems to be a task given to Reclaimers, but if there are multiple Reclaimers (Litran and Bitran, Keyes and the Chief, etc.) then how was the The Guardian of the Luminous Key chosen in the Forerunner Empire, when Reclaimers weren't spread as damn thin as they are in 2552? And of course, 3117 BC....? The thing is, the Luminous Key has different meanings to different species. For the elites, it may have meant one thing, but for the humans (reclaimers) it may have ment another. During the Forerunner Empire, the Ship Key, was not uncommon, not conscidered a treasure. Every ship had one, and it was the heart of the ship. For the humans of 3117, it was the only one and the only ship. It was special and needed a guardian. But also notice, that at the beginning of IIWYH the ship key is stolen by Regrets assault group. Rose gave it away... and yes, that will play another small role in Book 3.
Wow... deep questions. I hope that "helps" clear some things up. Of course, feel free to ask away.
~soulguard
[Edited on 2/22/2006]