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Posted by: Rampant Truth
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"Reclamation"
"the recovery of useful substances from waste products"
"rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course; "the reclamation of delinquent children":"
"the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation:"
Now, this is a section from GotLK part 6:
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“Proof?” The master returned. “Proof of what? I was never permitted to enter the Ark or to absorb its knowledge, yet I do know the secret. There is no proof. My Son guarded the Ark, he told me its mystery. The flood have yet to come, and if they have not come, than we have nothing to fear. The Ark is being wasted. It is time for the Reclaimers to do their duty!”
Elena sat back, stunned. “But now is not the time … the world is not ready, and there have been no signs yet!”
“We are Reclaimers, Elena. All of us, from the Watchmen to the normal humans, we are all Reclaimers. Our duty is to rebuild the Empire, and that is why we were spared from the great cleansing.”
“You do not know the fullness of what is out there, beyond our world!” Elena sternly interjected. “Humanity is not ready to be reunited with the other members of the Empire! How much did my father tell you? Surely you did not understand it all.”
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“For too long we have been ignoring our duty. This is what Lilith sought, yet she was too impatient to wait for the right time. In her day, humanity numbered only a few, but now we control this world. We have spread humans across the planet, though some believe that this small speck of land is everything, that this is the world, but we know the truth. We are ready to unite, Elena. Do not follow your mother’s path. Side with us and lead our armies as we begin our quest. It is time for the Reclaimers to rebuild the Empire.”
The puzzle of the Reclaimers, at least in my tale, is very clear.
Now From IIWYH:
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“I downloaded various things from your core. I must admit, the wealth of knowledge and the history of the human race; simply splendid knowledge. It is no wonder you and the reclaimers failed to maintain protocol. It appears that you had no previous knowledge of the Forerunners until the Covenant-Human war began. Somehow, you all forgot. It does appear that species 004, the prophets as you call them, were aware but it took them a great deal of time to find you and build an army. Even now they fear you, and worked diligently to build a force large enough to eradicate you all. The construct, Cortana, is where you learned about most of your covenant and forerunner knowledge.”
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The hologram appeared at Catherine’s side, “Yes Doctor Halsey? I am quite busy with this Gravemind creature, but how may I be of assistance?”
“What was our status prior to being selected as reclaimers?”
“Species 011? Oh, you had no status. You were very barbaric, much like species 005; the Sangheili or elites as you call them. You were a war faring society when we encountered you and brought you into our fold.”
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“As I was saying, you were test subjects for our various researches for many years. Soon we discovered that you had a purpose. Unlike Species 004, you were very adaptive to numerous environments. You could clearly think and solve problems. However, it was the destruction of your home world that caused us to view you in another manor.”
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“No, Earth is alive and well. It’s our home.”
“That data is not present.” The Keeper repeated. “One moment, I will see if I can access the data from the construct’s memory. Ah yes, Earth… my word. Current star charts and recorded visual references reveal them to be the same world. Most intriguing that your world survived such a disastrous event. But there is no data present that explains how Earth survived.”
This is all present in knowledge so I don't mind sharing more info if needed. Basically, Earth was Destroyed, but Litran and Bitran used the Ark to Repopulate the world. As for the Reclaimers... they were the victims of a Forerunner "test", which occured after Earth was destroyed, and then given a "purpose". What is a species to do when their world has been destroyed? Remember how angry the Prophets (lawkeepers) where at the humans, a deep hatred for taking their place as the Forerunners favorites. Jealousy.
After all, the Forerunners studied humans and then watched their world die, so they perhaps felt the need to give them some form of apology... like welcoming them into the Empire, and giveing them more praise then some of the other species.
That's a lot to take in.
Questions?
~soulguard