- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
In the level Truth and Reconciliation, after you have found Captain Key's, he calls his marines leathernecks. He says this in the area where Foehammer is suposed to fly you out of the ship, but gets tangled up and tells the MC and cortana to find another route off the the ship.
In the book, The Flood, on page 244-245 it talks about Marvin Mobuto. He is found dead in the Library by MC. "Ah," 343 Guilty Spark said, peering down over the Spartan's shoulder. "The other reclaimer. . His combat skin proved even less suitable than yours." (page 244: The Flood) These statements made by 343 GS prove that Marvin Mobuto was the reclaimer before MC. 'He checked, found the leatherneck's dog tags, and read the name. Mobuto, Marvin, Staff Sergeant, followed by a service number. The Cheif put the tags away.' (page 245: The Flood) So obviously, Mavin here is a leatherneck, and according to Key's, leatherneck is another name for an ODST.
So as I said before, Key's calls his ODST's leathernecks, and this OTHER reclaimer (Marvin) is also a leatherneck, proving that Orbital Drop Shock Troopers or leathernecks ALSO look like reclaimers.
Why is this relevent to anything you say? Well, It adds to the human + Forerunner theory. It shows that an ODST was also a reclaimer and further shows that its NOT just the MC's armor that has 343 GS "mistaking" him for the reclaimer, its the general shape of the human body... So since 343 GS "mistakes" humans as recaimers, maybe humans are the forerunners...