- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Mr MA5B
none of the covenant have been called the reclaimer probably because:
1) the monitor noticed that the humans had more accurate intel about the ring's purpose than the covenant (humans think halo destroys all life to starve the flood, covenant think that it is just of religious importance).
2) the humans (well, Master Chief), have gotten further to the rings core, and have destroyed the flood more successfully than the covenant.
Actually, the humans were completely clueless about the ring. Notice Sgt. Johnson's words in the very beginning opening cinematic. Sarge doesn't know if it's a giant hula-hoop or if its god's own anti-son-of-a-b17ch machine. In contrast, the Covenant at least treated it as a monument, if you will. The humans never found out that the ring was supposed to destroy all flood by starving them. Only Chief finds that out.
Chief was called the Reclaimer because he was very similar to the Reclaimer who previously activated the Halo rings. Now consider a few things. Chief is different from any other soldier in that he has armor based on Covenant technology. The shields, design, etc, its all based upon stolen Covenant tech. Now, the Covenant simply copied the technology of the Forerunners, which they worshipped. Because it was considered sacrilege to alter Forerunner technology, Covenant armor was pretty much a copy of Forerunner tech. So Guilty Spark, seeing that Forerunner tech on MasterChief, was led to believe that Chief was the Reclaimer. Of course, its just a theory as of now...