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Posted by: King Nis085
Posted by: StealthSlasher2
Through context clues within the games combined with Contact Harvest it's been pretty clear that any human is considered a Reclaimer.
Why Humans as Reclaimers though? If the Forerunner's fought against the Humans thousands of years prior to the events of the Arrays firing once again why would Guilty Spark, a sentient created by the Forerunners chose Humans to be Reclaimers? An ancient foe that surely Guilty Spark would know of. Even if isolated to watch over one ring for all time.
The only humans given the title of Reclaimer was the Master Chief, Sgt. Johnson, Commander Keyes and quite possibly Professor Anders.
And to quote 343 Guilty Spark:
"Last time, you asked me, if it were my choice, would I do it? Having had considerable time to ponder your query, my answer has not changed."
This shows that Guilty Spark might not recognize a Reclaimer to be a specific individual, but be the same being.
No one knows the specifics as to the 'why', though no doubt it will be explained in great detail by the time the Forerunner Saga wraps up. However, we do know that it just simply is. Humanity was chosen to be reclaim the remnants of the Forerunner empire.
In regards to specific humans referred to as a Reclaimer you left out Staff Sergeant Mobuto, but ultimately those referred to as Reclaimers are those that were personally in contact with Sparks. As I've said before, Contact Harvest solidifies the fact that every human being is considered to be a reclaimer as every single human being on Harvest was identified by such through the Covenant's scanning devices. This would ultimately be confirmed by Mendicant Bias upon seeing the data for itself.
As for 343's enigmatic line in the control room, people to this day still don't know what Sparks is specifically referring to as there's still no evidence to support anything specific which is why so many theories still exist about it from Sparks being off his knocker to the Chief being a time traveler. Ultimately, the line doesn't affect the definition of a reclaimer as applied to everyone else that isn't the Chief.