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Thank you this will be useful for asking questions and so on in the future. Thank you for taking time to make this. I will put a link to this thread in the existing thread as this info is important for everyone to read.
Query: What criteria allows certain humans to be designated as Reclaimers while other humans are not, as evident by failed Covenant attempts to access Requiem systems via kidnapped humans?
We know the Forerunners failed in attempts to un-Compose life, producing mutated, tortured forms. What needs to be in place to render the Composer capable of operating successfully in reverse- constructing biological matter out of digital constructs (say, a beloved Ancilla based upon an extremely intelligent Reclaimer’s brain)?
Too bad Catalog prefers ordinary questions… Phrasing queries using in-universe colloquialisms was lots of fun.
OK, here’s my query. What was the sentient race(s) responsible for the vessel that crash-landed on Installation 04 thousands of years before the UNSC and Covenant arrived in 2552 AD?
Was it Precursor/Flood, early Covenant (Sangheili/San’Shyuum), Forerunner, ancient human, or an as yet unidentified species? Personally, I think the Flood, Forerunner and ancient human theories are illogical.
In a different thread, Catalog, you referenced the sentients as having been Tier 2 and possibly a known species. The only known Tier 2 species in existence during this timeframe were the Sangheili and San’Shyuum, so I suspect them as the most likely candidates. Plus, the mystery ship is purple with green lights, very similar to Covenant tech- particularly the ancient ships shown on the cover of Halo: Broken Circle.
If this information is “locked by Juridical network”, that would suggest that the Covenant or a species belonging thereto are the sentients involved, and Broken Circle will probably reveal more about this.
Of course, it could also imply an unknown species.
Anyway, that’s my question: Who crashed on Installation 04 and disappointed 343 Guilty Spark by never showing themselves?