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Reclaimer is a title, possibly bestowed by the Forerunners, in the computer game Halo: Combat Evolved. The task of a Reclaimer is to recover the "Index" and return it to the Halo control center. Doing this would activate Halo's ability to destroy all organic life within twenty-five thousand light years, and would also activate other Halos, causing the entire galaxy to be purged of organic life. This would be done to prevent the spread of the Flood, which can only be accomplished by destroying all organic life it can survive on (in essence, destroying the Flood by starving them).
343 Guilty Spark incorrectly assumed, for unknown reasons, that the Earth soldier Master Chief was a Reclaimer.
According to the Halo novels, there is a possibility that Reclaimers are chosen by someone who is still alive and active somewhere.