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The Flood
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Latin Name: Inferi Redivivus
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Homeworld: Unknown
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General Weight: Variable
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General Size: Variable
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Eye Color: N/A
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Skin Color: Yellow-Green Mix
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Hair Color: N/A
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Physical Properties: Varaible in size, weight, and dimension
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The Flood
The Flood is a parasitic lifeform of unknown origin. It is composed of an unknown biomass that is ultra-virulentand parasitic. From what was learend from the Elites and the Covenant, The Flood was responsible for consuming most of the sentient life in the galaxy, including the Forerunners, during the 300-year-long Forerunner-Flood War. The Flood is the Endgame Scenario. They are the single greatest threat to all sentiant life and biodiversity in the Galaxy. Due to their frighteningly rapid growth rate, as long as enough hosts of sufficient biomass and intelligence are available, the Flood is effectively unstoppable.They are the reason that Halo exists.
- Early History
- Human-Covenant War
- Post-Covenant Status
- Biology / Geneology
- Physical Appearence
- Personality / Behaviour
- Director Vernette's Personal Notes
Early History
Nothing is presently known about where the Flood came from, or how they were created. It is surmised they originate from a planet outside the Milky Way Galaxy. They were the cause of the Forerunner-Flood War and the cause of the Halo Array.
Human-Covenant War
They were first documented in 2552 by the UNSC in their first encounter on Halo. They have proven to be disinterested in the war, only caring about the mass assimilation of biological life and continued existance.
Post Covenant Status
Nothing has been seen of the Flood after a brief encounter on Mars in 2553 that was met with a massive nuclear strike. After this event, they have never been seen or heard of. However, their extinction remains debateable, as there is no way to ensure total annihilation of this species.
Biology / Geneology
The Flood reproduce by infecting any biological lifeform with sufficiant biomas and intelligence. It is at this point that Spores are created to begin an exponentially driven multiplication effect. The Flood can turn any biomas into any specialized combat or reproductive form to increase its numbers on a colossal level. The Flood attacks the nervous systems of biological lifeforms to literally consume and take over a body, alive or otherwise. The flood seem to have no blood, but have a green biomass sludge that seems to carry microscopic spores and other nutrients to the rest of the biomas.
Physical Appearence
The flood is varied in its appearence. It is vastly different from one form to the next, so there is no baseline comparison. However, they are a yellowish-green color, and are essentially a mutilated version of their base host.
Personality / Behaviour
It is surmised the Flood is controlled by a central Hivemind, refered to as The Gravemind. They flood know no compassion, mercy, or sympathy. The only objective the Flood has is consumption.
Director Vernette's Personal Notes
Either God was asleep at the wheel when he created the Flood, or biological evolution took a destructive course. The Flood are numerous, destructive, and utterly without mercy, compassion, or feeling. In fact, I don't even think they are alive. Flood forms seem to be drones of what appears to be a collective consciousness. This consciousness seems to be driven by one will, and one will alone; the will to conqure. They consume life forms from the inside out. I have witnessed a human being consumed by the Flood, and it is something I never wish to see again.
I take the Flood very seriously, and will not hesitate to order Nova deployments to stop them. From what I have witnessed, researched, and been told, the Flood seems to work on a very small scale. The Flood, is nothing more then a parasite which seems to rewrite and contaminate a host body, which is then used for any number of purposes. During the Alliance with the Elites, research I was given suggests that the purest Flood forms can simply spawn from a body of dead biomas when suffeciant host biomas, and a spore, is provided. There is no way to stop the flood with small scale arms, as there is simply not enough ammo to stop them. There is yet to be an effective way to control, or destroy, the flood on large scales. In the mean time, nukes seem to get the point across.
-Director Vernette
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