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Posted by: Posted by: Lysander
Rest assured, Johnson will not turn into a Combat Form. Yes, he does have genes from the Flood in his DNA, but these are dead, or so Dr. Halsey says.
Posted by: Eagle 117
Halsey also says that the dead Flood DNA left behind intact gene fragments. These fragments, Halsey goes on to say, appear to have given Johnson some new regenerative abilities, which is the key to this discussion. While I agree with you that Johnson himself will not turn into a Flood form, I don't think that makes any difference. If Johnson is carrying intact Flood gene fragments in his body, who have started some sort of regenerative ( to reform completely; to give or gain new life ) process, he might as well be a carrier form. If any of his DNA comes in contact with an other organism, then all Hell is going to break loose:)
Posted by: Lysander
If I remember correctly, "Doc Halsey" said that the intact gene fragments (sounds like an oxymoron, intact fragments) have given the Sarge curious regenerative abilities. I can see how you might fear that these gene fragments might awaken, and cause anyone the Sarge comes into contact with to become infected. Or actually, you probably mean if his blood comes into contact with someone elses blood. I see your point, but that person will not turn into a Combat Form. My theorem is that for the chemicals which the Infection Forms inject into your bloodstream can only alter your cellular structure if the Infection Form has interfaced with your nervous system first. If the chemicals somehow (not naturally, if I can say such a thing) enter your bloodstream via a different way than an Infection Form, then your body will recognize it as a pathogen and destroy it. If the Infection Form has interfaced first, then your body will not recognize the chemicals, and you will be converted. Hope that I explained all of that intelligently, and intelligibly.
Yes, you explain yourself well, and I think I understand it all... I think:)
My main concern centers around this new "regenerative process," not the gene fragments. Let me explain. The Flood genes usually reform the victims body into a Flood form. In Johnson's case, they could not do that, so they died... right? If they died, and this is why I center my thoughts on the regenerative process, then what is reforming Johnson's cellular structure? To have a regenerative process going on inside his body means he is being refomed completly on the cellular level. He is literally being given, or gaining, new life. Either one of two things is causing this to happen. First, the left over gene fragments are more potient then we are led to believe. Gene fragments alone can not reform Johnson's cellular structure into something new. To reform cellular structure sounds more like the "dead" Flood genes doing. This leads me to my second possiblity; which is, the Flood genes are not dead; but rather, they are in a state of hibernation. They are waiting out the storm, so to say, of Johnson's body untill a more suitable victim is found. In either case, Johnson has unknowingly become a "Trojan horse" for the Flood. This is why I see Johnson as a key character to the storyline. We know so little about his condition, a condition that could possibly lead to two outcomes. The Flood returning, or Johnson's resurrection, if not both:)
Now you may be thinking, "the regenerative process was probably started before the Flood genes died off," and this explains were it came from. Well, in my opinion, that doesn't make a difference. The regenerative process will completly reform (Webster's Dict.) Johnson and everything in his body, including the dead Flood cells. This effectively gives/gains Johnson new life, and same could be said about Flood genes. The Flood genes have basically created a "stale mate" untill an other victim comes in contact with them, or Johnson's blood/DNA.
[Edited on 6/27/2004 1:43:57 PM]