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Subject: Can the flood even infect ODST's?

Posted by: Cpt Trotta214
Spartans: CAN get infected
ODSTs: Can get infected
Marines: Can get infected

Oh and for those of you who keep making refrenses to HaloWars, HaloWars wasn't made by Bungie, it was made by Esemble Studios AND IS STILL CANON. Cutscenes only, though

Fixed that for you. Anything that has a central nervous system and sufficient biomass (probably as big as a house cat) can get infected.

  • 07.30.2009 9:01 AM PDT

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Infection forms have pinchers that bite through the armor and skin of the host, The Master Chief can't be infected as easily because he has shields, and he never dies in the stories.

  • 07.30.2009 9:05 AM PDT
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1:45 you can see rookies neck so that means it aint airtight LOLOLOLOLOL

  • 07.30.2009 9:06 AM PDT

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Posted by: THQMAS
1:45 you can see rookies neck so that means it aint airtight LOLOLOLOLOL


Air tight or not, it does not mean that ODSTs can't be infected, maybe just space and underwater capabilities.

  • 07.30.2009 9:12 AM PDT
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true i think they can as in the flood we no MC nearly does until cortanna saves him.

  • 07.30.2009 9:13 AM PDT

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  • 07.30.2009 9:33 AM PDT

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I would like to point out that varaka is right, spartans can indeed be infected. if you'll notice, when the infection form jumps on you, it explodes, shorting out the shield generator. this is because of the energy feild surrounding the armor. if this field were to be deactivated, as happened in one of the novels, then it would be very easy for a spartan to be infected, and would most likely be infected faster than a normal human due to their enhanced nervous system. ODSTs are normal people, and from what i can see, have no energy field. however i may be wrong, we have yet to see. regardless, any creature with an active nervous system can be infected.

p.s. imagine...flood narwhals...

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  • 07.30.2009 9:38 AM PDT

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Posted by: mikeytikey93
Posted by: Tibetz
Posted by: mikeytikey93
No. I read somewhere that the ODSTS use airtight suits. The flood cannot infect ODSTS.

Masterchief has an airtight suit.

if they couldn't be infected, they couldn't be killed, because nothing could penetrate their suits.


Unless their suit ripped open. Of course they can be killed. They can get mauled to death by the flood. They just cant get infected unless their suit gets torn.

Edit: Forgot the Master Chief has an Airtight suit part.

Someone above said that in the book The Flood master chiefs neck armor was torn off and was really close from being infected.


No, I believe MC took off his helmet for something and then a flood infect form jumped on him but Cortana electrocuted the infected form lol.

Cant anything be infected by the flood as long as they can penetrate though the skin?

  • 07.30.2009 9:38 AM PDT

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Posted by: mikeytikey93
No. I read somewhere that the ODSTS use airtight suits. The flood cannot infect ODSTS.


in the book , THE FLOOD. one of the little infection forms was able to take its tentacles and stab it through the chiefs Shields and Armor around his throat.

The ODST are significantly less protected than the Chief. Airtight or not, the flood would just bash their heads open until they found a crack.

[Edited on 07.30.2009 10:00 AM PDT]

  • 07.30.2009 9:42 AM PDT

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Posted by: Game king08
Posted by: mikeytikey93
Posted by: Tibetz
Posted by: mikeytikey93
No. I read somewhere that the ODSTS use airtight suits. The flood cannot infect ODSTS.

Masterchief has an airtight suit.

if they couldn't be infected, they couldn't be killed, because nothing could penetrate their suits.


Unless their suit ripped open. Of course they can be killed. They can get mauled to death by the flood. They just cant get infected unless their suit gets torn.

Edit: Forgot the Master Chief has an Airtight suit part.

Someone above said that in the book The Flood master chiefs neck armor was torn off and was really close from being infected.


No, I believe MC took off his helmet for something and then a flood infect form jumped on him but Cortana electrocuted the infected form lol.

Cant anything be infected by the flood as long as they can penetrate though the skin?


Im pretty sure he has his hemet on. wouldnt matter anyway. It attacked his NECK. the helmet doesnt guard the neck. He may have had to take his helmet off after the attack for repairs.

Still, it shows that they are not 100% protected even with an airtight suit.

  • 07.30.2009 9:46 AM PDT

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sadface. nobody reads my posts. i explained this up there. to the best of my ability anyway.

in the book , THE FLOOD. one of the little infection forms was able to take its testicles and stab it through the chiefs Shields and Armor around his throat.

ok, first off, i dont even think flood have testicles.....

second, it doesnt go through his shields, they are deactivated when this happens

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  • 07.30.2009 9:47 AM PDT

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Posted by: abl0ck0fch33s3
sadface. nobody reads my posts. i explained this up there. to the best of my ability anyway.


I'll go read it.

Thats the big problem with these forums, once you are on the second page no one reads what you have to say. Everyone just replies for the first page's nonsense.

  • 07.30.2009 9:50 AM PDT

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are there even gunna be any flood in ODST???

  • 07.30.2009 9:51 AM PDT

better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt

haha understandable.

full metal................no.

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  • 07.30.2009 9:51 AM PDT

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Posted by: abl0ck0fch33s3
sadface. nobody reads my posts. i explained this up there. to the best of my ability anyway.

in the book , THE FLOOD. one of the little infection forms was able to take its testicles and stab it through the chiefs Shields and Armor around his throat.

ok, first off, i dont even think flood have testicles.....

second, it doesnt go through his shields, they are deactivated when this happens


then what penetrated his Neck?

sheilds no shields, really doesnt matter. we are trying to show that ODST can get infected, Cheif having sheilds just shows that even with heavy protection he is vulnerable. I think im gonna have to break out the book and check it out again. dont want to get attack for forgetting a comma.

  • 07.30.2009 9:52 AM PDT

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Posted by: Full Metal1244
are there even gunna be any flood in ODST???


I wouldnt say there couldnt be. The flood did show up after the chief left and came back. If the game is long enough we may see them.

  • 07.30.2009 9:53 AM PDT

Posted by: Honorable Sniper
Posted by: abl0ck0fch33s3
sadface. nobody reads my posts. i explained this up there. to the best of my ability anyway.

in the book , THE FLOOD. one of the little infection forms was able to take its testicles and stab it through the chiefs Shields and Armor around his throat.

ok, first off, i dont even think flood have testicles.....

second, it doesnt go through his shields, they are deactivated when this happens


then what penetrated his Neck?

sheilds no shields, really doesnt matter. we are trying to show that ODST can get infected, Cheif having sheilds just shows that even with heavy protection he is vulnerable. I think im gonna have to break out the book and check it out again. dont want to get attack for forgetting a comma.

A TENTACLE (not testicle, that's your nuts) piereced the black layer of his suit and into his skin. Cortana built up force from the shield and pushed the infection form away (smiliar to when the Chief wrestled a Brute).

As I said before, anything can be infected if it has a central nervous system and is bigger than an Infection form.

I wouldnt say there couldnt be. The flood did show up after the chief left and came back. If the game is long enough we may see them.
There is no gore int he rating. No gore means no dismemberment which means no Flood.

[Edited on 07.30.2009 9:55 AM PDT]

  • 07.30.2009 9:54 AM PDT

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to recap everything said.
Anything and everything can. as long as it be living, an animal of any sort, and about the size of a house cat, it can be.
Spartans are no exception. They're like the assault (is it assault or combat?) elites (closed helms). Those guys are airtight, save their hands, and they get infected through their chest.
good enough for ya?

  • 07.30.2009 9:55 AM PDT

better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt

hahaha wow. please google the word testicles. just make sure u dont use images. then google the word tenticals. you will see the difference. lmaoroflbbqcopter


thats what i said. anything that has a nervous system, including cheif, can be infected. hence why they jump at your sheilds: to short them. because once they're out, you're out. so odsts would have absolutly no defence against them if they are... penetrated (tee hee)

  • 07.30.2009 9:55 AM PDT

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Posted by: azliand
Posted by: Honorable Sniper
Posted by: abl0ck0fch33s3
sadface. nobody reads my posts. i explained this up there. to the best of my ability anyway.

in the book , THE FLOOD. one of the little infection forms was able to take its testicles and stab it through the chiefs Shields and Armor around his throat.

ok, first off, i dont even think flood have testicles.....

second, it doesnt go through his shields, they are deactivated when this happens


then what penetrated his Neck?

sheilds no shields, really doesnt matter. we are trying to show that ODST can get infected, Cheif having sheilds just shows that even with heavy protection he is vulnerable. I think im gonna have to break out the book and check it out again. dont want to get attack for forgetting a comma.

A TENTACLE (not testicle, that's your nuts) piereced the black layer of his suit and into his skin. Cortana built up force from the shield and pushed the infection form away (smiliar to when the Chief wrestled a Brute).

As I said before, anything can be infected if it has a central nervous system and is bigger than an Infection form.

I wouldnt say there couldnt be. The flood did show up after the chief left and came back. If the game is long enough we may see them.
There is no gore int he rating. No gore means no dismemberment which means no Flood.


hahahah did I write testicles? hahaha

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Posted by: abl0ck0fch33s3
I would like to point out that varaka is right, spartans can indeed be infected. if you'll notice, when the infection form jumps on you, it explodes, shorting out the shield generator. this is because of the energy feild surrounding the armor. if this field were to be deactivated, as happened in one of the novels, then it would be very easy for a spartan to be infected, and would most likely be infected faster than a normal human due to their enhanced nervous system. ODSTs are normal people, and from what i can see, have no energy field. however i may be wrong, we have yet to see. regardless, any creature with an active nervous system can be infected.

p.s. imagine...flood narwhals...


narwals narwals ripping people open

turning them into flood

because the are so gruesome

  • 07.30.2009 9:59 AM PDT

better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt

Posted by: Honorable Sniper
Posted by: azliand
Posted by: Honorable Sniper
Posted by: abl0ck0fch33s3
sadface. nobody reads my posts. i explained this up there. to the best of my ability anyway.

in the book , THE FLOOD. one of the little infection forms was able to take its testicles and stab it through the chiefs Shields and Armor around his throat.

ok, first off, i dont even think flood have testicles.....

second, it doesnt go through his shields, they are deactivated when this happens


then what penetrated his Neck?

sheilds no shields, really doesnt matter. we are trying to show that ODST can get infected, Cheif having sheilds just shows that even with heavy protection he is vulnerable. I think im gonna have to break out the book and check it out again. dont want to get attack for forgetting a comma.

A TENTACLE (not testicle, that's your nuts) piereced the black layer of his suit and into his skin. Cortana built up force from the shield and pushed the infection form away (smiliar to when the Chief wrestled a Brute).

As I said before, anything can be infected if it has a central nervous system and is bigger than an Infection form.

I wouldnt say there couldnt be. The flood did show up after the chief left and came back. If the game is long enough we may see them.
There is no gore int he rating. No gore means no dismemberment which means no Flood.

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hahahah did I write testicles? hahaha


happens to the best of us. i request the topic name be changed to "can the flood even appear in ODST?" =3

its possible. im still a little concerned as to how the covenant are still there after their ship just left, completely demolishing the city. i understands that the odsts were in drop pods, but the covenant? maybe they hid in refrigerators...

  • 07.30.2009 10:00 AM PDT

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Posted by: abl0ck0fch33s3
happens to the best of us. i request the topic name be changed to "can the flood even appear in ODST?" =3

its possible. im still a little concerned as to how the covenant are still there after their ship just left, completely demolishing the city. i understands that the odsts were in drop pods, but the covenant? maybe they hid in refrigerators...

nah, they were all hot dropped in like the helljumpers, with fridges.
Brute in the main part, grunts in the freezer part.
though it depends what kind of fridge we're talking about here.

  • 07.30.2009 10:03 AM PDT

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Posted by: abl0ck0fch33s3

happens to the best of us. i request the topic name be changed to "can the flood even appear in ODST?" =3

its possible. im still a little concerned as to how the covenant are still there after their ship just left, completely demolishing the city. i understands that the odsts were in drop pods, but the covenant? maybe they hid in refrigerators...


I would be very disappointed if I lived in New Mombasa and went to get a bowl of icecream. Open my frig and see a big hair brute sitting in my icecream.

[Edited on 07.30.2009 10:06 AM PDT]

  • 07.30.2009 10:06 AM PDT