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Subject: Did the Flood evolve, or were they created?
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I just wanted know if anyone thinks the Flood evolved as a species, or if they were created by someone. If it's the second one, then we might see a brand new enemy.....Thoughts?

  • 07.27.2004 9:14 AM PDT
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The Flood were genticly transfromed so I guess that some one did make 'em.

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  • 07.27.2004 9:25 AM PDT
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they wer geneticaly transformed by 343 gs and a lot of "food". most of the flood are either elites or jackals. that kinda proves that the covanent knew about the flood a long time ago.
Actualy, it sounds as if it was the covenent themselves that made the flood. its kinda like" who came first, the little green gits or the bulgy ones that make em

  • 07.27.2004 10:04 AM PDT
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if you read the books, it says that the flood were made by the forerunners. The game also tell you

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touche

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I only thought the Forerunners were studying the Flood. I know they didn't say that the Forerunners created the Flood in the game, but I haven't read the books yet.

  • 07.27.2004 11:31 AM PDT
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I think the forerunner may of came upon a species of flood that wasn't as virulent as the ones we know. I think they took the basic structure of the proto-flood and turned it into the super-flood.

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Posted by: Pandora Tomorrow
Most of the flood are either Elites or Jackals. That kinda proves that the Covanent knew about the flood a long time ago.


The 'Flood Combat forms' are Elites and Humans , not Jackals. Jackal, Grunt and Hunter flood forms don't appear in the game (unless the Jackals and Grunts are transformed into the Carrier Forms. Their biomass is too small to host the Flood, so they use them to create more spores and spead the 'disease'). Hunters cannot be turned into the Flood because they all have a condition called Borons Sydrome that the Flood do not like. Because the Hunters seem vunerable with this syndrome the Flood choose not to use Hunters as hosts.

Just because the Flood appear as Elites (not Jackals by the way) does not mean that they are the creators. The Flood forms were formally your Allies (Humans) or your enemies (Elites) that you've seen earlier in the game. I quote Cortana on the level 'Keyes' to back this up: "The Flood are gathering bodies". They are gathering bodies to turn into more hosts (or Combat Forms as we call them).

  • 07.27.2004 12:24 PM PDT
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the forerunners where trying to create a perfect race that could continue there legacy, it went wrong, terribly wrong, hence they created teh flood.

  • 07.27.2004 1:07 PM PDT
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Posted by: Pandora Tomorrow
Most of the flood are either Elites or Jackals. That kinda proves that the Covanent knew about the flood a long time ago.


The 'Flood Combat forms' are Elites and Humans , not Jackals. Jackal, Grunt and Hunter flood forms don't appear in the game (unless the Jackals and Grunts are transformed into the Carrier Forms. Their biomass is too small to host the Flood, so they use them to create more spores and spead the 'disease'). Hunters cannot be turned into the Flood because they all have a condition called Borons Sydrome that the Flood do not like. Because the Hunters seem vunerable with this syndrome the Flood choose not to use Hunters as hosts.

Just because the Flood appear as Elites (not Jackals by the way) does not mean that they are the creators. The Flood forms were formally your Allies (Humans) or your enemies (Elites) that you've seen earlier in the game. I quote Cortana on the level 'Keyes' to back this up: "The Flood are gathering bodies". They are gathering bodies to turn into more hosts (or Combat Forms as we call them).


exactly. they use them as food and in return they get infected and turn into flood so the flood are liek a bad ad virus that that only way it is stoped. no food

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I'm not flaming you General Ria, but not only are you wrong (I think), you also have extremely bad grammar (so bad I can't understand you that well, hence the 'I think').

When posting things, make sure to read through your reply to make sure it makes sense.

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Posted by: SPARTAN_3920
I'm not flaming you General Ria, but not only are you wrong (I think), you also have extremely bad grammar (so bad I can't understand you that well, hence the 'I think').

When posting things, make sure to read through your reply to make sure it makes sense.


who cares about gramer dude. If he has bad grammer it hurts him not us...lay off he's new (so am i)
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but if you can't red it thats an other story

[Edited on 7/27/2004 1:38:31 PM]

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the point i was trying to make was that the covenent knew about the flood a long time before Halo. the covevent must have known about them but because they dont know how to retaliate, they have been turned into the flood.

to sumerise: the covenent must have been on halo (why? you tell me) well before the Piller of Automn juped through hyperspace near Halo.

I do know that in the truth and reconsiliation, when you rescue keyes and the other men, he tells us that he overheard a conversation between the covenent (how he understands the language? you tell me again). he says that the covenent think halo is a weapon (correctly) and plan t use it against humanity. So, mabe the covenent control all four Halos(there are four according to 343GS). So, the covenent might have released the flood accidentaly.
so................the covenent where there long before us.

i thought to chew on: mabe Halo is the covenent home world. or maby even a sentry post

  • 07.27.2004 3:04 PM PDT
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I created'em, I should be the one to kill'em.

[Edited on 7/27/2004 3:18:37 PM]

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Posted by: Pandora Tomorrow
the point i was trying to make was that the covenent knew about the flood a long time before Halo. the covevent must have known about them but because they dont know how to retaliate, they have been turned into the flood.

to sumerise: the covenent must have been on halo (why? you tell me) well before the Piller of Automn juped through hyperspace near Halo.

I do know that in the truth and reconsiliation, when you rescue keyes and the other men, he tells us that he overheard a conversation between the covenent (how he understands the language? you tell me again). he says that the covenent think halo is a weapon (correctly) and plan t use it against humanity. So, mabe the covenent control all four Halos(there are four according to 343GS). So, the covenent might have released the flood accidentaly.
so................the covenent where there long before us.

i thought to chew on: mabe Halo is the covenent home world. or maby even a sentry post


The covenant reached halo before th Autaum cause thier Slipspace travel is much faster

The Elites do speak a little english (read the books)

And there is no proof that there are only '4' halo's. Spark just said he was the moniter of installation of monitor 04. That means there are at LEAST 4 of them. I think there are more

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Posted by: Pandora Tomorrow
the point i was trying to make was that the covenent knew about the flood a long time before Halo. the covevent must have known about them but because they dont know how to retaliate, they have been turned into the flood.

to sumerise: the covenent must have been on halo (why? you tell me) well before the Piller of Automn juped through hyperspace near Halo.

I do know that in the truth and reconsiliation, when you rescue keyes and the other men, he tells us that he overheard a conversation between the covenent (how he understands the language? you tell me again). he says that the covenent think halo is a weapon (correctly) and plan t use it against humanity. So, mabe the covenent control all four Halos(there are four according to 343GS). So, the covenent might have released the flood accidentaly.
so................the covenent where there long before us.

i thought to chew on: mabe Halo is the covenent home world. or maby even a sentry post


The covenant reached halo before th Autaum cause thier Slipspace travel is much faster

The Elites do speak a little english (read the books)

And there is no proof that there are only '4' halo's. Spark just said he was the moniter of installation of monitor 04. That means there are at LEAST 4 of them. I think there are more

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Posted by: Pandora Tomorrow
the point i was trying to make was that the covenent knew about the flood a long time before Halo. the covevent must have known about them but because they dont know how to retaliate, they have been turned into the flood.

to sumerise: the covenent must have been on halo (why? you tell me) well before the Piller of Automn juped through hyperspace near Halo.

I do know that in the truth and reconsiliation, when you rescue keyes and the other men, he tells us that he overheard a conversation between the covenent (how he understands the language? you tell me again). he says that the covenent think halo is a weapon (correctly) and plan t use it against humanity. So, mabe the covenent control all four Halos(there are four according to 343GS). So, the covenent might have released the flood accidentaly.
so................the covenent where there long before us.

i thought to chew on: mabe Halo is the covenent home world. or maby even a sentry post


The covenant reached halo before th Autaum cause thier Slipspace travel is much faster

The Elites do speak a little english (read the books)

And there is no proof that there are only '4' halo's. Spark just said he was the moniter of installation of monitor 04. That means there are at LEAST 4 of them. I think there are more

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Posted by: Pandora Tomorrow
the point i was trying to make was that the covenent knew about the flood a long time before Halo. the covevent must have known about them but because they dont know how to retaliate, they have been turned into the flood.

to sumerise: the covenent must have been on halo (why? you tell me) well before the Piller of Automn juped through hyperspace near Halo.

I do know that in the truth and reconsiliation, when you rescue keyes and the other men, he tells us that he overheard a conversation between the covenent (how he understands the language? you tell me again). he says that the covenent think halo is a weapon (correctly) and plan t use it against humanity. So, mabe the covenent control all four Halos(there are four according to 343GS). So, the covenent might have released the flood accidentaly.
so................the covenent where there long before us.

i thought to chew on: mabe Halo is the covenent home world. or maby even a sentry post


The covenant reached halo before th Autaum cause thier Slipspace travel is much faster

The Elites do speak a little english (read the books)

And there is no proof that there are only '4' halo's. Spark just said he was the moniter of installation of monitor 04. That means there are at LEAST 4 of them. I think there are more

  • 07.27.2004 4:26 PM PDT
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why say the whole thing 4 times when u cud have just put "x4"?

  • 07.27.2004 4:40 PM PDT
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i agree with you but they can probably still evolve so we might still see some new enimes yet

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Posted by: SPARTAN_3920
I'm not flaming you General Ria, but not only are you wrong (I think), you also have extremely bad grammar (so bad I can't understand you that well, hence the 'I think').

When posting things, make sure to read through your reply to make sure it makes sense.


sorry about the typos ok jeese

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I am pretty sure the Covenant were exploring the Halo, looking for a weapon they thought was there, and they released the Flood by mistake. I think the weapon they were looking for was Halo itself, the thing that destroys all of the Flood's food. It makes you wonder if the Covenant will activate a Halo in their attempt to destroy humanity, but the theories of Earth being the weapon they are searching for and that humans were related to or are the Forerunners have merit.

I was just trying to remember, did the Covenant intentionally release the Flood? I can't remember for sure.

[Edited on 7/27/2004 9:49:14 PM]

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