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If Halo has a massive blast radius (cant remember the size), then the explosion that destroyed Halo is in no way as big, simply because it didn't destroy the galaxy. Now, if Halo was designed to kill The Flood in this way, then by logic they cant be dead, they're just drifting on the fragments of Halo, waiting for their next host.

They will return, but when and where are the question.

  • 05.01.2004 5:46 AM PDT
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no, they have to be dead, because just the Pillar of Autumn wouldnt have been able to trigger an explosion like that, it had to have triggered halo's defense systems somehow... and when u watch the final video, MC says, "did anyone else make it?" and cortana says, just dust and echoes, were all thats left.....

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No, the Pillar of Autumn exploding set off a chain reaction that destroyed Halo. If Halo's defense systems had been activated, 1. The Halo would not have blown up and 2. The Master Chief would be dead.

You're also forgetting that there will probably be more flood on the other Halo installations. So even if every flood on Installation 04 was destroyed, that doesn't mean every flood in the galaxy was destroyed.

  • 05.01.2004 6:00 AM PDT
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Thats right.And i hope it will be other species at the other Halo's,and i hope they aren't like the flood,which are a parasite race.It would be cool if those dino-like creatures from the E3 2000 video have been on one or more of the other Halo's :)

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Posted by: rushviking
Thats right.And i hope it will be other species at the other Halo's,and i hope they aren't like the flood,which are a parasite race.It would be cool if those dino-like creatures from the E3 2000 video have been on one or more of the other Halo's :)


will there be more types of the flood

  • 05.01.2004 6:06 AM PDT
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The Flood will return, but not the Flood that made up the population of Installation 04. You forget that there are other Halos that most likely have more Flood.

They will be back, but not in the way you expect... stay tuned.

Oh, and by the way, Halo 04's blast radius is massive, but it doeasn't kill Flood directly: it kills their food. IF Installation 04 had been activated, "this galaxy will be quite devoid of life", and their sure as hell wouldn't be a Halo 2.

[Edited on 5/1/2004 6:09:30 AM]

  • 05.01.2004 6:07 AM PDT
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hmm, ya i hadnt thought of it that way...

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Halo 04's blast radius is massive, but it doeasn't kill Flood directly: it kills their food. IF Installation 04 had been activated, "this galaxy will be quite devoid of life"

That's my point - The Floods food isn't dead. If you can't kill The Flood directly, then there's NO WAY that they died on Halo.

  • 05.01.2004 6:51 AM PDT
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The Flood can't eat anything because everything on Installation 04 is dead, therefor so will be the Flood soon enough. There won't be the Flood on any other "Installation" because Installation 04 was made to study and contain the Flood so they wouldn't need the others to do the same, on the others it may be some other type of race or creatures, if there are any others.

  • 05.01.2004 7:24 AM PDT
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thats why i believe that it wouldnt make sence to have animals on the other installations, if there were then the flood could just like grab them, it wouldn't work, also there are still an unknown amount of installations left, and dont forget spark survived he might play an important part in this yet to be batlle. he might go to another halo and do something
and ull say "ohh but it would take years" but how do u know he doesnt have a really tiny jump drive, after all the son of a -blam!- is also indestructible

  • 05.01.2004 7:29 AM PDT
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I think the Flood will be back because Bungie wont let us down to fight against just one alien life form. There may be another life form to battle. It sounds like Bungie hinted on the sibject.

  • 05.01.2004 7:38 AM PDT
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My theory is that the flood are indeed still alive. The reason I think this is because the animation of the ring exploding made it so it only appeared to 'break' in certain places, not explode completely. I don't see how the PoA could have enough power to explode that big of an object anyways. Maybe these pieces of the original ring eventually touch down somewhere and the flood are released?

That is my two cents.

  • 05.01.2004 10:44 AM PDT

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Halo's defense mechanism was NOT activated. If it had been, then everything with sufficient biomass to sustain the flood would be dead. Also, if it had been, the galaxy wouldn't be destroyed: only things with sufficient biomass to sustain the flood. "Lesser" animals and trees still would be alive.

And the Flood can be killed directly. What happens when you shoot an infecion form? It dies.

Since the Flood are so numerous, Halos were designed to kill their food, so all of them would be killed indirectly at once.

The only way they survived Halo's destruction is if they got off the ring before had, or if they can survive without atmosphere. When the blast itself destroyed relatively little of Halo. It only weakened it enough so that it would tear itself apart (due to the spinning motion), and set off secondary explosions. When it was destroyed, the atmosphere that was held within most likely leaked out into space, which would kill anything living that requires it.

They might be alive (the ones that were on Halo), and they might not be. I personally don't think they are. If they're re-introduced into Halo 2 (which, I think, has been said), it'll probably be because of Johnson's Flood DNA thats still in him (Halsey said it won't be any harm, but what the hell does she really know about the Flood? She never studied an actual Flood specimen), or another batch of Flood on another Halo.

Just what I think.

  • 05.01.2004 11:46 AM PDT
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or maybe some flood got onto the pelican or watever that was the chief had at the end of the 1st halo and traveled to earth with him

  • 05.01.2004 11:55 AM PDT
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actualy there are more than one halo ring, as a matter of fact that was the 343 and if you listend to 343GS he says there are others. and halo2 says we will run into another halo ring (i think its inside the moon)

  • 05.01.2004 12:11 PM PDT
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I hope the flood are very dead, the Covenant are way more fun to kill, the Flood were just annoying, gah, The Library, Nooooooo!

sweet my first post!

  • 05.01.2004 12:13 PM PDT
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Posted by: rushviking
Thats right.And i hope it will be other species at the other Halo's,and i hope they aren't like the flood,which are a parasite race.It would be cool if those dino-like creatures from the E3 2000 video have been on one or more of the other Halo's :)


What dino creatures? what the hell?

  • 05.01.2004 12:20 PM PDT

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Yes, there are other Halos. Yes, there probalby will be another in Halo 2.... But inside a moon? A Forerunner facility, maybe, but a Halo wouldn't be inside a moon. Halos are Halos, not moons. Artificial satellites.

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The flood are certainly alive, but I don't think they'll be such an immediate threat as they were in Halo1. The Pillar of Autumn only destroyed a big chunk out of the ring and the rest of it just fell apart. There are still large portions of the ring left (which I think we'll visit) and I have little doubt that the flood will be found on them if not active then dormant from lack of food and likely a decrease in available atmosphere. Plus there are several damaged vehicles and possibly Covenant capital ships in the nearby vicinity which could house some flood repairing them.

We may fight the flood again, but I don't think they'll be the third party aggressor we're expecting in Halo2. I belive this time the flood will be more like the Werck'knacter (however its spelled) in Marathon, a faceless imposing threat that has to be delt with preemptively

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  • 05.01.2004 2:32 PM PDT
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i just hope that if the food are alive the cheif wont bring in the sarge for disection (read first strike)

  • 05.01.2004 2:37 PM PDT
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And remember kids, when the PoA's(pillar of autumn) fusion reactors detonated, you saw the shockwave traveling throughtout the ring. That shockwave was probably very powerful, and as it traveled throught the ring, it probably killed the flood on Halo. All of it

[Edited on 5/1/2004 2:48:22 PM]

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he wouldn't do that, wolf. The Chief is starting to think for himself. Perhaps for the first time, he's wondering whether orders are right or wrong and about the value of each human life. Oni's (in particular Ackerson's) merciless and deceptive nature may be a little bit conflicting with John's newfound morals. A renegade Spartan would be an interesting addition to the many revolting colonies the UNSC has to deal with.

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  • 05.01.2004 2:51 PM PDT

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The Sarge (Johnson) shouldn't die (and the Chief wouldn't do that, like he said). He's the Kenny of Halo: He doesn't die, but damn, he's funny!

  • 05.01.2004 4:01 PM PDT
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Posted by: pckl300
no, they have to be dead, because just the Pillar of Autumn wouldnt have been able to trigger an explosion like that, it had to have triggered halo's defense systems somehow... and when u watch the final video, MC says, "did anyone else make it?" and cortana says, just dust and echoes, were all thats left.....


i agree with you. =)

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They're dead here, but a search team will look at the pieces of halo and -blam!- - they accidently open a locked down door and chief saves the day... yet again.

  • 05.01.2004 4:10 PM PDT

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