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Posted by: Darth1Snyder
Everytime someone sacks my groceries, I think of Loaf.
Posted by: dboy5150
first who the -blam- greg bear and what was his idea and second where did u get your fact i want to rread more about this ur idea can make seen but i want to see the facts
Greg Bear wrote the Halo novel, Halo: Cryptum. It's a trilogy of books about the forerunners (creators of halo).
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The Flood are believed to have arrived in the Milky Way galaxy from one of the Magellanic Clouds, two small satellite galaxies near the Milky Way, circa 110,000 BCE. They were first discovered by ancient humans near the edges of the Milky Way, aboard automated vessels of unknown origin. These vessels, which were found crashed on both inhabited and deserted planets, contained millions of glass cylinders filled with a fine desiccated powder, which were inert, relatively simple short-chain organic molecules of unknown purpose.
Humanity studied the material and deemed it to be harmless, but noted that it had psychotropic effects on lower animals. Small dosages were administered to Pheru, popular domestic animals among humans and San'Shyuum, and resulted in more docile behavior. Unbeknownst to the humans or San'Shyuum at the time, the powder was altering the genetic code of the Pheru, manifesting as improved behavior while slowly changing other aspects of their genome.
After several centuries, more disturbing changes appeared. Pheru treated with the powder began exhibiting furry growths and fleshy protrusions, which other Pheru were compelled to consume. Shortly afterward, the Pheru began suffering widespread abortions and genetic deformities, and many were euthanized or released into the wild. Soon afterward, the Humans and San'Shyuum who had been in the presence of the altered Pheru began to exhibit some of the symptoms of the powder-induced "disease."
Affected on a psychological level by the strange illness, infected victims began to consume the sick Pheru, and parts that were discarded also became vectors for the disease. The afflicted then moved onto cannibalism and sacrifice of the uninfected. The infected Humans and San'Shyuum proceeded to spread the disease into other systems, which furthered the scope of the Flood outbreak.
At this point, the Flood infestation, which had previously been predominantly a mind and behavior-altering affliction with only relatively minor physical changes, began to reshape its victims into a variety of forms designed to gather victims, engage in combat, and to rapidly consume useful biomass and other resources. The growing outbreak quickly led to a conflict between humans and the Flood.
It was during this time that the humans discovered a cure for the Flood, and managed to wipe it out while the infection was still comparatively minor. The remaining Flood-carrying ships escaped the galaxy, and the Flood was never to be seen again until the incident at G617 g1. During the interim, humanity (who was then at war with the Forerunners) destroyed all of the original carrier vessels that they had discovered. In addition, no trace of the Flood remained among the Pheru, humans or San'Shyuum.
Because of the lack of evidence, most Forerunners were unaware of the existence or true nature of the Flood, and many dismissed it as a simple excuse for humanity's aggressive expansion. However, several high-ranking Forerunners were fully informed of the threat, and in secret began developing countermeasures should the Flood ever return.