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Subject: Did the Marines know about the Flood?

I forget the name of the Halo 2 level, but there's level where you play as the Arbiter. Throughout the level, you can hear the comm chatter of UNSC Marines as they battle the Flood.

It is my understanding that the UNSC did not make first contact with the Flood until the events of Halo: CE occurred. Chief, Cortana, and SGT. Johnson obviously collected intel from the first Halo.

Were the Marines briefed on the intel sometime before the Covenant invaded Earth? Or did the intel Chief and the gang brought back just stay classified?

  • 06.16.2011 1:59 PM PDT

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More likely than not such intel is going to be on a need to know basis. Grunts like the average marine squad would likely not be privy to intel about the Flood. This was demonstrated in The Mona Lisa as well.

  • 06.16.2011 2:08 PM PDT

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Most of the UNSC was not informed of the Flood but I do not know why, I guess ONI thought it would be best not to let it be public knowlegde, kinda how ONI feared that Humanity was not ready to know about aliens( This is when Forerunner objects were found on Onyx) so they kept all the information as secret as possible, Onyx was even removed from most UNSC data except for what ONI was studying on Onyx itself.

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Posted by: windtalker006
Most of the UNSC was not informed of the Flood but I do not know why, I guess ONI thought it would be best not to let it be public knowlegde, kinda how ONI feared that Humanity was not ready to know about aliens( This is when Forerunner objects were found on Onyx) so they kept all the information as secret as possible, Onyx was even removed from most UNSC data except for what ONI was studying on Onyx itself.


I am sure is you think about it you would understand why ONI didn't say anything.

And Onyx was hidden by the assembly becuase they didn't want humanity using forerunner tech to advance themselves

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Posted by: windtalker006
Most of the UNSC was not informed of the Flood but I do not know why, I guess ONI thought it would be best not to let it be public knowlegde, kinda how ONI feared that Humanity was not ready to know about aliens( This is when Forerunner objects were found on Onyx) so they kept all the information as secret as possible, Onyx was even removed from most UNSC data except for what ONI was studying on Onyx itself.


In regards to the Flood it's likely for morale purposes. Just like how ONI censored much about how the war was turning out against humanity's favor for all the civilians the same could be said of keeping that information away from frontline troopers. They know the Covenant is pounding them hard, telling the troops they've got to watch out for a parasitic boogeyman that is uncurable and nearly unstoppable would be counter productive in maintaining an already sagging sense of morale.

  • 06.16.2011 3:22 PM PDT

ONI did it

  • 06.16.2011 4:17 PM PDT

Staff Sergeant future 510, serial number HHT3-09PL, Flood Military Reserve.

I wonder if Miranda was privy to that information herself, considering she's ONI. If she did, did she let her crew in on that little tid-bit, considering they might find alien zombies in the Library.

  • 06.16.2011 7:45 PM PDT

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Posted by: future 510
I wonder if Miranda was privy to that information herself, considering she's ONI. If she did, did she let her crew in on that little tid-bit, considering they might find alien zombies in the Library.


Miranda isn't part of ONI. She's regular Navy just like Captain Keyes.

Regardless she probably knew about the Flood once she asked if Cortana could give her all the information about Alpha Halo regardless of whether or not she had the clearance to do so. It would be hard to imagine that the data on the Alpha Halo library in particular would fail to mention how it was just filled to the brim with Flood forms during the breakout. Now whether or not she was open to telling the troops is another matter. At the very least we know that those inside the Sentinel Wall were unaware that the things they would encounter within it are called Flood, but I would imagine that someone like Johnson who had first hand experience would be more willing to openly brief any marines in his squad before things hit the fan.

  • 06.16.2011 7:54 PM PDT

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  • 06.16.2011 7:56 PM PDT