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Subject: Why didn't The Flood infect Sergeant A.J.Johnson?

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He has some kind of symptom caused by Plasma, and he found a whole crate full of Plasma Grenades and used every single one againt the Covenant. FOr some reason, when the flood tryed to iinfect him, they didn't like whatever it was and went running. Then Cortana scans him and finds dead flood cells. And the Cryotube has Linda in it.











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  • 03.16.2006 3:03 AM PDT
Subject: Why didn't The Flood infect Sergeant A.J.Johnson?
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Before you answer that, answering this: Why was the Covenant in Africa of all places? I thought it was curious that in Halo 2, they were in New Mombasa. Of all the continents of the world, they chose the motherland. I didn't think too much of this until I remembered other Sci Fi properties like Star Gate, starting the visitation of alien species on the African continent.

What caused me to post this is something that nagged at my mind about Sergeant Johnson. How the hell is he still alive? I saw him get attacked by The Flood in Halo 1. The Master Chief was the only one who survived Halo. What gives? Then I remembered that the Master Chief couldn't have been the only one because 343 Guilty Spark also survived. That also bugged me. You see these characters in Halo 2 and think, 'WTF at this inconsistant shyt?' Well I was wrong. After looking stuff up at wikipedia, remembering things that took place in Halo 2, finishing the first two halo books, and starting on the third, I realized that the story actually is cohesive and everything is joined together. To get the full story you have to do some research. That's pretty deep for a First Person Shooter.

343 Guilty Spark survived because the Heretic you fight in Halo 2, found him in the wreckage of Halo Installation 04 and took him to the old Forerunner base that you attack as the Arbiter. The old Forerunner base is in the atmosphere of Threshold, the gas giant(planet) who's orbit, Halo had previously ooccupied. That's why the sentinels there follow 343 guilty sparks commands because they were in his juridiction still. The Sentinels in the other Halos, like Delta Halo, cannot be controlled by 343 Guilty Spark.

Anyway, enough of that. Now that I know how Sgt. Johnson survived, another question arose. Why?

Why did The Flood ignore him?

Does this in any way have something to do with the fact that Seargant Johnson is Black? So. The Prophet of Regret found Earth on accident when he was searching for the Ark. He decided to attack Earth anyway (The Covenant invasion in Halo 2 wasn't a full scale invasion. Finding Earth was a fluke which the Prophet of Regret relished in as Earth became a target of opportunity.)

So if the Ark is in Africa, the Flood doesn't attack African's (to be debated), what does that say about the Forerunners? Were they black?

I'm sitting here trying to tie it all in. I'm thinking hard. While I'm thinking, I'll show you the excerpt that caused me to think about all this.

Excerpt from Halo: First Strike. The book that takes place between Halo 1 & 2.

John is the Master Chief.

Sgt. Johnson is the hard core black Marine you see in the cut scenes of Halo 1, 2, game trailers, and advertisements.

This scene takes place as the Master Chief is searching the remnants of Halo: Installation 04 (The Halo that the first game Halo: Combat Evolved for the X-Box takes place). The Master Chief is in the plane that he lifted off from at the end of the game. Cortana alerts him to the presence of Covenant Cruisers searching and scanning the area. Cortana also finds the faint outline of a Pelican( the UNSC ship that always dropped you off in the game) hiding in the shadow of a floating rock of debris. He rushes against the clock to retrieve the occupants of the Pelican before the Covenant finds them.


A hand reached from the other side. John pulled the person
through.
The shock only lasted a moment. John's reflexes kicked in -
he grabbed a handful of the man's uniform, kicked the hatch shut,
and propelled both of them against the hull. With a lightning-
quick motion, he drew the newcomer's pistol and aimed it
squarely at the man's forehead.
"You were dead," the Chief said. "I saw you die. On Jenkin's*
mission record. The Flood got you."
The black man smiled a set of perfect white teeth. " The
Flood? Hell, Chief, it'll take more than a pack of walking
alien horror-show freaks to take out Sergeant A.J. Johnson."

Chapter Six

1710 hours, September 22, 2552 (Military Calendar)\
Aboard Longsword fighter, uncharted system, Halo debris field.


The Master Chief held on to the ship's frame with one hand so
he wouldn't float away in zero gee. With the other hand he
pressed the pistol deeper into Johnson's forehead.
The Sergeant's smile faded, but there was not a trace of fear in
his dark eyes. He snorted a laugh. "I get it: You think I'm in-
fected. Well, I'm not. This"-he patted his chest-"is one hun-
dred percent grade-A Marine...and nothin' else."
The Chief eased his stance but didn't lower the gun. "Explain
how that's possible."
"They got us all right, those little mushroom-shaped infec-
tious bastards," Johnson said. "They ambushed me, Jenkins, and
Keyes." He paused as the Captain's name, then shook his head
and went on. "They swarmed all over us. Jenkins and Keyes
were taken...but I guess I didn't taste too good."
"The Flood doesn't 'taste' anything," Cortana interjected. "The
Infection Forms rewrite a victim's cellular structure and convert
him into a Combat Form, then later a Carrier Form-an incubator
for more Infection Forms. Based on what we've seen, they cer-
tainly don't just decide to pass up a victim."
The Sergeant shrugged. He fished into his pocket, found the
remaining stub of a chewed cigar, and stuck it in the corner of his
mouth. "Well, I've seen different. They 'passed me up' like I was
undercooked spinach at a turkey dinner."
"Cortana," the Chief asked. "Is it possible?"
"It's possible," she carefully replied. "But it's also highly un-
likely." She paused for two heartbeats, and then added, "Accord-
ing to the readings from the Sergeant's biomonitors, his story
checks out. I can't be one hundred percent positive until he's
been cleared in a medical suite, but preliminary findings indi-
cate that he is clean of any Flood parasitic infection. He's obvi0
ously not a mindless, half-naked alien killing machine."
"All right." The Chief clicked the pistol's safety to "on" then
flipped the pistol around and handed it back to the Sergeant, grip
first. "But I'm having you checked inside and out the first chance
we get. We can't risk letting the Flood infection spread."
"I hear you, Master Chief. Looking forward to those Navy
nurses. Now-" The Sergeant pushed off the hull and drifted
toward the hatch. "-let's get the rest of the crew on board." He
hesitated by the cryotubes. "I see you already picked up a few stragglers."

End of Excerpt

One of the cryotubes holds a surprise! ;)

Anyway, I haven't thought long and hard enough about this enough but I will say that the author may have written that part about the Flood skipping over Sgt. Johnson just to join together the bad plotting by Jason Jones.

I refuse to believe this however, given Bungie's record (Marathon). I haven't played that game but I have read about how deep it was in Wikipedia

Marathon was first released for the Macintosh in 1994, introducing many concepts now considered modern and novel in contemporary gaming. These features included dual-weilded weapons, several multiplayer modes besides deathmatch, cooperative play, friendly non-player characters, and a deep and intricate plot

Damn no wonder Halo is so good. Bungie is one of the most original developers out there

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  • 03.16.2006 2:53 AM PDT
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well i dont agree to went u said only master chief made it but cortana made it to think about that oh yeah remember in the armory in halo2 when the staff sgt guns goes hey johnson when u gonna tell us how u made it off that ring and johnson goes srry guns thats classified so i guess its just gonna be a mystery

  • 04.15.2006 6:49 PM PDT
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Carrots.

Simply put, he found alot of Plasma Grenades.
Now, being Sgt. J Avery Johnson, he used them to his advantage and used them ALL agaisn't the Covenant, its alot of plasma. He enhailed plasma, and walked on plasma residue, and he eventualy got some of it in his system. The flood later tried to infect him, but couldn't, because if you have plasma in you're system, or any other kind of radiation, the flood, or anything, wont try to take control of you, or they will, and get killed.
Cortana afterwards found dead flood cells in johnsons body, so Sgt. Johnson somehow escaped Halo with some flood in his body, but they died after wards due to the plasma.

  • 04.15.2006 7:19 PM PDT
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where are u guys gittin the plasma parts i probably didnt see it in the game or is it in the books i have fall of reach but not the flood

  • 04.15.2006 7:34 PM PDT
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Carrots.

Where I'm getting this is from the books, and not in the game, to clear it up for the rest of you guys.

  • 04.15.2006 7:40 PM PDT
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They didn't infect Sergeant A.J.Johnson because all of the good characters are immune.

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  • 04.15.2006 7:55 PM PDT
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oh from which one Fall of Reach, The Flood,or The First Strike?? ?(
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  • 04.15.2006 7:58 PM PDT
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Carrots.

Note sure, I think it was the flood, but I haven't read them in a long time. I was only here to post my side of the story, not to do a question and answer sesion, sorry if I seam agrivated.

  • 04.15.2006 8:06 PM PDT
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Can't say which book but I can say the plasma explanation is right. Check my joined date... I've been around for awhile ;)

  • 04.15.2006 8:20 PM PDT
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if u are then calm down and forget bro

  • 04.15.2006 9:22 PM PDT

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Johnson has Boren's Syndrome, which is cause by a lot of exposure to plasma weapons fire. The Flood cannot attach themselved to his nervous system, and die in the attempt.

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yeah the thing about Boren's syndrome sounds familiar, but i dont remember anything about exposure to plasma...what page is it on in what book?

  • 04.15.2006 10:31 PM PDT

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yeah the thing about Boren's syndrome sounds familiar, but i dont remember anything about exposure to plasma...what page is it on in what book?


All I can tell you without re reading the book is that it's in First Strike near the end. Dr. Halsey tells Chief that and hand him a couple Data Cubes.

Sorry I can't be more specific.


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  • 04.15.2006 11:05 PM PDT
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johnson was infected dy a small spider flood thing but insted of killing him it some how made him invinsiable

  • 04.16.2006 11:14 AM PDT
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ur lieing bc he isnt invisbile in Halo2 explain that

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Carrots.

Oh my gosh.
Okay, I'm pretty sure you're young because of you're grammar mistakes and you are very exite-able.
Now, I will clear it all up, he means INVINCABLE, not insisible, you Can't kill Sgt. Johnson in Halo two, its impossible, bar none.
Now, in Halo 1, hell yes you can kill johnson, I explained the whole story of how johnson survived, and how dare you defy me! hehe.
No, Sgt. Avery J not invisible Johnson is not invisible, he never was, unless he did something with active camouflage.

update: Johnson, as well as other major characters in Halo 2 can't be killed, because it wouldn't make sense, they are Major characters, if you kill them on one level, they would magicly come back in a cutscene and in other levels? Er... no.

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  • 04.16.2006 5:38 PM PDT
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Johnson survived because he was rescued a Human dropship or somethin like tht. and they warped

  • 04.16.2006 7:32 PM PDT
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Carrots.

I don't think they did.
If they did warp, wouldn't a part of Halo be gone? Did you see what hapend to Old Mombasa?

  • 04.17.2006 7:08 AM PDT
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the covenant were in africa because the ARK was in africa *covers mouth* oops, spoiler...

actually if you look at it, it makes perfect sense:
1.They only landed there
2.They didnt know there was any civilization on Earth
3.The Human combat form population excedes the pop. of the POA
4.Miranda Keys had to activate the ring. Why couldn't th eliets just activate it?

  • 07.03.2006 5:07 PM PDT

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Johnson wasn't infected because he had a rare symptom called Borens Syndrome, that the Flood infections can't scramble. Like a DNA firewall. He got it due to excessive exposure to plasma from a crate of plasma grenades. 343 wasn't actually saved by the heretics, he just survuved the explosion, because the Forerunners built him to withstand that. He was then later captured by the Heretics. The Covenant landed on Africa not because the people are black, but because the Ark is in Africa, near Mombasa.

  • 07.03.2006 5:14 PM PDT
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Johnson was too Bad@ss for the flood. As for getting off Halo, he probably stole a ship off that Elite he was hugging.

  • 07.03.2006 6:53 PM PDT
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Carrots.

While the Elite was holding his ass, he stole the Elites keys.


...-blam!- STOLE MY KEYS!

[Edited on 7/3/2006]

  • 07.03.2006 7:32 PM PDT

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