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Posted by: Xd00999
Posted by: ROBERTO jh
Posted by: Spartan319
Posted by: FTW 1997
It can...Its stated in the link of my previous post just read that thread and it will explain ...they came to forerunners on bio ships.
No, I wanted to say: a massive space organism like a bio-ship. Mothership of a space swarm and controlled or part of the Gravemind. Much bigger than High Charity. Capable to destroy all planetary defensive weapons and entire fleets. It all depends on how much biomass can acquire the Flood.
I believe it was in Soma the Painter where we see our first example of Flood bio-ships during their initial strike against the Forerunners, though I don't know if on the scale you're talking about (never read the story). Though biologically, the Flood can build whatever they need to fit any situation once the coordinated stage is reached, so theoretically your "mother ship" could work. It just needs the materials and strategical requirement for Gravemind to do so.
This fight is dependant on the evolutionary level of the Flood entirely; Feral stage Flood would lose extremely fast. Coordinated and interstellar+ stages would either almost definitely or most certaintly see the Flood win, especially if their captured technology is taken into account.
I agree with that idea but I would rule it out immediately. If they were to make a bioship the size of Charity it would require massive amounts of biomass, think planets worth. It would also be impractical because if it was destroyed, which it would be, it would mean billions of potential combat forms going down the drain. Much better to infect other ships.
I'd imagine this would be a fantastic project for the GM if he was in the intergalactic stage, where he effectively is both A) unstoppable short of divine intervention and B) has the limitless biomass of the universe's denizens to consume. But that's why I said theoretical.
The scary part is when you realize this mother ship would technically be a living intelligent organism controlled by Gravemind, instead of just a regular ship. The damage that thing could inflict on the creatures of any race ever would be terrifying.
Posted by: Spartan 100
Pure forms...
I was waiting for someone to point this out. I assume you're referring to cmdr saying the Zerg don't need to infect to reproduce?
Its for that reason that I say a Feral stage Flood infection would lose, since it is only then that what cmdr posted applies. Everything after that would eat the Swarm for breakfast.
[Edited on 11.01.2011 1:08 PM PDT]