- Wolverfrog
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- Fabled Legendary Member
It's hazy. I think originally when Halo was first conceived the rings were just supposed to destroy all sentient life capable of sustaining the Flood, and the idea was that they'd soon starve afterwards.
I know back when I joined this forum in 2008 and first started getting into the Halo universe, that was pretty much accepted fact the same way it was accepted that all the Forerunners were wiped out by the Halo event.
But more recently with 343i's new content, I think it's been made clear that the Halo rings also destroy the Flood. I honestly preferred the idea that the Flood were left devoid of all their food and then left to starve, just as I prefer the idea that all the Forerunners died rather than just left the galaxy.
The [Halo effect] strikes our
combined fleets. All ships piloted
by biologicals are now [adrift].
I can trade Mendicant ship for ship
now and still prevail.
~ Halo 3 terminal excerpt
This also implies that the Halo effect destroys anything biological; after the event, only Offensive Bias and Mendicant Bias are left to fight it out, fighting in the name of sides already dead. Furthermore that's under Bungie so it means that making the Flood susceptible to Halo wasn't just an oversight or retcon by 343i.
So I guess it's pretty conclusive that Halo does destroy the Flood too. That doesn't mean I like it.