- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
The flood is a parasitic race of beings, trapped on the halo rings for millions of years, after the forunner destroyed everything else in an attempt to destroy them. The flood spores are tiny little guys that usually pop harmlessly on your shields; with your shields down, they swarm you like Amazonian Cannibals onto an European Explorer.
The infected forms are very dangerous and should be treated with extreme caution.
These mother-Blam!-ers jump further than you, run faster than you, can carry various guns, including ROCKETS and are impossible to kill with melee attacks. Many have tried and failed to kill a rocket-flood with melee attacks.
That said, both the above statements are true. They are essential to the plot, and it would be a real shame if they were taken out of halo2.