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Subject: The flood; how make the paresites eltites and marines to flood?!
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Dear people, do you now how the flood (the paresite) make with elites and marines more flood, that's is I wanna now for a long time

  • 05.31.2006 12:27 PM PDT
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I am...whimsical today.

I think they use Grunts and Jackals to make the Carrier Forms (the big bulbous ones that explode at you). I guess they reproduce/replicate inside the sac.

  • 05.31.2006 12:29 PM PDT
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Sega Mega Drive, Golden Axe and Sonic all day!

the little ones kinda "impregnate" the elites and marines with the flood virus. or atleas thats how i imagine it.... wrong forum anyway ;D

  • 05.31.2006 12:30 PM PDT

Doc: "i'm a pacifist"
Caboose: "your a thing that babies suck on?"
Tucker: "no dude, that's a pedephile"
Church: "tucker, i think he means a pacifier"

you should read "the flood" basically the infection forms take over the host body and kind of live witihn the host. if you look closely enough you can actualy see the infection form inside of the chest cavity of the flood combat forms.

  • 05.31.2006 12:35 PM PDT
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I thought they took over the hosts body, by going in through some sort of insersion, then they take control of there nerves and what not, then over time the body gets screwed up and leaky, then after along time of fighting or after heavy injuries, they turn into carrier forms and explode. Yah...
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  • 05.31.2006 12:49 PM PDT
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The Infection forms are small, tentacled creatures which have their own defined biological framework, which are not dependent upon a host. An infection form will seek out any life of capable bio-mass and calcium deposits to sustain itself, and proceed to attempt to use the creature as a host, by tapping into the spinal system, suppressing the host's consciousness, embedding itself in the thoracic cavity, and releasing spores which cause the host to mutate. (343 Guilty Spark mentions these "spores" during his own synopsis of the Flood life-cycle, which may be either another term for the Infection form, or an even more basic form of the Flood.) At this point, the infected creature mutates into a possible one of four other forms. The Infection Form Flood parasites attack in a flood-like swarm that rapidly advances on host organisms, then physically attach themselves to a host as they try to burrow into its chest. Once inside the organism will begin to modify the host's genetic code and take over. The Infection form cannot attach to a host if the host is protected by a personal energy shield; contact with the shield will make them explode with a distinct "pop" sound and do minimal damage. However, if several dozen try to attack a shielded host they will gradually deplete their shields to the point that they are vulnerable. Thus, soldiers such as the human SPARTAN soldiers and the Covenant Elite are able to at least have some protection against the Flood and mount a counter attack, but unshielded troops (the majority of both armies) such as UNSC Marines and Covenant Grunts, Jackals, Drones, and Brutes are quickly and easily obliterated by an attack from the Infection Form Flood.

Taken from Wikipedia.

  • 06.01.2006 5:06 AM PDT

Let's make XBox live a quality game playing atmosphere.

I would be happy with no flood in Halo 3.

  • 06.01.2006 9:49 AM PDT
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yes

  • 06.01.2006 10:05 AM PDT

Halo 3: Collapse
Chapter 20, Revelations, is up (update 11-14-10)
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This guess is as good as any.
Excerpt from Halo 3: Collapse
FLOOD PARASITE OVERVIEW

The Flood is a virulent, parasitic life form only know to exist in quarantined laboratories near the Libraries of each Halo installation. Unique to the species is the ability to assume complete and total control of the bodily functions of its host, easily making it the most dangerous life-form Mankind has yet encountered. The very existence of the Halos shows that the Forerunners would concur with this assessment.

The life cycle of the Flood comes in four distinct stages, each dangerous in its own way.

From observations on Installation 04, known compatible Flood hosts included Humans and Elites.

MORPH/BIOLOGY

FLOOD INFECTION FORM

An infection form is an invertebrate with a sack of gel containing the Flood's genetic material and seven tentacles capable of cutting through flesh. Upon latching onto a compatible host's chest, the tentacles would immediately punch into the chest cavity and destroy the core of the host's circulatory system, in the case of Humans, Elites and Prophets. Death for the host would be almost instantaneous if the Infection form were removed at this point, but the host would endure if the form were left alone, as the Flood remarkably replaces the heart's function, circulating blood throughout the body. In short, within seconds of infection, the host depends on the parasite to survive.

The Infection form would then release trace amounts of its genetic material into the host's chest cavity, in essence digesting and moving parts of the host through the bloodstream to their desired locations. The tentacles would latch onto the host's spinal column, fitting the Infection form neatly into the host's chest. Upon severing the spinal cord, the host would be paralyzed from the neck down until the Flood assumed control of the host's nervous system below the point where the host's back had been broken. This process takes roughly one minute, in which the host would uncontrollably spasm on the ground as the Flood analyzed and learned to control the host's nervous system.

MORPH/BIOLOGY

FLOOD COMBAT FORM

At this point, the host would still be recognizable as its original species, save for the Flood form in its chest and the snapped spinal column. The Flood, having taken full control of the host, is then referred to as a Combat form, capable of wielding weapons. However, the Flood form does not have access to the host's mind yet. Having broken down much of the host's skeletal structure as the Infection-form feeds on calcium, the host's body is significantly less durable than it was originally.

Flood genetic material is circulated throughout the host. Through a level of remarkable coordination on a cellular level, the Flood begins to disassemble the host, rearranging components to be more efficient, taking “unnecessary” building material from some parts, such as the digestive system and skin, to enhance others. Before Flood infection, a host can only jump one tenth of the height that its Combat form can. The Flood leaves one of the host's arms mostly unchanged to allow the use of hand held weapons and manipulation of technology, but the other is warped and malformed into a whip-like weapon capable of slicing through metal. This is when the Combat form is most dangerous. At this point, similar effects are taking place on the brain, allowing the Flood access to information from the eyes, ears, and, to an extent, the memory of the host. If the Infection-form located in the chest is destroyed, the Combat form is again paralyzed until another Infection-form takes its place, a process which takes mere seconds.

MORPH/BIOLOGY

AMORPHOUS

The Flood then reaches a crossroads. Once removed from use in combat or operation of technology, Flood combat forms may go idle. The Combat-form rolls up on the ground, wall, or even ceiling and the Infection-form empties its genetic material into the host, killing the Infection-form but digesting almost all of what's left of the host into a nondescript mound of tissue. This ball can grow to incredible proportions as additional Combat-forms meld with it, and may or may not have tentacles with unknown function. Completely inert, it doesn't react to anything, even if it is shot, making it almost impossible to destroy.

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SPAWN FORM

Spawn forms rise from Amorphous forms after a time which may extend from fifteen minutes to several hours. Spawn-forms are bipedal, bulbous creatures with no recognizable sensory organs which slowly approach other potential hosts. Once they come close enough to the hosts, or they are knocked over, they explode, releasing anywhere from three to twelve new Infection-forms in the vicinity of their prey.

UNKNOWNS

The Flood act not as multiple sentient organisms but as a single collective consciousness. How this is done is unknown, but from analysis of genetic material, they appear to be not so much multicellular organisms as they are collections of single-celled organisms, gathering to form the distinct stages described above. Their origin is unknown. Their methods of communication are unknown, but sound is one likely method. Thirdly and finally, I find it important to note that while an Infection-form is the most efficient way that the Flood acquires hosts, in theory, it would be possible for Flood tissue of any type to assimilate an entire organism, given prolonged physical contact.


  • 06.01.2006 11:01 AM PDT