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A social hazard that must be contained in the off topic section... Oh, you mean the flood infection? Yeah this guy sounds right :)
Posted by: HipiO7
The Flood is a parasitic life form that alters the cells of it's victim and transforms it into what ever it may need.
It has been described by the Forerunners as 'thinking muscle''.