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Here's a theory about how the flood evolved and a bit on the fight between the Forerunners and the Flood.

1) The Flood started out as being small and infecting small hosts.
-There probably was a time of peace before the war.

2) The Forerunners genetically engineer the Flood to be larger and to attack larger hosts.
-This is a form of the "Flood Engineer" theory. I think. Correct me if I'm wrong.

3) The Flood begin to spread quickly.
-Duh.

4) The sentinels are probably created around this time.
-This explains why the sentinels are better at fighting infection forms.

5) The Flood gain the ability to control hosts. This also means that the Flood can use the host’s body to reproduce.
-This had to happen eventually.

6) The halos are probably created at this time.
-Last ditch effort.

7) The Flood gain the ability to absorb the knowledge and memories of their hosts. This allows them to operate vehicles and weaponry.
-Again, this had to happen eventually.

8) Sentinel majors are created, but prove to be too little, too late.
-They needed something to fight the Flood that used their vehicles.

9) The few Forerunners that survive flee to the halos. The Flood pursue.
-This is to get the Flood to come to the halos.

10) The Forerunner destroy all of the ships once the Flood arrive.
-This is to prevent the Flood from escaping the halos.

11) The halos are activated. The Flood enter a state or dormancy.
-We know this happens.

Note that since this war took place over a course of 100,000 years, the Flood would definatly have evolved during this time. And the Flood seem like the kind of creature that would mutate a lot. If the Flood had never evolved and had started out as they are now, then the Forerunner would have been annihilated way before 100,000 years was up.

[Edited on 6/13/2006]

  • 06.13.2006 2:03 PM PDT
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Nah, i don't like the conclusion. Activating a Halo releases the flood to destroy all life, probably some sort of ancient Forunner enemy. All the time the Forunners are hiding in their safehouse called the ark. The ark protects the good people from the flood, just like in the bible. Duh

  • 06.13.2006 2:08 PM PDT

Posted by: Lt Smash
Nah, i don't like the conclusion. Activating a Halo releases the flood to destroy all life, probably some sort of ancient Forunner enemy.


Thats wrong.


Posted by: Lt Smash
All the time the Forunners are hiding in their safehouse called the ark. The ark protects the good people from the flood, just like in the bible. Duh


We don't know that.

  • 06.13.2006 2:30 PM PDT
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We don't know anything yet but do you have a better explanation for something they have biblically dubbed "The Ark"?

  • 06.13.2006 2:34 PM PDT

The life and world you see is just a cheery toped and sugar coated version. You know nothing of Hell. Unknown to you and everyone around you is that there is a war going on that you can't see. Now that you know, you are part of it. And if you are going to survive, your going to need to learn to pull the trigger.

wait. what do the flood eat? the whole purpose of the Halos were to "starve" the flood.

and don't say Humans or Covies, because they just infect us, they don't eat us

  • 06.13.2006 2:38 PM PDT
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They kill all the Humans and covies eventually starving themselves. Its what parasites do. The Forunners are probably frozen waiting for them to eventually die out.

  • 06.13.2006 2:40 PM PDT

Posted by: Lt Smash
We don't know anything yet but do you have a better explanation for something they have biblically dubbed "The Ark"?


We don't know anything about the Ark, that includes wether it was biblically dubbed or not.


Posted by: AngelKiller
wait. what do the flood eat? the whole purpose of the Halos were to "starve" the flood.


It seems that the infection forms of the Flood lay dorment when they are in lack of food, a host body. Being a parasite, they probably just live off of their hosts, instead of actually consuming them.

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and who will unfreeze them? just stop it.

  • 06.13.2006 2:44 PM PDT
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Then how is guilty sparks explanation of starving them credible at all?
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It seems that the infection forms of the Flood lay dorment when they are in lack of food, a host body. Being a parasite, they probably just live off of their hosts, instead of actually consuming them.[/quote]

  • 06.13.2006 2:46 PM PDT
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Im sure they have the technology to tell them the coast is clear and get unfrozen. Maybe a periscope?

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  • 06.13.2006 2:48 PM PDT

Posted by: Lt Smash
Then how is guilty sparks explanation of starving them credible at all?


It is credible because "starving" does not mean dieing. You can starve, and not die. Look at what the word means, not what it is generally used for.

  • 06.13.2006 2:51 PM PDT
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I don't think the flood gained anything. They probably had those abilities all along.

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What about activating a sentinel army to wipe out a starving flood army? When they're starving that is.

  • 06.13.2006 2:56 PM PDT

Posted by: Lt Smash
What about activating a sentinel army to wipe out a starving flood army? When they're starving that is.


That probably could have been done, however, the only surviving Flood infection forms were safetly contained in the Libraries. The Flood were only released after the Covenant broke open the research facilities were the Flood were kept. Some Flood were kept alive for examination.

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Maybe the Forunners don't have any good resolutions for the flood problem and are waiting for someone else to deal with it.

  • 06.13.2006 3:05 PM PDT
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What exactly does activatin the Halo rings do tho, does any1 know?

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Ok Lt Smash your saying the forerunners froze themselves so the flood would eat everything then starve then the forerunners would unfreeze and everyhting be ok again? thas incredibly stupid halos>kill flood food>flood die>life re-evolves(probably the flood to)

  • 06.13.2006 3:07 PM PDT
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Noah sat in his safe ark until the flood dissapeared. The flood was sent down by god to wash away the evil. My theory is that the forunners made a weapon(the flood) to take care of an enemy and are still sitting safely in the ark waiting for it all to end whatever way it will please you. Massive explosions or whatever.

  • 06.13.2006 3:14 PM PDT
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Posted by: Dwiggy
and who will unfreeze them? just stop it.


The monitors. duh.

  • 06.13.2006 3:20 PM PDT
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YAY! Stickin up for the underdog! I bet the Forunners won't be too pleased with their early awaken only to see the flood are still there.

  • 06.13.2006 3:23 PM PDT
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Thats the effect of what it does. How does it do it?

  • 06.13.2006 3:25 PM PDT

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