- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Could it be possible for the Forerunner Ship that Truth is on was once an infected ship. The flood obviously took over some forerunner ships so what if the forerunner ship had flood on it. We all know that infection forms can go hirbernate for thousands of years. 343 GS said that the floods parasitic nature of the flood hids their intelligence. What if five or six infection forms went hibernating on the Forerunner ship they woke up when the covenant came but saw that they would be defeated quickly so went back into hibernation. Then woke up again around when Truth left during the covenant civil war. With everyone on the ship besides MC don't have shields they all are easy to infect with no hope of reinforcements from High Charity. The ship can be over run in a day or so. We know that slipspace jumps even short ones take months so when it left slipspace it could easily have been infected. The lost crew wouldn't be noticed since it's a large ship. The flood hibernating on the ship also could have gotten reinforcements from the flood invading HC. Even if the ship can go through slipspace in a matter of minutes the battle with the human fleet and with MC will be a destraction from them so they can grab hosts easily just like they did to HC.