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Subject: Why keep the flood alive?

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Posted by: Exile Warrior
I think the flood is just a species that take over and evolve a host body. Humans consume and minupilate(cant spell lol) the food we eat to convert them into energy for our own use. So i see them as just another lifeform like elites, grunts or jackels, not zombies. There cant really be a cure for something that isnt a virus. the only way to kill them is firepower or make peace with them. ( im prolly wrong in so many way to some peeps but dont hate just tell me nicely)


The Flood is a parasite.

  • 10.25.2012 6:16 PM PDT

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Posted by: hadlermaster
To study them. They came from outside the galaxy.

  • 10.25.2012 7:09 PM PDT


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Posted by: Shadowsniper246
Wait dont forget about ancient Humanity they had war with the forerunners AND fought the flood at the same time the forerunners werent the most advanced they were practically the same with ancient humanity and remember this ancient humanity actually FOUND some sort of cure ....... untill the forerunners destroyed everything hooray for forerunners :)


Eh no, the Forerunner Empire was still miles ahead of both Ancient Humanity and the San 'Shyuum empire. Humanity did not discover a cure, the Primordial pretty much confirms it, they were just deemed worthy cause they sacrificed 1/3 of their population to test said cure.


"They were little less advanced than [Forerunners]" - Cryptum. Forerunners had mastery of slipspace, but aside from that Ancient Humanity wasn't far off the Forerunners at all.


Have they demonstrated any significant feat of technological advancement? have they made a shell that is 300 million kilometers in diameter and then turned it into the size of a football?

Regardless of anything above, the Forerunners beat them in any possible aspect, compare the 20,000 worlds humanity had with the 3,000,000 words the Forerunner empire had, even if they were "equals" the Forerunners would still win, even with the help of the San 'Shyuum (the ones responsible for actually doing something against the Forerunners by making weapons that actually worked) they still would lose.


They made a fortress that withstood forerunner assault for 1000 years. And they may have, when the forerunners defeated them (partly because they were fighting a two front war against the forerunners and the flood, they devolved them, and destroyed any trace of their technology, that's why you don't see any of their constructs on Earth.

  • 10.29.2012 5:54 PM PDT


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Posted by: Shadowsniper246
Wait dont forget about ancient Humanity they had war with the forerunners AND fought the flood at the same time the forerunners werent the most advanced they were practically the same with ancient humanity and remember this ancient humanity actually FOUND some sort of cure ....... untill the forerunners destroyed everything hooray for forerunners :) [/quote]

Eh no, the Forerunner Empire was still miles ahead of both Ancient Humanity and the San 'Shyuum empire. Humanity did not discover a cure, the Primordial pretty much confirms it, they were just deemed worthy cause they sacrificed 1/3 of their population to test said cure.


"They were little less advanced than [Forerunners]" - Cryptum. Forerunners had mastery of slipspace, but aside from that Ancient Humanity wasn't far off the Forerunners at all.


Have they demonstrated any significant feat of technological advancement? have they made a shell that is 300 million kilometers in diameter and then turned it into the size of a football?

Regardless of anything above, the Forerunners beat them in any possible aspect, compare the 20,000 worlds humanity had with the 3,000,000 words the Forerunner empire had, even if they were "equals" the Forerunners would still win, even with the help of the San 'Shyuum (the ones responsible for actually doing something against the Forerunners by making weapons that actually worked) they still would lose.


They made a fortress that withstood forerunner assault for 1000 years. And they may have, when the forerunners defeated them (partly because they were fighting a two front war against the forerunners and the flood, they devolved them, and destroyed any trace of their technology, that's why you don't see any of their constructs on Earth.


We didn't build that fortress, the Precursors did, and we just used it. The only reason the Forerunners didn't just Alderaan the planet was because the Precursor structures were indestructable, so they had to go in and fight us in close quarters, a long, bloody process for both sides.

  • 10.29.2012 6:11 PM PDT
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Do not waste your tears, I was not born to watch the world grow dim. Life is not measured in years, but by the deeds of men.

Posted by: goldhawk
We should know better, because we are better.

To study it, just in case it ever returned. The same reason we keep all sorts of virus locked up in laboratories. Of course, the Forerunners didn't plan on it breaking free.

  • 10.29.2012 6:51 PM PDT
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The Forerunners wanted to harness the Flood's power. They sent Mendicant Bias to find a way to isolate the Hive mind from his puppets. They also investigated a way to control the powers of a Flood without being consumed.

It all began at a single loading point. That day, the half Flood were born from an eradication that was designed to corrode the mind while leaving behavioral traits and memories intact. Of course, like all other amoral science projects, it went wrong. The Flood were still in control of their host and they inherited perfect mimicry and enhanced capabilities.

jk

They wanted to contain them (Gravemind: "This one's containment.") since they could not be stopped, only delayed (made further apparent via revelation from the Primordial).

  • 10.29.2012 6:53 PM PDT

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