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 Koo294 Joined: Nov 30, 2008 
How is she when she doesn't surf? |
Posted: Aug 3, 2009 09:40 AM
Msg. 36 of 103
no, the FLOOD, not the forerunners...
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Alexiel Joined: Aug 2, 2009 
*wort wort wort* |
Posted: Aug 3, 2009 10:25 AM
Msg. 37 of 103
What're you talking about?
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Gamma927 Joined: Jun 12, 2008 
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Posted: Aug 3, 2009 10:33 AM
Msg. 38 of 103
The forerunners didn't want to conquer the galaxy. They already had control over it. The FLOOD wanted to conquer it. That was 100 thousand years ago. Back then, the humans weren't very intelligent yet, and we don't know where the Covenant was. Right before the Halos were activated, the Forerunners saved several species, including humans. That's how come the humans and Covenant weren't wiped out.
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Koo294 Joined: Nov 30, 2008
How is she when she doesn't surf? |
Posted: Aug 3, 2009 10:56 AM
Msg. 39 of 103
why didnt they save themselves?
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Lone Warrior Joined: Dec 14, 2008 
-Himalayan Wizard and Mystical Guru of the Mts.- |
Posted: Aug 3, 2009 11:21 AM
Msg. 40 of 103
Quote: --- Original message by: Koo294 why didnt they save themselves? Because they had 5 million ships led by Medicant Bias on their doorstep. And had a defensive fleet of 11,000, which prevailed. But only due to the Ark activating did the fleet led by Offensive Bias ( The one with 11,000) prevail. Edited by Lone Warrior on Aug 3, 2009 at 11:24 AM |
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Karrde Joined: Jul 30, 2007 
Power beyond containing |
Posted: Aug 3, 2009 11:32 AM
Msg. 41 of 103
Quote: --- Original message by: Auxor Bold is false. The war was approximately 343 years long.The Flood are an extra-galactic alien race that infects other sentient races to live, they use their hosts to move around and subsequently get more hosts by attacking other species. They invaded the Galaxy 100,000 yeas ago and got into a thousand year long war with the Forerunners who fought in a long stalemate for many years. The Flood created a Gravemind, an intelligent Flood form to lead them and they attacked the main Forerunner worlds. The Forerunners, after exhausting every other option opted to commit mass suicide on themselves and to kill every organism with enough mass to sustain the Flood and so they activated weapons of mass destruction (Halos). However they'd forgotten that they'd left Flood in stasis on some of them, like leaving the gas on. If they'd of completely conquered the Galaxy, they'd just move on to another. It is implied that they probably control other Galaxies completely but failed to conquer the Milky Way because of the humans and the Covenant. |
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Alexiel Joined: Aug 2, 2009
*wort wort wort* |
Posted: Aug 3, 2009 12:04 PM
Msg. 42 of 103
So, about the precursors...What happened to them?
By the way, its Humans+Shangheili versus the Covenant vs the Flood, right?How about other races?I remember seeing stuff about Space Jockeys or something...What's that? |
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BeachParty clan Joined: Oct 12, 2008 
Sooo... You wanna switch to Red team huh? |
Posted: Aug 3, 2009 12:28 PM
Msg. 43 of 103
ehm let's put this simple:
according to books and whatever i've consumed, the forerunners kept the flood to studie them. however, since the forerunners are gone for whatever reason, the flood broke loose since the covenant is so stupid to believe it was a playboy mansion and opened the quarantine they were in. there was NO other form than infection forms, they gain shape and size depending on what host they consume. sentient life, is all life with intelligence, they need intelligence to survive, they're dumbasses originally, they gain your intelligence to do what they do, and if they need MORE intelligence, they make (proto-)graveminds altogether, it's simply some biochemical experiment of the forerunners to make infection forms in a safe controlled enviroment. some people are stupid and don't see that, like the covenant in this case, it's all their fault D= |
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Alexiel Joined: Aug 2, 2009
*wort wort wort* |
Posted: Aug 3, 2009 12:30 PM
Msg. 44 of 103
Is someone going to answer anything I asked?I know they're off topic but the original question has been answered like, several thousand times.
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BeachParty clan Joined: Oct 12, 2008
Sooo... You wanna switch to Red team huh? |
Posted: Aug 3, 2009 12:35 PM
Msg. 45 of 103
you forgot forerunners are also a race, since their weaponry, the sentinals, still kill you too.
and read the books, play all games, ask bungie, there isn't much else to base info of |
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Alexiel Joined: Aug 2, 2009
*wort wort wort* |
Posted: Aug 3, 2009 12:38 PM
Msg. 46 of 103
The books, I can only get them via Ebay etc.Which my family would kill me for.And what?I know Forerunners are a race.I even stated that a few times.Anyways, you're right.I should ask that to Bungie.
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Karrde Joined: Jul 30, 2007
Power beyond containing |
Posted: Aug 3, 2009 05:25 PM
Msg. 47 of 103
You know you're supposed to put spaces between sentences, right? It makes your posts easier to read.
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Alexiel Joined: Aug 2, 2009
*wort wort wort* |
Posted: Aug 3, 2009 05:27 PM
Msg. 48 of 103
It took me time to give up that exact habit, actually.
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Advancebo Joined: Jan 14, 2008 
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Posted: Aug 3, 2009 05:28 PM
Msg. 49 of 103
Quote: --- Original message by: Karrde You know you're supposed to put spaces between sentences, right? It makes your posts easier to read. inoritethatswhyitalklikethislmaolololheycanyoureadthislolibetyoucantorifyoucanyourgay |
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stennett Joined: Dec 4, 2008 
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Posted: Aug 3, 2009 06:02 PM
Msg. 50 of 103
Quote: --- Original message by: Advancebo Quote: --- Original message by: Karrde You know you're supposed to put spaces between sentences, right? It makes your posts easier to read. inoritethatswhyitalklikethislmaolololheycanyoureadthislolibetyoucantorifyoucanyourgay I'm not gay >:| lol.. |
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Igotaname13_ Joined: Nov 24, 2008 
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Posted: Aug 3, 2009 07:51 PM
Msg. 51 of 103
Quote: --- Original message by: PVT Jenkins Ah but how did they start? The Flood are an evolved form of AIDs |
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Karrde Joined: Jul 30, 2007
Power beyond containing |
Posted: Aug 3, 2009 07:55 PM
Msg. 52 of 103
Quote: --- Original message by: Igotaname13_ >.>Quote: --- Original message by: PVT Jenkins Ah but how did they start? Jenkins is an evolved form of AIDs |
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giov Joined: Jun 21, 2008 
"halo, what else?" |
Posted: Aug 4, 2009 06:37 AM
Msg. 53 of 103
to start usualy, an infection form dig in a guest lifeform removing enought flesh to get inside of it and takeing controll of the body. after the guest body rapidly start to dna-change and bags of FLOOD spore appears on the body.
i think that the spore are able to create infection forms when they fall near a font of calcium like bones. also flood don't eat people they tear apart them consuming the calcium of theyr bones. Edited by giov on Aug 4, 2009 at 06:42 AM |
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Karrde Joined: Jul 30, 2007
Power beyond containing |
Posted: Aug 4, 2009 10:47 AM
Msg. 54 of 103
Flood infection:
An infection form burrows into the chest cavity of a target host, pushing the vital organs out of the way to make room for itself. After it's gotten "comfortable", it taps into the central nervous system via the hosts's spinal cord, and releases spores throughout the body. These spores then integrate themselves into the hosts's DNA, altering it. This causes rapid mutation of the host's body. It then uses a similar process to wildly accelerate the growth of its tentacles, which it extends throughout the host's body, pushing bones out of the way (usually breaking them), and manipulating the host's limbs and extremeties. This is the reason for combat forms' somewhat lopsided movement. Some of the tentacles usually break out through one of the host's arms, and are used like a whip to attack enemies. Yes I know I'm a nerd. |
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Alexiel Joined: Aug 2, 2009
*wort wort wort* |
Posted: Aug 4, 2009 12:03 PM
Msg. 55 of 103
That must hurt, a lot.Well what about the counciousness of the host?
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Gamma927 Joined: Jun 12, 2008
Steam: gamma927 |
Posted: Aug 4, 2009 12:08 PM
Msg. 56 of 103
The host's consciousness is usually suppressed by the flood infection form. Only in one case has the host maintained limited control over his body, aka Pvt. Wallace A. Jenkins.
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Alexiel Joined: Aug 2, 2009
*wort wort wort* |
Posted: Aug 4, 2009 12:15 PM
Msg. 57 of 103
I always thought the host would maintian his/her counciousness but the Flood's instincts would take over the body.While remembering who his friends were, the host wouldn't be able to stop himself from killing them...Dark yeah!
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Karrde Joined: Jul 30, 2007
Power beyond containing |
Posted: Aug 4, 2009 12:33 PM
Msg. 58 of 103
Quote: --- Original message by: Gamma927 Thanks, I forgot to mention that.The host's consciousness is usually suppressed by the flood infection form. Only in one case has the host maintained limited control over his body, aka Pvt. Wallace A. Jenkins. |
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Alexiel Joined: Aug 2, 2009
*wort wort wort* |
Posted: Aug 4, 2009 02:29 PM
Msg. 59 of 103
So, what happened to that f****d up fella?
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Gamma927 Joined: Jun 12, 2008
Steam: gamma927 |
Posted: Aug 4, 2009 02:36 PM
Msg. 60 of 103
He was captured by the UNSC, and during the Marines' escape from Halo, they commandeered the Truth and Reconciliation. However, the ship was still infected, but the Major in charge wouldn't abort takeoff. Jenkins realized the threat the Flood could pose if they got off the ring, so he tried to destroy the ship, but was stopped by the Marines guarding him. Then, Lieutenant McKay realized what he meant, and destroyed the ship, killing all Marines aboard. That's why barely any survived the destruction of Halo.
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Karrde Joined: Jul 30, 2007
Power beyond containing |
Posted: Aug 4, 2009 02:51 PM
Msg. 61 of 103
The ship wasn't very far from the surface of Halo. I'm still curious as to why it didn't destroy the ring.
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Gamma927 Joined: Jun 12, 2008
Steam: gamma927 |
Posted: Aug 4, 2009 02:58 PM
Msg. 62 of 103
The same reason as to why the asteroid that hit our planet 65 million years ago didn't destroy Earth. The mass of the Earth is much greater than the mass of the asteroid. Let's put this back into perspective with Halo. Halo is like, huge, compared to a Covenant cruiser. Remember Halo 2? High Charity dwarfed all the cruisers. Later, you could see that Halo was about 4 times bigger than High Charity. That's like saying that you don't know why you don't die when an ant falls on your toe.
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Karrde Joined: Jul 30, 2007
Power beyond containing |
Posted: Aug 4, 2009 03:05 PM
Msg. 63 of 103
Alright, so explain why the Pillar of Autumn destroyed the ring when it exploded.
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Gamma927 Joined: Jun 12, 2008
Steam: gamma927 |
Posted: Aug 4, 2009 03:06 PM
Msg. 64 of 103
Fusion engines. Nuclear fusion has enough energy to do a lot of damage. Our sun provides us light and heat through nuclear fusion every day.
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Alexiel Joined: Aug 2, 2009
*wort wort wort* |
Posted: Aug 4, 2009 03:20 PM
Msg. 65 of 103
Who are you?An evil Bungie scientist?
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Gamma927 Joined: Jun 12, 2008
Steam: gamma927 |
Posted: Aug 4, 2009 03:24 PM
Msg. 66 of 103
It's just what I've learned during my middle school science classes.
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BeachParty clan Joined: Oct 12, 2008
Sooo... You wanna switch to Red team huh? |
Posted: Aug 4, 2009 03:25 PM
Msg. 67 of 103
Quote: --- Original message by: Alexiel Who are you?An evil Bungie scientist? Seriously, it's not top secret info or so... |
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Alexiel Joined: Aug 2, 2009
*wort wort wort* |
Posted: Aug 4, 2009 03:32 PM
Msg. 68 of 103
*Plays epic dramatic music.*I was kidding?
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Karrde Joined: Jul 30, 2007
Power beyond containing |
Posted: Aug 4, 2009 03:52 PM
Msg. 69 of 103
Quote: --- Original message by: Gamma927 So because the Covenant ship didn't have fusion engines, it couldn't have destroyed the ring?Fusion engines. Nuclear fusion has enough energy to do a lot of damage. Our sun provides us light and heat through nuclear fusion every day. Fail. Miranda Keyes tells you to overload the crashed Flood ship's engine core to destroy Voi, after an infected Covenant ship crashes on earth in Halo 3. |
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Gamma927 Joined: Jun 12, 2008
Steam: gamma927 |
Posted: Aug 4, 2009 03:54 PM
Msg. 70 of 103
The thing crashed down, not exploded. And Voi and other parts of Africa were glassed. Did Earth explode? No it didn't.
Edited by Gamma927 on Aug 4, 2009 at 03:55 PM |
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