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[[File:H4-Terminal-Flood-Fleet.jpg|thumb|300px|A fleet of infected Forerunner | [[File:H4-Terminal-Flood-Fleet.jpg|thumb|300px|A fleet of infected Forerunner ships.]] | ||
The Forerunners' victory was short-lived; Mendicant Bias' defection and subsequent decapitating strike on the Old Council had marked a turning point in the course of the war. What had been a steadily growing but relatively contained infestation now rapidly exploded beyond hope of control. Using vessels and forces operated by both corrupted biologicals and AIs, supposedly marshaled during the decades Mendicant Bias and Installation 07 were missing, the Flood began to strike critical Forerunner systems in overwhelming numbers. Due to the Forerunners' previous cover-up of the Flood threat, subverted forces were initially welcomed in many systems left unaware of their true nature. Two thousand systems were rapidly infected, becoming home to [[Flood hive]]s.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 183-184''</ref> Undeterred the Flood continued to spread; with the Forerunner defenses unable to stop the Flood's advance, over 500,000 star systems were infected by the Flood. The Flood soon controlled two-thirds of the ecumene; these areas were referred to as [[Burn]]s.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 20''</ref> | The Forerunners' victory was short-lived; Mendicant Bias' defection and subsequent decapitating strike on the Old Council had marked a turning point in the course of the war. What had been a steadily growing but relatively contained infestation now rapidly exploded beyond hope of control. Using vessels and forces operated by both corrupted biologicals and AIs, supposedly marshaled during the decades Mendicant Bias and Installation 07 were missing, the Flood began to strike critical Forerunner systems in overwhelming numbers. Due to the Forerunners' previous cover-up of the Flood threat, subverted forces were initially welcomed in many systems left unaware of their true nature. Two thousand systems were rapidly infected, becoming home to [[Flood hive]]s.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 183-184''</ref> Undeterred the Flood continued to spread; with the Forerunner defenses unable to stop the Flood's advance, over 500,000 star systems were infected by the Flood. The Flood soon controlled two-thirds of the ecumene; these areas were referred to as [[Burn]]s.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 20''</ref> | ||