Editing Flood bomber form

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|variant=Flood
|name=Bomber
|image=[[File:HW FloodBomber 1.png|200px]]
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|classification=[[Flood carrier form|Carrier form]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P409}}
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|distinctions=*Airborne{{Ref/Reuse|Beachhead}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P409}}
*Large, bulbous abdomen{{Ref/Reuse|Beachhead}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P409}}
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The ''' bomber form ''' is an airborne [[Flood]] [[Flood carrier form|carrier form]] created through the infection of an airborne pseudo-[[Wikipedia:Cephalopod|cephalodpod]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22P409|Enc22|Page=409}} It attacks by dropping [[Flood blister|blisters]] full of [[pod infector]]s and [[Flood spore|spore]]s onto enemies from above.{{Ref/Reuse|Beachhead}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P409}} Numerous bomber forms were encountered during the [[Battle of Trove|Battle of]] [[Trove]] in [[2531#February|February 2531]].{{Ref/Reuse|Beachhead}}

==Overview==
===Description===
With an non-sapient airborne pseudo-[[Wikipedia:Cephalopod|cephalodpod]] serving as its original host, the bomber form is a variation of [[Flood]] [[Flood carrier form|carrier form]] that uses its host's gas bladders to stay aloft.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P409}} The bomber form bears a strange and haunting shape, with a large, flesh-bound mouth and long, finger-like tendrils. Its "head" is set at the front of a bulbous rear section that is used to incubate [[pod infector]]s and [[Flood spore|spore]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P409}}{{Ref/Reuse|Beachhead}}

===Behavior===
The bomber form floats around the environment, incubating [[Flood blister|blister]]s within its body and dropping them onto victims below, effectively seeding areas with the parasite with much less risk of being damaged in retaliation.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P409}}

==History==
Numerous bomber forms were created by the Flood during the outbreak on the [[Forerunner]] [[shield world]] of [[Trove]]. These were encountered by the crew of the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} during [[Battle of Trove|a battle]] between them and the [[Covenant]] led by the [[Prophet of Regret]].{{Ref/Level|Id=Beachhead|HW|Beachhead (Halo Wars level)|Beachhead}}

==Gameplay==
In the mission [[Beachhead (Halo Wars level)|Beachhead]], bomber forms are spawned from both [[Flood den]]s and [[flood colony|colonies]].{{Ref/Reuse|Beachhead}}

==Trivia==
The [[Halo Wars skulls#Pain Train|Pain Train skull]] on the level ''Beachhead'' requires the player to kill ten bomber forms.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:HW_VariousFlood_Concept.png|Concept art of a bomber form (top-middle), among other Flood forms.
File:HW FloodBomber 2.png|Bomber form side profile.
File:HW Flood Bomber form.jpg|Flood bomber form in-game.
File:HW Flood Bomber Bombing.jpg|Flood bomber form dropping a Flood blister.
File:HW Flood Bombers alt angle.jpg|Two bomber forms.
File:HW FloodBomber.jpg|A Flood bomber form.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo Wars]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}

{{Flood}}

[[Category:Flood forms]]