Editing Flood colony

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[[File:FloodColonyImage.jpg|300px|thumb|A Flood colony on [[Trove]].]]
The '''Flood colony''' is a [[Flood]] structure that gestates Flood [[Pod infector|infection forms]] and stores [[Flood combat form|combat forms]]. 

==Overview==
The Flood colony is large Flood biomass that has numerous large tentacles attached to it. Despite its similar physical appearance to the [[Gravemind]], it has no ability to speak or attack in any way.

The Flood colonies' only known use was during the [[Battle of the Trove|battle]] on a [[Trove|Flood-controlled]] [[Shield World]] in [[2531#February|February 2531]], when several such colonies were used to empower the local [[proto-Gravemind]]. These colonies were killed when the proto-Gravemind was destroyed by the UNSC forces from the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}.{{Ref/Level|HW|The Flood (level)|The Flood}} When the UNSC ''Spirit of Fire'' was pulled into the Shield World's interior, a Flood colony was in the area where the Marines were left on the surface, and thus preventing [[Bravo Platoon]] from being evacuated. This colony was destroyed by the UNSC forces as well, and the Bravo Platoon were escorted back to the ''Spirit''.{{Ref/Level|HW|Shield World (level)|Shield World}} The Shield World's interior, which is somewhat less infested by the Flood, also had another Flood colony, located near the exit passage. All of the Flood colonies present in and on the Shield World were eliminated when the artificial sun went into an early supernova.{{Ref/Level|HW|Escape (Halo Wars level)|Escape}}

==In-game information==
===''Halo Wars''===
The Flood Colony is a kind of Flood building featured in ''[[Halo Wars]]'', serving as the Flood's equivalent to a [[socket base]] like the UNSC [[Firebase]] or Covenant [[Covenant Citadel|Citadel]]. In the [[campaign]], the colony form cannot be completely destroyed; it can only reduced to a "dormant" state, from which it will soon recover. They can be killed in the level ''[[The Flood (level)|The Flood]]'', if the Proto-Gravemind is in the level, as destroying it will kill all the colonies, but this will mean little as the player will have completed the level by doing so anyway. On the [[Skirmish]] maps ''[[Release]]'', ''[[Barrens (Halo Wars map)|Barrens]]'', and ''[[Exile (Halo Wars level)|Exile]]'', colony forms can be permanently killed. When destroyed, they leave behind a base site for the player to place a [[Firebase|UNSC Firebase]] or [[Covenant citadel]]. It is the Flood counterpart of the [[Forerunner fort]] and the [[Unidentified insurrectionist group|rebel]] base.

In ''[[Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare]]'', colonies were functionally replaced with [[Spore Mound]]s and [[cocooned base]]s.

==Trivia==
On the campaign level ''[[The Flood]]'', the "[[Sweet Naptime]]" achievement can be unlocked by putting all the colony forms into hibernation status simultaneously.

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

==Sources==
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