Flood bomber form

The  bomber form  is an airborne Flood carrier form created through the infection of an airborne pseudo-cephalodpod. It attacks by dropping blisters full of pod infectors and spores onto enemies from above. Numerous bomber forms were encountered during the Battle of Trove in February 2531.

Description
With an non-sapient airborne pseudo-cephalodpod serving as its orignal host, the bomber form is a variation of Flood bomber form that uses its host's gas bladders to stay aloft. 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 infectors and spores.

Behavior
The bomber form floats around the environment, incubating blisters within its body and dropping them onto victims below, effectively seeding areas with the parasite with much less risk of being damaged in retaliation.

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 during a battle between them and the Covenant led by the Prophet of Truth.

Gameplay
In the mission Beachhead, bomber forms are spawned from both Flood dens and colonies.

Trivia

 * The Pain Train skull on the level Beachhead requires the player to kill ten bomber forms.
 * An issue of GamePro mentioned that Halo Wars would feature a second flying Flood form besides the swarm. This was later revealed to be the bomber form. Ironically, a picture of the bomber form appeared in the issue, accompanied with the confusion of GamePro as to what it was.

List of appearances

 * Halo Wars