Phoenix Logs/Flood Units/Infected


 * The lost and the damned.


 * Flood-infected sentients serve the parasite as tools and weapons while simpler
 * creatures are twisted into foul abominations that seek only to devour and fuel
 * the parasite's growth. There is no cure or treatment that can save these
 * victims, and even death may not save their consciousness from being absorbed
 * into the Flood collective for later use.


 * Though their bodies are bent to the Flood's will, occasionally the victim can still
 * whisper for mercy or cry out in pain from ruined lips and half-consumed throats.
 * Or worse, the parasite will speak on their behalf, using stolen thoughts and
 * memories as a psychological weapon.


 * Most infantry and vehicles with a living crew who take lethal damage from
 * Flood are converted into Infected units. Exceptions include non-organic units
 * (Sentinels), Huragok living machines (Engineers), the enigmatic Lekgolo (Hunters),
 * and Super units (who self-destruct when compromised). Heroes also ensure
 * they are not taken by the Flood.


 * Infected vehicles are hideously warped versions of their former selves, their
 * crew having been converted into spore-packed pustules and mucus-like
 * growths which hold the damaged vehicle together. Infected vehicles are weaker
 * than their uninfected counterparts, but when they are destroyed infection
 * forms have a chance of bursting from the wreckage.


 * Infected infantry mutate into combat forms that retain the weaponry they had
 * before conversion. Infected infantry gain a powerful tentacle-scythe melee
 * attack and the ability to leap short distances.