Talk:Flood

How many species are capable of being assimilated?
From the original trilogy we see flood in various forms yet only the humans, brutes, elites and the prophets are able to be infected. Yes in Halo Wars we see other forms of flood, including combat forms of grunts, jackals, hunters, buggers, engineers and even zombified birds, but those forms of assimilation are never heard from again. So is it safe only humans and three species of the covenant can be all alien races capable of been converted?--106.69.214.237 08:17, 23 August 2015 (EDT)


 * No. As far as I know, the Flood can assimilate anything with sufficient biomass, calcium deposits (ie; bones) and brain power. If it's sentient, it just increases its "processing power" for lack of a better term. It's perfectly capable of assimilating animal life - the animals aboard the Infinite Succor were also infected, and turned into terrifying forms. We only see a few forms in the games for sake of game balance, and because forms based on Grunts and Jackals, which are more fragile than humans, Elites or Brutes, wouldn't be as interesting to the player. To my knowledge, the Flood ignores Drones and Hunters because Drones don't have a skeleton, which it uses to build new forms, and because Hunters don't have a singular consciousness to take over. --  Qura 'Morhek   The Autocrat     of Morheka   19:35, 23 August 2015 (EDT)

^ I think they can also "infect" all dead things, but when they are alive they wouldn't be infected. Alertfiend (talk) 19:53, 23 August 2015 (EDT)

Could the other combat forms in Halo Wars be considered cannon? Because if they are, it would balance the list of the species that they assimilate.--106.69.214.237 05:02, 24 August 2015 (EDT)


 * I don't see why it shouldn't be considered canon. Just because it hasn't appeared since doesn't mean it never did, or never will. If (when) the Flood ever do return to the Halo games, 343i could choose to diversify their game units by including some infected ambient wildlife, to fill new niches - a Flood Crawler, for example, made from an alien animal, etc. --  Qura 'Morhek   The Autocrat     of Morheka   05:39, 24 August 2015 (EDT)

Can anyone tell me why my edit to the infection section was deleted, despite the fact I provided a source?--106.69.214.237 06:09, 28 August 2015 (EDT)


 * As stated in the edit summary made by the person who reversed your edit, the precursors weren't the original hosts, what was left of the Precursors turned into the Flood. Also as stated above by Morhek, the Flood don't infect Lekgolo or Yanme'e. Even with these corrections, the information you have put is stated elsewhere on the page. -- Topal the Pilot Blueteam.png ( Talk | Contribs ) 06:22, 28 August 2015 (EDT)

I too reverted the edits and I did to for the reason stated by Topal. Alertfiend (talk) 06:39, 28 August 2015 (EDT)