Flood bomber form

The  Flood Bomber Form  is an airborne Flood form that was encountered during the Battle of the Flood-controlled Shield World in February 2531. It attacks by dropping growth pods full of infection forms on enemies. It is usually spawned through either a Flood den, vent or colony.

Description
The Bomber Form is an as-yet unidentified aerial life form indigenous to theShield World that has been infected and repurposed by the Flood parasite. It's bloated abdomen is similar in shape to the upper torso of a Flood Carrier Form. This portion of the body is the site in which the Bomber Form incubates the growth pods and their Infection Forms.

It is likely that the gas bladders that keep the life form airborne are also located here, much like the gas bladders and motile capabilities of the Forerunner-created Huragok.

The Bomber Form has two spindly 'arms' on either side of the massive head and just before the bulbous rear section. This head has a large, gaping mouth and two large, empty eye-sockets. This feature is largely unique amongst most other Flood forms, which typically utilize sensory antenna as their primary sensor apparatus. The only other mobile Flood form that seems to share this feature are the Flood Swarm, which are another indigenous species that is infected and repurposed by the Flood.

Trivia

 * The Pain Train skull on the Halo Wars level Beachhead requires the player to kill ten Bomber Forms.
 * In an issue of Gamepro, it was mentioned that there would be a second flying Flood form besides the Flood Swarms. This was later revealed to be the Bomber Form. Ironically, a picture of the Bomber Form also appeared in the issue, accompanied with the confusion of GamePro as to what it was.
 * Despite speculation, the Bomber Form cannot be an infected Huragok as Huragok are artificially created. It is also much too large to be a Huragok.

List of appearances

 * Halo Wars