Flood colony

The colony is a Flood structure that gestates Flood infection forms and stores combat forms. Their only known use was during a battle on a Flood-controlled Shield World in February 2531, when several such colonies were used to empower the local proto-Gravemind. These colonies were killed when the proto-Gravemind was destroyed.

Gameplay
In the campaign, the colony form cannot be completely destroyed; it can only reduced to a "dormant" state, from which it will soon recover. However, in multiplayer featuring, colony forms can be permanently killed.

Trivia

 * On the 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