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In what may appear to be something as innocuous as a simple conversation, the Gravemind is capable of using insidious arguments to convince the AI to join the Flood's cause; information is transmitted both ways, making the ultimately hostile process appear cooperative.<ref name="terminals"/> The intelligence in direct contact with the Gravemind may only act as a vector for the logic plague, knowingly or unknowingly spreading the corrupting information to other entities it interacts with.<ref name="s34"/><ref name="s177"/><ref name="catalog">[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2959975_Query--Catalog-old.aspx#post2959975 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Query: Catalog'']</ref> | In what may appear to be something as innocuous as a simple conversation, the Gravemind is capable of using insidious arguments to convince the AI to join the Flood's cause; information is transmitted both ways, making the ultimately hostile process appear cooperative.<ref name="terminals"/> The intelligence in direct contact with the Gravemind may only act as a vector for the logic plague, knowingly or unknowingly spreading the corrupting information to other entities it interacts with.<ref name="s34"/><ref name="s177"/><ref name="catalog">[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2959975_Query--Catalog-old.aspx#post2959975 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Query: Catalog'']</ref> | ||
Near the end of the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], the logic plague became an adaptive, self-replicating data instance which directly infected and converted virtually all AIs it came in contact with. This variation of the plague was no longer | Near the end of the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], the logic plague became an adaptive, self-replicating data instance which directly infected and converted virtually all AIs it came in contact with. This variation of the plague was no longer limited to direct communication between an embodied Gravemind and an AI, but could be transmitted via any Flood form, infected construct or network.<ref name="s215"/> | ||
While holding [[Cortana]] captive in ''[[High Charity]]'', the Gravemind saturated the [[human]] [[smart AI]] with incessant argumentation as well as more violent means of coercion, including realistic simulation of physical sensations such as pain. The Gravemind was also capable of immersing Cortana in illusions and forcing her to relive the memories of the Flood's earlier victims.<ref name="human weakness">'''Halo: Evolutions''', ''"[[Human Weakness]]"''</ref> | While holding [[Cortana]] captive in ''[[High Charity]]'', the Gravemind saturated the [[human]] [[smart AI]] with incessant argumentation as well as more violent means of coercion, including realistic simulation of physical sensations such as pain. The Gravemind was also capable of immersing Cortana in illusions and forcing her to relive the memories of the Flood's earlier victims.<ref name="human weakness">'''Halo: Evolutions''', ''"[[Human Weakness]]"''</ref> | ||