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Even though the Gravemind was destroyed, and all Flood on the Ark apparently eradicated, the Flood still exists on the other Halo rings (excluding Installation 05 which was sterilized by Sangheili forces) and other remaining Forerunner installations. Even though [[Path Kethona]] was sterilized by [[Omega Halo]] near the end of the Flood war, given the Flood's extragalactic origin, it is possible that more pockets of Flood exist outside the galaxy - or more disturbingly, that other, more distant galaxies may have fallen to the Flood.

Though the UNSC kept the Flood's existence concealed from the general population, it did make preparations for the possibility of the Flood's return. The new [[Spartan Operations|Spartan]] branch was designed as a first line of defense against the Flood, with the [[SPARTAN-IV program|SPARTAN-IV]] complement of the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} running simulations depicting the possible return of the Flood. This is realized through both [[War Games]] [[Flood (gametype)|exercises]] and the interactive [[UNSC Tactical Simulator|TACSIM]].<ref name="HSA">'''[[Halo: Spartan Assault]]''', ''[[Flood Missions]]''</ref> Some Spartans volunteer to join [[Flood containment Fireteams]] dedicated to going up against Flood outbreaks, with several outbreaks occurring following the end of the war and being successfully contained due to their actions.<ref name="OSFM"/> Teams were deployed to quarantine any areas of potential Flood contamination during the UNSC's initial forays onto Halo [[Installation 03]],<ref>'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 200''</ref> though it is unclear whether the parasite was actually encountered. The UNSC has otherwise seen the development of the [[Hazops Cyclops]] dedicated to fighting the Flood threat, and the "Flood" variant of the [[Visual Intelligence System, Reconnaissance|VISR]] - given to Spartan personnel involved in Flood containment duties..<ref>''Halo 5: Guardians'', Flood visor description</ref> The UNSC includes a briefing on the Flood in the [[Official Spartan Field Manual]], wherein it details protocols such as [[Emergency Contact Protocol Upsilon]] and the [[CORRUPTER]] cryptonym - to be declared in the suspected presence of a Flood outbreak and upon infection of a Spartan, respectively.<ref name="OSFM"/>

Though the UNSC kept the Flood's existence concealed from the general population, it did make preparations for the possibility of the Flood's return. The new [[Spartan Operations|Spartan]] branch was designed as a first line of defense against the Flood, with the [[SPARTAN-IV program|SPARTAN-IV]] complement of the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} running simulations depicting the possible return of the Flood. This is realized through both [[War Games]] [[Flood (gametype)|exercises]] and the interactive [[UNSC Tactical Simulator|TACSIM]].<ref name="HSA">'''[[Halo: Spartan Assault]]''', ''[[Flood Missions]]''</ref> Some Spartans volunteer to join [[Flood containment Fireteams]] dedicated to going up against Flood outbreaks, with several outbreaks occurring following the end of the war and being successfully contained due to their actions.<ref name="OSFM"/> Teams were deployed to quarantine any areas of potential Flood contamination during the UNSC's initial forays onto Halo [[Installation 03]],<ref>'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 200''</ref> though it is unclear whether the parasite was actually encountered. The UNSC has otherwise seen the development of the [[Hazops Cyclops]] dedicated to fighting the Flood threat, and the "Flood" variant of the [[Visual Intelligence System, Reconnaissance|VISR]] - given to Spartan personnel involved in Flood containment duties.<ref>''Halo 5: Guardians'', Flood visor description</ref> The UNSC includes a briefing on the Flood in the [[Official Spartan Field Manual]], wherein it details protocols such as [[Emergency Contact Protocol Upsilon]] and the [[CORRUPTER]] cryptonym - to be declared in the suspected presence of a Flood outbreak and upon infection of a Spartan, respectively.<ref name="OSFM"/>

Three days after the [[Battle of Installation 00]], with some of the Flood spores having survived the [[Raid on Installation 08|firing]] of [[Installation 08]] and the destruction of High Charity's reactor, [[Installation 00|the Ark's]] [[monitor]] [[000 Tragic Solitude]] had the ruined Covenant capital city of [[High Charity]] sealed off with a [[containment shield]] and the Ark's [[Sentinel]]s raze the perimeter and modify the refugia nearby so that no sentient life would survive in the vicinity, thus depriving the Flood of new host bodies were they ever to escape. Tragic Solitude also set a battalion of Sentinels on patrol around the perimeter, not only to keep the Flood contained, but to defend against any future outsiders who might try to enter the wreckage and thus unleash the Flood.<ref name="AUT">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''' ''Phoenix Logs'' - ''Idle Hands II''</ref>

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 Even though the Gravemind was destroyed, and all Flood on the Ark apparently eradicated, the Flood still exists on the other Halo rings (excluding Installation 05 which was sterilized by Sangheili forces) and other remaining Forerunner installations. Even though [[Path Kethona]] was sterilized by [[Omega Halo]] near the end of the Flood war, given the Flood's extragalactic origin, it is possible that more pockets of Flood exist outside the galaxy - or more disturbingly, that other, more distant galaxies may have fallen to the Flood.
-Though the UNSC kept the Flood's existence concealed from the general population, it did make preparations for the possibility of the Flood's return. The new [[Spartan Operations|Spartan]] branch was designed as a first line of defense against the Flood, with the [[SPARTAN-IV program|SPARTAN-IV]] complement of the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} running simulations depicting the possible return of the Flood. This is realized through both [[War Games]] [[Flood (gametype)|exercises]] and the interactive [[UNSC Tactical Simulator|TACSIM]].<ref name="HSA">'''[[Halo: Spartan Assault]]''', ''[[Flood Missions]]''</ref> Some Spartans volunteer to join [[Flood containment Fireteams]] dedicated to going up against Flood outbreaks, with several outbreaks occurring following the end of the war and being successfully contained due to their actions.<ref name="OSFM"/> Teams were deployed to quarantine any areas of potential Flood contamination during the UNSC's initial forays onto Halo [[Installation 03]],<ref>'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 200''</ref> though it is unclear whether the parasite was actually encountered. The UNSC has otherwise seen the development of the [[Hazops Cyclops]] dedicated to fighting the Flood threat, and the "Flood" variant of the [[Visual Intelligence System, Reconnaissance|VISR]] - given to Spartan personnel involved in Flood containment duties..<ref>''Halo 5: Guardians'', Flood visor description</ref> The UNSC includes a briefing on the Flood in the [[Official Spartan Field Manual]], wherein it details protocols such as [[Emergency Contact Protocol Upsilon]] and the [[CORRUPTER]] cryptonym - to be declared in the suspected presence of a Flood outbreak and upon infection of a Spartan, respectively.<ref name="OSFM"/>
+Though the UNSC kept the Flood's existence concealed from the general population, it did make preparations for the possibility of the Flood's return. The new [[Spartan Operations|Spartan]] branch was designed as a first line of defense against the Flood, with the [[SPARTAN-IV program|SPARTAN-IV]] complement of the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} running simulations depicting the possible return of the Flood. This is realized through both [[War Games]] [[Flood (gametype)|exercises]] and the interactive [[UNSC Tactical Simulator|TACSIM]].<ref name="HSA">'''[[Halo: Spartan Assault]]''', ''[[Flood Missions]]''</ref> Some Spartans volunteer to join [[Flood containment Fireteams]] dedicated to going up against Flood outbreaks, with several outbreaks occurring following the end of the war and being successfully contained due to their actions.<ref name="OSFM"/> Teams were deployed to quarantine any areas of potential Flood contamination during the UNSC's initial forays onto Halo [[Installation 03]],<ref>'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 200''</ref> though it is unclear whether the parasite was actually encountered. The UNSC has otherwise seen the development of the [[Hazops Cyclops]] dedicated to fighting the Flood threat, and the "Flood" variant of the [[Visual Intelligence System, Reconnaissance|VISR]] - given to Spartan personnel involved in Flood containment duties.<ref>''Halo 5: Guardians'', Flood visor description</ref> The UNSC includes a briefing on the Flood in the [[Official Spartan Field Manual]], wherein it details protocols such as [[Emergency Contact Protocol Upsilon]] and the [[CORRUPTER]] cryptonym - to be declared in the suspected presence of a Flood outbreak and upon infection of a Spartan, respectively.<ref name="OSFM"/>
 Three days after the [[Battle of Installation 00]], with some of the Flood spores having survived the [[Raid on Installation 08|firing]] of [[Installation 08]] and the destruction of High Charity's reactor, [[Installation 00|the Ark's]] [[monitor]] [[000 Tragic Solitude]] had the ruined Covenant capital city of [[High Charity]] sealed off with a [[containment shield]] and the Ark's [[Sentinel]]s raze the perimeter and modify the refugia nearby so that no sentient life would survive in the vicinity, thus depriving the Flood of new host bodies were they ever to escape. Tragic Solitude also set a battalion of Sentinels on patrol around the perimeter, not only to keep the Flood contained, but to defend against any future outsiders who might try to enter the wreckage and thus unleash the Flood.<ref name="AUT">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''' ''Phoenix Logs'' - ''Idle Hands II''</ref>
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 **''[[Terminal/Halo 4|Terminals]]''
 *''[[Halo: Silentium]]''
-*''[[Halo: Rebirth]]'' {{Mo}}
+*''[[Rebirth]]'' {{Mo}}
 *''[[Halo: Spartan Assault]]''
 *''[[Halo: Escalation]]''