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===Earth, the Ark, and the Flood's defeat===

{{main|Outbreak on Earth|Battle of Installation 00}}

===Nightmare on the Ark===

{{Quote|I told you NOT to go inside. FOR GOOD REASON!|[[Atriox]] to [[Voridus]]{{Ref/Level|Id=Manifestation|[[Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare]]|[[Manifestation]]}}}}

{{Main|Outbreak on Installation 00}}

In early [[2559#June|June 2559]], after the loss of the ''[[Enduring Conviction]]'', the [[Jiralhanae]] brothers [[Pavium]] and [[Voridus]] were tasked to salvage the wrecks around [[High Charity]] for weapons to use in [[Second Ark Conflict|the conflict]] with the humans of the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}. The [[Banished]] leader Atriox, aware of the potential danger of the Flood having survived in the city, gave specific orders to only scout the shell and not to go inside lest surviving Flood be disturbed. However, [[Voridus]], like many of the Banished, did not take the threat of the Flood seriously, believing it simply be another lie of the [[San'Shyuum|Prophets]]. Ignoring the warnings of both Atriox and his own brother Pavium, Voridus deactivated the Ark's Sentinel defense network and used a [[Barukaza Workshop Scarab]] to burn a hole in the [[containment shield]] around the former Covenant holy city. When Voridus' troops entered the wreckage to salvage it, they were ambushed by thousands of Flood [[infection form]]s lurking within High Charity which were then set loose upon the Ark. With the Sentinel defense network down, the Flood were left unhindered by the Ark's defense systems.{{Ref/Level|Id=What Could Go Wrong?|[[Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare]]|[[What Could Go Wrong?]]}}

======Tadpoles======

{{Main|Flood tadpole}}

Pod infectors undergo a tadpole phase of development before growing into full physical maturity.<ref name="onefinaleffort">[http://halo.bungie.net/news/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=25650 ''Bungie.net'': ''One Final Effort (4/16/2010)'']</ref>

======Seeder infectors======

{{Main|Seeder infector}}

These are airborne forms of Pod infectors that mainly tasked with infecting airborne creatures.

======Infester Forms======

{{Main|Flood infester form}}

These forms attack and infect vehicles.

======Spawner Forms======

{{Main|Flood spawner form}}

These forms can produce a variety of Flood forms on the move.

======Flood burster======

{{Main|Flood burster}}

These forms can produce a variety of Flood forms and release them once its internal pressure has reached a certain point.

======Abomination======

{{Main|Abomination}}

The Abomination is a mobile, low-level key mind form capable of combat that coordinates the Flood on a local scale.

==Biology==

[[File:H2A Render FloodSpore.png|thumb|150px|A Flood spore.]]

==Production notes==

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===Miscellaneous===

* The Flood's AI routines in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' were originally intended to be "every bit as complicated as the Covenant", but full implementation was prevented by time constraints.<ref>''EDGE'' magazine - September 2003, ''page 109''</ref>