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Thereafter, the Forerunners realized that naval tactics were unable to stem the growing tide of the Flood, and began to invest in superweaponry. While the Forerunners initially deployed the [[Sentinel]] electromechanical drones to fight against and contain the Flood, almost immediately afterwards, the [[Forerunner Fleet Command]] contemplated "premature stellar collapse": using naval battlegroups to destroy planetary star systems' primary stars in supernovae that would engulf the planetary systems and prevent any possibility of Flood infection.

While the Flood were practicing "exponential growth", spreading from system to system with the intent to infest the Forerunner populations, not to wage war with Forerunner battlegroups, the tide was turning: the Flood had reached sufficient proportions to spawn a [[Gravemind]] form, a creature that embodied a collective sentient intelligence for the Flood species, and one that could coordinate the Flood swarms in active attacks against the Forerunner fleets. The Forerunners were aware of this, and constructed the ''Contender''-classification [[artificial intelligence]] [[Mendicant Bias]] in an effort to destroy this ~~centralize the~~ Gravemind and disorganize the Flood.

While the Flood were practicing "exponential growth", spreading from system to system with the intent to infest the Forerunner populations, not to wage war with Forerunner battlegroups, the tide was turning: the Flood had reached sufficient proportions to spawn a [[Gravemind]] form, a creature that embodied a collective sentient intelligence for the Flood species, and one that could coordinate the Flood swarms in active attacks against the Forerunner fleets. The Forerunners were aware of this, and constructed the ''Contender''-classification [[artificial intelligence]] [[Mendicant Bias]] in an effort to destroy this centralized Gravemind and disorganize the Flood.

The Forerunners began a "Conservation Measure", researching the Flood, their adversaries, while constructing the artifact that would create a portal to the [[Installation 00|Ark]] on [[Earth]], protecting the "worthy" human race from destruction from the Flood. Some Flood specimens were kept by the Forerunners for scientific study.

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 Thereafter, the Forerunners realized that naval tactics were unable to stem the growing tide of the Flood, and began to invest in superweaponry. While the Forerunners initially deployed the [[Sentinel]] electromechanical drones to fight against and contain the Flood, almost immediately afterwards, the [[Forerunner Fleet Command]] contemplated "premature stellar collapse": using naval battlegroups to destroy planetary star systems' primary stars in supernovae that would engulf the planetary systems and prevent any possibility of Flood infection.
-While the Flood were practicing "exponential growth", spreading from system to system with the intent to infest the Forerunner populations, not to wage war with Forerunner battlegroups, the tide was turning: the Flood had reached sufficient proportions to spawn a [[Gravemind]] form, a creature that embodied a collective sentient intelligence for the Flood species, and one that could coordinate the Flood swarms in active attacks against the Forerunner fleets. The Forerunners were aware of this, and constructed the ''Contender''-classification [[artificial intelligence]] [[Mendicant Bias]] in an effort to destroy this centralize the Gravemind and disorganize the Flood.
+While the Flood were practicing "exponential growth", spreading from system to system with the intent to infest the Forerunner populations, not to wage war with Forerunner battlegroups, the tide was turning: the Flood had reached sufficient proportions to spawn a [[Gravemind]] form, a creature that embodied a collective sentient intelligence for the Flood species, and one that could coordinate the Flood swarms in active attacks against the Forerunner fleets. The Forerunners were aware of this, and constructed the ''Contender''-classification [[artificial intelligence]] [[Mendicant Bias]] in an effort to destroy this centralized Gravemind and disorganize the Flood.
 The Forerunners began a "Conservation Measure", researching the Flood, their adversaries, while constructing the artifact that would create  a portal to the [[Installation 00|Ark]] on [[Earth]], protecting the "worthy" human race from destruction from the Flood. Some Flood specimens were kept by the Forerunners for scientific study.