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The '''Flood Transport Form''', more commonly known as the '''Sweeper''', was a [[Flood]] [[Pure Form]]<ref>''[[The Art of Halo 3]]'', page 27</ref>. Unlike the [[Flood Carrier Form|Carrier Form]], which carries and incubates [[Infection Form]]s, the transport would carry up to six unarmed [[Flood Combat Form|Combat Forms]] to any particular destination.
The '''Flood Transport Form''', also known as the '''Sweeper''', was a [[Flood]] [[Pure Form]]<ref>''[[The Art of Halo 3]]'', page 27</ref>. Unlike the [[Flood Carrier Form|Carrier Form]], which carries and incubates [[Infection Form]]s, the transport would carry a maximum of six unarmed [[Flood Combat Form|Combat Forms]] to a particular destination.


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===Physical Description & Physiology===
===Physical Description & Physiology===
The sweeper would have had four triple-jointed limbs to move its load of troops around, and featured numerous tentacles to consume or recycle biomass, dead or alive. The sweeper also boasted a biomass re-processor that converted recently consumed biomass into rapid-growth embryos or [[Combat Form]]s.
The sweeper would have had four triple-jointed limbs to move its load of troops around, and featured numerous tentacles to consume or recycle biomass, dead or alive. The sweeper also boasted a biomass re-processor that converted recently-consumed biomass into rapid-growth embryos or [[Combat Form]]s.


===Biomass Conversion===
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*This was seen in ''[[The Art of Halo 3]]'', though it was cut from the retail version of ''[[Halo 3]]''.
*This was seen in ''[[The Art of Halo 3]]'', though it was cut from the final version of ''[[Halo 3]]''.
*The Transport form may have inspired the Flood [[Stalker Form]], as the body shape is similar between the two.
*The transport form may have inspired the Flood [[Stalker Form]], as the body shape is similar between the two.


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