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*The Flood's AI routines in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' was 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> The final, simplified behavioral responses were later explained as part of the Flood's overall coordinated strategy. | *The Flood's AI routines in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' was 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> The final, simplified behavioral responses were later explained as part of the Flood's overall coordinated strategy. | ||
*Part of the Flood's Binomial nomenclature, ''Inferi'', is Latin for "The Dead", and could be a reference to Roman mythology, as this was their name for the Netherworld and its inhabitants. ''Inferi'' means 'The Dead' and ''Redivivus'' means 'renovated, reconstructed, rebuilt or recycled' so literally ''Inferi redivivus'' means 'The Dead Reconstructed'. | *Part of the Flood's Binomial nomenclature, ''Inferi'', is Latin for "The Dead", and could be a reference to Roman mythology, as this was their name for the Netherworld and its inhabitants. ''Inferi'' means 'The Dead' and ''Redivivus'' means 'renovated, reconstructed, rebuilt or recycled' so literally ''Inferi redivivus'' means 'The Dead Reconstructed'. | ||
*In ''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', John-117 was attacked by an | *In ''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', John-117 was attacked by an infection form while his shields were low. The Infection form had slit the under parts of his armor, exposing his neck, and almost tapped his spinal cord. If not for the quick use of an electrical shock by Cortana to kill the form, John would have been infected like many billions before him. | ||
*In ''[[Origins]]'', during the scenes in which the Flood attacks the [[Forerunner]] planet, there appear to be many types of Flood, from very large, near-Gravemind-like ones that could level buildings, to flying versions of Infection forms. In addition, some of the variations seen in ''Origins'' are based on concept art for the original game. One explanation for this may be that the Flood had acquired many species. Another explanation may be that the Flood had grown so much, and the Gravemind was so powerful, that it could create Pure Forms for whatever purposes he needed. | *In ''[[Origins]]'', during the scenes in which the Flood attacks the [[Forerunner]] planet, there appear to be many types of Flood, from very large, near-Gravemind-like ones that could level buildings, to flying versions of Infection forms. In addition, some of the variations seen in ''Origins'' are based on concept art for the original game. One explanation for this may be that the Flood had acquired many species. Another explanation may be that the Flood had grown so much, and the Gravemind was so powerful, that it could create Pure Forms for whatever purposes he needed. | ||
*There is a species of fungi that is frighteningly similar to the Flood, the ''[[wikipedia:Ophiocordyceps unilateralis|Ophiocordyceps unilateralis]]''. They attack carpenter ants and take over their neural system in order to make the ants go to high places. By the time it gets there, it's been rotted from the inside out like a Flood host and it releases spores from that vantage point.<ref>[http://neurophilosophy.wordpress.com/2006/11/20/brainwashed-by-a-parasite/ '''Neaurophilosophy''': Brainwashed by a parasite]</ref> | *There is a species of fungi that is frighteningly similar to the Flood, the ''[[wikipedia:Ophiocordyceps unilateralis|Ophiocordyceps unilateralis]]''. They attack carpenter ants and take over their neural system in order to make the ants go to high places. By the time it gets there, it's been rotted from the inside out like a Flood host and it releases spores from that vantage point.<ref>[http://neurophilosophy.wordpress.com/2006/11/20/brainwashed-by-a-parasite/ '''Neaurophilosophy''': Brainwashed by a parasite]</ref> | ||