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The Flood is the deadliest threat to life—or more specifically, biodiversity—in the galaxy. It is a virulent, parasitic life form. Flood biomass is composed of an undifferentiated cell type that has been labeled [marker[?]]>LF.Xx.3273_Flood_Super_Cell. The Flood Super Cell (FSC) can be loosely described as [thinking muscle[?]], and it closely resembles neurons or glial cells in structure. It has been verified on multiple occasions that the Flood have the ability to arrange these FSCs to mimic any organ they might need. | The Flood is the deadliest threat to life—or more specifically, biodiversity—in the galaxy. It is a virulent, parasitic life form. Flood biomass is composed of an undifferentiated cell type that has been labeled [marker[?]]>LF.Xx.3273_Flood_Super_Cell. The Flood Super Cell (FSC) can be loosely described as [thinking muscle[?]], and it closely resembles neurons or glial cells in structure. It has been verified on multiple occasions that the Flood have the ability to arrange these FSCs to mimic any organ they might need. | ||
Every Flood outbreak goes through several distinct stages: Feral, Coordinated, and Interstellar. During the Feral stage, the Flood has only ever utilized four forms: the infection form, the combat form, the carrier form, and the [proto-gravemind]. Once the Flood establishes a | Every Flood outbreak goes through several distinct stages: Feral, Coordinated, and Interstellar. During the Feral stage, the Flood has only ever utilized four forms: the infection form, the combat form, the carrier form, and the [proto-gravemind]. Once the Flood establishes a viable [Gravemind], they enter the Coordinated stage and the number of forms available to them begins to grow rapidly. The Flood’s Interstellar stage has more to do with access to captured technology than an evolutionary change. Theoretically there is at least one other stage that it enters beyond Interstellar: [Transgalactic[?]]. | ||
The pure form does not become available until a coordinated group has secured sufficient reserves of calcium from host lifeforms. The Flood uses these calcium resources to construct an [adaptable] framework upon which the FSC is attached, creating a [fearsome engine]. Initially, the pure form’s primary function (i.e., to aid the infection forms with securing hosts and secure biomass and complex neurosystems to strengthen the local Gravemind) tends to overlap that of the combat form, but once the pure-form population reaches [equilibrium[?]] all extant combat forms are either relegated to a purely defensive role or added to the Flood’s available biomass/calcium reserves. | The pure form does not become available until a coordinated group has secured sufficient reserves of calcium from host lifeforms. The Flood uses these calcium resources to construct an [adaptable] framework upon which the FSC is attached, creating a [fearsome engine]. Initially, the pure form’s primary function (i.e., to aid the infection forms with securing hosts and secure biomass and complex neurosystems to strengthen the local Gravemind) tends to overlap that of the combat form, but once the pure-form population reaches [equilibrium[?]] all extant combat forms are either relegated to a purely defensive role or added to the Flood’s available biomass/calcium reserves. | ||