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 Unknown to the UNSC, the Flood began to resurface inside the ''Spirit of Fire''. At some point after 2531, the ship had reached an unknown system.<ref name="HE6">'''[[Halo: Escalation]]''' - ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 6|Issue #6]]''</ref>
+==Flood forms==
+The Flood is composed of a variety of specialized forms, each filling a different role in combat. The most basic Flood form is the infection form, which infects hosts by hijacking their bodies and nervous systems. Infected hosts then undergo a rapid series of transformations, becoming lethal combat forms. Combat forms are used to subdue and secure additional hosts for infection, and once they have outlived their usefulness as warriors, they transform into carrier forms, spreading the Flood by spreading more infection forms.
+Once the Flood has amassed enough bodies to create a Gravemind, it is capable of generating [[Flood pure form|"pure" forms]], which are created solely from assimilated nutrients and biomass. The pure forms observed during the outbreak in late [[2552]] were able to spontaneously mutate between three configurations: Stalker, Tank and Ranged forms, although in practice the true extent of their mutability is impossible to effectively catalog.<ref name="wp flood"/>
+The Flood at this point relegate the combat forms to defensive purposes or as additions to the biomass, calcium, and nervous system reserves of the Flood hive, and rely increasingly on the pure forms as their primary instrument of infantry force. However, in order for the pure forms to fully replace the combat forms, the pure Flood population must be large enough and in a state of equilibrium, which is in a constant state of flux depending on Flood gains and losses. Because of this, it is common for the combat forms to serve alongside the pure forms, in addition to the infection and carrier forms, as the acquisition of hosts and technology would likely outstrip the speed in which the Flood can generate pure forms.
+===Spores===
+{{Main|Flood spore}}
+[[File:H2 Flood Spore.jpg|100px|right]]
+Spores are airborne, they serve to spread infection and suffocate potential hosts who inhale them.
+{{clear}}
+===Infection forms===
+{{Main|Flood infection form}}
+[[File:HCE Flood Infection Form.png|100px|right]]
+These are among the most basic of flood forms. They are tasked with seeking hosts, then infect them.
+{{clear}}
+===Pure forms===
+{{Main|Pure form}}
+[[File:1223689721 Stalker Attack.jpg|100px|right]]
+These forms are the natural flood species, developed without a host.
+{{clear}}
+===Carrier forms===
+{{Main|Carrier form}}
+[[File:H2ACarrierForm.png|100px|right]]
+These forms incubate infection forms, and release them upon death.
+{{clear}}
+===Combat forms===
+{{Main|Combat form}}
+[[File:CEAhumancombat.png|100px|right]]
+Once a host of any sentient species has been infected, they can develop into a combat form.
+{{clear}}
+===Proto-Gravemind===
+{{Main|Proto-Gravemind}}
+[[File:Protograve.png|100px|right]]
+A biomass of hosts, for the purpose of utilizing their minds to form a collective intelligence. A Proto-Gravemind can grow into a Gravemind given enough time and host bodies.
+{{clear}}
+===Gravemind===
+{{Main|Gravemind}}
+[[File:H2A-GravemindWithCaptives.jpg|100px|right]]
+This ultimate flood form serves as the leader and the hivemind of the flood.
+{{clear}}
 ==Biology==
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 The described changes occur when the Flood has still yet to overwhelm any meaningful resistance in a given locale. When this has been accomplished, available organisms will no longer be used to create purpose-built combat forms but are instead used to create a Gravemind or simply broken down and processed into biomass for a [[Flood hive]].<ref name="s231"/><ref name="mona lisa"/>
-====Flood forms====
-The Flood is composed of a variety of specialized forms, each filling a different role in combat. The most basic Flood form is the infection form, which infects hosts by hijacking their bodies and nervous systems. Infected hosts then undergo a rapid series of transformations, becoming lethal combat forms. Combat forms are used to subdue and secure additional hosts for infection, and once they have outlived their usefulness as warriors, they transform into carrier forms, spreading the Flood by spreading more infection forms.
-Once the Flood has amassed enough bodies to create a Gravemind, it is capable of generating [[Flood pure form|"pure" forms]], which are created solely from assimilated nutrients and biomass. The pure forms observed during the outbreak in late [[2552]] were able to spontaneously mutate between three configurations: Stalker, Tank and Ranged forms, although in practice the true extent of their mutability is impossible to effectively catalog.<ref name="wp flood"/>
-The Flood at this point relegate the combat forms to defensive purposes or as additions to the biomass, calcium, and nervous system reserves of the Flood hive, and rely increasingly on the pure forms as their primary instrument of infantry force. However, in order for the pure forms to fully replace the combat forms, the pure Flood population must be large enough and in a state of equilibrium, which is in a constant state of flux depending on Flood gains and losses. Because of this, it is common for the combat forms to serve alongside the pure forms, in addition to the infection and carrier forms, as the acquisition of hosts and technology would likely outstrip the speed in which the Flood can generate pure forms.
 ===Metaphysical and technological===