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The '''Flood Transport Form''', also known as the '''Sweeper''', was a [[The Flood|Flood]] [[Flood pure form|Pure Form]]<ref>''[[The Art of Halo 3]]'', page 27</ref> | The '''Flood Transport Form''', also known as the '''Sweeper''', was a [[The Flood|Flood]] [[Flood pure form|Pure Form]].<ref>''[[The Art of Halo 3]]'', page 27</ref> Unlike the [[Flood carrier form|Carrier Form]], which carries and incubates [[Pod infector|Infection Forms]], the transport would carry a maximum of six unarmed [[Flood combat form|Combat Forms]] to a particular destination. | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
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#The Sweeper would pick up and collect any available biomass with its tentacles, whether an already assimilated Flood entity, or a sentient being. | #The Sweeper would pick up and collect any available biomass with its tentacles, whether an already assimilated Flood entity, or a sentient being. | ||
#The biomass was then put inside of the Sweeper, and consumed for internal recycling. | #The biomass was then put inside of the Sweeper, and consumed for internal recycling. | ||
#When enough biomass was consumed and processed, the Sweeper's [[flood | #When enough biomass was consumed and processed, the Sweeper's [[flood blister|blisters]] would begin to form and then proceed to grow within the creature. | ||
#The Sweeper would then cough up and shoot the | #The Sweeper would then cough up and shoot the blister into the air. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
Revision as of 06:04, July 14, 2019
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The Flood Transport Form, also known as the Sweeper, was a Flood Pure Form.[1] Unlike the Carrier Form, which carries and incubates Infection Forms, the transport would carry a maximum of six unarmed Combat Forms to a particular destination.
Background
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 Forms.
Biomass Conversion
Before the Sweeper, or Transport Form, released its cargo, it would pass four steps, specifically:
- The Sweeper would pick up and collect any available biomass with its tentacles, whether an already assimilated Flood entity, or a sentient being.
- The biomass was then put inside of the Sweeper, and consumed for internal recycling.
- When enough biomass was consumed and processed, the Sweeper's blisters would begin to form and then proceed to grow within the creature.
- The Sweeper would then cough up and shoot the blister into the air.
Trivia
- 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.
Sources
- ^ The Art of Halo 3, page 27
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