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The '''Interstellar Stage''' is the third stage of a [[Flood]] infestation | The '''Interstellar Stage''' is the third stage of a [[Flood]] infestation. The Flood progresses into this stage when it has the technological ability to leave a given stellar system.<ref name="bestiarum">''[[Bestiarum]]''</ref> | ||
Although the initiation of the Interstellar Stage has less to do with the Flood's biological development and more with their access to viable space travel,<ref name="bestiarum"/> in the latter phases of this stage the full extent of the Flood's power becomes truly evident, transcending beyond its purely biological aspects. In line with the parasite's strategy of utterly saturating all available channels of information,<ref>'''Halo 3''', ''[[Terminal/Halo 3|Terminals]]''</ref> non-biological intelligences and data networks are targeted with advanced forms of the [[logic plague]], the Flood's information equivalent.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 214-215''</ref> With the assimilation of entire planets and the development of [[Key Mind]]s—planet-engulfing [[Gravemind]] forms<ref name="sil186">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 186-187''</ref>—the sheer intelligence and processing power of the Flood's collective consciousness enables them to manipulate [[neural physics]]. In the final years of the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], the Flood was able to control [[Precursor]] artifacts through this effect, which made them nearly unstoppable against the Forerunners.<ref name="sil186"/><ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 188-189''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 236''</ref> However, all Precursor artifacts in the galaxy were supposedly destroyed when the [[Halo Array]] was fired at the conclusion of the war, denying the Flood access to Precursor technology in later times.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 326''</ref> | Although the initiation of the Interstellar Stage has less to do with the Flood's biological development and more with their access to viable space travel,<ref name="bestiarum"/> in the latter phases of this stage the full extent of the Flood's power becomes truly evident, transcending beyond its purely biological aspects. In line with the parasite's strategy of utterly saturating all available channels of information,<ref>'''Halo 3''', ''[[Terminal/Halo 3|Terminals]]''</ref> non-biological intelligences and data networks are targeted with advanced forms of the [[logic plague]], the Flood's information equivalent.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 214-215''</ref> With the assimilation of entire planets and the development of [[Key Mind]]s—planet-engulfing [[Gravemind]] forms<ref name="sil186">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 186-187''</ref>—the sheer intelligence and processing power of the Flood's collective consciousness enables them to manipulate [[neural physics]]. In the final years of the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], the Flood was able to control [[Precursor]] artifacts through this effect, which made them nearly unstoppable against the Forerunners.<ref name="sil186"/><ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 188-189''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 236''</ref> However, all Precursor artifacts in the galaxy were supposedly destroyed when the [[Halo Array]] was fired at the conclusion of the war, denying the Flood access to Precursor technology in later times.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 326''</ref> | ||