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Posted By: Slith | Date: 2/22/05 4:35 p.m. |
In Response To: Re: More Flood Biology (Slith) Now this brings me to where the Flood may have come from. It's unlikely the Flood were the only thing to evolve on their planet. So, logically, there were, (or are) other things living on said planet. Things that would likely have a defense to combat the Flood. Or possibly... Flood are only lethal to things not from their planet - everything there has grown a biological immunity to it. The Flood would be like scavangers on the planet. Dead bodies would no longer have a working defense mechanism, and thus were infected by the Flood. However, these bodies would remain benign, becuase the Flood virus would not know how to control its host. (The brain has died. Hopefully.) So, we've got a nice balance on this world. The Flood can't just infect the entire planet, and destroy all other life. Instead, they act as garbage disposal, removing unwanted baggage (dead bodies) from the area. Of course, some other animal would find these Flood masses a tasty snack and eat it. Keeping Flood numbers low, and recycling the dead matter back into the ecosystem. Now, lets introduce something new: Forerunners. They come from a different planet, have no immunity to the Flood, and decide to take a nice exploratory survey of this beautiful new world they've found. Upon breathing the planets atmosphere, the Forerunners also inhale Flood spores. These spores release the virus through the respiratory organs into the circulatory system. Soon, these Forerunner pioneers become deadly Flood combat forms capable of higher thought. Suddenly the Flood are no longer a scavenger cleaning dead bodies off the floor. They are a thinking sentient lifeform. (of Doom!) The Flood would realize (because its sentient now) that there are other worlds, planets, Forerunners, to infest. The Forerunner ship leaves, carrying a deadly package of Flood death. What happens next is more speculation: Perhaps the Forerunners destroy the Flood homeworld, not realizing the consequences of this. Thus destroying any way they have of creating a cure, and dooming every race in the universe to a terrible, horrific, undeath.
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Of OP, flood and biology | Zak Anderson | 2/21/05 3:14 a.m. |
Re: Of OP, flood and biology | mooniejohnson | 2/21/05 3:17 a.m. |
Re: Of OP, flood and biology | JJMeH | 2/21/05 3:20 a.m. |
Re: Of OP, flood and biology | Zak Anderson | 2/21/05 3:18 a.m. |
OK GOT A WORKING LINK NOW | Zak Anderson | 2/21/05 4:32 a.m. |
Re: OK GOT A WORKING LINK NOW | mooniejohnson | 2/21/05 5:10 a.m. |
Re: OK GOT A WORKING LINK NOW | Zak Anderson | 2/22/05 2:25 a.m. |
Re: OK GOT A WORKING LINK NOW | mrbananas | 2/22/05 9:37 a.m. |
Re: OK GOT A WORKING LINK NOW | Hawk7886 | 2/21/05 5:12 a.m. |
Here's a better one. | Louis Wu | 2/21/05 5:22 a.m. |
Re: Here's a better one. | Jillybean | 2/21/05 7:25 a.m. |
Re: Here's a better one. | MC vince | 2/21/05 10:26 a.m. |
Re: Here's a better one. | Jillybean | 2/21/05 1:23 p.m. |
Q&A | Slith | 2/21/05 1:40 p.m. |
Re: Q&A | Zak Anderson | 2/22/05 2:20 a.m. |
More Flood Biology | Slith | 2/22/05 3:56 p.m. |
Re: More Flood Biology | Slith | 2/22/05 4:14 p.m. |
The Flood Homeworld | Slith | 2/22/05 4:35 p.m. |
Re: The Flood Homeworld | punji73 | 2/23/05 3:22 a.m. |
Re: More Flood Biology | mrbananas | 2/22/05 5:13 p.m. |
Re: More Flood Biology | Slith | 2/22/05 5:24 p.m. |
Re: More Flood Biology | selmack | 2/22/05 6:54 p.m. |
Re: More Flood Biology | punji73 | 2/23/05 3:10 a.m. |
Re: More Flood Biology | Slith | 2/23/05 11:51 a.m. |
Re: More Flood Biology | mrbananas | 2/23/05 1:14 p.m. |
Re: More Flood Biology | Slith | 2/23/05 5:32 p.m. |
Re: Here's a better one. | Gil Galahad | 2/21/05 4:02 p.m. |
Re: Here's a better one. | Jillybean | 2/21/05 4:27 p.m. |
Re: Here's a better one. | Finn | 2/22/05 6:54 p.m. |
Excellent work. Good reasoning. *NM* | Anton P. Nym (aka Steve) | 2/21/05 11:20 a.m. |
read Starhammer? *NM* | Anonymous Cowardly Fool | 2/21/05 7:40 p.m. |
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