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Re: Well...
Posted By: opie301Date: 5/22/06 7:33 p.m.

In Response To: Well... (BS Halo rks)

: Lets start at the beginning: Halo ends all sentient life of sufficient
: biomass to be used as food by the flood. (Key word: sentient)

: Sentient means capable of feeling. Now, don't ask me how it only kills beings
: capable of feeling ("shut your noisehole is how." -Frankie), but
: since flood seem to survive Halo's killer beam, they must not be sentient.
: So no feeling.

Hmmm, while I don't necessarily agree with your conclusion, you have given me something to ponder. Why exactly are the Floor immune to the effects of the Halo superweapon? Are the Flood immune?
In Halo: CE we're told:
"And that's exactly what Halo is designed to do; wipe the galaxy clean of all sentient life."
"... this galaxy will be quite devoid of life, or at least any life with sufficient biomass to sustain the flood." (two quotes that have seen quite a bit of use)

Then, in Halo 2, we're introduced to the Gravemind, a creature about which we've all assumed two things. One, that it is an advanced Flood form. Two, it survived the previous firing of the Halo-superweapon and has remained on the Delta-Halo since then. In addition to these two assumptions, it's also pretty clear that this creature is sentient and self-aware.

So, if the Flood, or at least some forms, are sentient, and if the Flood are most definitely biological, then how do they survive the firing of the Halo-Superweapon? How are the Flood affected directly? What exactly did the Forerunner create, and why couldn't it be tuned to specifically target the Flood rather than simply destroying their food?

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Can flood feel pain?Mordrorru 5/21/06 8:59 p.m.
     Re: Can flood feel pain?j41m3z 5/21/06 9:05 p.m.
           Re: Can flood feel pain?j41m3z 5/21/06 9:16 p.m.
                 Re: Can flood feel pain?Chryton 5/21/06 9:18 p.m.
                       Re: Can flood feel pain?j41m3z 5/21/06 9:27 p.m.
                             Re: Can flood feel pain?Speedhuntr 5/22/06 2:43 p.m.
                       Re: Can flood feel pain?TRIARI 117 6/7/06 8:53 a.m.
                             Re: Can flood feel pain?Raging Aura 6/7/06 10:08 p.m.
     Re: Can flood feel pain?Hikaru-119 5/21/06 9:09 p.m.
           Yes they candiablo98188 5/23/06 3:05 p.m.
           Re: Can flood feel pain?Halofan1991 5/26/06 5:23 p.m.
                 Re: Can flood feel pain?Halofan1991 5/26/06 5:30 p.m.
                       Re: Can flood feel pain?BeastIce 5/26/06 10:34 p.m.
                 Re: Can flood feel pain?Master NOODLE 5/28/06 5:28 p.m.
     Re: Can flood feel pain?Peptuck 5/21/06 9:45 p.m.
           Re: Can flood feel pain?Glovguy 5/23/06 2:37 p.m.
     Re: Can flood feel pain?halofreak1991 5/21/06 9:58 p.m.
     Re: Can flood feel pain?LostRock11 5/21/06 10:28 p.m.
           Like Rambo. *NM*DarkSim 5/21/06 11:14 p.m.
                 Re: Like Rambo.halofreak1991 5/21/06 11:43 p.m.
                       Re: Like Rambo.Sparkamus 5/21/06 11:58 p.m.
                             Re: Like Rambo.Exiled Zealot 5/22/06 12:11 a.m.
                                   Sounds a little like Chuck Norris... *NM* *NM*Coldstream 5/22/06 4:12 p.m.
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           Re: Can flood feel pain?Slith 5/22/06 3:18 a.m.
     Re: Can flood feel pain?Metalnight 5/22/06 7:17 a.m.
     Re: Can flood feel pain?Vironex 5/22/06 8:29 a.m.
           Quote: 343 Guilty SparkSF Legend 5/22/06 9:51 a.m.
           Re: Can flood feel pain?Peptuck 5/22/06 9:54 a.m.
                 Re: Can flood feel pain?Mordrorru 5/22/06 12:26 p.m.
           Re: Can flood feel pain?Jillybean 5/22/06 1:05 p.m.
                 Re: Can flood feel pain?opie301 5/22/06 5:06 p.m.
                       Re: Can flood feel pain?Jack Marsh 6/10/06 12:46 a.m.
     Re: Can flood feel pain?Hookedonhalo 5/22/06 3:12 p.m.
           Re: Can flood feel pain?Ryan Broxterman (NO CAPS) 5/22/06 4:41 p.m.
     Only if you break their heart... *NM*Gryphonosiris 5/22/06 4:33 p.m.
     Re: Can flood feel pain?Darth_Marty 5/22/06 5:08 p.m.
     Re: Can flood feel pain?Omega 5/22/06 5:17 p.m.
           Ahah, but . . .Jillybean 5/22/06 5:36 p.m.
                 Well...BS Halo rks 5/22/06 6:57 p.m.
                       Re: Well...opie301 5/22/06 7:33 p.m.
                             Re: Well...Omega 5/22/06 8:03 p.m.
                                   Re: Well...UrsusArctos 5/22/06 8:11 p.m.
                                         Re: Well...Oscar Gordon 5/22/06 9:00 p.m.
                                               Re: Well...Omega 5/22/06 9:42 p.m.
                                                     Re: Well...Jacob Lowe 5/22/06 10:20 p.m.
                       Re: Well...Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 5/22/06 11:18 p.m.
                             Re: Well...UrsusArctos 5/22/06 11:51 p.m.
                             Re: Well...hnc 5/23/06 10:50 p.m.
                 Re: Ahah, but . . .UrsusArctos 5/22/06 7:35 p.m.
                       A litttle OT, but how big is Gravemind? *NM*SPARTAN-034 5/22/06 9:16 p.m.
                             Re: A litttle OT, but how big is Gravemind?UrsusArctos 5/22/06 9:46 p.m.
                             Difficult questionJillybean 5/23/06 4:49 a.m.
                                   Re: Difficult questionStephen L. (SoundEffect) 5/23/06 4:11 p.m.
                                         Re: Difficult questionUrsusArctos 5/23/06 9:38 p.m.
                                               Re: Difficult questionStephen L. (SoundEffect) 5/23/06 10:51 p.m.
                                                     Re: Difficult questionUrsusArctos 5/24/06 12:33 a.m.
                                                           Re: Difficult questionStephen L. (SoundEffect) 5/24/06 3:15 p.m.
                                                                 Re: Difficult questionSPARTAN-034 5/26/06 3:24 p.m.
                       Re: Ahah, but . . .Cain 6/10/06 12:58 a.m.
                             Re: Ahah, but . . .Sparkamus 6/10/06 1:39 a.m.
                 Re: Ahah, but . . .floppysoup 5/24/06 2:53 p.m.
     Re: Can flood feel pain?Mordrorru 5/23/06 3:10 a.m.
           Re: Can flood feel pain?Jillybean 5/23/06 4:57 a.m.
           Re: Can flood feel pain?opie301 5/23/06 11:02 a.m.
     Re: Can flood feel pain?The First Spartan 5/23/06 6:58 p.m.
     Re: Can flood feel pain?hnc 5/23/06 11:28 p.m.
           Re: Can flood feel pain?j41m3z 5/23/06 11:44 p.m.
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