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Posted By: Napalm Boy | Date: 5/17/02 2:41 p.m. | |
In Response To: *Halo Spoiler* Re: not intelligent life... (Rick Blaine) : Please understand that I have no problem with you. In fact, I _thank_ you for
No problem at all! This is how we figure things out. : Two hard facts from the game. To paraphrase Casey Stengle, we can look them
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: (Opening cinematic-Long shot of the Control room. MC and 343GS teleport in,
: 343 GUILTY SPARK: ...Which means that any organism of sufficient mass and
Here's the first point: Sentience, as used as a determining factor for "cognitive ability," certainly is a requirement for the flood to spread. This I grant. But there may be some distinction between a member of a given species being a "potential vector" and just "food." For the flood to take control of a body and use it, that body has to have certain minimum requirements; humans and the covenant both fit into that nicely. What else might fit into this category? Random Speculation: http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=81257
The original post on this topic speculated that Halo only destroyed life of a particular biomass/intelligence level. This is what I disagree with. The line "But, once the others follow suit, this galaxy will be quite devoid of life, or at least any life with sufficient biomass to sustain the flood," spoken by GS, leads me to believe that Halo and its other installations will wipe out everything that the flood could possibly feed on or spead by taking control of (ignoring for the moment any possible distinction between the two). Guilty Spark's line indicates that Halo isn't too picky about what life it's wiping out, its (the Forerunner's) main concern being with not allowing the Flood to survive in any other (i.e., non-contained, non-controlled) environment. : The easiest way to stop the flood is just to kill all the flood, & all
We'd like to belive that killing all the flood is possible, but Cortana says otherwise: "The only way to stop the flood is to starve them to death." Why can't you just kill all of the flood? More speculation to be had... ~Napalm Boy |
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*Halo Spoiler* The trap. | Rick Blaine | 5/14/02 5:59 p.m. | |
Re: *Halo Spoiler* The trap. | Claude Errera | 5/14/02 6:39 p.m. | |
Re: *Halo Spoiler* The trap. | archon | 5/14/02 11:14 p.m. | |
Re: *Halo Spoiler* The trap. | archon | 5/14/02 11:20 p.m. | |
Re: *Halo Spoiler* The trap. | Dan Johnson | 5/15/02 10:01 p.m. | |
not intelligent life... | Napalm Boy | 5/17/02 11:52 a.m. | |
Re: not intelligent life... | archon | 5/17/02 12:32 p.m. | |
*Halo Spoiler* Re: not intelligent life... | Rick Blaine | 5/17/02 1:04 p.m. | |
*Halo Spoiler* Re: not intelligent life... | Napalm Boy | 5/17/02 2:41 p.m. | |
Re: *Halo Spoiler* Re: not intelligent life... | PfhorSlayer | 5/24/02 8:17 p.m. | |
Re: *Halo Spoiler* Re: not intelligent life... | Mark Levin | 5/24/02 9:41 p.m. | |
Re: *Halo Spoiler* Re: not intelligent life... | John Denton | 5/25/02 5:57 p.m. | |
a terrifying possibilty | John Denton | 5/25/02 12:18 a.m. | |
Re: a terrifying possibilty | Tru7h | 5/25/02 6:06 a.m. | |
Re: a terrifying possibilty | zudo | 5/25/02 7:39 a.m. | |
Re: a terrifying possibilty | Tru7h | 5/25/02 10:07 a.m. | |
Re: a terrifying possibilty | Boomer | 5/25/02 10:47 a.m. | |
You must read the Dirk Gently books. | John Denton | 5/25/02 5:55 p.m. | |
Physics >> Biology | Cow Mutilator | 5/26/02 11:29 a.m. | |
Re: Physics >> Biology | Tru7h | 5/26/02 8:05 p.m. | |
Watch out | John Denton | 5/27/02 8:06 p.m. | |
Re: Watch out | Tynskel | 5/31/02 4:59 p.m. | |
Re: Watch out | Tru7h | 6/1/02 5:43 a.m. | |
Re: Physics >> Biology | John Denton | 5/27/02 7:57 p.m. | |
but we know how to do those calculations | Tru7h | 5/28/02 2:13 p.m. | |
well... | John Denton | 5/25/02 5:50 p.m. | |
Re: well... | Tru7h | 5/25/02 7:07 p.m. | |
Re: well... | Boomer | 5/25/02 8:34 p.m. | |
They are pretty zombieesque. *NM* | John Denton | 5/25/02 10:03 p.m. | |
Re: well... | Tru7h | 5/26/02 6:44 a.m. | |
Re: well... | Boomer | 5/26/02 7:25 a.m. | |
You Mean Armor *NM* | REB | 5/26/02 8:07 a.m. | |
Re: well... | Elite Spartan II | 5/26/02 8:57 a.m. | |
Re: well... | Djof | 5/26/02 4:55 p.m. | |
Re: well... | Elite Spartan II | 5/26/02 5:44 p.m. | |
they cant if ther Dead!!! *NM* | Tru7h | 5/26/02 8:06 p.m. | |
Re: well... | Elite Spartan II | 5/26/02 8:46 a.m. | |
Re: well... | Tru7h | 5/26/02 8:08 p.m. | |
Re: well... | Tynskel | 5/31/02 5:07 p.m. | |
Re: well... | Tynskel | 5/31/02 5:02 p.m. | |
Re: well... | Tru7h | 6/1/02 5:45 a.m. | |
Re: *Halo Spoiler* Re: not intelligent life... | Hydroconcil87 | 6/28/02 1:49 a.m. | |
Re: *Halo Spoiler* Re: not intelligent life... | Hydroconcil87 | 6/28/02 2:11 a.m. | |
Nice. | MakeMineRed | 5/17/02 1:40 p.m. | |
*Halo Spoiler* Re: Nice. | Rick Blaine | 5/17/02 3:11 p.m. | |
Re: *Halo Spoiler* Re: Nice. | archon | 5/17/02 6:01 p.m. | |
Re: *Halo Spoiler* Re: Nice. | PesTiLenCe | 5/21/02 1:46 p.m. | |
Re: *Halo Spoiler* Re: Nice. | archon | 5/21/02 6:47 p.m. | |
Re: *Halo Spoiler* Re: Nice. | archon | 5/21/02 6:50 p.m. | |
Re: *Halo Spoiler* Re: Nice. | •M | 5/26/02 5:30 a.m. | |
Re: *Halo Spoiler* The trap. | John Denton | 5/23/02 4:57 p.m. | |
Um, Correct Me If I'm Wrong... | ATMantis | 5/26/02 6:40 a.m. | |
Re: Um, Correct Me If I'm Wrong... | ATMantis | 5/27/02 7:51 p.m. | |
Re: Um, Correct Me If I'm Wrong... | John Denton | 5/27/02 8:25 p.m. | |
Re: Um, Correct Me If I'm Wrong... | ATMantis | 6/1/02 1:03 a.m. | |
Re: Um, Correct Me If I'm Wrong... | John Denton | 5/27/02 8:19 p.m. |
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