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April 25, 2003
Longevity
Shane Meyer (keymeyer@mac.com) writes: In Halo: The Flood, some of the marines talk about when a grunt or jackal was infected by the Flood it was used as a "nucleus" from which several other Flood "spore" forms grow around. This proves that without a doubt that without hosts to "infect", the Flood would perish, if not go through a long hibernation such as the one they went through on Halo. That only leaves one more question? Can the Flood weaken and die over time or can they remain in hibernation indefinitely?
Given the seemingly immense lengths of time that the Flood laid dormant within the Halo prior to their most recent flourishing, it would appear that they can hibernate for quite a while (unless, as has also been speculated, they were in a state of suspended animation/stasis of sorts). But if this is the case, and the Flood are only forced into remission by a lack of host, rather than eliminated entirely through starvation, then what good is the Halo, a weapon that would then only slow the inevitable?
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-Finn
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