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===Infection Form=== [[File:Flood3.jpg|thumb|right|An annotated diagram of an [[Infection Form]].]] {{Main|Infection Form}} The Infection Form is the most basic and simple Flood form, and is the smallest, albeit the easiest to defeat, although it is believed to be the most essential, it is the Flood's method of infecting and assimilating other species as these creatures attack in dozens or even hundreds. Their discovery on Halo indicated that either they can remain dormant for countless millennia until a suitable host awakens them or they were kept alive for research purposes. It is a small, spherical organism, with a small, sagging, brown horn projecting from the top of its back, and tentacles projecting from its spherical surface. These tentacles propel the Infection Form through sinusoidal motion, and are used to bring the Infection Form towards its target. Upon reaching its target, it will attempt to infect it by extending its tentacles, penetrating its skin, and contacting the host's spinal cord, bringing about a successive series of neurological and physiological changes to the host. As these changes happen, the infection form will deflate its gas bag, pull itself into the host body, and spread its tentacles throughout the body.<ref>[[Halo: The Flood]] page 180</ref> However, energy shielding provides some protecting against an Infection Form, popping the creature in a small, but damaging, blast of noxious gas. If you pop one that's in a pack it will cause a chain reaction. After infecting viable hosts, the infection form resides in the chest cavity. When the combat form is destroyed, the infection form may or may not escape from the cavity.tee hee. Infection forms are extremely dangerous to unshielded enemies even in small numbers: a single contact between an infection form and an organism lacking a personal energy shield will lead to a horrible assimilation within minutes. But in Halo 3, the coordinated-stage infection forms transform their victims into Combat Forms very rapidly in just a few seconds. Infection forms can't infect beings with strong armour, such as Master Chief. The addition of a personal energy shield is a tremendous advantage in fighting Infection Forms, making them dangerous only in significant numbers: the infection forms must first explode when reaching the potential host, lowering the shields with repeated detonations before seizing upon the unshielded host's armour, and then proceeding to assimilate, requiring a tremendous number of Infection Forms to breach the shielding and combat armour. The Infection form is most easily defeated with the [[M6D pistol]], as the explosive rounds can take out multiple Flood at once, in Halo 3 dual wield Brute [[Maulers]] can effectively take out a pack of infection forms. Or use a plasma grenade to stick them all at once. The only known human survivor of a Flood infection attack was Staff Sergeant Johnson, because of Boren's Syndrome, and Master Chief. Johnson's potential status as a [[Project: ORION|Spartan-I]] means that his survival may have been due to his augmentations, rather than the Boren's Syndrome cover story. The Infection Form penetrates through flesh into the spinal cord. Once the host’s neural signals and bodily functions have been assimilated, the infection form deflates in order to fit between the host’s heart and lungs when it digs itself into the chest of the host’s body. Once inside the host’s body, the infection form spreads its tentacles throughout the host’s body and assumes total control. The infection form then begins a series of neurological and physiological changes to the host’s body, turning it into a combat form. The changes made depend on the species assimilated by the infection form. Infection Forms are also known to age, as can be seen by the [[Elder Infection Form]]. Infection Forms are the base unit of the Flood.
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