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| Transport Form |
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| Biological information |
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| Distinctions |
- Four Triple Joined arms
- Recycle biomass
| | Known Species |
Flood
| | Attacks |
None, only used to transport.
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The Flood Transport Form, more commonly known as the Sweeper, was a Flood Pure Form[1]. Unlike the Carrier Form, which carries and incubates Infection Forms, the transport would carry up to six unarmed Combat Forms to any particular destination.
[edit] Background
[edit] Physical Description & Physiology
The sweeper would have had four triple-jointed walking arms to move its load of troops around, and featured numerous tentacles to consume or recycle biomass, dead or alive. The sweeper also boasted a biomass re-processor that converted recently consumed biomass into rapid-growth embryos or Combat Forms.
[edit] Biomass Conversion
Before the Sweeper, or Transport Form, released its cargo, it would pass four steps, specifically:
- The Sweeper would pick up and collect any available biomass with it's tentacles, whether that be an already assimilated Flood entity, or a sentient being.
- The biomass was then put inside of the Sweeper, and consumed for internal recycling.
- When enough biomass was consumed and processed, the Sweeper's growth pods would begin to form and then proceed to grow within the creature.
- The Sweeper would then cough up and shoot the growth pod into the air.
[edit] Trivia
- This was first seen in The Art of Halo 3, though it was cut from the retail version of Halo 3.
- It may be like the Carrier Alien from Aliens Versus Predator: Extinction.
[edit] Sources
- ↑ The Art of Halo 3, page 27
