Could the Earth Survive a Flood Infection? (One Single Spore) | Halo Lore

It's 2018. A single flood spore has landed in rural Australia. Can we survive? Find out on today's episode of Halo: Lore.
We look deep at the flood in today's Halo Lore video, to determine whether the earth in 2018 could survive an attack from the flood. Footage from Halo 3, Halo 2, Halo CE, and the Halo 2a/Halo 4 terminals.
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[@vermas4654]

- flood spore lands in Australia - it meets Australia wildlife - flood dies

[@ultra-nationalistodst8085]

The thing is whatever ate that infection form is now infected

[@joechang1958]

Imagine land in Russia

[@znspyder]

@@joechang1958 Resistance, except instead of chimera, you get the flood.

[@lopburiinoz9849]

You’re bloody right mate

[@MaluluKeleGuiSila]

Heck even Australian flowers are ready to kill

[@jalakor]

“Bullets are basically the worst weapon for fighting the Parasite” My shotgun says otherwise.

[@ragnar2068]

It fires shells or slugs not bullets

[@the_normal_guy63]

@@ragnar2068 Laughs in M6D

[@kitsuneoffacade9120]

ragnar *laughs in halo 3 submachine gun

[@marranin007]

*laughs in turret

[@hochimane6535]

@@ragnar2068 buckshot or birdshot, little metal balls called "shot" hence "shotgun"

[@loganwalker1023]

Maybe we would survive IF JEKINS FIRED HIS WEAPON

[@akarbit3r111]

Your missing a letter, but agree nontheless

[@mattt525]

God dammit Jenkins!

[@danwrinkle7677]

I was looking at that scene wondering hmm who didn't fire... Then I realized it was a from Jenkins perspective

[@sarahbaker4345]

so true

[@TheKingOfHalo]

There were too many of them.

[@Abdega]

1:40 “Rural Australia” That’s assuming Rural Australia doesn’t kill it first

[@pipsqeak7104]

yeah, the spiders would eat the flood

[@Adoring-Fan]

Or crazy bogans high in Ice.

[@kysbleach6354]

Admiral Ackbar or the mighty emus

[@jacobbrewer2190]

I mean Australia is crazy

[@falcongamer58]

pip squeak if the spiders eat the Flood, they get infected

[@lilnoodleman2429]

Us Australians already lost a war against Emu's, i cant imagine us winning against flood infected Emu's. :(

[@EckhartsLadder]

Lmao

[@stevenmcgee9588]

LMAO I can’t believe that really happened I had to look it up.

[@boxman9033]

LOL

[@mariusbrandon2617]

But what if it landed in rural USA?

[@masonweiner3246]

Marius Brandon the Flood would run away when it came into contact with it’s first hillbilly.

[@SigRho1429]

The lore never talks about what happens if the Flood infect aquatic animals. They grab a reasonably intelligent dolphin or whale that comes up for air and the oceans will be infected in no time. That protects them from weapons of mass destruction, and gives them superior mobility across the surface of the planet.

[@Jdporte27]

SigRho1429 thats deep....no pun intended

[@FlyingRaijin52]

Well there are flood tadpoles.

[@ImperativeGames]

Yep, the Flood will go to the oceans, as well as populated cities

[@marranin007]

And that would also mean that they could infect humans traveling through the ocean

[@satan7350]

@@marranin007 imagine a flood whale destroying a ship sailing through the ocean.

[@Lerpustin]

We would need a lot of shotguns

[@phantom117b4]

Shotguns and Rocket Launchers, maybe Railguns

[@gabrielgarcia9822]

Combat evolved shotgun?

[@thedivide9559]

Flamingdarkrider lol trying to use a class 0 suit against the flood is like trying to fight someone without a stab resistant vest to protect you. Not happening

[@Cecil97]

With incendiary rounds

[@drearyplane8259]

Phantom117 B Handheld railguns would be and are useless against the Flood's swarm tactics.

[@darthvader4594]

Trump will build a wall around Australia and the flood will have to pay for it.

[@djcreations1024]

Darth Vader lol

[@luigithegreat1331]

#TRUMP2020

[@itsyaboidaniel2919]

Shit bruh you right

[@djcreations1024]

And Korea(north) would just nuke Australia

[@john-wo4rv]

XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[@crimzonpegasus9714]

Halo fans would see this coming and warn the military....or at least try to

[@eemeli6706]

CrimZon Pegasus lol

[@kuroisntthefox6729]

YES

[@dlcshadowheartlordofdomina7504]

No, Halo fans would get the fuck off this planet.

[@michaeljohn4687]

That or be thrown in a phsychiatric ward

[@assassain0425]

DLCShadowHeart Lord of Domination nukes plenty of nukes

[@weijunsyu]

The only way we would survive is if we got to reverse 4th wall break or something and even then most likely it would just go something like "oh shit ive seen this in Halo we are all screwed"

[@km5405]

press the button and pray our grandchildren forgive us for it ;)

[@spicytaco3209]

We can't fend off corona, so most certainly not the flood.

[@iamlordstarbuilder5595]

@Travis L that wouldn’t stop them

[@iamlordstarbuilder5595]

@Travis L wtf are you on about? Most of the damage of a nuke isn’t the actual yield of the nuke but the radiation it leaves behind, something the Flood are familiar with and even if they weren’t, they’re able to regenerate and generate new limbs and tentacles entirely which implies gene repair. A single city would require several nuclear explosions to completely wipe out a Flood infestation to acceptable levels, and the resulting environmental changes would damage the atmosphere and by extension our survivability as humans (but not the Flood’s).

[@courdell7426]

@Travis L no mamis wey

[@courdell7426]

@Travis L no mamis wey

[@courdell7426]

@Travis L no mamis wey

[@Rogue_Phantom]

14,000,605 possible outcomes. How many do we win? .....One.

[@itsyaboidaniel2919]

If this video was made after that meme was made then this comment would have many more likes

[@Rogue_Phantom]

It's Ya Boi Daniel Likes or not, I still had to throw that in lol

[@itsyaboidaniel2919]

Perhaps

[@Lugiavsgiratina]

Avengers Infinity War was the place were you stole this line

[@Rogue_Phantom]

Dialgavspalkia Didn’t steal it, I just used it as a reference because I thought it’d fit right in.

[@solorhypercane5041]

This sounds like a great plague inc senario

[@Lerpustin]

solorhurrcane 695 my words exactly

[@dustinmorse8497]

If would be too easy.

[@neilharrington3798]

Hey how about you watch this kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3XGmGx-g9Fjo5I

[@onord2425]

right

[@magmorix3883]

I've always wanted to make that.

[@JGuraan]

"Earth will recognize the Flood danger fairly quickly and will unify to fight it. Geopolitical rivalries or concerns won't really play into effect here." Oh, oh how naive we were...

[@charlestownsend9280]

Yeah post covid this video is quite amusing.

[@RealUSC]

@@charlestownsend9280 very true

[@bicepbrah8179]

True, although Covid isn't on nearly the same spectrum as an alien parasite species lol.

[@commandertaco1762]

Flood: *starts its invasion in russia* Stalin: *exists* Flood: *starves to death*

[@TheCreatorBeast]

*sees video title* Easy answer, make a ring 10,000km in size and make it wipe out all sentient life within the galaxy. Oh wait...

[@yellowhoodie5299]

TheCreatorBeast wait.. 10,000 Metres?

[@TheCreatorBeast]

Yes I forgot the k in kilometers sorry :p

[@darthvader4594]

Short answer:no Long answer:no.

[@Louthanjen]

longer answer no no no

[@itsyaboidaniel2919]

Short Answer: No Long Answer: Nope

[@Diego-fn3ql]

long answer: hell no

[@4realm8rusirius]

Darth Vader short answer:no long answer:were fucked

[@mihailazar2487]

long answer : FUCK, NO !

[@JesusChrist-sd9vp]

Man shows infection form Man:new popcorn *5* *seconds* *later* World is overwhelmed by popcorn

[@jonathanpirolo3996]

why is it always astrulia

[@thorshammer7883]

Jonathan Pirolo What you need is the SCP Foundation.

[@o_o-037]

Because everything dangerous lives in Australia.

[@jonathanpirolo3996]

like poptartinvasion said have you ever been to astrulia

[@jonathanpirolo3996]

A Small Mustache Man that explains it

[@bogustoast22none25]

I haven't seen this video and already I know why this is the best comment.

[@Mr_Spaghetti]

Watching this in 2020, and the belief that humanity would 1. recognize a viral enemy and the danger it posed “relatively quickly,” and 2. that “political rivalries or concerns won’t play into” how the threat is tackled is uhh... laughable. Laughable, and very sad at the same time.

[@welkingunther5417]

Yeah...

[@danielawesome36]

Oh shoot-!

[@brandonmiller9155]

Seeing how this is a 100% kill rate… Id say you’re laughable.

[@Mr_Spaghetti]

@@brandonmiller9155 100%? Yeah okay, maybe if you get your (fake) news from ECB or Vyrant Telecom. If you watch Intersystem or the ACC and actually knew what you were talking about, you’d know fatality rates are way lower than that, and a lot of hospitals _fake_ Flood infections for ONI relief funds. Sgt. Johnson has been around a million Flood and he’s fine. Probably cuz the whole thing is a hoax, and anyone who wears an energy shield to “protect against” Flood is a moron

[@kakyoin9688]

@@Mr_Spaghetti this is different actual zombies not a virus that has a less than 2 percent death rate.

[@AbysmalGaming]

Why you put it in australia? Come on, Ww already got spiders.

[@carlsagan7452]

Dude I know. I have grown up in the western U.S. I've always said i will NEVER sit on a toilet in Australia. Haha

[@Hadgerz]

FLOOD BIOMASS COMPRISED OF AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK WILDLIFE? Humanity is fucked.

[@joshuakarmann7488]

aw yea flood infected snakes, spiders and kangaroos would be way worse than bears, lions, wolfs, hyenas etc... our wildlife is not scary at all lol

[@charlesdark2861]

The Emus would beat the Flood.

[@eccentriccheeze5962]

@@joshuakarmann7488 it actually would be worse than bears and wolves

[@kyle11177]

This is why I support Elon Musk flamethrowers. Arm the world, stop the flood. Elon Musk flamethrowers

[@collindeden5990]

Until people get infected then you got flame thrower wielding combat forms gotta think harder when it comes down to flood

[@satan7350]

@@collindeden5990 also they can use much longer range weaponry and can just infect vehicles too.

[@Nombre_Nombre_Cuenca]

Libertarian right be like:

[@huguesdepayen1]

Yeah but his flamethrowers are pretty shit though, he’d have to make proper ones for it to be effective.

[@generalkenobi5173]

*Short Answer* "NO" *Long answer* "Watch The Video"

[@jackattack8098]

If we did have AI it would be worse because of the logic plauge.

[@K1NG0FW0LV35]

there's alexa, siri, and the robot android things

[@wendysfreshneverfrozen1853]

THE DOLTISH CELVESTIAN none of those are smart ai

[@-combat_hippie-1088]

Jackattack809 Oh oh!! Do Dead Space Necromorphs in the Star Wars universe or Necromorphs vs Flood

[@FreeTrojanVirusFoM]

is Doge your furry persona?

[@Blade4952]

Logic plague only occurs after a gravemind has been created. For an outbreak limited to just Earth it would not be a factor.

[@thebigdmullet8784]

Australian politics actually doing something 😱

[@bittern4464]

Donkey King4 yeah, not fucking likely mate. Our govt couldn't decide what to have for dinner tonight let alone how to deal with something actually dangerous.

[@nickgrimm3840]

Judging by modern humanity's response to covid, I'm thinking no

[@brandondubois4300]

When the Australian government failed, they'd send Emu's after them. Good luck flood!

[@collindeden5990]

Flood. Infect the emus

[@SamYT-zu3uq]

IF THE FLOOD COMES TO AUSTRALIA WE’LL SEND OUR ARMY OF EMU’S!!!!

[@itsyaboidaniel2919]

Ayy lmao

[@youknowwhatithinking2815]

@@itsyaboidaniel2919 Hi 140th try

[@itsyaboidaniel2919]

+New Species Greetings individual

[@schlachtfilms7179]

Well they will probably still die ;-;

[@itsyaboidaniel2919]

+ItsSeanHere Boi Never underestimate the power of the Emus

[@NaD-o2p]

Me watching in 2020: LOL we can't even survive a simple virus nevermind the bloody Flood!

[@yeetyeet5079]

Well you can’t see corona you can see flood forms

[@bobross3880]

What did you mean by this? Pretty dumb comment considering…you lived well enough to watch a casual video and comment your opinion on it. COVID was never even close to an existential threat lmfao.

[@GeekEntertainmentConsumer]

​I mean, if we can't handle something that isn't really a threat when it comes to contagion, imagine how we'll handle something that is? ​@@bobross3880

[@JavierPerez-ri3mr]

Lets think.Do they like fire? No? Then Napalm is the best choice!

[@lgtvflia.ruffinelli6569]

n a p a l m i n t h e m o r n i n g

[@loganwalker1023]

Quality Content Guy not a lot of things like fire to begin with

[@nerdygeek4845]

*throws Geneva Convention out the window*

[@deltataskteam0975]

Give em the ol Vietnam tactic

[@TheTendermen]

Plus Australia's plantlife is designed to catch on fire

[@togglefire3537]

I read the title of this video, laughed, and then said, "Yeah.... No"

[@Professional_Dirtbag_Hippie]

The most unrealistic part isn’t the super powered alien parasite, but Earth working together to combat a single threat

[@Up8Y]

Short answer: No. Long answer: Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@sublimetranscendence]

Wildlife in Australia would be our only chance in defeating the Flood! There's some nasty stuff back there.

[@magmorix3883]

gabriel carier what happens when the flood infects it, though

[@martinverdesotocontreras4948]

We get fuk when the flood infects those big ass spiders

[@AbysmalGaming]

gabriel carier the drop bears will get them

[@HOLDENPOPE]

*The spore. Would be obliterated. By the heat.* We all know Eckharts chose Australia because its heat would murder the spore.

[@jacobstarr9010]

Almost everybody: screaming and running Halo fans: gets out sword/shotgun and flamethrower

[@marcshaw8620]

Instead of nukes and rifles wouldn't Napalm bombs and the widespread usage of flamthrowers be more effective against the flood

[@rulingmoss5599]

The flood always adapt, even if you kill a combat form the infection is still there.

[@SUSsykage]

Rulingmoss 55 Fire is the best way to kill Flood. Biomass melts and nothing survives it. Even Hidden Xperia, the god of Flood Lore, said this as humanities best weapon against Flood. Plasma is essentially fire, which is used by the Covenant, to combat the Flood and stop its spread (check Halo 3 for that). Seriously though, our only option is to use Flamethrowers and Fire to kill everything at once though Flood Spores will still live.

[@starstudiosRPG]

Why wouldn’t nukes work?

[@Warmerfaun]

@@starstudiosRPGthe danger of nukes is mostly the radiation

[@MarkSpurrell]

Ooo, Halo content. Love it Eck, keep it up!

[@skeezixmccat]

I bet Madagascar survives.

[@jed123e]

Nice reference :)

[@isaacshenton9330]

Madagascar has had an increase in the black death outbreaks recently they've got that to deal with

[@joshuakelly1846]

Ha

[@charlesdark2861]

Nah, Greenland survives.

[@nowdefunct6075]

its *_always_* greenland

[@berryjuice8348]

Easy, use bug spray.

[@ljiljanaradotovic6494]

they are not bugs they are dogs

[@asgore4719]

@@ljiljanaradotovic6494 they are neither

[@keeptv1918]

The actual pandemic shows that we literally wouldn’t stand even a remote chance. 0% survival for RL earth.

[@JP-rf8rr]

Imagine if the flood landed in the Sudan. It would have access to villages that nobody really checks on and would have easy access to 3 continents.

[@Jockster109]

Gipsy danger vs The Iron Giant vs Liberty Prime Also if the infection form infected a flat earther, the flood loses as the intelligence they have gathered is incorrect. Jk.

[@itsyaboidaniel2919]

pls no Gipsy

[@Jockster109]

It's Ya Boi Daniel Why though. It's just a big robot man. Big robot fighting ftw.

[@itsyaboidaniel2919]

Big Robots Fighting but some robots are sometimes WAY bigger than others: Gipsy Danger: 260 Feet Iron Giant: 60 feet Liberty Prime: 40 Feet

[@LAV-III]

Take On Me jipsy would win 10/10 with the chain sword

[@itsyaboidaniel2919]

Well Eckhart did Iron Giant vs Liberty Prime, gg lmao

[@TheInfiniteSheldon]

I always considered John Carpenter's "The Thing" as the most optimistic scenario for a Flood infestation.

[@Kelenae]

Short answer : No Long Answer: Noooooooooooo

[@mattjamco]

Anyone else watching to get tips on Coronavirus survivability?

[@TheStarksRegards]

Humanity VS a plague? Nah, we’re playing on easy mode and it’s still kicking our ass lmao

[@UNSCLEADER]

Like the Flood can stand a chance against Cassowaries, Drop bears and Magpies. Too be honest I think starting them in Australia is a little unfair.

[@mortemtyrannus8813]

You forgot the most fearsome of Australian wildlife - the Emu. No other animal on Earth has been in a war against humanity, let alone won a war against us.

[@speedy01247]

If the flood were to be placed in Africa or even south America the world would not stand a chance. (unless those first flood forms die to bad luck)

[@sethtanner6407]

Flood land in australia, Its simply the biggest spawn trap

[@braedenlane5938]

Lol I am Astralian

[@lukeskywalkerthe2nd773]

I've been waiting for you to do a video like this Eck! Thanks so much for doing it, it's so awesome!!! :)

[@swankysloth]

Americans would just be like, "This is no different from the flu. One day it'll just go away, like magic."

[@takeyouforgranite7850]

This idea was actually covered pretty well before in SCP-610 on the SCP wiki. SCP-610 is basically the flood, but seemingly created from magic of some sort. The way they dealt with them there was to isolate the cities 610 took over, killing everything that tried to get out. Theoretically, the principle could apply here. You would need to try pretty hard to keep the area isolated, however...

[@lyrimetacurl0]

TakeyouforGranite what if a single spore got out?

[@sunwarrior1351]

Then we're fucked

[@Garangus]

TakeyouforGranite yeah but no one wanted to go there except for class d's who were not told of it. And the flesh that hates is more horrifying. If it doesn't turn you into a crab with 6 arms and a another head, it will stick u in a pile of biomass as infected ones rip ur body apart and come back later. They also don't need hosts to make forms. They can make them with biomass alone. So even if no more people got infected, the combat forms will keep coming. SCP illustrated did 4 videos on it its pretty good.

[@upengraden3792]

TakeyouforGranite the difference is that SCP-610 doesn't travel airborne.

[@Garangus]

Upengraden The Cuber yeah it does. A guy got shot by accident and the spore got into his suit. He started having seizures and then took a bullet. But tentacles came out and used the cadaver as biomass.

[@rdawg802]

Judging by government actions currently, hell no

[@Aosgood94]

*looks around in 2020* No. No we would not survive.

[@zacimusprime4865]

Epic topic to cover man😃😃😃😎😎!!! And we’d mostly be fucked against the flood the only chance we’d stand now in modern time if they invaded us was to nuke the area of infected victims and as quickly as possible whilst it is as small as possible and I’m glad To Be one of the first people who watch your videos eck😃👍🏻!!!

[@AS-vn8bc]

Just call Chuck Norris

[@fimau7337]

what would happen if he gets infected?

[@bruh-px3uc]

The whole universe is screwed

[@AlienSubjugator]

Or Jason Vorhees. Dude can't be killed. Or stop killing. Lol.

[@liamm7152]

Fimau he can't be infected, he would infect the flood.

[@AS-vn8bc]

in america you infected by flood in Soviet Russia you infect flood

[@TarsonTalon]

I'd like to make a theory on the type of species that WOULD survive a Flood invasion. 1. Has to originate from an otherwise inhospitable planet, either very cold or very hot, that initially only the local fauna has the ability to survive. Their own biology is also great for combat and quick movement (Predatory). 2. Has a nomadic culture with no government, meaning large cities are rare and not considered permanent residence for the vast majority of the population. Essentially, they are only places for business and small scale ship production, and thus are easy to evacuate. Also, every citizen is armed, and carrying arms openly is considered as normal as wearing a wrist watch. People in that species actually get suspicious when you AREN'T armed. 3. Has FTL technology, and self-sustaining space craft. 4. Is not afraid to abandon territory, and groups of the species can operate independently. Members are hyper-individualistic, and exist in small packs. 5. The culture is hyper-meritocratic, where even children are expected to pass a 'right of passage' before even joining the rest of the civilization. They must survive a trip through the wilderness between two cities far from each other, during which survival is not guaranteed. This is done so that they appreciate the comforts of civilization, and thus will protect it. Also, their survival shows investment in these young ones will not go to waste. If they can survive the wilderness, they can certainly find a way to repay a loan. 6. Can develop a way to process the Flood into foodstuffs. Now, what would happen? I will refer to the species as 'Nomads'. 1. Nomads seek to understand what the Flood is as soon as possible. With no government to rely upon for safety, many would do this research of their own volition, and post their findings ASAP when they realize the danger. This species has an advantage against the Flood, because the planet is mostly barren wasteland. 2. Information of the Flood spreads quickly over net, but since each individual is already hardened by their wilderness 'right of passage', and the Nomads have collectively developed a lot of self-confidence through hyper natural selection, there is no panic, as they view this merely as another challenge to be overcome. Moreover, some think there might be opportunity to be had. 3. Most abandon the cities, not initially to run, but to take part in a 'gold rush' to figure out exactly how this strange species (the Flood) can be exploited. 4. The Flood manages to infect some Nomads, but the information they have is pointless because their nomadic culture means nobody really knows where anyone is, and with no specific hard points to attack they are sh*t out of luck. The Nomads the Flood are trying to infect actually gain more knowledge from the experience than the Flood do. 5. Realizing the full scale of the Flood threat, calls are made to family members in space to evacuate their relatives on the planet. Unlike a normal civilization, the Nomad evacuation is not very organized, but that actually serves as an advantage against the Flood, because instead of having massive space ports with big evacuation shuttles that can be targeted, instead there are a few hundred thousand different small extractions scattered about the planet. 6. The Nomads get very upset at the Flood for tarnishing their home world, so rather than getting scared and saddened, they get angry. However, they do not devolve into blind rage, but instead devious scheming. A predatory species does not like being considered prey. 7. The Flood are confounded, because they took the planet, but the vast majority of the Nomad population, as small as it is, just got up and left. Moreover, there was very little in terms of resources to seize. So they leave and find another world to conquer, frustrated. 8. When the Flood do find another world to conquer, the Nomads suddenly appears to poke at its defenses, becoming an annoying distraction at a time the Flood did not expect an attack. It turns out the Nomads had followed the Flood, what nerve! Additionally, during this distraction, the Nomads managed to rescue a small amount of the populace of the planet, along with technology and foodstuffs. They of course do not actually dedicate any resources to saving the planet, and their actions are entirely pragmatic. 9. Eventually, the Nomads find a way to process dead Flood matter into foodstuffs, and find being a ramora upon the giant space shark that is the Flood is actually not a bad existence. Flood is trolled to the point where it finally accepts it cannot shake away the Nomad presence. So they become 'frenemies'. 10. As frenemies, there becomes ridiculous situations where the Nomads would appear, demand the Flood allow them to take certain treasures and save individuals in their wake, and either the Flood would say no and lose massive numbers (which amount to little more than an annoyance, but is an annoyance none the less), or the Flood begrudgingly complies and stays out of the Nomad's way as long as the Nomads stay out of the Flood's way. 11. The goal of the Nomads is never to destroy the Flood, they simply adapted their culture to exist alongside it. However, the day the Flood finally bites off more than it can chew from another force-of-nature level species is the day the Nomads will pounce upon it, perhaps to domesticate it for their own needs. They might view the Flood as an alternative way to preserve generational information, essentially allowing them to communicate with their ancestors directly through a pet Gravemind. Having grown the Gravemind themselves, and the Gravemind having knowledge of their pragmatic nature due to Nomads voluntarily throwing the dead into it, the Flood might settle into a symbiotic relationship with the Nomads as a pseudo protector and deity, rather than a all-consuming conqueror. This pet Gravemind is used to take control the Flood infesting their home world, and bring it back to normal. The Nomads protect the Flood from common knowledge by outside species, and the Flood serve as both a mentor in the present, and a trump card in the future should somebody try to take over the Nomad home world again. Yes, I know it's a very strange scenario. But aliens, ya know? I think Flood cannot be beaten on the battlefield, but rather in philosophy.

[@TarsonTalon]

In case anyone is wondering, this could be a plot point in a new Halo game. The Flood invasion begins, but in addition to the Flood there are strange encounters with an unknown species that is simply OP verses everything else. They simply win on speed, strength, armor, weaponry, work in packs, and present a small silhouette. They are terrifying to fight, but if the player doesn't engage them, they leave them alone. Only consistent way to kill them is with power weapons and good aim. If the player can manage to seize one of the Nomad weapons, they'll find that the rounds have a limited capacity to pass through shields and directly affect health (meaning there would have to be a health system in the game to take advantage of this). This is because they are ballistic rounds drenched in plasma. However, at full health, the rounds do not kill you before your shields pop, and are generally slower at damage overall compared to normal plasma or ballistic weapons. The Nomad weapons typically serve as weapons of attrition, rather than an outright kill weapons. This makes them good at killing the Nomads themselves, because they often do not give you much of an opportunity to hit them, as they are incredibly evasive and prefer not to present themselves a target unless their shields are full. Being able to attack their health directly means that you aren't wasting ammunition when shooting at them with this weapon. These guns are also good against shielded Flood, and Forerunner units (even if parts aren't blasted off, they directly affect their main damage pool). Now, the Nomad's motivations are pretty much exploratory at the beginning. To them, they done this same song and dance before, trying to gather as much knowledge and resources as they can before the Flood overwhelm the galaxy. However, as they begin to discover the Forerunners managed to at least bring the war to a stalemate, and the purpose of the Halo rings, they will find themselves more invested in the conflict between Cortana, UNSC, the Covenant Remnant, the Banished, and the Flood. They will secure for themselves one of the Halo installations, guaranteeing that should any of these things go off, they will be out of range (since they will control the only one in range to kill them). This of course will attract attention from all factions, but all the Nomads have to do is hold the control room, which is a choke point. They will also deploy a 'Aperture Science'-type teleporter, essentially a door folding space that one can shoot and walk through. This means the location is impossible to siege, because supplies and reinforcements can be delivered, and injured extracted with impunity. With the control room all but unassailable, this forces the other factions to engage the Flood, because now the one trump card they had to save the galaxy has been compromised due to Nomad control. If Flood can survive in the one zone now not covered by the Halo array, then activating the Halo array is rendered pointless. These other factions hate the Nomads now, thinking they are sided with the Flood. Of course, the Flood are an enemy no one species can overcome, but requires that all factions set aside their differences and join as one against the Flood. This of course plays directly into the Nomad's true intentions. The war against the Flood rages on, and there is a critical battle against the Flood. The combined alliance of UNSC, Covenant, Swords of Sanghelios, The Banished, and Cortana fight hard, but it is a losing battle. They have dedicated their entire forces to destroying the main Flood fleet, but with the ability of the Flood to take over enemy ships, the outcome seems inevitable. But then something happens NO ONE expects: The Nomads jump in to engage the Flood. They've done the math, and know that this is the critical point to engage the Flood, who have lost numbers and have not yet regained them. The Nomad fleet is unexpectedly huge, although still but 15% the size of the Flood fleet. This takes the Flood by complete surprise. The Nomads had been following the Flood fleet for hundreds of years, and at that point grown accustomed to their presence, with a sort of 'Stockholm Syndrome'. However, the Flood thought IT was the captor, and not the prisoner. It had not known the numbers the Nomads had, because the Nomads themselves made sure the only numbers they kept were 'voluntary assets', rather than total population and material numbers. Even these were not given to any but the highest and most respected members of the Nomads. And these had been recently inflated due to the information gathered researching this galaxy. In other words, individual Nomads were willing to risk more, because the odds were more in their favor. The Keymind curses their apparent 'betrayal', though they should have known better. In response the leader of the Nomads says "I'd be lying if I said there was nothing between us. But if there is going to be a relationship, we'd prefer to be OVER you, rather than under. Surely, even with as few as you had managed to steal from us, that you'd understand this is simply part of our nature? No one hunts Nomads. Not even YOU. But we have hunted you, and enjoyed for the longest time stalking your herd, seeing a great many new places, things, and peoples, as brief as they existed in your presence. But the journey has finally made us weary. Now there have been many generations that have never known frozen windswept plains of our home world, and a many even have never experienced snow! You have made us, EVEN US, wish to settle into homesteads. And I can think no better way to do it, than to finally round you up, take you home, and MAKE YOU OUR LIVESTOCK! Yes, there was a relationship between us, of hunter and prey. But now, it shall be the relationship between a farmer and his animals! But do not dismay. Perhaps one day you will be our slave, and then our equal, and then finally...our friend. But not a moment before you abandon that vain ideal that somehow all life needs protection, and that somehow any mortal species could possibly do that. Fool. You shouldn't protect life. You shouldn't actively destroy it either. But you should protect yourself from it!" So the Nomads finally end the war, and all other factions are godsmacked by how hard they've been trolled by this free anarcho-capitalist society. For the Nomads, it isn't about figuring out who should tell them what to do, but rather what should be done; nothing more, nothing less. That is why they were able to defeat the Flood where all others have failed. You cannot predict the enemy's plans where there are none, you cannot stop which simply goes around you, cannot control that which you have no leverage over, and cannot steal that which is unavailable to be stolen.

[@ottopike737]

do you really think that the flood wouldn't at least eventually figure out how to defeat the nomads? Unless the nomads are just fundimentally different such that the flood can't even use them in theory (like they're a species that doesn't have knowledge as such) then the flood will eventually find a way. when the bear is as smart as God, you can only poke it for so long without making some​ kind of mistake.

[@xxhowisuxx]

On a side note, this type of thing is highly unrealistic, any planet with the ability to host intelligent life will have the ability to host lesser forms, this is evolution at its core, as such the flood will have an endless food supply, some of the people they infect will have knowledge, they will gain ships and weapons, initial infection will likely be several thousand, rather then several hundred individuals, even without knowing where they are the collective knowledge and infinite food supply will be more then enough to destroy other planets, giving yet more food and intelligence, assuming there aren't other worlds it's a bit harder for the flood, but they still win. One thing not mentioned is that the flood are capable of poisoning a planets atmosphere with its infection, if they do this en mass to planets they'll ensure complete destruction.

[@TheSchnieder6]

I don't think that a species could be so disconnected that the flood would gain nothing from infecting individuals, but still tribal enough that they could still coordinate large scale efforts against an all-consuming force as the flood. But if we take a scenario where space faring vehicles, or the knowledge to build them, only stay in space, so as to not allow anyone on the planet with the knowledge or ability to leave, then sure. However, even after being able to avoid feeding the flood's intelligence, the species would need to have fed enough to the flood to know how insidious the infection truly is, otherwise why would they be treated any different than something like rabies. The flood would develop into at least a proto-gravemind before any real containment measures are established. At that point any reamaining biomass on the planet would be enough to progress into a gravemind, if they didn't help it along just to see what would happen. And then the gravemind would have logic plaque and would win from convincing such a curious species, over time, that continues to observe and communicate with the flood, to commit sudoku and feed themselves, en masse, to the flood.

[@dgagamingaesir]

@@TheSchnieder6 or flood vs xenomorphs. Acid blood: my time to shine

[@kevray]

We can’t even fight a coronavirus here in the US

[@AndersonWatanabe67]

Hola there Love your stuff Also the seventh fleet (including thrawn) vs the world

[@dantefrati1313]

General kenobi

[@dantefrati1313]

Hola ahí

[@LAV-III]

Obi-Juan Kenobi the world will be screwed

[@kennyanderson4544]

Based on how its been with Covid alone, no.

[@schmidtyfilms9592]

U should do the Iron Giant vs Liberty Prime from the fallout games

[@darthfenrir4892]

Mr. Schmidty I wish I had a channel DEMOCRACY IS TRUTH!! COMMUNISM IS A LIE!!!

[@Jockster109]

Liberty Prime is more badass, but Iron giant wins 10/10 times.

[@some_shitposting_idiot3023]

Take On Me yet it took an orbital attack to destroy prime

[@Jockster109]

Jordan Kurtis It took a nuclear missile to dismantle the Iron Giant. And then it just rebuilt itself.

[@some_shitposting_idiot3023]

Take On Me prime throws nukes

[@baronvonbeans9887]

People setting their differences aside to stop the apocalypse? You're putting alot of faith into humanity. Everyone's gonna be worried about how it affects them. There might be a couple people who want to help but want to wait for the right moment- do something too early and people think you overreact, do it late and you lose.

[@nickmalachai2227]

This could've been a five second video where he just says "no" and then plays the outro.

[@welkingunther5417]

Lol, I would've been completely fine with that

[@mgnomnom]

hahaha "Earth recognizes it danger pretty quickly" 2 years later Corona Virus

[@melhupby]

I'm a little disappointed this video wasn't just five seconds long. "No. Not even slightly." _Roll credits_

[@NoblesseObligeFtw]

Im pretty sure the flood would also have a great time traveling the ocean, even if it just a couple of spores. Imagine a infected colossal squid, a pod of infected orcas, and an infected great white. The oceans will never be safe again...

[@trafichat]

poor australia

[@chonkyloreraccoon3686]

really if you think about it australia wouldn't lose since everything there is set to super hard mode. your one objective there is to survive as is so whats the difference if a flood spore found itself stuck in the wilderness there? If all else fails the emu will fight them in the second bloodiest war that austraila has ever seen.

[@poloorona3168]

#RememberEarth

[@erindonnelly8283]

I think the floods ability to infect and "zombify" people would be alarming enough to drive the whole planet into a panic

[@someguy2056]

Yay I’m early! Also guessing before I watch the video the answer will be a big fat NO.

[@jonathanpirolo3996]

I'm here now

[@langituifua4416]

Jonathan Pirolo nobody asked

[@jonathanpirolo3996]

no one cares what you say

[@langituifua4416]

You’re right

[@lordnamelessofsomnium5824]

Napalm.

[@Ghxstvz]

"One single flood spore can destroy an entire species."

[@LucasJammons]

Ineffective Human weapons...a shotgun is very effective against the flood...

[@Raffney]

Fire too

[@danielpickrell8311]

Human weapons were most effective than covenant weapons. The flood plus we have a lot of weapons the give off heat when detonated or shot. Tracers have white phosphorus, tanks have heat rounds, shrapnel is hot enough at explosion.

[@VaderViktor]

judging from Earth's response to COVID-19, i dont think we'd respond quick enough

[@DavidbarZeus1]

COVID is nowhere near as dangerous though, never was, never could be

[@VaderViktor]

@@DavidbarZeus1 exactly

[@DavidbarZeus1]

@@VaderViktor My point is that we react faster the more dangerous something is

[@VaderViktor]

@@DavidbarZeus1 we also react far more rashly and recklessly.

[@ThatXoneXnigguh]

Who else is coming here after seeing how the US handled Coronavirus?

[@itsyaboidaniel2919]

Blacklight Virus vs The Flood *132nd Attempt!!! I WILL NOT STOP!!!*

[@Renlenis]

It's Ya Boi Daniel This shits already been covered in one of his videos

[@itsyaboidaniel2919]

No it hasn't If Eckhart did do a video on it, I WOULD KNOW. Clarification: Blacklight Virus is NOT the Blackwing Virus from Star Wars (so many people get that wrong lmao)

[@valtersplume3726]

The Flood brought down species that were basically gods. Is this video really necessary?

[@Kelorel]

No video where "Anything" vs "The Flood" is really needed. The Flood wins. Nothing can reliably stop them once they get started, which is all they need. I've seen enough to know The Flood are basically undefeatable unless **insert plot armor** happens.

[@kennethkates3140]

You choose. Please like and comment a number. Thank you 🙂 1) StarCraft vs Halo. Can Halo survive a Zerg invasion? 2) 2 Harrower Dreadnaughts vs Venator Star Destroyer 3) Factions Compared Best Military Commander 4) Behemoth Battlecruiser vs Venator Star Destroyer 5) Top 5 Imperial commanders from canon 6) Mandator Class Dreadnaught vs Resurgent class Battlecruiser

[@toby1061]

If flood lands in Russia. Flood: Imma infect all y’all. Russian Winter: Oh I don’t think so.

[@DreamJuice420]

I find it pretty interesting that you overlooked the flood just moving into the ocean... Which makes up most of our planet and is where they would be far more likely to go as sentient beings are in far higher abundance there, coupled with the fact that the flood has no equilibrium in that ecosystem and aquatic life would have no way of retaliating. Once making it into the ocean, it'd be a matter of days before a full gravemind was created and the human race would most likely be none the wiser, which would leave us completely unprepared for such a full scale infection across all continents at once. We would lose. No question. 0.00% chance of survival.

[@xeli3046]

Well given the current lockdown situation, not enough people have taken the pandemic too seriously, especially in the UK. So probably not...

[@sumyungguy8322]

I would eat it before it eats me

[@ljiljanaradotovic6494]

it does not eat you it atacks you which infects you i mean fist time they did eat you but now only infect cuz once upon a time they were dogs

[@tylenmiller1331]

how am i entertained by someone just talking 12 Minutes?

[@millmill4993]

You dumbass nigga you could say that about anything

[@barrybend7189]

Thunderbolt Starfury from Babylon 5 vs the Sabre from Halo Reach. VF-1S Valkyrie variable fighter from SDF Macross (not Robotech) vs the Union Overflag from Gundam 00 Talgeese from Gundam Wing vs the Grimgerde from Gundam IBO.

[@MaluluKeleGuiSila]

Simple answer: No Reason: we can’t even survive the Corona Virus without in-fighting and corruption 😂

[@thelvadam7774]

Thank god there not real 😮

[@HCXVII]

*.............or are they?*

[@davidbosch7061]

Dun dun dun

[@anunc]

There not real. . . . . . Yet

[@ethann462]

They could be we just don't know

[@regularstan6212]

- flood lands in usa - finds no intelligent life - flood dies

[@hekmatyar4476]

-flood lands in Canada -Canadians too nice -flood won’t attack Canadians flood dies -flood land in *SOVIET RUSSIA* -flood gets infected by Russian -flood becomes Russian

[@kevinrodsoccer1997]

prepares for coronavirus The flood: hold my beer

[@TheGleasonMan87]

The Flood's more of a fungus like beer! Everybody would be buying athlete's foot spray

[@mr.snapple1399]

Now do Space Battleship Yamato vs Super Star Destroyer Eclipse

[@TaunTaunTundra4477]

Mr.Snapple and or a excutor super star destroyer with Vader on board I just want the excutor to win so why bother doing the video so no Vader on it plus the eclipse

[@mr.snapple1399]

battle droid excutor doesn’t have a chance against Yamato so that’s why eclipse is there instead

[@rulingmoss5599]

Lmao the yamato is fucked against any star destroyer.

[@mr.snapple1399]

Rulingmoss 55 Space Battleship Yamato we are talking about not the ww2 ship

[@boxman9033]

YAAAAAAA MMMMMMAAAAAAA TTTOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@FoulestJam]

VS matches that I'd like to see. Please. 1. The covenant fleet at Reach (Halo: Reach) vs the Death Star 2 and the imperial fleet at endor (Star Wars: Return of the Jedi) Question: can the covenant fleet destroy the death star and the fleet? 2. Clone Commandos (star wars: the clone wars) vs Spartan 3 head hunters (halo: legends) Question: which special forces/mercanaries are better? 3. Which Admiral is best?: Preston Cole (UNSC), Thel' Vadam (Covenant), akbar (Rebel Alliance) and Thrawn (Empire) Question: Which admiral was best in attacking their enemies in the most efficient and deadly fashion?

[@thearkhamboii628]

FoulestJam72283 😢

[@dabluelizard9165]

Very late comment but anyway. After what has happened with this pandemic, we wouldn’t survive a month

[@Professional_Dirtbag_Hippie]

I would survive, but just me

[@kingsolomon673]

Mitch O'Brien me too

[@Professional_Dirtbag_Hippie]

No just me

[@kingsolomon673]

With me

[@kingsolomon673]

Mitch O'Brien u cant kill me, i have meme powers

[@Professional_Dirtbag_Hippie]

Well, I have the power of god and anime on my side

[@MmKayUltra1]

Looking back on this in 2020: most of the world could do fine. But a few countries won't do anything and will let the gravemind grow.

[@kah3164]

@Travis L Some word for you, they can't just immediately use a nuke. The government would have to agree, but they would probably not use it.

[@donosprey8754]

Seeing how poorly we handled an actual pandemic, no we as a species are screwed if the flood was here

[@greentop1239]

Hm, I think you are right for the most part. Though, hypothetically, if an evacuation attempt was successful (Even partially). we could just firebomb the continent. I imagine that a significant amount of intelligence would have to be built up for the flood to fly anything in any other way than as a makeshift rocket making air to ground operations our best friend. I believe that the deployment of napalm and phosphorous weaponry (Hey, it's not a war crime if it's not against ourselves), combined with possible naval shelling would be effective in the long run. Though him civilian casualties are unavoidable in this situation.

[@greentop1239]

On the otherhand, It's basically an unwinnable situation because all the flood has to do is hitch a ride on some sort of fish or other underwater creature for it to slip any blockade placed around the continant.

[@Kaufky]

You would think the flood would infect all species since it’s so old and since it can infect planets it’s unbelievable

[@valzicplayz3845]

Doubt it the Earth wouldn't unite to fight the Flood, we couldn't even unite to fight against Covid.

[@ottoman_reenactor_ct]

No we would not. Its impossible. Its like intensifying forward firepower. *ITS ALWAYS TO LATEEE!!!!!!!*

[@LAV-III]

cemo1999 lmaooooooo

[@xenomorphwarrior2315]

LOL

[@dersensenmann366]

cemo1999 study up on the English language please.

[@ottoman_reenactor_ct]

Der Sensenmann yeah man no thanks already studying at UK in Uni so I think my english is well enough.

[@ottoman_reenactor_ct]

Der Sensenmann being a smartass didn’t work out so well right my boy. well only stupid claims but no action :P

[@theLivind]

Cool, but what about the Tyranids form 40k invading the Star Wars galaxy?

[@FreemanicParacusia]

theLivind ANYTHING 40K would eat us for breakfast

[@dirpyturtle69]

yea 40k is to op is no fair

[@jacob7931]

I don't really know much about the lore of the flood, but couldn't humanity just start living underwater because wouldn't that limit the amount of flood spores reaching us...

[@itsyaboidaniel2919]

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