Can Master Chief be infected by the flood?

In Halo: The Flood, Master Chief almost becomes infected by an infection form when it penetrates into his chest and almost manages to reach his spine. In The Mona Lisa, a Marine was slashed by a Combat Form and was infected that way.
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Why doesn't Master Chief get infected by the flood?

Also the only reason Sergeant Johnson doesn't get infected is because he has Boron's Syndrome/Orion Augmentations which made his Nervous System so screwed up that the Flood couldn't get a match with his Nervous system rendering him immune to getting infected though he does have Flood DNA in him.
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Did any Spartans get infected by the flood?

Yes, they are human afterall, and the Flood can easily break through a Spartans Visor or Armour and infect them. Allthough in irony, Johnson, which has no armour, is inmune to the Flood infection.
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Is Sergeant Johnson immune to the Flood?

After a harrowing escape, Johnson accompanied the new and growing crew as the ship moved through Slipspace. Unknown to him, Dr. Halsey and John-117 were reviewing his medical files. They matched Johnson's survival against the Flood to his Boren's Syndrome.
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Are grunts immune to the Flood?

Looking back, I realise that the Grunts and the Jackals are the only two species that don't get infected by Flood, and are instead just outright killed ingame.
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How Master Chief was ALMOST infected by the Flood



Can the flood infect dead?

Infection forms can be dispatched with a single shot from any weapon (heat is most effective), but can easily overwhelm in large numbers. Infection Forms can reanimate disabled Combat Forms and infect deceased bodies.
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What can the flood infect Halo?

The Flood is depicted as a parasitic organism that infects any sentient life of sufficient size. The largest self-contained form that the Flood can produce itself without using other biomass is an "infection form".
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Are the flood on Zeta Halo?

Nope. Allusions are made in the early chapters of the Halo Infinite campaign that Zeta Halo hides a threat that stands to be far worse than the Flood. And the creepy parasitic species does not appear in any capacity.
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Why did the arbiter never affected by the flood?

Why was the Arbiter not infected through the inhalation of flood spores? It makes sense that J-117 was not infected, as he presumably has an air filtration system.
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Who created the Flood in Halo?

According to Halo lore, the Flood is a product of a war between the Forerunners and the Precursors. Some Precursors, who lost the war, were turned into regenerative dust that created horrific mutations. The remaining Precursors assimilated into this newfound corruption.
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How did the flood survive Halo?

"Anything with sufficient biomass or cognitive capability to sustain them". So somehow, when the Halos activate, they target only large creatures, and creatures with sentience. The Flood are immune to the firings of the Halo. However, without food to sustain them, they went into deep hibernation.
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Do we ever see Master Chief's face?

Paramount's Halo adaptation finally got its debut yesterday, having been stuck in production for what seems like forever. And, in the very first episode, the face of Master Chief was revealed.
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How did Sgt Johnson survive the flood?

He barely escapes being overwhelmed by the Flood's infection forms before reaching a lift out of the containment facility. From there Johnson escapes aboard a Pelican gunship with a handful of other survivors just prior to the ring's destruction.
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Are Flood in Halo infinite?

While the terrifying parasite didn't directly appear in the Halo Infinite campaign, players did notice that in the game's second level, Foundation, a Forerunner cylix labelled with a Flood Infection Form symbol could be found in a secret room (thanks, HiddenXperia).
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Do grunts get infected by the flood?

This suggests that Grunts and Jackals are in fact readily infectable by the Flood, and are later augmented in some way to become Carrier Forms.
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Why did Cortana turn evil?

For those not in the know, Cortana is well past the age an AI should be, and she now suffers from Rampancy, which has essentially turned her evil. This new Cortana seems based on Dr. Halsey — just like the original — but it's the AI effectively in her infancy.
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Why are hunters immune to the flood?

The reason Hunters cannot be infected with the Flood is the Hunters are not one creature. They are a lot of little worms that form into one big killing machine, and so, do not have a central nervous system. Those same worms are also used to form Scarabs!
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What is the biggest threat in Halo?

The Flood presents the most variable faction in the trilogy, as it can infect and mutate Humans and Covenant species, such as Sangheili and Jiralhanae, into Combat Forms. They are widely considered to be the greatest threat to the whole existence of life, or more accurately, biodiversity, in the Milky Way galaxy.
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Can the flood infect machines?

While most commonly associated with AIs, this form of corruption is not limited to machine entities: given the right conditions, the Flood is capable of manipulating organic beings as well due to the Gravemind's immense intelligence as well as its powerful metaphysical abilities.
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Can Lekgolo be infected by the flood?

Yes. Unless the Flood have numbers, countless overwhelming numbers.
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