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| {{Status|Canon}} | | {{Era|HW}} |
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| |name=Bomber | | |name=Flood Bomber Form |
| |image=[[File:HW FloodBomber 1.png|200px]]
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| |classification=[[Flood carrier form|Carrier form]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P409}} | | |height= |
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| |species=[[Flood]] | | |species=[[Flood]] |
| |subspecies= | | |attacks=Drops [[Flood Growth Pods]] on enemies |
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| |distinctions=*Airborne{{Ref/Reuse|Beachhead}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P409}}
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| *Large, bulbous abdomen{{Ref/Reuse|Beachhead}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P409}}
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| The ''' bomber form ''' is an airborne [[Flood]] [[Flood carrier form|carrier form]] created through the infection of an airborne pseudo-[[Wikipedia:Cephalopod|cephalodpod]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22P409|Enc22|Page=409}} It attacks by dropping [[Flood blister|blisters]] full of [[pod infector]]s and [[Flood spore|spore]]s onto enemies from above.{{Ref/Reuse|Beachhead}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P409}} Numerous bomber forms were encountered during the [[Battle of Trove|Battle of]] [[Trove]] in [[2531#February|February 2531]].{{Ref/Reuse|Beachhead}}
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| ==Overview==
| | The ''' Flood Bomber Form ''' is an airborne [[Flood|Flood]] form and a ''[[Halo Wars]]'' Flood unit.<ref>http://www.mahalo.com/Halo_Wars_Skulls</ref> It attacks by dropping [[Flood Growth Pods]] full of [[Infection Form]]s on enemies. It is usually spawned through either a [[Flood Den|Flood den]], [[Flood Vent|vent]] or [[Flood Colony|colony]]. |
| ===Description===
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| With an non-sapient airborne pseudo-[[Wikipedia:Cephalopod|cephalodpod]] serving as its orignal host, the bomber form is a variation of [[Flood]] [[Flood carrier form|carrier form]] that uses its host's gas bladders to stay aloft.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P409}} The bomber form bears a strange and haunting shape, with a large, flesh-bound mouth and long, finger-like tendrils. Its "head" is set at the front of a bulbous rear section that is used to incubate [[pod infector]]s and [[Flood spore|spore]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P409}}{{Ref/Reuse|Beachhead}}
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| ===Behavior=== | | ==Description== |
| The bomber form floats around the environment, incubating [[Flood blister|blister]]s within its body and dropping them onto victims below, effectively seeding areas with the parasite with much less risk of being damaged in retaliation.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P409}} | | The '''Bomber Form''' appears to have an abdomen similar to the head of a [[Flood Carrier Form]], and this is likely where they incubate their [[Infection Form]]s. It is also probably where they hold whatever keeps them in the air, probably a lighter-than-air gas, similar to [[Huragok]]. |
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| ==History==
| | The front has a face-shaped appendage with two empty eye-holes. Because most [[Flood]] forms do not use eyes, but instead the sensory 'legs' on the end of the Infection Forms, to move around, it is likely this is a natural creature to the Shield World which has been taken over by the Flood and turned into a floating carrier. It is likely it was a floating creature already. Although there are many rumors, it cannot be an infected Huragok as Huragok are artificially created. It has two arm-like tentacles coming from the sack on either side of the 'head', and many tentacle-like appendages coming from the 'mouth'. |
| Numerous bomber forms were created by the Flood during the outbreak on the [[Forerunner]] [[shield world]] of [[Trove]]. These were encountered by the crew of the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} during [[Battle of Trove|a battle]] between them and the [[Covenant]] led by the [[Prophet of Regret]].{{Ref/Level|Id=Beachhead|HW|Beachhead (Halo Wars level)|Beachhead}}
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| ==Gameplay==
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| In the mission [[Beachhead (Halo Wars level)|Beachhead]], bomber forms are spawned from both [[Flood den]]s and [[flood colony|colonies]].{{Ref/Reuse|Beachhead}}
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| ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
| The [[Halo Wars skulls#Pain Train|Pain Train skull]] on the level ''Beachhead'' requires the player to kill ten bomber forms. | | *The [[Halo Wars Skulls#Pain Train|Pain Train skull]] on the [[Halo Wars]] level [[Beachhead]] requires the player to kill 10 of these forms.<ref>[http://www.halowars.com/forums/thread/479061.aspx Halo Wars Official Site Forums], accessed on 25/02/09</ref> |
| | * In an issue of GamePro, it was mentioned that there would be a second flying Flood incarnation besides the Flood Swarms. This turned out to be the Bomber Form. There was also a picture of the Bomber Form accompanied with the confusion of GamePro as to what it was. |
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery>
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| File:HW_VariousFlood_Concept.png|Concept art of a bomber form (top-middle), among other Flood forms.
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| File:HW FloodBomber 2.png|Bomber form side profile.
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| File:HW Flood Bomber form.jpg|Flood bomber form in-game.
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| File:HW Flood Bomber Bombing.jpg|Flood bomber form dropping a Flood blister.
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| File:HW Flood Bombers alt angle.jpg|Two bomber forms.
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| File:HW FloodBomber.jpg|A Flood bomber form.
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| </gallery>
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Halo Wars]]'' {{1st}}
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
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| [[Category:Flood forms]] | | {{flood}} |
| | [[Category:The Flood]] |
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