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| {{Status|Canon}} | | {{Era|Post}} |
| {{Species infobox | | {{Flood infobox |
| |variant=Flood
| | |image=[[File:HW2-Spawner.png]] |
| |name=Spawner
| | |distinctions= Spawns [[Pod infector]]s |
| |image=[[File:Enc22 Spawner.png|300px]] | |
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| |classification=[[Flood pure form|Pure form]]
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| |species=[[Flood]]
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| |distinctions=Tripodal leg arrangement, with a large sac filled with [[infection form]]s
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| The '''Spawner''' is a [[Flood]] [[Flood pure form|pure form]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=411}} They serve the Flood as mobile gestation pods, creating new forms of Flood in the field as the situation requires.{{Ref/Game|Id=PL|HW2|Phoenix Logs|Detail=Spawners}} | | The '''Spawner''' is a [[Flood]] form, created specifically to fight [[Banished]] and [[Installation 00|Ark]] defenses in [[2559]].<ref name="Spawner">'''Halo Wars 2''', ''[[Phoenix Logs]]'' - Spawner</ref> |
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| ==Overview==
| | Spawners were created to quickly venture out of the [[High Charity]] quarantine zone and spread the Flood infection to nearby [[refugia]]. During a Flood assault, Spawners sit near the back of the assault and continuously spawn [[Pod infector]]s to continue besieging an enemy force. If the enemy attacks, the Spawner will spawn a counter-unit that is specialized to deal with it.<ref name="Spawner"/> |
| Flood Spawners are an example of the Flood's adaptiveness to changing situations; they were first created during the [[Outbreak on Installation 00]] in mid-[[2559]], in response to the defenses put up by the [[Banished]] and [[Sentinel]]s on [[Installation 00|the Ark]].{{Ref/Reuse|PL}} They were first let loose during the [[Clan of the Long Shields]]' opening of [[High Charity]]'s wreckage,{{Ref/Level|HW2|What Could Go Wrong?}} before being used to spread the [[Flood outbreak]] to new [[refugia]].{{Ref/Reuse|PL}}
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| The Spawner's most notable feature is the brood sac hanging down from its body. Similarly to static [[Flood blister|blisters]], these sacs can be used to grow [[infection form]]s of all kinds.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} During a Flood assault, Spawners sit near the back of the swarm and continuously spawn [[Infection form]]s to continue besieging an enemy force, changing forms depending on the type of enemies they are faced with.{{Ref/Reuse|PL}}
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| ===''Halo Wars 2''===
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| Spawners serve as the Flood's rough equivalent of a troop transport carrier and - in gameplay purposes - the Flood's answer to either the [[UNSC]]'s [[M650 Mastodon]] or the [[Banished]]'s [[Eklon'Dal Workshop Wraith Invader|Wraith Invader]], although they function differently than a conventional troop transport. | | Spawners serve as the Flood's rough equivalent of a troop transport carrier and - in gameplay purposes - the Flood's answer to either the [[UNSC]]'s [[M650 Mastodon]] or the [[Banished]]' [[Wraith Invader]], albeit they function entirely differently than a conventional troop transport. |
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| Spawners will take position in the Fog of War and begin spawning either [[Pod infector/Gameplay|Pod infectors]], [[Flood infester form|Infesters]] or [[Seeder infector]]s, depending on what is effective against the units the player is using. However, Spawners are slow, and will succumb to heavy firepower when faced with a diverse array of units.
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| ====Phoenix Log====
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| {| class="wikitable": style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none; width: 45%"
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| |+ '''[[Phoenix Logs|Phoenix Log]] - Spawners'''
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| |{{:Phoenix Logs/Flood Units/Spawners}}
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| ==Production notes==
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| In the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)]]'', the artwork used to the Spawner and the [[Flood infester form|Infester]] forms are swapped around - one of [[Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)#Mistakes|several errors]] in the book. The correct artwork from the Encyclopedia is used at the top of this page.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery>
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| File:HW2 FloodSpawner Front.png|A front view of a Flood spawner.
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| File:HW2 FloodSpawner Attacking.png|A Flood spawner's projectile attack.
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| File:HW2 FloodSpawner Release.png|A Flood spawner releasing a swarm of pod infectors.
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| File:HW2 ForbiddenBuffet.png|A Flood spawner and two [[Flood infester form]]s among a cluster of [[Flood blister]]s.
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| File:HW2 Spawner 1.png|An in-game screenshot of the spawner.
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| File:HW2 Spawner 2.png|A side view of the Flood spawner.
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| </gallery>
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| ==List of appearances== | | ==List of appearances== |
| *''[[Halo Wars 2]]'' | | *''[[Halo Wars 2]]'' |
| **''[[Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare]]'' {{1st}}
| | *''[[Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare]]''{{1st}} |
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
| {{Ref/Sources}}
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| {{Flood}} | | {{Flood}} |
| [[Category:Flood forms]] | | [[Category:Flood]] |
