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{{Flood Species Infobox
{{Flood infobox
|name=Flood Launcher
| name         = Flood launcher
|image=[[Image:FloodLuncher1.jpg|200px]]
| image       = [[File:HW Flood Launcher.png|300px]]
|height=
| height       =
|distinctions=
| distinctions = Defends [[Flood hive|hives]].
|species=
| attacks     =  
|attacks=
|notable=
}}
}}


The '''Flood Launcher''' is a ''[[Halo Wars]]'' [[Flood]] building.<ref>http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/strategy/halowars/show_msgs.php?topic_id=m-1-48274986&pid=935835&page=2</ref>
The '''launcher''' is a biological structure that the [[Flood]] use to defend their [[Flood hive|hives]].  


==Description==
==Description==
It fires some form of flood-goo out of the whole at the top of the structure at enemy forces.<ref>http://www.gametrailers.com/player/46227.html?type=</ref> In the level [[Shield World (Level)|Shield World]] from [[Halo Wars]], they are used as an anti-air unit, capable of shooting down the evac pelicans for Alpha, Bravo and Charlie Platoon.<ref>Halo Wars Mission 10</ref> Unlike other Flood building forms in Halo Wars, it can be killed completely by conventional means, instead of going into a dormant state from which it will soon recover, in both Campaign and Multiplayer.
Flood launchers fire globs of Flood biomass at enemy forces, seemingly by contracting a muscle analogue and forcing the biomass through a sphincter. The biomass these structures launch sometimes manifests as a cloud of [[Flood spores]], which are invariably lethal to unprotected lifeforms. Such structures are only known to have been used during the [[Battle of the Trove|battle]] on [[Trove]] in [[2552#February|February 2531]]; at one point in the battle, several launchers prevented the evacuation of [[Alpha Platoon|Alpha]], [[Bravo Platoon|Bravo]], and [[Charlie Platoon|Charlie]] platoons to the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}.<ref>''Halo Wars'', level [[Shield World (level)|Shield World]]</ref>
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:HW FloodLauncher Sculpt Render.jpg|The raw sculpt for the Flood Launcher asset.
File:HW floodlauncher2.jpg
</gallery>
 
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo Wars]]'' {{1st}}


It looks very  similar to the [[Unnamed Organic Tower-Like Form]]. Occasionally, the Flood Launcher's ordnance will release a cloud of [[Flood spores]]. Like most other Flood structures, the Flood Launcher is extremely resilient and difficult to defeat.
==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}


==References==
{{Flood}}
<references/>
{{HW buildings}}
[[Category:The Flood]]
[[Category:Flood]]

Latest revision as of 07:26, December 19, 2023


Flood launcher
HW Flood Launcher.png
General overview

Distinctions:

Defends hives.

 

The launcher is a biological structure that the Flood use to defend their hives.

Description[edit]

Flood launchers fire globs of Flood biomass at enemy forces, seemingly by contracting a muscle analogue and forcing the biomass through a sphincter. The biomass these structures launch sometimes manifests as a cloud of Flood spores, which are invariably lethal to unprotected lifeforms. Such structures are only known to have been used during the battle on Trove in February 2531; at one point in the battle, several launchers prevented the evacuation of Alpha, Bravo, and Charlie platoons to the UNSC Spirit of Fire.[1]

Gallery[edit]

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ Halo Wars, level Shield World