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The '''Flood Launcher''' is a Flood "structure" from ''[[Halo Wars]]''.<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==
Flood launchers fire globs of Flood biomass at enemy forces.<ref>http://www.gametrailers.com/player/46227.html?type=</ref> In ''[[Halo Wars]]'', they are used as an anti-air defense, capable of shooting down the evacuation Pelicans for Alpha, Bravo, and Charlie platoons.<ref>''Halo Wars'', level [[Shield World (Level)|Shield World]]</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 spore]]s, which are invariably lethal to unprotected lifeforms. Such structures are only known to have been used during a [[Battle of the Flood-controlled Shield World|battle]] on a [[Shield World (Halo Wars)|Flood-controlled]] [[Shield World]] 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>
 
Occasionally, the Flood launcher's ordnance will release a cloud of [[Flood spore]]s. Like most other Flood structures, the Flood launcher is extremely resilient and difficult to destroy. Its weapon is quite powerful and can even match the range of a [[Locust]].


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==

Revision as of 12:24, February 25, 2011

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

Description

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 a battle on a Flood-controlled Shield World in February 2531; at one point in the battle, several launchers prevented the evacuation of Alpha, Bravo, and Charlie platoons to the Template:UNSCship.[1]

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ Halo Wars, level Shield World