Phoenix Logs/Flood Units/Infester

Anti-vehicle war-forms.

The Infester is a pure form that specializes in cracking open vehicles and

converting their crew into Flood-controlled puppets. A purpose-built biological

weapon, Infesters expend all of their energy on the attack, collapsing in a dying

heap and spreading spores upon the completion of their singular task.

The Infester is adapted to the task of countering and subverting armored

vehicles used by the UNSC and Banished. Though they can attack infantry and

structures with barbed tentacles, their goal is to hunt manned vehicles. When

they detect mechanized prey, the Infester grabs onto it with their tentacles

and bores into the hull to reach the crew. This process can be interrupted,

similar to the Hijack ability. if the infestation is successful, however, the vehicle

is infected and the Infester dies.