Flood containment Fireteams are an all-volunteer force of specialised SPARTAN-IV fireteams employed for containment of the Flood parasite. These units have seen action in the Post-Covenant War conflicts, having employed their job successfully enough that most people haven't heard of a Flood outbreak in the interim. Should a Spartan become infected with the Flood, code CORRUPTER is declared and weapons of mass destruction are deployed to contain the threat.[1] Such infected Spartans have been simulated in War Games.[2][3] The Flood containment fireteams have employed specialised anti-Flood equipment such as the Hazops Cyclops or the Hivemind and OSTEO armors.[4][5] Several VISR variants developed for the GEN2 platform were created with the Flood's potential infection in mind, with eponymously-named Flood visor being designed specifically for such teams, while the Gallows visor equips the helmet with failsafe charges for use in the event of a suit compromise.[6][7][8]
Flood containment teams have been deployed in live operations, including at least one event at Site 22 in which the team in question was compromised and the necessary CORRUPTER and UPSILON protocols declared and enacted by the team's support ship, UNSC Saturn.[9]
List of appearances
- Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual (First mentioned)
- Halo Infinite (Mentioned only)
- Saturn Devouring His Son (First appearance)
Sources
- ^ Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual, page 172-175
- ^ Halo 4, gamemode Flood
- ^ Halo 2: Anniversary, gamemode Infection
- ^ Halo 3, Armory: Hivemind Description
- ^ Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder 142: System Shocks (Retrieved on Jun 30, 2023) [archive]
- ^ Halo 5: Guardians, Armory: Flood visor description "As the name implies, the Flood VISR is built specifically for Spartan assessment and containment teams deployed to Forerunner sites that may house samples of the all-devouring parasite."
- ^ Halo 5: Guardians, Armory: Gallows visor description "Made for special forward observation teams operating in quarantine zones, failsafe charges in the Gallows VISR will destroy the helmet (and everything in it) in case of compromise."
- ^ Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Of Protocols and Prisons (Retrieved on Mar 7, 2022) [archive]
- ^ Halo Waypoint, Infection Intel (Retrieved on Oct 11, 2023) [local archive] [external archive]
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