[b]Name:[/b] The Flood Vanguard

[b]Appearance:[/b] [hider]
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(Ignore the size in the picture, it is no bigger than a bus.)

[b]Personality:[/b] Cold and Calculating. Somewhat of an isolationist however will temporally ally with lesser creatures if they serve the same goal.

[b]Bio:[/b]
 For over the countless centuries, the Flood have been a terror that has been feared through what is known as the Halo Universe. This hive-minded parasite consumes all that it touches. However, the Gravemind, facing oblivion at the destruction of Installation 04b created a creature known as the Flood Vanguard and sent it through a rift in the fabric of reality as the Installation went supernova. This ‘Vanguard’ like other Flood constructs shared the entire knowledge and memories of every Flood creature before it. It also carried with it its desire to rebuild what it had now lost.  

However, this universe that the Vanguard finds itself in is strange and alien to it. The two major powers are vastly superior to that than the Flood has ever faced before and it will take careful planning, manipulation and time before the Vanguard can rebuild the Flood Empire. For over a year the Vanguard drifted in space, scouring, watching, learning. It’s desire to expand tingling at its tendrils – it desired flesh. 

As for now, the small derelict colony ship of around 2000 souls onboard would prove to be a sufficient place to start. From here it will expand. Here it will rebuild the Flood Empire.  

[b]Age:[/b] Physical: 1.7 Years Mental: Unknown 

[b]Skills:[/b] 

[b]Short Range Telepathy:[/b] The Vanguard is able to produce low level telepathy waves. This is the main way in which he coordinates the Flood forces. Each Flood form acts as a relay for this ability, however any forms outside of a certain radius end up resorting back to their default instincts, which are hunt, feed and then build. This telepathy also allows the Vanguard to enter the minds of other organic creatures and communicate to them. This is often used as a tool of terror and to cause colony wide panic and hysteria, but it can also be used as a tool for manipulation and cooperation should the need arise. 

[b]A.I/Logic Plague:[/b] The A.I or rather Logic Plague is an ability the Flood have had since the dawn of their existence. It grants the Flood the ability to corrupt any form of A.I and gaining the ability to use them against their original masters. The process of which depends heavily on the intelligence of the A.I. For example, basic A.I can be infected with the Logic Plague and be fully corrupted within hours. Much more intelligent A.I will take weeks to even years to be fully corrupted.

[b]Parasitic Absorption:[/b] The Flood as a whole is one giant parasite. Their very existence relies on the consumption of sentient beings. The Flood, once established will create a hive in which their foul dominion is created. Any sentient being, living or dead are prime candidates to become engrossed into the fold. Through the use of what are known as Infection Forms. These creatures borrow into the being they wish to control, attaching itself to the nervous system of the creature and being the putrid transformation of all those that are consumed. 

[b]Faction:[/b] The Flood