Hive mind vs Gravemind vs Overmind

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**Warpfire**

-Loki- wrote:
Kaldor wrote:
Coolyo294 wrote:
The nids would simply evolve the ability to resist the parisitic control of the Flood.

I don't think so. That's too much handwavium and is just the same as saying "Oh, well nids will just evolve to be bullet-proof and plasma-proof and melta-proof and be immune to everything and instantly win".

Personally, I think the fact that the flood simply infects things rather than trying to fight them means the zerg and nids are boned. It'd be like pitting the US Marines against a smallpox outbreak.

You're right that it's a bit handwavey. But there is fluff evidence of them doing something when they didn't want to reabsorb biomass - Ymgarl Genestealers.

The Flood would infect some Tyranids, and the Tyranids would avoid them. At the end, they'd consume the planet, then move on without them, just like they do with Ymgarls.

If a sufficient portion of the ground forces were infected, they'd just leave the planet. No sense risking contamination.

That said, biological infections don't work repeatedly on Tyranids. Whenever a biological agent is developed to fight them, it works once, they they evolve a resistance.

It might not be possible as in one of the halo novels it is shown that Sargent Johnson resisted the flood due to a neurological condition caused by radiation, the Tyranids could simulate this but it could leave the Hive mind being unable to control its minions. On your other note good point, however the flood would infect the ship though if it got even one spore. Then it would crash it into other ships to spread the infection.