User:Saberstorm/Dragon Form



Dragon Flood are a vicious type of Flood capable of flight. They were created as part of Hagiography's experiments on the Flood, using Lekgolo DNA and 'volunteer' Yanme and Kig-Yar. In spite of their name, they cannot breathe fire, and are actually very vulnerable to flame and plasma of any kind. Their 'mouth' area, however is capable of firing needle like projectiles similar to that of Ranged Forms at a rate of 30 shots per second. They have seven spiked wings that can slash through military-grade steel (albeit wounding themselves in the process), but must constantly stay airborne during battle as it is difficult for them to resume flight should they become grounded, leaving them exceptionally vulnerable.

While they are no substitute for Brain Forms, they do seem to rank higher than most other types of Flood, as they show signs of intelligence, ability to stratagize, and even control lesser Flood forms in battle. Sara, the Queen of the Antis'Grafen Hive explains that, "...they barely have an echo of what Flood intelligence is truly capable of. It must follow the commands of a Brain Form or higher, but it can influence any other form within a particular range."

They were first encountered during the Covenant Remnant attack on the Sangheili homeworld. A single form was unleashed by Hagiography as a test of the form's effectiveness. While it did indeed cause great trouble for the defenders, the combined efforts of Sara and the Arbiter were able to kill it: Sara used her telepathic powers to confuse the beast while the Arbiter leapt from a Banshee, using twin Plasma Blades to cut it's wings and head from the body before stabbing it in the bulge on its back where the center of its neural network was located.