: Deep within the Flood Super-Cell were memories coded in endless streams of
: genetic material, memories that spanned the galaxy, encompassing millions
: of worlds. The information was uncountable orders of magnitudes above what
: it had already categorized, beyond what it could process before the
: Universe died.

: But there was no chaos, no disorder. The memories had been impeccably ordered
: by itself a hundred thousand years ago, and the knowledge relevant to its
: situation was easily found. The strategies and assessments it had made
: minutes before were reevaluated, updated, discarded often. The simpler
: intelligence had done well enough, but there was much it hadn't known, did
: not understand.

You know, I never considered that... what if the Librarian's genetic encoding plans backfired? If the Flood gathered the memories and genetics of humans it consumed, and presuming it was that intelligent on a biomolecular level, what if the flood could glean the information and special coding from humans, and become an even bigger threat? Or did it already do that? I wonder how powerful the Flood would be if the Chief were taken? hm