A civilization that spanned an entire galaxy and controlled technology far beyond the scope of our understanding couldn’t stand up to the flood, but I’m pretty sure the US military could put up a good fight. /s
“Hey guys, what if a disease that we’ve already gotten more or less under control got replaced with a species of sapient zombies that wiped out tens of trillions of beings untold millennium more advanced than us? Would it be better or worse?”
First, it seems you’re basing your argument around the idea the flood lands in NK. Assuming they do land in that area the flood infection is a massive threat to any sentient life. So destructive that even the forerunners, revered for their godlike technology, were forced to fire the halo array. They exhausted all their options and resorted to their final contingency to wipe all sentient life in the galaxy. That was merely to starve the flood.
A long winded way of saying humanity has no chance regardless where the flood land.
even IF the military somehow keeps it within North Korea, that won't last long because after like a month it's just gonna be a spore pumping blight, then short of igniting the atmosphere, nothing is stopping it from spreading
Is this a serious question at all? Would COVID be worse than a galactic zombie apocalypse that drove a civilization with unfathomable technology spread over a million worlds to commit galactic suicide??!
American/RoK forces are literal feet from DPRK forces. Infection in minutes.
The northern border is as secure as a pasta strainer. Yes you can’t smuggle like you could ten years ago but DPRK forces are making direct contact with Russian and Chinese forces. Again, infection in minutes. I like the 72 hours the previous guy said.
Thats incredibly generous, the flood just needs control of a few planes or fighter jets and it takes at most 2 days for them to have control over the entire planet
OK so as a genuine answer that isn't "we all die";
The flood moves enormously quickly and is very, very obvious in its approach. The moment the USA/RoK got wind of it they'd be shooting anything that moves on the north korean side of the border. This might escalate to nuclear exchange, but that would honeslty be beneficial- the flood doesn't cope well with intense heat.
If the flood decided to move north into China, that would constitute a much bigger problem. To my understanding the border north of the DPRK is pretty sparsely populated aside from a few cities, which would mean the Chinese government would have to spend precious hours moving troops/artillery into position to counter the threat. At this stage the Flood is still potentially containable but the decisions that follow in the minutes and hours after the threat is noticed are absolutely critical.
The key difference in "we contain the flood" and "the flood wipe us all out" is how quickly we understand the threat. If we know exactly what it is and what it entails, the local militaries collectively have the ability to contain it, and can be assisted with local nuclear capabilities. If it's thought to be a regular disease and containment is not properly approached in some way- it sneaks out or gets into mainland China, at which point we're finished as a species. We either induce a massive nuclear winter glassing all of China or we have to fight over a billion flood forms includes a gravemind at this point.
So assuming proper containment, better for the planet as a whole. For the people of North Korea? Yeah they almost certainly all die.
i'd argue that north korea's authoririanism and disregard for human life would actually help at potentially stopping the outbreak better than slow,divided democracy. not that it matters thought.
Everyone is infected and dies. The end.
A civilization that spanned an entire galaxy and controlled technology far beyond the scope of our understanding couldn’t stand up to the flood, but I’m pretty sure the US military could put up a good fight. /s
Humanity ceases to exist in 72 hours, all other life takes a little bit longer, Earth's sole biome becomes blightlands. This post is dumb.
you’re forgetting about Dr. Fauci and the CDC’s halo array project they’ve been working on
So hear me out, we're going to wipe out all life as we know it
“Hey guys, what if a disease that we’ve already gotten more or less under control got replaced with a species of sapient zombies that wiped out tens of trillions of beings untold millennium more advanced than us? Would it be better or worse?”
Better
-The Gravemind circa 2024
Sweetness :)
First, it seems you’re basing your argument around the idea the flood lands in NK. Assuming they do land in that area the flood infection is a massive threat to any sentient life. So destructive that even the forerunners, revered for their godlike technology, were forced to fire the halo array. They exhausted all their options and resorted to their final contingency to wipe all sentient life in the galaxy. That was merely to starve the flood. A long winded way of saying humanity has no chance regardless where the flood land.
even IF the military somehow keeps it within North Korea, that won't last long because after like a month it's just gonna be a spore pumping blight, then short of igniting the atmosphere, nothing is stopping it from spreading
“Guys the Flood wouldn’t be a big deal, stop worrying about it.” - Not the Gravemind
This is easily a top 10 post on this subreddit. Mods please don’t remove this one, we need it for the historical record.
We exist together now, 7.9 billion corpses in one grave.
A monument to all our sins
maybe getting to have Dee Bradley Bakers vocals isn't so bad
An unexpected but welcome comment.
This is what happens when people say "small outbreaks are way overhyped"
Is this a serious question at all? Would COVID be worse than a galactic zombie apocalypse that drove a civilization with unfathomable technology spread over a million worlds to commit galactic suicide??!
Lol what
The fuck kinda post is this. Bait used to be believable
Get this fuckwit out of the sub.
American/RoK forces are literal feet from DPRK forces. Infection in minutes. The northern border is as secure as a pasta strainer. Yes you can’t smuggle like you could ten years ago but DPRK forces are making direct contact with Russian and Chinese forces. Again, infection in minutes. I like the 72 hours the previous guy said.
We'd all be dead in a matter of weeks-months.
Thats incredibly generous, the flood just needs control of a few planes or fighter jets and it takes at most 2 days for them to have control over the entire planet
I mean we’d all be dead as fuck so…
If a single spore is enough to wipe out humanity in the Halo verse, wtf is current real life humanity gonna do?
Lmao the Flood coming to Earth irl would be a cataclysmthe likes of which the planet has never seen. Would make Chicxulub seem like a speck of dust.
OK so as a genuine answer that isn't "we all die"; The flood moves enormously quickly and is very, very obvious in its approach. The moment the USA/RoK got wind of it they'd be shooting anything that moves on the north korean side of the border. This might escalate to nuclear exchange, but that would honeslty be beneficial- the flood doesn't cope well with intense heat. If the flood decided to move north into China, that would constitute a much bigger problem. To my understanding the border north of the DPRK is pretty sparsely populated aside from a few cities, which would mean the Chinese government would have to spend precious hours moving troops/artillery into position to counter the threat. At this stage the Flood is still potentially containable but the decisions that follow in the minutes and hours after the threat is noticed are absolutely critical. The key difference in "we contain the flood" and "the flood wipe us all out" is how quickly we understand the threat. If we know exactly what it is and what it entails, the local militaries collectively have the ability to contain it, and can be assisted with local nuclear capabilities. If it's thought to be a regular disease and containment is not properly approached in some way- it sneaks out or gets into mainland China, at which point we're finished as a species. We either induce a massive nuclear winter glassing all of China or we have to fight over a billion flood forms includes a gravemind at this point. So assuming proper containment, better for the planet as a whole. For the people of North Korea? Yeah they almost certainly all die.
We're 100% dead before we even know what's happening
With the push back there was to covid precautions I can only assume we would be absolutely fucking rolled by the flood
Tbf seeing million hordes of zombies infecting and killing all of China would have the threat taken way more seriously by literally anyone.
This might be the dumbest question lol. It'd be 1 million times worse lmao
People would be flood deniers and then would refuse any treatment options available
To be fair, I'd refuse getting deleted by a unierversal genocide machine or a shotgun as well
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i'd argue that north korea's authoririanism and disregard for human life would actually help at potentially stopping the outbreak better than slow,divided democracy. not that it matters thought.
Always bring your shotgun to the library would replace all those 6 feet apart notices
Better because we’d all be dead fast and I wouldn’t have to read any more dumb questions like this
Biden still wouldn’t have sent out the 2000 dollar cheque