Poll: Who would win of the Geth and the Flood

[Somthing]

Geth by far, they're clearly more intelligent.

Well the flood is actually quite intelligent if they have a gravemind. The gravemind will coordinate the other floods and such so at this point i think they would be maybe more intelligent than the geth due to the fact that the geth only have pack intelligence.

 

[Worr Monger]

I never felt threatened by the flood... my shotgun made short work of them.

I doubt a mechanical race focused on war and extermination would succumb easily to simple organisms.

(I only played the original Halo... and I still say the Geth would win)

 

[Sporenut]

Geth, coz the geth are machines and therefore would not be effected by the Flood

 

[Somthing]

Geth, coz the geth are machines and therefore would not be effected by the Flood

But the flood have been known to take over spaceships and manipulate AI´s so what if the flood managed to make a strain that infected the geth.

 

[Eipok Kruden]

Easy. The Flood. The Geth are kept in the outer rim of the galaxy by the Council and by the non-council races. They are no match for the already existing forces. All the Flood would have to do to win is infect the organic life in the galaxy, which, as everyone should know by now, they do quite well. Without the help of the reapers, who/which are, for the time being, not in control of the Geth, the Geth would not be able to fight the newly infected Flood fleet. It is not a question of the Geth vs the Flood, it's a question of the Geth vs the Flood in the universe of Mass Effect. And the Flood would be able to infect the universe of Mass Effect. No doubt.

Geth, coz the geth are machines and therefore would not be effected by the Flood

But the flood have been known to take over spaceships and manipulate AI´s so what if the flood managed to make a strain that infected the geth.

The Flood cannot exactly infect ships themselves. They grow flood biomass all over the ship and all the biomass is controlled by a brain form/proto-gravemind that they grow on the bridge/control center of the ship. Then they just control the ship by interfacing with its systems. They do not make the ship Flood, they just take it over. They do; however, augment the ships systems making it very difficult for the survivors -- if any exist -- to regain control of the ship. They will also grow doors called portas http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Porta that are automated and are activated by proximity.

 

[Yokomitsu]

The flood would win they just need to advance there quantities by absorbing alot of marines first

 

[Eipok Kruden]

Geth, hands down. Anyone who says otherwise has no clue what they're talking about. The Geth are synthetics, non-biological being at most with slight biological attachments for efficiency with thought processes, reflexes, flexibility or the like. The Flood NEED lifeforms of complexity. Lesser creatures (small mammals, insects, etc.) are immune from infection. If it was just Geth vs Flood and the Flood had no fuel, all the Geth would have is an annoying cockroach problem.

Well yes, but if, in the scenario for this poll, there are no large civilizations in the galaxy, this poll is stupid. That's how the Flood operate. Without a universe filled with sentient, organic life like the one of Mass Effect, this poll is biased from the start. If this is true, then the poll is pointless since the victor was obvious before the poll was even created.

Geth. They can build space ships. They can Orbitally bombard planets with out getting their hands dirty. From what I've seen, the Flood have next to no ship-to-ship combat skills, and thus would lose.

The flood's space combat consists of them stealing any form of space craft and crashing it into the enemy ship in order to infect it. In the case of the Geth however they would most likely crash and proceed to destroy the ship from the inside somehow. Not the most brilliant strategy, but nonetheless it's effective.

No, that's what the Flood has done because it has been the most effective. During the Forerunner-Flood war, the Flood found that it was more effective to infect many ships and build up a fleet, then engage in battle with the Forerunner fleets. The Flood won. The Flood would infect ships, yes, but they wouldn't crash them into the Geth. They'd use the ships how they were meant to be used.

Geth. They can build space ships. They can Orbitally bombard planets with out getting their hands dirty. From what I've seen, the Flood have next to no ship-to-ship combat skills, and thus would lose.

Apparently, you haven't seen much of the Flood's capabilities. I think you should check out the Forerunner-Flood war. Or you can just look in the Halo games. The precision with which the Flood can pilot captured ships is astonishing. They were able to jump to directly inside High Charity. Not even the UNSC AI or the Covenant's computers are capable of making a jump that precise. The Flood's brain forms are interfaced directly with the ship. To them, piloting a ship is as natural as walking is to us. They are, quite literally, the ship's brain. And the Gravemind is a cunning tactician. He was able to defeat the Forerunner's fleets with his own. Do not doubt the flood.

Geth by far, they're clearly more intelligent.

Clearly, you haven't heard of the Gravemind. I think the Flood is more intelligent than the Geth. Without Sovereign or Saren controlling them, they're not as intelligent as the Gravemind.

 

[Yoshimota]

The flood would win they just need to advance there quantities by absorbing alot of marines first

What if the Geth had destroyed all marines first??

....I still think flood.

 

[Eipok Kruden]

You know, I'm sensing a serious lack of information of the Flood in this poll. Most of the people have no real idea what the Flood is, or, for that matter, what it is capable of. I think everyone here should do some research before voting.

 

[micktheviking]

it would be the geth. as the flood require a biological host and would eventually just run outta food.

 

[Eipok Kruden]

it would be the geth. as the flood require a biological host and would eventually just run outta food.

No. The Flood could destroy the Geth and then farm sentient organizations for food. They could allow civilizations to grow and use them for hosts. I mean, they'd have the entire galaxy at their disposal. They'd be able to survive. And the Reapers wouldn't be able to come and cleanse the galaxy of the Flood without a scout. And Sovereign has been destroyed.

 

[Flishiz]

Flood kill organics, flood become organics, geth kill organics.

Geth win.

 

[Beefcakes]

I'm going to go with my head(crab) and say the flood on this one
Yes I know head crabs are in Half-Life. Well they kinda do grab onto your head! Just... just shutup

 

[Renikor]

Geth. It's more likely because they can shove spikes up peoples ass.

 

[JohnSmith]

Flood, several reasons; firstly gravemind, secondly ship fighting precision, thirdly the geth were epic fail-tards incaple of inflicting harm with any kind of efficiency. Oh and the Gravemind would probably just assimilate the Quarians giving them the information to take the geth apart completely.

 

[Eipok Kruden]

Flood kill organics, flood become organics, geth kill organics.

Geth win.

There are more organics in the universe than there are Geth and the organics are stronger. If the Flood took over the rest of the life in the galaxy, they'd win easily.

 

[micktheviking]

but really wasn't Gravemind and the rest of the flood were blown into a singularity with the destruction of the arc?

assuming we are allowing Gravemind to be alive with his computer hacky ways shouldn't we let sovereign be alive with his evil ways????

i dont really care, master chief would bend em all over a space barrel and roger them all into a pile of mush and small electronics pieces. sell the remains to Chuck Norris who would round house kick the lot into the Vatican and punch it into a massive throne of power declaring himself space pope and sacrificing every hamster and Guinea pig on earth in a blood orgy of his power.

 

[IrrelevantTangent]

Easy. The Flood prevail due to using their spores to convert other species into more Flood. When they can't do that, they die pretty easy to bullets as everyone who's every watched the Master Chief go is aware.

The Geth, on the other hand, are a purely mechanical race...one who come with PLENTY of bullets, and can't be converted by the Flood.

Geth in a cakewalk.

I was going to name Flood just because of their amazing ability to infect and convert their enemies and spread exponentially, but you, sir, just changed my mind.

 

[Eipok Kruden]

but really wasn't Gravemind and the rest of the flood were blown into a singularity with the destruction of the arc?

assuming we are allowing Gravemind to be alive with his computer hacky ways shouldn't we let sovereign be alive with his evil ways????

i dont really care, master chief would bend em all over a space barrel and roger them all into a pile of mush and small electronics pieces. sell the remains to Chuck Norris who would round house kick the lot into the Vatican and punch it into a massive throne of power declaring himself space pope and sacrificing every hamster and Guinea pig on earth in a blood orgy of his power.

The Gravemind and a lot of Flood were killed, yes. But the Flood isn't dead and a new Gravemind can be created. Sovereign can't be rebuilt within days or even weeks. The Gravemind can. It/he is just a ton of Flood that have fused into one extremely intelligent being that controls the rest of the Flood. Once the Flood reaches sufficient mass, it forms a Gravemind to coordinate its efforts. So no, Sovereign can't come back since he was killed. But another Gravemind can be grown. Completely different story.