Maybe the flood had the ability to follow? Maybe they were spreading and needed to be stopped? And last, but not least, when was the last time you saw anyone walk away from their property because of some intruder? Would you abandon your home to cockroaches or would you spend great time and effort to kill them? I'll admit, however, that they story could have been woven more tightly across all three Halos. I don't think Bungie or Microsoft expected the kind of response they got and had to iron out some of the inconsistencies along the way to Halo 2 and 3.
I hate trolls.
Systems I currently own: 360, PS3, Wii, DS Lite (2)
Systems I've owned: PS2, PS1, Dreamcast, Saturn, 3DO, Genesis, Gamecube, N64, SNES, NES, GBA, GB, C64, Amiga, Atari 2600 and 5200, Sega Game Gear, Vectrex, Intellivision, Pong. Yes, Pong.
