originally posted in:Halo Archive
Omniscience is the state of knowing everything. The Graveminds most certainly do not.
The Graveminds are transsentient because if you kill a Gravemind, you're only destroying the corporeal manifestation of it. As soon as the Flood creates another compound-intelligence, the Gravemind returns as if nothing happens.
You encounter this first hand in Halo 3 when you kill the Gravemind by detonating High Charity, but it returns as if it was simply delayed, completely coherent with its memories intact.
[i]"You think me defeated!?"
"The Gravemind - it's trying to rebuild itself on this ring!"[/i]
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I know what omniscient means, which is why I said almost at the state, not actually omniscient. I see what the word means now. Thanks for clarifying.