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<td valign="top" background="images/design/red/surround_title_s.gif"><span class="sectiontext"><font color="#FF6600"><a href="alien.html" class="sectionlink">Kharaa
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Data</a> :: <a href="alien_species.html" class="sectionlink">Species</a>
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:: <a href="alien_lerk.html" class="sectionlink">Lerk</a>: Hive-Learned
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Abilities </font></span></td>
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<p><b>Summary</b>: Wiry fast and fierce, Lerks excel
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at attacking from a distance, but also have a
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vicious bite. They are small and light - making
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them difficult targets, but less resistant to
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damage. If Skulks are hit and run artists, then
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Lerks are guerrilla fighters without peer, using
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their speed, mobility, and range to harass marine
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squads with impunity. [<a href="alien_lerk_name.html">Name</a>]</p>
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<img src="images/titles/alien_hivelearned.gif" width="628" height="25">
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<p class="sectiontext"><a href="alien_skulk.html"><img src="images/tech_10/alien_back.gif" width="15" height="15" border="0"></a>
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<a href="alien_lerk.html">Lerk</a></p>
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<p><b>Two/Three Hive Abilities</b><br>
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<b>Two Hives</b>: <span class="sectiontext">Umbra</span><br>
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A variation on the sporecloud, this remarkable
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ability is used for defense, not attack.
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The umbra is an orange cloud that lasts
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for ten seconds, and protects all friendly
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creatures and chambers inside it. The particles
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in the cloud seem to have disruptive kinetic
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properties. Incoming bullets and shrapnel
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are robbed of momentum, and are likely to
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bounce harmlessly off their target. A small
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percentage of projectiles in any given attack
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will slip through unaffected. <a href="weapons_knife.html">Knives</a>
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and <a href="weapons_grenadelauncher.html">grenades</a>
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are also not affected: the mass of the marine
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is behind a knife slash, and a grenade's
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blast particles are so small and fast they
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slip through. However, <a href="weapons_lmg.html">LMG</a>'s,
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<a href="weapons_shotgun.html">shotguns</a>,
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<a href="weapons_hmg.html">HMG</a>'s and
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<a href="weapons_pistol.html">pistols</a>
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all do a fraction of their normal damage.
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Alien weapons, puzzlingly enough, can pass
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out of the cloud normally. Besides personal
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defense, Lerks often use umbra to protect
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<a href="alien_chambers.html">chambers</a>,
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<a href="alien_hive.html">hives</a> and
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other aliens during coordinated actions.</p>
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<p>We would very much like to learn the composition
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of this cloud – various experiments
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have been proposed by TSA scientific personnel,
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all quickly rejected by field commanders.<br>
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</p>
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<p><b>Three Hives</b>: <span class="sectiontext">Sporecloud</span><br>
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This insidious attack appears to come from
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nowhere, filling a volume of around 12 cubit
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feet with a corrosive cloud of spores. These
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spores appear to rot any foreign organic
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matter – thankfully, marine structures
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and turrets are unaffected. </p>
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<p>Our best theory is that the Lerk fills
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its lung guns and fires a burst of transparent,
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utterly silent, bullet-shaped bubbles that
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impact the target area and react violently
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with the air. Lerks can fill a large area
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with these attacks, often while remaining
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hidden on some shadowed perch, or dodging
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wildly through the air. None but the heaviest
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armored marines can afford to stand within
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a sporecloud for more than a few seconds.</p>
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