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:: <a href="alien_evolutions.html" class="sectionlink">Evolutions</a>
:: <a href="alien_evolutions_m.html" class="sectionlink">Movement</a>:
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<p><b>Summary:</b> movement rate increases.</p>
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<p><b>Observation:</b> &quot;You'd think this would
be scarier on the small critters &#150; and don't get
me wrong, a Lerk with celerity is like trying
to whack a hummingbird with a baseball bat. But
it's a little scarier when one of those three-ton
freaks is pounding along behind you, and it's
comin' on like a freight train. I've never been
so happy to see a ventilation shaft in my whole
life.&quot;</p>
<p><b>Thesis:</b> the tensile strength of all muscles
and tendons in the &quot;running&quot; group is
increased, cores of flexible and strong material
form in the bones. This is probably a relatively
simple change, but the results are dramatic. At
their peak, our simulations cannot even speculate
how they can maintain such speeds &#150; the stress
and impact alone should shatter their bones and
snap their muscles, no matter how strong.</p>
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<td colspan="2" bgcolor="#450A0A" class="sectiontext">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Celerity
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<p>Level 1</p>
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<p align="center"><font color="#FF6600">~10%</font></p>
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<p>Level 3</p>
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