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Disturbingly humanoid, Fades mix excellent ranged attacks with powerful melee damage – which when combined with the seemingly supernatural <a href="alien_fade_hive.html">blink</a> ability, make them powerful all-around brutes, whose cunning cannot be underestimated. [<a href="alien_fade_name.html">Name</a>]</p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div align="center"><br> <img src="images/titles/alien_name.gif" width="628" height="25"> </div> <div align="center"></div> <div align="center"></div> <table width="628" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" align="center" bordercolor="#CC0000"> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="2"> <p class="sectiontext"><a href="alien_skulk.html"><img src="images/tech_10/alien_back.gif" width="15" height="15" border="0"></a> <a href="alien_fade.html">Fade</a></p> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <table width="406" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left"> <tr> <td height="23"> <p>The Kharaa are so sneaky, it took some time for Frontiersmen to realize the <a href="alien_fade_hive.html">blink</a> ability existed at all. Fades seemed to appear and disappear with no rhyme or reason, penetrating seemingly air-tight defensive perimeters, or vanishing from a heavy fire fight without a trace. 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