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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> :: <span class="sectiontext"><font color="#FF6600"><a href="alien_hive.html" class="sectionlink">The
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Hive</a></font></span>: Spawning Species</font></span></td>
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<p><b>Summary:</b> To destroy the human presence,
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the bacterium employs lifeforms of its own. These
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are the creatures that slaughter the crew of the
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ship or base, and the same creatures that are
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waiting for the Frontiersmen when they arrive
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to take the ship or base back. Kharaa species
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have natural weaponry and cunning that make them
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a match for the best equipped and most highly
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trained forces we can deploy. To read about these
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species, click <a href="alien_species.html">here</a>.
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Hives continue to spawn over the course of a conflict,
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replacing lost aliens. Destroying all hives is
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the only way to defeat the Kharaa.</p>
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<p> <img src="images/images/10red_data.gif" width="13" height="10">
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The hives seem to act as living libraries – they
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contain information the bacteria uses to respond
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to threats to its control of an area. The first
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hive provides basic information – how to create
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<a href="alien_skulk.html">Skulks</a>, <a href="alien_gorge.html">Gorges</a>
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and <a href="alien_lerk.html">Lerks</a>. If the
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enemy presence is strong, a second hive, and even
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a third provide more and more information, allowing
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more complex species – the <a href="alien_fade.html">Fade</a>
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and <a href="alien_onos.html">Onos</a>. The Kharaa
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will tend to conserve resources by upgrading their
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response one step at a time, until the threat
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is destroyed. </p>
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<p>Hives do more than contain this information,
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they act as the birthing zone for Skulks. It is
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unlikely Skulks have always birthed this way –
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it seems to be an example of highly specialized
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evolution. As the first step of response, Skulks
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are the most basic, resource-effective answer
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to the human presence. As more resources are made
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available, each Skulk can choose to gestate into
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a more complex species. The same individual Kharaa
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may gestate up through all five <a href="alien_species.html">species</a>
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over the course of a conflict.</p>
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