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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
Data</a> :: <span class="sectiontext"><font color="#FF6600"><a href="alien_hive.html" class="sectionlink">The
Hive</a></font></span>: Advanced Abilities</font></span></td>
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<p><b>Summary:</b> New hives do more than allow
new species, they advance and evolve the abilities
of all species, and allow for new <a href="alien_chambers.html">chambers</a>
to be constructed.</p>
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There are two ways the hive advances species abilities.<br>
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1. Each hive allows Gorge's to build another kind
of chamber, making new evolutionary upgrades available
to the Kharaa, regardless of species. See the
<a href="alien_evolutions.html">evolutions</a>
section for more information. <br>
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2. New hives evolve each species into a more advanced
form. We believe that, for example, the first
<a href="alien_skulk.html">Skulks</a> to spawn
are primitive, early specimens; but with each
new hive, the Skulks becomes more advanced, and
evolved, versions of themselves. This is true
of all Kharaa species, and is reflected in the
new abilities that become available with each
hive. These abilities are unique to each species
– and each new ability is more powerful than
the last. To see descriptions of these abilities,
see the <a href="alien_species.html">species descriptions</a>.
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<p>These advancements suggest that the hives act
as evolutionary databases, containing a record
of the long long history of the Kharaa. The bacteria's
response to new situations is to spend resources
and make a whole new array of instincts and responses
available. </p>
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