|
Observation: "A creature that only
took one clip to kill at the beginning of a battle
shrugs off four clips of light machine gun fire
and leaves a squad of marines looking like they've
been fed through a wood-chipper."
Thesis: Current thinking is that anywhere
from three inches to half a foot of force-distributing
micro-honeycombed cartilage forms beneath the
skin. This means that gunfire does do damage –
just much less than normal. This cartilage takes
up internal space that would otherwise be used
by the "Regeneration" or "Redemption"
evolution.
Alien carapace, much like marine armor,
absorbs a certain percentage of damage. The rest
is taken off the alien's health. Different species
of alien have different amounts of armor. The
following is a chart of carapace upgrades for
each species:
| Carapace |
|
|
Skulk
|
Gorge
|
Lerk
|
Fade
|
Onos
|
|
|
points
|
dmg
%
|
points
|
dmg
%
|
points
|
dmg
%
|
points
|
dmg
%
|
points
|
dmg
%
|
|
Start
|
10
|
30
|
50
|
30
|
50
|
30
|
90
|
30
|
150
|
30
|
|
Level 1
|
30
|
40
|
75
|
40
|
75
|
40
|
125
|
40
|
200
|
40
|
|
Level 2
|
30
|
50
|
75
|
50
|
75
|
50
|
125
|
50
|
200
|
50
|
|
Level 3
|
30
|
60
|
75
|
60
|
75
|
60
|
125
|
60
|
200
|
60
|
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