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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. </p> </td> </tr> </table> <br> <img src="images/titles/alien_inherentabilities.gif" width="628" height="25" hspace="25"> <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><b>Zero Hive (inherent) Abilities</b><br> <span class="sectiontext">Strong</span>, <span class="sectiontext">Swipe</span></p> <p><b>Strong</b>: Though not an "ability" like <a href="alien_skulk_inherent.html">wall crawling</a> or <a href="alien_lerk_inherent.html">flight</a>, the Fade has more health and armor than any species short of the <a href="alien_onos.html">Onos</a>. Its primary attacks are also more powerful than those of the <a href="alien_lerk.html">Lerk</a>, <a href="alien_gorge.html">Gorge</a> or <a href="alien_skulk.html">Skulk</a>. Heavy weaponry, or heavy backup, are recommended before engaging.</p> <p><b>Swipe</b>: a similar evolution to the <a href="alien_skulk.html">Skulk</a>'s bladed feet, the Fade's arms end in long, deadly sharp blades. TSA scientists speculate that, left to their own devices, Fades might have eventually evolved some sort of opposable thumbs. 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