- Sword and Scales
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- Intrepid Mythic Member
Sword and Scales has a permanent +10 intelligence aura that has a 1 page range.
Enjoy your +10 intelligence, page 2 - Rampancy
*sigh* In case you couldn't tell, the original post was so amazingly full of sarcasm that it killed a few babies. -Waffle
Xenomorph Horde
Ships: The Xenomorph faction may only utilize ships which it takes over via infestation. For example, a humanoid faction may arrive on the planet, and become aware of the alien presence. If the Xenomorph is able to infest the ship, than they will continue to move to the planet where the ship is headed. Upon reaching the planet, the infesting Xenomorphs will either kill off the remaining crew, or infect them.
Ground Units
1 Alien Empress (Super-powerful version of the Queen) now fully grown. See below for more details.
5 Alien Queens
4 Alien Hierarchs (Become Queens if one of the five dies) the most intelligent of Xenomorphs other than the Queen and the Empress. While not nearly as large as a Stalker, their cunning makes up for it vastly, and they should be feared perhaps most of all for their potential.
170 Stalkers (Very large aliens who are much more powerful, but considerably slower to move. They are also unable to infest ships, but may accompany a post-infested ship)
7,700 Warriors (The average Xenomorph, the height of a Spartan)
8,600 Runners (Weaker, but much faster aliens)
9,080 Drones (Xenomorphs that are still dangerous, but are more essential to tending to the Hive, and ensuring the Queens and their Facehuggers are safe)
1,499 Carriers (carries 10 Facehuggers on its back, ready to be unleashed, even after its own death)
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800 Facehuggers (in eggs or pods) (Produced constantly by the Queens, with a current maximum of 200 per Queen. The Facehugger remains in its egg until there is opportunity for attack, otherwise they die in 5 turns.)
Greater Xenomorphs (casters and others with very unique traits; see research for descriptions)
21 Rift Aliens
Random colonization outside the caves have become a small breeding ground for more Xenomorphs, however food and breeding resources have become lower, causing a slowing of breeding:
In 1 turns, these facehuggers will be the following:[/i]
240 Warriors
200 Drones
200 Runners
60 Carriers
12 Stalkers
In 2 turns:
3 Rift Aliens
Buildings
- The Hive Superior - The main Hive expands, deeper, wider, and stronger. It is a labyrinth of immeasurable proportions to make room for the inevitable population boom. Not only does it become larger, but it also becomes more resilient in its old age.
Completed Research/Construction (some research must be found in prior posts due to size constraints)
The Alien Empress is now a full fledged leader of her swarm of killing machines. Towering stories over her minions she remains vigilant, using her extra sensory-like perception to maintain constant surveillance of the world surrounding her. With one quiver of her claw, she can send darkness, death, and confusion, gnashing and clawing its way through whatever she desires. She is the Deadliest of All Species.
Facehugger Carrier (completed)
- The Empress brings with her a collective knowledge of all the hives of the past, and seeing their wise decisions creates a new caste of Xenomorph. The Carrier Xenomorph can carry up to 10 Facehuggers upon its back, housed within mucous membranes and kept in stasis until the Carrier wakes them, or the facehuggers themselves sense a host. This Xenomorph can be created from any infestation other than small animals.
Viscous Entrapment (completed)
- The passageways and hive-territory ooze a viscous liquid, slowing all advancing forces which tread on infested grounds. This reduces troop speed by 25%, and motorized movement by 30%.
Acid Spit (completed)
- Warriors/Runners and Hierarchs/Queens/Empress gain the ability to send the same hydrochloric acid that runs through their bodies rocketing forward towards their prey, incapacitating them. This gives the Xenomorph a distinct advantage in any ambush situation.
Facehugger Pod (completed)
- a abnormally large pod-like egg which holds a dozen facehuggers at a time and is hidden within an infested area, it cannot be seen unless the thermal signatures of the facehuggers are identified first due to its concealment within the Hive areas. The pod will burst when it senses possible host(s).
Chestburster Overgrowth (complete)
- The Empress changes her chemistry, and now broods facehuggers that impregnate victims with four chestbursters. Population growth will be effectively quadrupled in most cases. This effect does not apply to Greater Xenomorphs (yet to be seen), in which case one Chestburster consumes the others for faster growth.
Hive Mind (complete)
- The larger its numbers grow, the more intelligent the Xenomorph becomes. The Hive Mind which rules them all now has even more room to store, process, and analyze its findings, allowing the Empress to create newer, more powerful castes, and increase the potency of her forces even moreso. It also allows for communication between all Xenomorphs, transcending all distances.
Rift Alien (Greater Xenomorph) (complete)
- This Greater Xenomorph has the special ability of being "phased" between multiple dimensions, allowing it to teleport short distance, and assume complete ethereal invisibility while prowling on a second plane. It cannot attack from this plane, and it cannot remain there for long. It is the size of a very large crocodile and moves on all fours with about 3/4 of the speed a Runner has.
Hive Creation (complete)
- All Xenomorphs can create Hive-scape, but with this evolution it will be done twice as fast, with equal effectiveness.
Hierarch Proboscis (complete)
- Hierarchs are unable to lay eggs, but they are destined to be Queens and therefore carry young Xenomorph larvae in their bodies. Realizing the need for more infestation, the Hierarchs begin evolving hidden probosci, allowing them to seize an opponent and infest them directly, while knocking them unconscious by restricting the airways.
Rift Wave (complete) - The Rift Alien gains the ability to gather its surroundings, including Xenomorphs into its Rift, and bring them into another plane. At this point, the Xenomorphs must be removed by the Rift Alien when it exits, otherwise they will remain on the other plane inevitably. The rift has a range of 75 meters.
Research/Construction
Planet 5 Inferior Hive (7) turns - While the Rift Alien searches for a suitable host for the Hierarch, the other aliens begin construction of a Hive deep within the bowels of Planet 5's municipal sewer systems. With tunnels leading to all parts of the city, the Xenomorphs have access to many areas, and can go unnoticed in their movements.
Other Research pending:
(Let me know if I should adjust my times ^^)
Ground Movement
The Hive Superior on Planet 7 draws into itself. LV-385 is left isolated with a few defending aliens waiting in choke hold ambush positions. The Hive is completely sealed by the Drones and other Aliens assisting them. Pushing deeper into the asteroid, the Empress ensures that whatever hits the surface of this planet does not scathe them in the slightest. LV-385 can be sacrificed.
Space movement
None.
Base/Facility Locations
Hive Superior - Planet 7
Hive Inferior / LV385
Hive Inferior *under construction* / Planet 5 (Underground Sewers)
Message to all:
"In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream"
Story
The groans of human agony resonate through the concrete walls of the deep sewer. A struggle between a man and something so small, and yet to hideously powerful. A wailing, and gnashing, and then *crrrac-blam!-*....silence. The slithering pestilence makes it way to its escorts. So small, and yet so powerful. The Rift Alien and Carrier make a bowing gesture, in servitude to the chestburster of royal lineage. It makes its way into a small area prepared by the other two Xenomorphs, and they bring the human body to her for nourishment.
Millions of miles in the distance, the young Empress communicates her intentions for her new Queen. She maintains the highest levels of vigilance in the Hive Superior. So well sealed they are, that she can barely hear the bolsterings of the violent galaxy surrounding their world.
Before long, she knew, there would be many more mouths to feed...
Edit: I believe I'll go OFFLINE for a couple of hours and watch a movie.
[Edited on 07.24.2008 5:44 PM PDT]