Kharaa Data :: Species :: Evolutions :: Defensive: Carapace
Summary: alien grows armor, can resist damage.
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