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The hydralisk, the Hive mascot and my inspiration to make this gigantic site, is feared among the
Nomadic terrans, and even the proudest Protoss warriors cringe at the feet (or grooved spine) of this mighty advesary.
*The Hydralisk has the admirable ability to fire at both air and ground units with its needle spines.
| GGWAAARR!! |
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| Translation: FEAR ME!! |
The Hydralisk is basically a beefed up super marine. It fires at land and air targets with a projectile
weapon. But the marine does only 6 points of damage per shot, while the hydro does 10 from the start. The Hydralisk also has
double the marines hit points-80! All this great advantage and you would think that one hydro would take 2 control apiece,
but no (they only cost one), you can build masses of these powerful warriors.
The Side and Front profile of a hydralisk
| Side and front view of a hydralisk |
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| A work of art |
| Another detailed shot |
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| Smile! |
The hydralisk has meduim armor, so it can withstand two blasts from a siege
tank. It's chest cavity opens to reveal hundreds of razor sharp needle spines capable of ripping through flesh, plasma shielding,
and even thick Neo steel armored hulls with relative ease. The Hydralisk uses special, muscle-like organs in its chest
cavity to hydraulically propel the needle spines to incredible rates of speed(hench the name, Hydralisk). The hydralisk
has incredible accuracy when firing a round of its needles.
Hydralisks don't have a pair of legs to run with like you humans, but they do hop along quite well
with the help of thier augment (the tentacle thingy). Its clumsy, but hey! How well could you run with just one leg?
| Great teamwork |
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| Look at em go! |
Hydralisks have an extreme sense of loyalty to thier own brethren- they fight along side each
other and sometimes die to protect one another. Should you come along and foolishly harm one of the dros, the entire swarm
will be knocking on your front door, blood-thristy for revenge!
One of the Hive's veiwers recently submitted this bit of information regarding the origin of the
hydralisk's name. Here's what he found:
"Its name meant serpent lizard. Hyrda being the mythical beast hercules slew, and lisk, I suppose
that means lizard because of the basalisk. Another definition for hydra was "A multifarious evil, or an evil having many sources;
not to be overcome by a single effort" which would describe them perfectly as well."
-Brad
Behold, my hydralisks assault a key resource base.
| My Dros attack a key resource base |
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Here's a screen shot I found from Starcraft: Ghost. Not a very acurate depiction if
you ask me.
| A Screen shot from Starcraft: Ghost Console Game |
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| The newest dro pic |
This is obviously taken from the Starcraft Scinematics.
| I found another Dro pic! Whoooo! |
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| Reminds me of Bane |
Another mysterious hydralisk pic sent by email. Its not that bad though,
| The newest hydralisk picture |
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| oooo, scary! |
Ever wondered how tall a hydralisk would be in real life? Consider this
picture: I'm 6 foot 1 and this is basically what it would be like to look down at me from the eyes of a hydralisk; if hydralisks
see in the same colors we do...
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