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now beyond the statement of nydus tunnels in terran bases...
What do gorges eat again?
They can't eat marines, because nanites... makes them disappear.... right?
Do they simply just get nutrients from the hive and infestation?
Edit:
What did they eat BEFORE The khaara took them over?! :O!
I think they were carnivores!
now beyond the statement of nydus tunnels in terran bases...
What do gorges eat again?
They can't eat marines, because nanites... makes them disappear.... right?
Do they simply just get nutrients from the hive and infestation?
Edit:
What did they eat BEFORE The khaara took them over?! :O!
I think they were carnivores!
Judging by the teeth (flat for grounding things), they were herbivores.
now beyond the statement of nydus tunnels in terran bases...
What do gorges eat again?
They can't eat marines, because nanites... makes them disappear.... right?
Do they simply just get nutrients from the hive and infestation?
Edit:
What did they eat BEFORE The khaara took them over?! :O!
I think they were carnivores!
Judging by the teeth (flat for grounding things), they were herbivores.
Goats are herbivores yet they eat just about anything. I think of a gorge in the same way.
now beyond the statement of nydus tunnels in terran bases...
What do gorges eat again?
They can't eat marines, because nanites... makes them disappear.... right?
Do they simply just get nutrients from the hive and infestation?
Edit:
What did they eat BEFORE The khaara took them over?! :O!
I think they were carnivores!
Judging by the teeth (flat for grounding things), they were herbivores.
Goats are herbivores yet they eat just about anything. I think of a gorge in the same way.
Most animals can digest anything (the digestive system doesn't discriminate). Though they are more evolved (via natural selection - had to put this here) to better utilize a particular niche (eg. goats eat anything, but they are better at digesting plant matter (flat teeth to ground the plants), they don't "eat" meat because they don't have the type of teeth that can tear flesh into smaller pieces to swallow. Once inside the stomach the digestive juices and enzymes will work on whatever is in there.
As to the Gorge, it is more adapted at plant matter judging by the teeth (flat, and not pointed like the skulk or lerk), it may eat small mammals (large mouth) or insects. So it could well be an omnivore (eat meat and plants), but can better digest plants.
PS. I can't believe we are having a biology class on the NS2 forums. This community is too learned. Lets have some of that CoD/CS GO stuff:
now beyond the statement of nydus tunnels in terran bases...
What do gorges eat again?
They can't eat marines, because nanites... makes them disappear.... right?
Do they simply just get nutrients from the hive and infestation?
Edit:
What did they eat BEFORE The khaara took them over?! :O!
I think they were carnivores!
Judging by the teeth (flat for grounding things), they were herbivores.
Goats are herbivores yet they eat just about anything. I think of a gorge in the same way.
Most animals can digest anything (the digestive system doesn't discriminate). Though they are more evolved (via natural selection - had to put this here) to better utilize a particular niche (eg. goats eat anything, but they are better at digesting plant matter (flat teeth to ground the plants), they don't "eat" meat because they don't have the type of teeth that can tear flesh into smaller pieces to swallow. Once inside the stomach the digestive juices and enzymes will work on whatever is in there.
As to the Gorge, it is more adapted at plant matter judging by the teeth (flat, and not pointed like the skulk or lerk), it may eat small mammals (large mouth) or insects. So it could well be an omnivore (eat meat and plants), but can better digest plants.
PS. I can't believe we are having a biology class on the NS2 forums. This community is too learned. Lets have some of that CoD/CS GO stuff:
leet, u noobz I pwned u bitc73s. *sigh*.
The digestive system does discriminate. Multiple stomachs, being able to break down what they eat with the appropriate stomach acid (like digesting bones), handling or not handling bacterium, tougher stomach linings.. etc.
The digestive system does discriminate. Multiple stomachs, being able to break down what they eat with the appropriate stomach acid (like digesting bones), handling or not handling bacterium, tougher stomach linings.. etc.
yes, to a point. eg. we can't digest cellulose, but cows (ruminants can) due to the bugs in its 4 stomaches. So I stand to be corrected. Thans @RapGod
The digestive system does discriminate. Multiple stomachs, being able to break down what they eat with the appropriate stomach acid (like digesting bones), handling or not handling bacterium, tougher stomach linings.. etc.
yes, to a point. eg. we can't digest cellulose, but cows (ruminants can) due to the bugs in its 4 stomaches. So I stand to be corrected. Thans @RapGod
now beyond the statement of nydus tunnels in terran bases...
What do gorges eat again?
They can't eat marines, because nanites... makes them disappear.... right?
Do they simply just get nutrients from the hive and infestation?
Edit:
What did they eat BEFORE The khaara took them over?! :O!
I think they were carnivores!
Judging by the teeth (flat for grounding things), they were herbivores.
Goats are herbivores yet they eat just about anything. I think of a gorge in the same way.
Most animals can digest anything (the digestive system doesn't discriminate). Though they are more evolved (via natural selection - had to put this here) to better utilize a particular niche (eg. goats eat anything, but they are better at digesting plant matter (flat teeth to ground the plants), they don't "eat" meat because they don't have the type of teeth that can tear flesh into smaller pieces to swallow. Once inside the stomach the digestive juices and enzymes will work on whatever is in there.
As to the Gorge, it is more adapted at plant matter judging by the teeth (flat, and not pointed like the skulk or lerk), it may eat small mammals (large mouth) or insects. So it could well be an omnivore (eat meat and plants), but can better digest plants.
PS. I can't believe we are having a biology class on the NS2 forums. This community is too learned. Lets have some of that CoD/CS GO stuff:
leet, u noobz I pwned u bitc73s. *sigh*.
I was not saying animals can't eat just about anything like a goat or gorge does. Us humans won't eat just about anything in the same way a goat will just eat a tin can. I imagine a gorge the same way, eating whatever happens to be in front of it but preferring vegetation.
I was not saying animals can't eat just about anything like a goat or gorge does. Us humans won't eat just about anything in the same way a goat will just eat a tin can. I imagine a gorge the same way, eating whatever happens to be in front of it but preferring vegetation.
But if that was the case, Wouldn't Facilities Like Kodiak be completely barebones without any shred of green?
Are the marines interrupting their Dinner or something?
I figured these guys ate whatever was comin out the res node. Just indirectly, like a IV. Or more like one of those cellphone charging mousepads.
I thought the gorge was a piggy. Pigs have teeth like us and eat kinda like us too. Sometimes you can fool the coroner with pig teeth and bones.
I figured these guys ate whatever was comin out the res node. Just indirectly, like a IV. Or more like one of those cellphone charging mousepads.
I thought the gorge was a piggy. Pigs have teeth like us and eat kinda like us too. Sometimes you can fool the coroner with pig teeth and bones.
Not going to lie, this part made me a bit concerned.
I don't see the concern...
Gorges probably taste the same as a piggy. Gorge bacon and such.
Maybe gorges are a distant relative of the pig.
I figured these guys ate whatever was comin out the res node. Just indirectly, like a IV. Or more like one of those cellphone charging mousepads.
I thought the gorge was a piggy. Pigs have teeth like us and eat kinda like us too. Sometimes you can fool the coroner with pig teeth and bones.
Not going to lie, this part made me a bit concerned.
I don't see the concern...
Gorges probably taste the same as a piggy. Gorge bacon and such.
Maybe gorges are a distant relative of the pig.
I am going to make a stretch with some real biology, and a bit of lore, and let cannon fodder fix the biology.
When you say distant relative, that would assume the kharra have made it to earth. I have read lore saying that the kharra infest a planet and then take species, editing their dna to suite the kharra bacterias needs. The gorge would be one of these.
I am going to make a stretch with some real biology, and a bit of lore, and let cannon fodder fix the biology.
When you say distant relative, that would assume the kharra have made it to earth. I have read lore saying that the kharra infest a planet and then take species, editing their dna to suite the kharra bacterias needs. The gorge would be one of these.
I am going to make a stretch with some real biology, and a bit of lore, and let cannon fodder fix the biology.
When you say distant relative, that would assume the kharra have made it to earth. I have read lore saying that the kharra infest a planet and then take species, editing their dna to suite the kharra bacterias needs. The gorge would be one of these.
I think you're confusing kharra with zerg.
Or is it the same for both?
I don't follow starcraft so it couldn't be from that. Its from ns2. As far as I know, there is no official lore. I have read a bit of the fanfiction section and I base my ns2 lore of that. That may or may not have taken from star craft in some ways. I can not speak for it.
You do realize that the TSF are derived from Starcraft Terrans and the Kharra are derived from Starcraft Zerg.
Naw...just because they are marines dosent mean they are derived from Starcraft Terran marines.
That would be like saying Starcraft Terran marines are derived from war hammer 40k marines.
We can't say that. Because some diehard fans will be butthurt.
Love the games...but keep them in their respective universes.
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@Nordic In the art design of NS2 (I was poking around my NS2 install folder when I was looking for icons to update the wiki), and found the Digital art book and read it for fun. @Squeal_Like_A_Pig Cory, your art is amazing. I wish I found that art book earlier. Anyway, the Lore for the Kharaa is:
The Kharaa "bacterium" is a parasite that takes over and controls other species. So from this point of view you could say they could invade a planet and take over. I can't remember how it is we only have 5 species of Kharaa at present. Give me some time and I could probably make up some sort of fan made Lore - but the Starcraft type explanation is probably the most convenient (assimilate many species, and mix the various traits to create the 5 species we see today as the most efficient). As to a gorge, Cory mention they designed it with a pig like snout, but if we don't want to go the pig route (I think Pigs are too round to be a gorge, may be an Capybara
Check the pictures, I think the shape is more like a Gorge than a pig.
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Problem solved.
What do gorges eat again?
They can't eat marines, because nanites... makes them disappear.... right?
Do they simply just get nutrients from the hive and infestation?
Edit:
What did they eat BEFORE The khaara took them over?! :O!
I think they were carnivores!
Judging by the teeth (flat for grounding things), they were herbivores.
Most animals can digest anything (the digestive system doesn't discriminate). Though they are more evolved (via natural selection - had to put this here) to better utilize a particular niche (eg. goats eat anything, but they are better at digesting plant matter (flat teeth to ground the plants), they don't "eat" meat because they don't have the type of teeth that can tear flesh into smaller pieces to swallow. Once inside the stomach the digestive juices and enzymes will work on whatever is in there.
As to the Gorge, it is more adapted at plant matter judging by the teeth (flat, and not pointed like the skulk or lerk), it may eat small mammals (large mouth) or insects. So it could well be an omnivore (eat meat and plants), but can better digest plants.
PS. I can't believe we are having a biology class on the NS2 forums. This community is too learned. Lets have some of that CoD/CS GO stuff:
leet, u noobz I pwned u bitc73s. *sigh*.
The digestive system does discriminate. Multiple stomachs, being able to break down what they eat with the appropriate stomach acid (like digesting bones), handling or not handling bacterium, tougher stomach linings.. etc.
yes, to a point. eg. we can't digest cellulose, but cows (ruminants can) due to the bugs in its 4 stomaches. So I stand to be corrected. Thans
@RapGod
=P this is very serious, after all.
Indeed, After all the Diet of a gorge is one of Ns2's Several mysteries.
I was not saying animals can't eat just about anything like a goat or gorge does. Us humans won't eat just about anything in the same way a goat will just eat a tin can. I imagine a gorge the same way, eating whatever happens to be in front of it but preferring vegetation.
But if that was the case, Wouldn't Facilities Like Kodiak be completely barebones without any shred of green?
Are the marines interrupting their Dinner or something?
Don't compare the holy gorge of nazareth, to a mindless goat. You just don't do it.
I thought the gorge was a piggy. Pigs have teeth like us and eat kinda like us too. Sometimes you can fool the coroner with pig teeth and bones.
Not going to lie, this part made me a bit concerned.
I don't see the concern...
Gorges probably taste the same as a piggy. Gorge bacon and such.
Maybe gorges are a distant relative of the pig.
All kharra come from the kharra bacteria (or whatever it was).
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Gorge Simulator. Can you guess what it is about... :P
When you say distant relative, that would assume the kharra have made it to earth. I have read lore saying that the kharra infest a planet and then take species, editing their dna to suite the kharra bacterias needs. The gorge would be one of these.
I think you're confusing kharra with zerg.
Or is it the same for both?
I don't follow starcraft so it couldn't be from that. Its from ns2. As far as I know, there is no official lore. I have read a bit of the fanfiction section and I base my ns2 lore of that. That may or may not have taken from star craft in some ways. I can not speak for it.
I wonder what happened to the Protoss =P
Naw...just because they are marines dosent mean they are derived from Starcraft Terran marines.
That would be like saying Starcraft Terran marines are derived from war hammer 40k marines.
We can't say that. Because some diehard fans will be butthurt.
Love the games...but keep them in their respective universes.
The Kharaa "bacterium" is a parasite that takes over and controls other species. So from this point of view you could say they could invade a planet and take over. I can't remember how it is we only have 5 species of Kharaa at present. Give me some time and I could probably make up some sort of fan made Lore - but the Starcraft type explanation is probably the most convenient (assimilate many species, and mix the various traits to create the 5 species we see today as the most efficient). As to a gorge, Cory mention they designed it with a pig like snout, but if we don't want to go the pig route (I think Pigs are too round to be a gorge, may be an Capybara
Check the pictures, I think the shape is more like a Gorge than a pig.
Also, skulk = zergling, lerk = mutalisk, fade = hydralisk (sort of by appearance), and onos = ultralisk.
Infestation = zerg creep, cysts = creep tumors.
Babblers.
What are they? Where do they come from? And why do they live?
...but shouldn't a baby have some form of resemblance to the parent?
We are talking about a 6 legged mouth with the shape of a tumor after all.
And gorges look NOTHING like babblers.