Hive

==Overview==
[[File:Hive SCR Rend1.png|thumb|The "Char hive"]]
Protected by a dense exoskeleton and granted full access to the [[Overmind]]'s pool of knowledge, the hive continues to provide the same functionality that it has since it was a [[hatchery]] (birthing [[larva]]e, maintaining [[creep]], and digesting [[minerals]]/[[gas]]). Once the hive is present, the being commanding it has the potential to unleash the full fury of the zerg.<ref name="SC1Man">Underwood, Peter, Bill Roper, Chris Metzen and Jeffrey Vaughn. ''StarCraft (Manual)''. Irvine, Calif.: Blizzard Entertainment, 1998.</ref> The genetic model for a hive is extremely complex, and would be indecipherable by any [[terran]] scientist.<ref name="SC:ShadXel">Mesta, Gabriel (July 1, 2001). ''[[StarCraft: Shadow of the Xel'Naga]]''. Simon & Schuster (Pocket Star). ISBN 0-671-04149-5.</ref> When under attack, hives can harden their hull with bony protrusions, allowing it to shrug off weaker strikes.<ref name = "SC:LensVoid">Todd, Hugh. "“[[Lens of the Void]]”." (April 25, 2013). Blizzard Entertainment. [http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/game/lore/short-stories/lens-of-the-void/1 StarCraft Lore: Lens of the Void] Accessed 2013-04-26.</ref> 

During the [[Great War]] and {{link|Brood War|conflict}}, the Zerg Swarm could deploy a "[[Char]] hive". This hive glowed by the perpetual heat it generated, and while it was not so hot that melee attackers would be damaged, the [[drone]]s and larvae within it were able to take advantage of the warmth it provided on the colder planets of the [[Koprulu sector]].<ref name="RemasteredPurchase">2017-08-03, [https://starcraft.com/en-us/articles/20941236 Spotlight: Pre-Purchase Rewards]. ''Blizzard Entertainment'', accessed on 2017-08-05</ref>