Editing Hive

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{{Quote|The Hive is the focal point of the Swarm, the pinnacle of the species' millennia-spanning evolution. For zerg units, the Hive is home...and nothing says "home" like bubbling lava and black volcanic rock.||url=https://starcraft.com/en-us/articles/20941236}}
[[File:Char SC2 Art1.jpg|thumb|A hive on [[Char]]|300px]]
The '''hive''' is the primary structure of the [[zerg]]<ref>[http://sea.battle.net/sc2/en/game/race/zerg/ Overview: Zerg], accessed on 2011-01-13</ref> and unlocks the final stages of their evolution.

==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>

==Game Structure==
===StarCraft===
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|name=Hive
|game=SC1
|bgcolor=
|fgcolor={{Black}}
|image=<gallery>
SC1 Hive.gif|SC1
Hive SCR Game1.gif|SCR
Hive Cartooned Game1.JPG|Cartooned
</gallery>
|imgsize=100px
|race=Zerg
|faction={{FlagOvermind}} [[Zerg Swarm]]
|evolvesfrom=[[Lair]]
|baseunit=
|role=Advanced foundation building
|useguns=
|usearmor=
|hp=2500
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|costgas=150
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|time=120
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|req=[[Queen's nest]]
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|produce={{link|Larva|SC1}}
|allows=*[[Defiler mound]]
*[[Ultralisk cavern]]
*[[Nydus canal]]
*[[Greater spire]]
*Adrenal Glands
|research=*[[Burrow]]
*[[Overlord (StarCraft)#Upgrades|Ventral Sacs]]
*[[Overlord (StarCraft)#Upgrades|Antennae]]
*[[Overlord (StarCraft)#Upgrades|Pneumatized Carapace]]
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====Researched Abilities====
{{SC1ZergBurrow
|note=Allows most zerg land units--all but the massive {{link|ultralisk|SC1}} and primitive {{link|broodling|SC1}}--to burrow into the ground, rendering them immobile and unable to attack, but also safe from enemy fire unless the enemy has a detector nearby. Applies to: {{link|Drone|SC1}}, {{link|zergling|SC1}}, {{link|hydralisk|SC1}}, [[Defiler (StarCraft)|defiler]], [[infested terran (StarCraft)|infested terran]]
}}
{{SC1VentralSacs}}
{{Clear|left}}

====Researched Upgrades====
{{SC1Antennae}}
{{SC1PneumatizedCarapace}}
{{Clear|left}}

====Development====
In some builds of the [[StarCraft beta]], the hive was a name given to the structure that would become the [[queen's nest]].<ref name = "Beta">2011-05-03, [http://blizzardarchive.com/pub/Images/Screens/Sc1_2/clean.html Blizzard Archive]. "Blizzarchive.com", accessed on 2018-07-03</ref>
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===StarCraft II===
{{UnitBox
|name=Hive
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|fgcolor={{Black}}
|image=1. Hive Default.jpg
|imgsize=200px
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|race=Zerg
|faction={{FlagKerrigan}} [[Zerg Swarm]]<br>
{{FlagHybrid}} [[Amon Brood]]<br>
[[Feral zerg]]
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|size=
|type=*[[Biological]]
*Structure
|armortype=*[[Armored]]
|trans=
|costmin=200
|costgas=150
|supply=Provides 2 (''[[WoL]]''/''[[HotS]]'') {{SC2ZergCont}}<br>
Provides 6 (''[[LotV]]/[[Co-op Missions|Co-op]])''
|time=71 {{Time}}
60 ([[Co-op Missions]]) {{time}}<br>
'''Mastery:''' -1.2 {{time}} per '''Structure Morph and Evolution Rate''' mastery point. Down to a minimum 24 (Abathur)
|produced=
|req=[[Infestation pit]]<br>
None (Co-op [[Sarah Kerrigan (Co-op Missions)|Kerrigan]] and [[Zagara (Co-op Missions)|Zagara]])
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*{{link|Queen|SC2}} (with spawning pool)
*[[Swarm queen]] (Campaign (with spawning pool) and Co-op [[Abathur (Co-op Missions)|Abathur]])
|allows=*[[Ultralisk cavern]]
*[[Greater spire]]
*[[Viper]] (with Infestation pit) (Versus and Co-op [[Abathur (Co-op Missions)|Abathur]])
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The hive reappears in ''[[StarCraft II]]''. The hive can set two rally points, one ("Y") for most units and one ("G") for {{link|drone|SC2}}s. The {{link|queen|SC2}} does not get a rally point.

Each individual egg can be separately rallied; this overrides rally points set for the hive.<ref name="RallyOverride">"for zerg is it the same that the hatchery sets the rally, or can you rally for each individual egg?"<br/><br/><font color = blue>You can do both. You can set a rally for your hatchery, but can then override it with manual orders per egg as well. Also don't forget, you can set a worker rally point for your hatchery, as well as a unit rally point. </font>Karune, Rancid_death75. [http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=15211002843&sid=3000#1 Another rally question for Kaurne!] ''Battle.net StarCraft II General Discussion Forum.'' Accessed 2009-02-18.</ref>

====Researched Abilities====
{{SC2ZergBurrow}}
{{Clear|left}}
{{SC2OverlordVentralSacs}}
{{Clear|left}}

====Researched Upgrades====
{{SC2OverlordSpeed}}
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====Queen Abilities====
{{SC2FastLarva}}
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===Co-op Missions===
{{Link|Kerrigan|coop}}, {{Link|Zagara|coop}} and {{Link|Abathur|coop}} use the hive as the tier 3 or final upgrade of their hatchery. It retains the previous functions of the lair to create {{Link|larva|SC2}}e, generate [[creep]] to cover the nearby area, and finally train queens. Kerrigan and Zagara can create regular {{Link|queen|SC2}}s after morphing a {{LinkInside|spawning pool|SC1}}. Abathur's hive can initially create [[swarm queen]]s instead of regular queens, and can be upgraded to create two swarm queens simultaneously.

Note that while Abathur retains the standard Infestation Pit pre-requisite, Kerrigan and Zagara are free to morph the hive immediately after the lair finishes. If there is sufficient gas to do so, this allows those two commanders to access the higher tier units or upgrades quicker than would normally be expected.

{{Link|Dehaka|coop}} use the [[primal hive]] as a primary structure which can breed [[primal drone]]s, remotely create [[extractor]]s on vespene gas geysers, evolve attack and carapace on primal zerg units, and it can be uprooted to move and also attack.

{{Link|Stetmann|coop}} use the [[mecha hive]] variant, which can build [[mecha larva]]s and generate an [[Egonergy]] field.

====Kerrigan Upgrades====
{{CoopZergPneumatizedCarapace|kerrigan}}
{{CoopZergVentralSacs|kerrigan}}

====Zagara Upgrades====
{{CoopZergPneumatizedCarapace|zagara}}
{{CoopZergVentralSacs|zagara}}

====Abathur Upgrades====
{{CoopZergPneumatizedCarapace|abathur}}
{{CoopZergVentralSacs|abathur}}
{{CoopIncubationChamber}}

====Development====
The hive for ''[[StarCraft II]]'' was based off the [[lair]] in ''[[StarCraft]]'', in order to make it look more 'evil.' There were also plans to change the middle maw portion more gradually as it evolved from a [[hatchery]], but there wasn't enough time to do so.<ref>2010-2011, [http://phillgonzo.deviantart.com/art/Starcraft-2-Zerg-Main-186566339?q=boost%3Apopular%20gallery%3Aphillgonzo%2F11039907&qo=1 Starcraft 2: Zerg Main]. ''Deviantart'', accessed on 2011-02-11</ref>

==Images==
<gallery>
File:Hive SC1 DevGame1.jpg|The hive in the [[StarCraft alpha|''StarCraft'' alpha]]
File:Hive SCR Game1.jpg|The hive in ''[[StarCraft: Remastered]]''
2. Hive Simulant.jpg|[[Project Simulant]] hive
3. Hive Cerberus.jpg|[[Cerberus Program]] hive
4. Hive Classic.jpg|[[StarCraft|Classic]] hive
File:Hive wireframe.jpg|SC1 building wireframe
File:Remastered Hive wireframe.jpg|SC Remastered building wireframe
</gallery>

==References==
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{{Zerg}}
{{Zerg (StarCraft II)}}
{{Zerg Breeds}}
[[Category:Swarm zerg breeds]]