TGMC:King

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Queen Mother says: "This xenomorph is getting reworked! Check this link for any updates on it https://github.com/tgstation/TerraGov-Marine-Corps/pull/11610 ."

UNDEFINED XENO
King	Difficulty: Very Hard Rank: Hatchling (Starting), Young (10hrs), Mature (25hrs), Elder (70 hrs), Ancient (175 hrs) Duties: Guide the hive and obtain hosts to grow your ever expanding hive. Guides: N/A Quote: "HELLO, CHILDREN! I'M BACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!"

The King

THE OMEGA. Resting upon your resin throne, you look up in the nightly sky contemplating on the next star you will visit. Breaking your concentration, you have been summoned by a distant hive from planets and stars apart. Amused by the gift they have bestowed upon you, you began the psychic transfer from body to resin, then from resin to mind, then mind to the new planet. Such is the power of resin that xenomorphs have mastered over their environment of evolutionary adaptedness. Going through the psychic webbing of the Hivemind traveling faster than light speed, you can see all the collective memories of xenomorphs, from the early primitive centuries to the expansive space-faring Hive. All your senses are flooded by such sacred psychic information, motivating you to do what is needed: provide victory for the Hive.

Before you can be a king, the hive needs to get 1.8k psychic points. King is chosen among xenomorphs.

YOUR NEW THRONE AWAKES!

HAIL TO THE KING

If there is one job that king cannot handle, it's combative engagement with marines. You play as a tactical role that xenomorphs look to when making decisions on engaging against marines. Fundamentally, you synergize xenomorphs' engagement by:

• breaking barricades with Gravity Crush
• opening opportunities with Screech to push with Nightfall
• rallying the hive for a push
• using mass teleport to get xenomorphs together with Psychic Summon
• making corrosion of reinforced walls to allow for xenomorph maneuverability
• melting CAS flares and OB beacons
• Emitting Pheromones for your sisters

When you see barricades, you crush them. You do not go ravager and engage with marines directly. The priority is marines' defense, not marines. While King is not explicitly a range xenomorph, treat him as such with your Gravity Crush. None of his abilities let him start engagement with marines in CQC. Instead, he heavily relies on other xenomorphs' abilities so that he can engage. Let xenomorphs push or Queen screeches, then you can use Nightfall.

Maturity Statistics and Evolution Paths

Maturity increases stats as follows.

• Slash is the melee damage when the xenomorph is in harm intent and slashing marine. In the code, it's melee_damage.
• Melee, bullet, laser, energy, bomb, bio, rad, fire, and acid are soft armor values, not hard armor, which means that they reduce damage by a percentage rather than a flat value.
• Pheromone Strength determines how powerful some activities will be, such as pheromones themselves, as well as using abilities that heal.

Age	Health	Plasma	Slash	Melee	Bullet	Laser	Energy	Bomb	Bio	Fire	Acid	Pheromone Strength
Young	450	900	20	50	50	50	50	80	45	100	45	4x
Mature	500	1000	20	55	55	55	55	80	50	100	50	4x
Elder	600	1100	25	60	60	60	60	80	55	100	55	5x
Ancient	700	1200	30	65	65	65	65	100	60	100	60	6x

King's Abilities

Ability	Description	Plasma Cost	Cooldown
Toggle Bump Attacks	Allows you to toggle bump attacks on and off. This allows you to slash any enemy creature by running into them. The red arrow means it's on, you attack when on HARM intent; the green arrow means it's off, you push when on HARM intent.	N/A	N/A
Rest	Used to rest and get up. You heal faster when resting on weeds.	N/A	2 seconds
Psy Drain	This ability is used on dead Marines. For every Marine's psyche drained, the Hive will gain between 30 and 90 psychic points, depending on the number of Marines spawned; and 1/8 of a larva.	50	N/A
Corrosive Acid	Expels acid onto an object or wall, destroying it after a while. If used on wall, a hole will appear after some time. Small xenos can climb through, large xenos can break the wall with the hole on it open. CTRL + click to interact with the acid hole. During the prep phase, all xenomorphs with this ability get strong acid. [Acid Strength by Caste] Drone and Sentinel, and Scorpion have the weakest acid. Takes 8 minutes to melt a hole in a regular wall. Cannot be used on reinforced walls. Hivelord, Shrike, Spitter, and Praetorian have common acid. Takes 3 minutes to melt a hole in a regular wall. Cannot be used on reinforced walls. Boiler, Primordial Hivelord, Queen, and King have the strongest acid. Takes 1.5 minutes to melt a hole in any type of wall.	75 if caste has weak acid; 100 for medium and strong acid	N/A
Plant Weeds	Plants a resin weed node, which will start growing resin weeds in a 3-tile radius that allows xenomorphs to heal and restore plasma while on top of the tile. Right-clicking the ability icon will allow you to select different types of weeds to plant. Placing a weed node on top of another will replace that weed node with the new type. During the prep phase, plasma cost to place a weed node is halved. [Weed Types] Default, does nothing extraordinary. Costs 75 plasma. Boosts health and plasma regeneration by 20%, and doubles sunder recovery for any xenos resting on them. Costs 150 plasma. Slows humans and vehicles a small amount, can stack with sticky resin. Costs 225 plasma.	75-225	N/A
Emit Pheromones	Toggles your pheromones, allowing you to select Recovery, Warding, or Frenzy. You only emit one at a time, and you can see which pheromones you are effected by in the Status tab. Emitting pheromones uses 5 plasma every regeneration tick. Strength of pheromones is tied to caste and increases the effects. More at Xenomorph Mechanics. [Pheromone Types] Recovery: Accelerates healing and sunder regeneration for resting xenos, increases the amount healed from healing abilities, and increases plasma regeneration. Allows for healing after taking damage without having to wait 10 seconds. Warding: Increases soft armor in all areas for each level. Frenzy: Decreases movement slowdown by 0.6 for each level. [Pheromone Strength by Caste] and Drone - 2.0 Carrier - 2.5 Defiler - 2.6, Hivelord - 3.0, Shrike - 3.0, Hivemind - 4.0, Praetorian - 4.5, King - 4.5 Queen and Pheromone Towers - 5.0	N/A	N/A
Gravity Crush	Wind up for at least a second that increase the localized gravity in an area and crush structures by a 3x3 area. Also crushes marines for substantial, but not crippling, damage. Deals EXPLODE_LIGHT to marines and EXPLODE_HEAVY to objects.	200	30 seconds
Nightfall	Shut down all electrical lights nearby for 10 seconds. Does nothing to flares.	100	45 seconds
Psychic Summon	Summons all xenomorphs and minions in a hive to the caller's location.	900	10 minutes
Rally Hive	Rallies the player xeno to you, along with an arrow pointer for other xeno. Gives the Hive your current health status. 60 second cooldown.	0	60 seconds
Rally Minions	Command minions, ordering them to converge on this location. You must be next to minions in order for them to follow you. When you activate rally minion, you will *roar, which will in turn make the minions *roar as well. If you hear minions *roar, it means they are following you. Note that minions are stupid and WILL get stuck , help me step xeno	100	60 seconds
Command Minions	Order the minions escorting you to be either aggressive or passive.	N/A	N/A

Tips and Tricks

• You can Gravity crush behind walls!
• Do not fight marines, that's not your job. Fight what they rely on and allow the rest of the hive to do the rest.
• Your Gravity Crush instantly destroys most metal barricades. Concussive armor will allow them to survive, but only barely. This is what it's designed for; abuse it. Give them nowhere to hide, then turn the lights off as the hive moves in.

TGMC Roles
	TerraGov Marines Ranks	Command	Captain, Field Commander, Staff Officer, Pilot Officer, Transport Officer, Mech Pilot
		Vehicle Crew	Assault Crewman, Transport Crewman
		Engineering and Supply	Chief Ship Engineer, Requisitions Officer, Ship Technician
		Medical	Chief Medical Officer, Medical Doctor, Researcher
		Marines	Squad Leader, Squad Smartgunner, Squad Engineer, Squad Corpsman, Squad Marine
		Civilians	Corporate Liaison
		Silicon	Combat robots, Synthetic, AI
	Xenomorphs Playtime	Tier 0	Larva, Minions
		Tier 1	Drone, Runner, Defender, Sentinel
		Tier 2	Hivelord, Carrier, Hunter, Wraith, Bull, Warrior, Puppeteer, Spitter, Pyrogen
		Tier 3	Gorger, Defiler, Widow, Ravager, Warlock, Behemoth, Crusher, Praetorian, Boiler
		Tier 4	Shrike, Queen, King, Hivemind
	Others		Zombie, Emergency Response Teams, Sons of Mars, Survivor