#Starcraft zerg skin
#Starcraft zerg code

Individually, zerglings are little more than feral animals, but work well in large groups under the command of larger zerg warriors, moving under one mind. Zerglings can act as 'meat shields' for more powerful zerg strains, but can also overwhelm their foes through sheer weight of numbers. When they attack, zerglings move in large groups, ranging from a dozen to a hundred. Zerglings truly embody what 'swarm' means to the zerg. During the Second Great War, its validity became a Terran Dominion rumor. These spikes are retained even when Leviathan zerglings metamorphose into banelings. Spikes jut from the bodies of Leviathan Brood zerglings as a byproduct of their extremely simplified DNA. By the Second Great War, some zerglings were observed to possess venational wings, which are used to increase ground acceleration. The spikes that extend from the tip have no discernable purpose, and Dominion scientists have speculated that it is vestigial from their dune runner forebears. The zergling's spiked tail allows the creature to maintain balance while running at high speeds. However, zergling eyes have also appeared as pure black in such conditions. This glow is an indicator that a zergling's vision has fully adapted to whatever low-light conditions it has found itself in. This ability is further enhanced by a layer of tissue that reflects light, and the production of a substance which, depending on saturation levels, makes a zergling's eyes glow orange or red. Zerglings have a complex optical structure, and their eyes have an optical aperture which allows them to see in the dark. Zerglings are physically adaptable creatures, able to climb near vertical surfaces and are extraordinarily fast, though they are generally easy to exterminate, one ending up as roadkill after being run over by a recon vehicle. The nervous system of zerglings is hyperactive, so much so that those enslaved by the Cerberus Program required two antennas per zergling to control their movement. This allows zerglings to operate away from a hive cluster for extended periods of time. Zerglings can derive the necessary compounds for life (even water) from anything they eat. As per their origins, zerglings have an efficient nutrient storage system.

#Starcraft zerg skin

Zerglings have tough, adaptable, leathery skin which prevents moisture loss, while still allowing fluid circulation to keep the zergling's body temperature at appropriate levels. The rapid genesis modification to zergling cells allows their gestation to proceed at remarkable speed. Dominion marines have referred to such zerglings as 'speedlings.' In such a state, zerglings can bring down armored vehicles and structures with ease.

Further analysis has revealed evidence of genetic manipulation, which also increased zergling aggression, driving them into a state of frenzy. These adrenal glands have been observed to be unusually large for a creature of the zergling's size. Further mutations may be made to zergling DNA, namely the alteration of their physiology through a metabolic boost to increase their reflexes and rate of movement and the mutation of their adrenal glands, changing their glandular balance to induce a battle frenzy. Zerglings possess sickle limbs and sharp incisor teeth, used primarily for tearing into flesh. Equivalent in size to a large dog, zerglings are one meter tall and possess webbed feet. Zerglings are the smallest mainline zerg strain apart from the larvae and chitha. While their core DNA comes from the dune runner, zerglings are hybridized from over fifteen other organism strains. Zergling replication is so efficient that they thrive even when exposed to exceedingly high mortality rates, which are greater than almost all other zerg strains. The larvae get the genetic information from the 'primordial ooze' of spawning pools.

#Starcraft zerg code

Zerglings form the most numerous of the zerg mutations,-their simple DNA (distilled from the dune runners' genetic code to its most simple form) allows two zerglings to be spawned from a single larva.