Egg

From NS2 community wiki

Introduction

Egg screenshot

The Egg is the spawn point for Kharaa players into the Skulk lifeform. The spawn system adjusts the spawn time depending on the number of dead players, preferring to spawn lifeforms in waves over individually (1 player = 9 seconds, 2 players = 13 seconds, 3 players = 17 seconds, etc).

Eggs are created automatically by the Hive every 10 - 60 seconds, up to a maximum of 9 eggs per Hive. By increasing the number of alien players, egg spawning rate will also increase; eggs spawn faster when there are fewer existing eggs near a Hive. If more than 5 players are respawning, subsequent eggs will spawn in 7 seconds instead of default time, until the dead player count is below the threshold.

When evolving into another lifeform, the player will temporarily become an egg until gestation is complete; selecting Evolutions will also transform the player into an egg briefly.