Hive (Hive):
  

Hive

Overview:

The Hive is a collective name for dozens of co-operative insect species. Their diversity and sheer weight of numbers gives them enormous military advantage, and a powerful instinct for colonisation and conquest.

Origins:

The Hive are not one race, but dozens. This myriad of intelligent insects have a anique symbiosis with one another, all fulfilling their special purposes.

Hive society is ruled by a number of rival queens. These queens surround themselves with a closely related noble class. "Upward mobility" is not in the Hive dictionary.

Most hive insects are content to serve their purpose though. Still, renegades are not unheard of, and some aspire to become new queens, or escape thralldom to join the outcasts of other races in piracy.

Current Status:

The Hive desire for expansion and colonisation brings them into frequent conflict with other races. They suffered particularly badly at the hands of the Brood until the intervention of the Kolari.

Nor are Hive Queens above making war on one-another. Yet no matter how many workers and warriors are killed, there never seems to be a shortage of these swarming creatures.


Strengths and Weaknesses

The diverse nature of the Hive means that they produce good all-rounders. However, their rigid monarchy means that leaders are few and far between. Free thinking is also stifled, leading to a lack of innovation.

Command 1
Piloting 4
Gunnery 4
Engineering 4
Security 4
Luck 1

 

 

 

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