The V O I D wrote:While I wait for the Kzavi to be accepted, I need something to do for now.GENERAL:
NS Nation Name: Void.
Nation Name: The Xathoi Hives
Flag: This symbol.
Location: Southeastern galaxy, somewhere.
Tech Tier: Tier 3 or 2... sort of (see later in app).
Nation Type: Expansive Empire.
Capital: Xathoi System, Xatha, Xatin Hive-City.
Government Type: Federal elective monarchy with Hiveminds: Each 'Hive' is led by a Hive Queen, and owns a certain number of planets or systems. Hive Queens control all Xathoi under their influence and that are birthed by them or their Breeders. The Council of Queens forms the leadership of the Xathoi; each Hive Queen having some level of say over the nation. This essentially means that, despite their population, there are only about five hundred (give or take) Hive Queens who are independent, sentient and sapient compared to one another. The Council of Queens often elects the Matriarch, or 'Empress'; this is a Hive Queen who is selected to lead the other Hive Queens and their Hives to ensure the Xathoi's survival. The Matriarch does not hold any psionic control over the other Hive Queens, however, and can be impeached.
History: The Xathoi Hives began as the Xathoi species on the planet of Xathoi. The Xathoi are a semi-insectoid species, with a unique and keen ability to rapidly adapt and evolve. The Xathoi had to accomplish this due to their home planet having a very hostile environment that could either be habitable to even humans, or inhospitable to most other forms of life, depending on the time of year. The Xathoi evolved on their planet and came out on top; their ability to evolve into multiple subspecies and adapt traits from other species via assimilative reproduction or other means meant that the Xathoi could overcome anything through biological means. Thus, technology wasn't ever seen as necessary for advancement as the species itself could advance biologically and create new biological forms of technology.
Mastering the arts of biotechnology, genetic engineering and other various things all naturally, the Xathoi took to the stars using their Shipbreed. The Shipbreed could exist in a vacuum, and were evolved to have unique empty passages and such to carry other Xathoi forms within; evolving and being shaped into a 'ship' from within. They can release the Starbreed; essentially, starfighter Xathoi forms that can release quick-hatching Xathoi forms onto ships in boarding processes. These two forms could exist in space thanks to their ability to conserve oxygen for days at a time; only needing to return to a planet, briefly, for air. It was adapted such that any 'air' would suffice as long as there was air to breathe.
The Xathoi Hives' FTL was developed in a unique way; using sheer psionic power, Shipbreeds can tear wormholes open into space. However; the Shipbreed must be taught the location that they need to travel to, as well as needing time to charge the psionic power necessary. A consquence of this is that the Shipbreed tend to have low energy leftover after doing so; relying on Starbreed to defend them while the Xathoi forms aboard replenish such energy by feeding the Shipbreed. Failure to do this means that the Shipbreed's natural weapons - acid cannons and such - would not function. It would also mean the Shipbreed would become tired and require air... and, breathing (or trying to) in space inevitably leads to the death of the Shipbreed - and when it dies, it cannot sustain the Xathoi within.
The Xathoi have developed specialized forms for almost every task, and specialized biotechnology as well due to their incredible adaptivity and evolution. They became members of the Galactic Concordat; many of the Hive Queens seeing only advantage in having friendly relations with xenos, as well as the current ruling Matriarch. However, there are Hive Queens that share a less favorable view of xenos and would rather have them consumed.
Population: 900 Billion.
Number of Systems: 500.
Species: Xathoi (see species app for more details).
ECONOMIC:
Ideology: None; they have no concept of money or need for it, as there are only really the Hive Queens that matter or exist in a fashion to desire anything.
Economy: Very Good.
Manufacturing: Good, if you consider biomanufacturing apart of it.
Agriculture: Excellent.
MILITARY:
Population: Approx. 45 Billion Combat forms (this is including Shipbreed, Starbreed, etc.)
Branches: The Hivefleets.
Standard Infantry: Xathoi Combat Form.
Standard Infantry weapon types: Literally themselves; bioweaponry, acid spitters.
Standard Ship: Xathoi Shipbreed.
Space Weapon Types: Plasma based, acid based. Mostly kinetic.
Strengths: Biotechnology, bioweaponry, extreme adaptiveness, coordination through hiveminded nature, quickly replenishing numbers.
Weaknesses: Lack of 'real' technology; shields are purely psionic, so non-kinetic weaponry is extremely effective on all fronts; reliant upon swarming the enemy on-planet, and in space, reliant upon distractive tactics until a Hivefleet is at full strength (which takes up to twenty minutes).
#IA_APPName: Xathoi.
Appearance: Varies by form; Standard Combat Forms and Shipbreed seen above, so, here are the rest:Homeworld: Xathoi.
- Worker Form: Does everything from maintaining a hivecity, a hive, the Hive Queen's hygiene, feeding the Hive Queen or a Shipbreed, to any other general task; bred the quickest for extremely quick work.
- Stealth Combat Form ("Infiltrators"): Stealth Combat Forms have a unique capability; they can rip other species open (preferably humanoids), remove and eat organs/skeletons before 'slipping into the skin' and shifting their bodyshape to match that of a standard skeleton for that species. Their eyes are usually replaced by the eyes 'ingested' from the 'host', and they then heal the host's skin from within; maintaining the skin's health to remain disguised. The only way to tell the difference is if you take an x-ray to them, as the skin still has host DNA and some host-blood throughout it for DNA tests.
- Heavy Combat Form: They are, essentially, the juggernauts of the Xathoi.
- Tank Form: Yay, bio-tanks!
- Reproductive Forms ("Breeders"): Come in various shapes and sizes, but they basically use biomatter they have been fed by Workers and/or given to them by Hive Queens to begin mass producing all other forms like biofactories. Reproduction takes between days (Worker Forms) to months. There are extremely massive Breeders that are usually underwater and require lots of water and biomatter used for making Shipbreed and their Starbreed.
- Starbreed: Starfighter forms.
- Dreadbreed: Super massive Shipbreeds that can be considered dreadnoughts or super-dreadnoughts; formed by multiple Shipbreeds being fused together in a complex process to form a larger organism.
- Hive Queen: The Queens themselves for the Xathoi. When a Hive Queen is made Matriarch, she temporarily grows slightly larger after consuming large amounts of biomatter. If she's impeached, that usually means she's killed; a new Hive Queen born upon her death to resume control over her Hive.
There are other, less common forms; but those will be seen later.
Life Span: Varies dependent upon form; but Hive Queens can live for thousands of years. A Matriarch, however, is theoretically speaking a biological immortal.
Height: Varies by form; average height, without including larger forms, is 8'5".
Weight: Varies by form; average weight, without including larger forms, is 500 lbs.
Tech Tier: Tier 3 or 2, sort of.
Description: The Xathoi are an incredibly adaptive species that evolved their needs away rather than using technology; and are masters of controlling biology and such. They also are extremely powerful psionics.
#I2tV (DO NOT REMOVE!!!!)
To sorta counteract the somewhat OP nature of a biological adaptive insectoid species, they evolved using purely biotech and their psionics are able to make wormholes and such (for their Shipbreeds, anyway, that act as their navy ships); the Shipbreeds are weakened/tired from doing the psionic power necessary to FTL, and thus need to replenish their energy - which takes about 20 mins. Not only that, but because they have purely biological stuff going on; their ships use psionic shielding to protect from kinetic blasts. Extremely powerful kinetic weapons or even non-kinetic weapons are all one needs to sling at any of them and they'll be taken down rather quickly depending on the situation and thickness of their armor.
There's also a few other hints of weaknesses and such throughout the apps. Perhaps this is better.
Looks good on my end.
Accepted.
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