"Infinitus Dominium" Grand OOC

[The Nuclear Fist]

So they are entirely robotic, then?

Some are. Lapiths and Nemeans are for example just a brain in a jar. Myrmidons, Manticores, and Cerberii are torsos in a heavily armored casing with robotic limbs. Gorgons and Talosii are human frames with robotic limbs and weapons with heavy facial augmentation and implants with a few internal so they have some armor plating and Centaurs, Harpies, and Chimeras are bodies in a Iron-sarcophagus Dreadnought style.

Can drop by my Military factbook for a more indepth look.

Though a bit of a departure from the normal, the Swarm shouldn't have too much trouble adapting fallen enemies to be used as cannon fodder shock armies to soak up most of the damage before the actual warriors arrive.

Though the fallen's greatest asset is their mind, and the wealth of knowledge given to Damballah when said minds are integrated into the God-Consciousness.

[Steel Confessors]

Oh, we think you are. There's indication. Being labeled a swarm doesn't label your species unintelligent. Just it has the capability to field vast numbers and pervert the landscape to their choosing.

Good.

It doesn't mean though we won't seek to exterminate you though.

Some are. Lapiths and Nemeans are for example just a brain in a jar. Myrmidons, Manticores, and Cerberii are torsos in a heavily armored casing with robotic limbs. Gorgons and Talosii are human frames with robotic limbs and weapons with heavy facial augmentation and implants with a few internal so they have some armor plating and Centaurs, Harpies, and Chimeras are bodies in a Iron-sarcophagus Dreadnought style.

Can drop by my Military factbook for a more indepth look.

Though a bit of a departure from the normal, the Swarm shouldn't have too much trouble adapting fallen enemies to be used as cannon fodder shock armies to soak up most of the damage before the actual warriors arrive.

Though the fallen's greatest asset is their mind, and the wealth of knowledge given to Damballah when said minds are integrated into the God-Consciousness.

Oh, see now that means they'll have to add explosives to their bodies to detonate when they have a signal broadcast to destroy your ability to reuse them and might even just annihilate lost fields to prevent the loss of sensitive information. Though, by the time they realize what's going on a large portion of their stratagems and such will already be lost.

[Tribea]

Good.

It doesn't mean though we won't seek to exterminate you though.

Though a bit of a departure from the normal, the Swarm shouldn't have too much trouble adapting fallen enemies to be used as cannon fodder shock armies to soak up most of the damage before the actual warriors arrive.

Though the fallen's greatest asset is their mind, and the wealth of knowledge given to Damballah when said minds are integrated into the God-Consciousness.

Oh, see now that means they'll have to add explosives to their bodies to detonate when they have a signal broadcast to destroy your ability to reuse them and might even just annihilate lost fields to prevent the loss of sensitive information. Though, by the time they realize what's going on a large portion of their stratagems and such will already be lost.

You: -shoots in head looking thing-
Me: LAWL!!
Me: -nom-

[Nyte]

Good.

It doesn't mean though we won't seek to exterminate you though.

Though a bit of a departure from the normal, the Swarm shouldn't have too much trouble adapting fallen enemies to be used as cannon fodder shock armies to soak up most of the damage before the actual warriors arrive.

Though the fallen's greatest asset is their mind, and the wealth of knowledge given to Damballah when said minds are integrated into the God-Consciousness.

Oh, see now that means they'll have to add explosives to their bodies to detonate when they have a signal broadcast to destroy your ability to reuse them and might even just annihilate lost fields to prevent the loss of sensitive information. Though, by the time they realize what's going on a large portion of their stratagems and such will already be lost.

Thankfully, that's already standard procedure for my forces... We call it the 'last laugh.'

[The Nuclear Fist]

Oh, see now that means they'll have to add explosives to their bodies to detonate when they have a signal broadcast to destroy your ability to reuse them and might even just annihilate lost fields to prevent the loss of sensitive information. Though, by the time they realize what's going on a large portion of their stratagems and such will already be lost.

Of course, the fact that it's going on at all will be a closely guarded secret. The Swarm will take great care to ensure the enemy simply chalks it up to 'those damn xenos and their adaptability', and not something far more sinister.

But once a few thousand enemies have been brought into the fold, enough information on the Confessors will be available to give the Swarm a near perfect insight into its operations, methods, and thinking.

And that allows the Swarm to have measure of success anticipating and countering enemy attacks, and adapting methods and units to better fight them.

A basic method of adaption will be to evolve the worm-like organisms that cover the surfaces of Swarm locations to adhere to and consume the favoured metals and materials the Confessors use.

Of course, some sort of gadget could be developed to prevent the detonation of explosives, and obviously some duds will exist amongst the litter, or the explosives simply won't go off in time in all occasions.

[Old Sarthal]

The central plot of the RP is the Artificials (Yort) discovering that their gods aren't, well, gods, but rather a humbled and defeated race thirsting for blood. If you and SC are planning a galactic war, I'll probably have them refound the Empire and join the fight, which could be triggered by the discovery that their ancestral enemy, the Shadows/Colours/Swarm, is still out and thriving.

I'll likely get involved, then. Though I'm not sure what the Swarm would be doing, exactly.

You be no means are required to, and the revival of the Swarm threat may be best for another day. I was simply attempting to indicate that the avenue was open should you wish to pursue it.

[Old Sarthal]

Some are. Lapiths and Nemeans are for example just a brain in a jar. Myrmidons, Manticores, and Cerberii are torsos in a heavily armored casing with robotic limbs. Gorgons and Talosii are human frames with robotic limbs and weapons with heavy facial augmentation and implants with a few internal so they have some armor plating and Centaurs, Harpies, and Chimeras are bodies in a Iron-sarcophagus Dreadnought style.

Can drop by my Military factbook for a more indepth look.

Though a bit of a departure from the normal, the Swarm shouldn't have too much trouble adapting fallen enemies to be used as cannon fodder shock armies to soak up most of the damage before the actual warriors arrive.

Though the fallen's greatest asset is their mind, and the wealth of knowledge given to Damballah when said minds are integrated into the God-Consciousness.

Is there anyway to recover the knowledge within Damballah? For example, after the Sundering, the Swarm would have almost perfect knowledge of the Empire and its workings, something the Sarthantai'd would pay dearly for.

[Kistan]

I'd post a pic of Frodo saying "it's done... it's over." but I am worn out. Here are my apps. I've seen this group before but decided to join once I saw that
A) I have some old friends here.
B) Yalos invited me.

Civilization Name: The Tyllic Remnant Worlds
Civilization Age: 232 Standard Years

Government Type: Martial Law/Militarism
Government Information: I can make names for expendable Commanders whenever I need a power-hungry Warlord or whatnot. Jer'reg Kethl, Vreddam Chalai, Erabax...
Government Status: The Remnant is holding its own against Crusader Fleets, Pantheon splinters and internal failure. For now.
Population: Roughly thirty-five billion, most of them crammed into only a few systems. Many others in the form of Crusader Fleets, Warlord Protectorates, and Lost Zones.

Home World/Capitol: Tyllon; Tyllor System
Capital Status: Pretty crammed and barely working out for anyone. No wonder so many Tyllics leave to become parts of the roving Crusader Fleets.
Notable locations and such: Tyllon, Xillos, Vathra
Founding Species: Tyllics.
Other Species: There used to be more species, but the Xill Empire broke up completely after their final (and first in a long time) war. All other species are now working for themselves, and some are flourishing on their own.
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Society and Cultural information: Modern Tyllic culture is promiscuous but practical, focusing on the species' survival and resources. Revered traits include intelligence, strength, and effectiveness at one's job.
Society Status: Everyone still suffers from the war, and society increasingly becomes intolerant of anything damaging to their way of life - and more hostile towards outsiders.
Languages: Tyllan
Economy: 3 or 4-ish. Losing wars tends to be bad for the economy, and more so when the country collapses completely.
Industry: 4. Whatever the Remnant needs to survive.
Production/Construction: 6. Warships. The big kind.

Soopah Powah: Xillos. I'm not kidding, the planet is a superweapon of sorts. It is ringed with ground structures periodically across the planet that used to allow Tyllics/Xillics to extend the range of their wormhole drives for intergalactic space travel. No one knows how many ships used that escape as a last resort during the loss of Xillos, but the system's broken now. If it's reactivated, then Xillos will become a massive gateway for returning Imperial forces, and the Tyllic race will once again have a true empire, connected once again with all their colonies...

Specialties/Advanced Sciences: energy production, defensive fortification, shipbuilding
Strengths: large research stockpile
Weaknesses: Much information and research capacity stuck on Library Worlds, weak offensive technology
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Map Claim Size: 1, maybe as much as a 3 if you count outposts. But if they were cohesive and had contact with all their kin? 6.
Grid Coordinates: (See the star map, these are the coordinates on the galaxy grid of each square of turf you own. Can only claim the number of squares specified in claim size. It may be possible to share spaces, but you must consult the ones you intend to share with first for their permission. Also, don't piss off the map maker.)
Map Claim Color: Dark Green, or Light grey if not available

Holdings/Territory: See factbook for four top systems, but there are more, as well as a few far-flung outposts. Not to mention a good deal of worlds that lost contact with the main part of the Xill Empire during the Pantheon Wars.

Colonization/expansion: Given the Remnant's position, I don't think they'll be doing anything other than occupying already-colonized worlds for now. Besides, they need wealth for the military, not the building of colonies. At least, according to the Council.
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Foreign policy: The Remnant's been warring internally for a while. They haven't cared about the outside until now.
Diplomacy: None. Most people have stayed away from the chaos, thinking the Remnant would collapse sooner or later. They were wrong.

Technological Age: advanced scientific technology, moderate combat technology (focus on defense), moderate civil technology
FTL Capabilities: 8. Wormhole devices. Essentially a controlled black hole. Not the kind if thing you want to have an inexperienced pilot for...
Inter Planetary Travel: 5. Plasma Engines. Create heat, vent it out the back, it provides force and therefore thrust. And plasma creates a LOT of heat.
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Military Information: The military is small compared to some, but large compared to the overall population of the Remnant. Ground assault forces consist entirely of heavy infantry, who are naturally effective soldiers due to their species' traits, and air support units.
Doctrine: Commandants act as generals, directing the largest military units. Next come Fleet Admirals and Field Commandants, followed by various other ranks. The Navy operates as a n orbital bombardment and siege element while the Army invades a planet at takes any infrastructure that is desired. In space combat, the Army repels boarders and sometimes boards enemy ships itself, while the Navy has its own strategy: Larger ships sit back, take the hits, and pour in pulsefire, smaller vessels maneuver and add support fire, and fighters both keep enemy fighters at bay and occupy a foe's lighter weaponry.
Army: Essentially just a bunch of combat-suit equipped infantry. Surprisingly effective, but lacking any real diversity.

Navy:
Talon-Class Fighter: Heavy fighter.
Reaper-Class Gunship: Dropship for ground forces; mobile support platform.
Hunter-Class Frigate: Relatively fast heavy frigate.
Executioner-Class Carrier: Carries 50 fighters and 20 gunships.
Bastion-Class Cruiser: Mainstay of the Tyllic Fleet.
Vathra-Class Destroyer: Heavy warship, specializes in the destruction of large vessels.
Defender-Class Heavy Carrier: Carries 220 fighters and 40 gunships.
Tyllon-Class Capital Ship: Capital ship. Pretty self-explaining.
Empire-Class Dreadnought: Giant warship, built to take and hold large sections of a system. Carries 100 fighters and 10 gunships.

Strengths: advanced ship armor, powerful ground forces (advanced infantry combat suits included)
Weaknesses: pulse weapons are weaker than most weapons, lack of ground troop diversity
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NS activity: on every day, though I may at times miss a day or two
Technological Bases: My imagination mostly, though that is influenced by the many different sci-fi things I have seen.
Prior RP links:
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viewtopic.php?f=5&t=208107&hilit=Kistan+Lorosian+War
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Species Name: Tyllics (formerly Xillics)
Appearance: See Anatomy (picture may be edited in if I can find someone to make it for me)
Biology and anatomy: Tyllics have four arms and are bipedal,with scaly skin, and are a reptalian/primate species. Males have "lekku" (headtails). Tyllics evolved as apex predators, and have two pairs of eyes: humanoid-range and heat-sensing. This makes up for their poor sense of smell. Tyllic digestive systems are designed to run on as little food as possible. Furthering their hunting (and therefore ground combat) skills are their keratinized knuckle-talons, which may act as a brutal punch/stab weapon. Tyllics are also adept climbers, and are, on average, eight feet tall. No ethnic variations exist that are noticeable to outsiders.
Height: eight feet
Weight: 190-250 pounds is normal for a full-grown adult.
Relative survivability: Tyllics are pretty tough, due to their predatory skills. Their ships reflect their ability to last.

Natural Defenses/Abilities: Knuckle-talons, talons on feet (think Velociraptor, or perhaps an organic General Grievous), high levels of predatory cunning, climbing, ability to survive toxic atmospheres for very small periods of time
Unnatural abilities: What could possibly be "unnatural" if it was evolved?

Respiratory Gas: Carbon Dioxide
Base composite Element: Silicon

Base Form and Ethnic Variations: None noticeable (Might change if RPs include such information).
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Life Span: If the Tyllic dies from natural causes, normally four hundred years of age.
Reproduction: --Information Unavailable--
Intelligence Level: Moderately high, higher in males due to head-tails' enhancement of brain cavity.
Traits/Behavior/Disposition: Mood swings, commonly either aggressive, in a calm state of eloquence, or desiring "attention" (when in a low-stress environment). Tyllic thought rarely makes sense to non-Tyllics, due to its rapid shifting and an unusual brain organization pattern.

Type: Reptilian humanoid
Aggression: 4

Society and Cultural information: See response on Nation application.
Important Characters: As stated before, mostly dime-a-dozen officers... Except for Arados. Yeah, that Warlord... Sarthal, Pavlostani, and Inesia have seen the trouble he caused before.

Also, notes:
There are many Tyllic splinter factions, and this is by no means the definitive one. There are Warlords, Crusader Fleets, and Rebel Zones all hiding around... not to mention those sectors that lost contact with the Remnant. Lots of potential there...

Anyways, this is my way of starting out small and not barging in with my full power, thereby committing the horrific sin of godmodding.

[The Nuclear Fist]

I'll likely get involved, then. Though I'm not sure what the Swarm would be doing, exactly.

You be no means are required to, and the revival of the Swarm threat may be best for another day. I was simply attempting to indicate that the avenue was open should you wish to pursue it.

I'd enjoy getting involved, though it may just be a small contingent that OOC'ly exists purely to remind your folk that the Swarm still exists. Would show up later, so as not to distract from the main point of the RP.

[The Nuclear Fist]

Is there anyway to recover the knowledge within Damballah? For example, after the Sundering, the Swarm would have almost perfect knowledge of the Empire and its workings, something the Sarthantai'd would pay dearly for.

The Sarthantai could ask politely. The Swarm would gladly part with some of what it knows.

Otherwise you could capture a Prophet and hope to extract the information through some sort of technical doohicky.

Regardless, it would make for an interesting RP.

[Old Sarthal]

Is there anyway to recover the knowledge within Damballah? For example, after the Sundering, the Swarm would have almost perfect knowledge of the Empire and its workings, something the Sarthantai'd would pay dearly for.

The Sarthantai could ask politely. The Swarm would gladly part with some of what it knows.

Otherwise you could capture a Prophet and hope to extract the information through some sort of technical doohicky.

Regardless, it would make for an interesting RP.

Well, there's the plot for my next RP. Capturing a Prophet seems like it would be a Herculean endeavor in itself.

[Steel Confessors]

It doesn't mean though we won't seek to exterminate you though.



Oh, see now that means they'll have to add explosives to their bodies to detonate when they have a signal broadcast to destroy your ability to reuse them and might even just annihilate lost fields to prevent the loss of sensitive information. Though, by the time they realize what's going on a large portion of their stratagems and such will already be lost.

You: -shoots in head looking thing-
Me: LAWL!!
Me: -nom-

Me: *Glances down as creature breaks teeth-equivalent against body armor. Promptly ignites*

Actually, Swarm III combat doctrine dictates use on non-ballistic weapons. Or at least in the traditional sense. The autocannon and grenade launcher of the Manticore are still on the table but reloaded with a hollow version with an airbursting pyrotechnic in it along with napalm missiles. But, the Particle cannon and plasma-thrower are the main weapons of the Confessors against a Swarm III. The Acolytes are almost entirely phased out since they don't have a fire-based alternative along with the Lapith and Nemean.

Oh, see now that means they'll have to add explosives to their bodies to detonate when they have a signal broadcast to destroy your ability to reuse them and might even just annihilate lost fields to prevent the loss of sensitive information. Though, by the time they realize what's going on a large portion of their stratagems and such will already be lost.

Of course, the fact that it's going on at all will be a closely guarded secret. The Swarm will take great care to ensure the enemy simply chalks it up to 'those damn xenos and their adaptability', and not something far more sinister.

But once a few thousand enemies have been brought into the fold, enough information on the Confessors will be available to give the Swarm a near perfect insight into its operations, methods, and thinking.

And that allows the Swarm to have measure of success anticipating and countering enemy attacks, and adapting methods and units to better fight them.

A basic method of adaption will be to evolve the worm-like organisms that cover the surfaces of Swarm locations to adhere to and consume the favoured metals and materials the Confessors use.

Of course, some sort of gadget could be developed to prevent the detonation of explosives, and obviously some duds will exist amongst the litter, or the explosives simply won't go off in time in all occasions.

Of course on all points but inevitably it'll be obvious and a simple assumption. Hell, as soon as they see adopted Confessors they'll run under that assumption. Its not unlikely for a Swarm to use such and the Confessors don't fuck around with that class. Everything else may get some leeway but Swarms are not something you want to be unprepared for.

Though, really its hard to not counter just brute force, arrive in full wave and obliterate anything not Confessor.

[The Nuclear Fist]

Well, there's the plot for my next RP. Capturing a Prophet seems like it would be a Herculean endeavor in itself.

As a prophet lives in the beating heart of the primary womb-ship of a Rainbow, yes. Such would be an effort worthy of an epic.

It might even be disturbingly similar to what was planned for Solomon, if the Sarthantai's capturing of a Prophet turned out to be a trap and/or planned out by the Swarm.

[The Nuclear Fist]

Of course on all points but inevitably it'll be obvious and a simple assumption. Hell, as soon as they see adopted Confessors they'll run under that assumption. Its not unlikely for a Swarm to use such and the Confessors don't fuck around with that class. Everything else may get some leeway but Swarms are not something you want to be unprepared for.

Ah, but the genius lies in allowing for a few planned defeats, even a seemingly major one, to give the enemy a false sense of security and superiority. To get them to make (what seem like) the logical assumptions on the limitations of the Swarm's power and abilities. The Swarm is willing to suffer a headache in the short run if it means a total victory in the long run.

Though, really its hard to not counter just brute force, arrive in full wave and obliterate anything not Confessor.

Nonsense. If brute force isn't working you're simply not using enough brute force.

[Old Sarthal]

SC, perhaps when the tide (inevitably) begins to turn against the Confessors, would they be amenable to an effort to capture a Swarm-class organism alive, specifically a Prophet?

[Steel Confessors]

SC, perhaps when the tide (inevitably) begins to turn against the Confessors, would they be amenable to an effort to capture a Swarm-class organism alive, specifically a Prophet?

Oh, ye of little faith we say nay. Capturing and attempting to do such a thing would be considered madness by the Confessors.

And still, that's assuming things don't just stalemate. For every victory of theirs will recoup biomass losses that were burn to cinders in their defeat with both of us rapidly producing troops to hurl at one another. For every sentient I lose I can turn out a batch of clones and build an army of robots.

Not to mention I think a lot of us would come together just to kill the swarm.

[The Nuclear Fist]

SC, perhaps when the tide (inevitably) begins to turn against the Confessors, would they be amenable to an effort to capture a Swarm-class organism alive, specifically a Prophet?

Oh, ye of little faith we say nay. Capturing and attempting to do such a thing would be considered madness by the Confessors.

And still, that's assuming things don't just stalemate. For every victory of theirs will recoup biomass losses that were burn to cinders in their defeat with both of us rapidly producing troops to hurl at one another. For every sentient I lose I can turn out a batch of clones and build an army of robots.

Not to mention I think a lot of us would come together just to kill the swarm.

Biomass itself is not the only thing collected.

Anything made of matter is used. Entire planets can be broken down to the base elements, entire stars stripped to nothingness.

And wouldn't capturing a Prophet, the very heart, mind, and soul of a part of the Swarm be very much a goal? It would be like capturing an enemy general.

[Nezon]

Oh, ye of little faith we say nay. Capturing and attempting to do such a thing would be considered madness by the Confessors.

And still, that's assuming things don't just stalemate. For every victory of theirs will recoup biomass losses that were burn to cinders in their defeat with both of us rapidly producing troops to hurl at one another. For every sentient I lose I can turn out a batch of clones and build an army of robots.

Not to mention I think a lot of us would come together just to kill the swarm.

Biomass itself is not the only thing collected.

Anything made of matter is used. Entire planets can be broken down to the base elements, entire stars stripped to nothingness.

And wouldn't capturing a Prophet, the very heart, mind, and soul of a part of the Swarm be very much a goal? It would be like capturing an enemy general.

It could lead to some sort of Galactic war...

[Steel Confessors]

Oh, ye of little faith we say nay. Capturing and attempting to do such a thing would be considered madness by the Confessors.

And still, that's assuming things don't just stalemate. For every victory of theirs will recoup biomass losses that were burn to cinders in their defeat with both of us rapidly producing troops to hurl at one another. For every sentient I lose I can turn out a batch of clones and build an army of robots.

Not to mention I think a lot of us would come together just to kill the swarm.

Biomass itself is not the only thing collected.

Anything made of matter is used. Entire planets can be broken down to the base elements, entire stars stripped to nothingness.

And wouldn't capturing a Prophet, the very heart, mind, and soul of a part of the Swarm be very much a goal? It would be like capturing an enemy general.

It would be something to do if it shows up. If they manage to somehow decimate a hive fleet and surround the central womb ship , nullifying its ability to jump, as well as nullify its ability to simply spam defense organisms at the soldiers that board to capture the bugger then yes. A lot of strings will have to be pulled for a boarding action that should be verboten under Swarm III rules though and it might even get shot down by the Triumvirate in favor of a 'Just kill it' option. Especially since its psionic and might be able to leach and disperse sensitive material within Confessor space revealing defense organization that only Triumvirate or Legio heads should know.

They aren't though going to actively pursue the objective since a lot of resources would be lost trying to go that route, things that would make more sense on a grand strategy scale.

And poop. It seems that we're on a lot of the same scale in production then since Confessors use practically everything to make troops before moving on to a new planet/moon to harvest.

[The Nuclear Fist]

It would be something to do if it shows up. If they manage to somehow decimate a hive fleet and surround the central womb ship , nullifying its ability to jump, as well as nullify its ability to simply spam defense organisms at the soldiers that board to capture the bugger then yes. A lot of strings will have to be pulled for a boarding action that should be verboten under Swarm III rules though and it might even get shot down by the Triumvirate in favor of a 'Just kill it' option. Especially since its psionic and might be able to leach and disperse sensitive material within Confessor space revealing defense organization that only Triumvirate or Legio heads should know.

They aren't though going to actively pursue the objective since a lot of resources would be lost trying to go that route, things that would make more sense on a grand strategy scale.

And poop. It seems that we're on a lot of the same scale in production then since Confessors use practically everything to make troops before moving on to a new planet/moon to harvest.

The Swarm itself may simply make all the pieces fall perfectly into place, and allow the enemy to capture a Prophet. Let the Prophet give them a few short term victories and slowly lead them into a trap without realizing it.

[Tribea]

You: -shoots in head looking thing-
Me: LAWL!!
Me: -nom-

Me: *Glances down as creature breaks teeth-equivalent against body armor. Promptly ignites*

Actually, Swarm III combat doctrine dictates use on non-ballistic weapons. Or at least in the traditional sense. The autocannon and grenade launcher of the Manticore are still on the table but reloaded with a hollow version with an airbursting pyrotechnic in it along with napalm missiles. But, the Particle cannon and plasma-thrower are the main weapons of the Confessors against a Swarm III. The Acolytes are almost entirely phased out since they don't have a fire-based alternative along with the Lapith and Nemean.

Of course, the fact that it's going on at all will be a closely guarded secret. The Swarm will take great care to ensure the enemy simply chalks it up to 'those damn xenos and their adaptability', and not something far more sinister.

But once a few thousand enemies have been brought into the fold, enough information on the Confessors will be available to give the Swarm a near perfect insight into its operations, methods, and thinking.

And that allows the Swarm to have measure of success anticipating and countering enemy attacks, and adapting methods and units to better fight them.

A basic method of adaption will be to evolve the worm-like organisms that cover the surfaces of Swarm locations to adhere to and consume the favoured metals and materials the Confessors use.

Of course, some sort of gadget could be developed to prevent the detonation of explosives, and obviously some duds will exist amongst the litter, or the explosives simply won't go off in time in all occasions.

Of course on all points but inevitably it'll be obvious and a simple assumption. Hell, as soon as they see adopted Confessors they'll run under that assumption. Its not unlikely for a Swarm to use such and the Confessors don't fuck around with that class. Everything else may get some leeway but Swarms are not something you want to be unprepared for.

Though, really its hard to not counter just brute force, arrive in full wave and obliterate anything not Confessor.

Me: -shakes off fire-
LAWL! IM GONNA RIP YO ARMA OFF AND DIGEST YOU THROUGH MY SKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN!!!!!!!!!

[Steel Confessors]

It would be something to do if it shows up. If they manage to somehow decimate a hive fleet and surround the central womb ship , nullifying its ability to jump, as well as nullify its ability to simply spam defense organisms at the soldiers that board to capture the bugger then yes. A lot of strings will have to be pulled for a boarding action that should be verboten under Swarm III rules though and it might even get shot down by the Triumvirate in favor of a 'Just kill it' option. Especially since its psionic and might be able to leach and disperse sensitive material within Confessor space revealing defense organization that only Triumvirate or Legio heads should know.

They aren't though going to actively pursue the objective since a lot of resources would be lost trying to go that route, things that would make more sense on a grand strategy scale.

And poop. It seems that we're on a lot of the same scale in production then since Confessors use practically everything to make troops before moving on to a new planet/moon to harvest.

The Swarm itself may simply make all the pieces fall perfectly into place, and allow the enemy to capture a Prophet. Let the Prophet give them a few short term victories and slowly lead them into a trap without realizing it.

Which is something they are afraid of. Which is why it would be something that would only be done if it comes up. Although, once they siphon all the knowledge they can from it, biological and MI then they'll just burn it. Which would be done by injecting nannites to run through, harvest the neurons to form a readable format before the creature is killed, sliced up for science and then the burning.

Granted of course the Chimeras, Gargareans and Reborn are out voiced by the Hydras in the Triumvirate.

[Tribea]

Just so peoplez knowz:
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The incident with the Xenoxmorphs was 100,000 years ago. It lasted until 20,000 years ago and involved black, white, boom, nom, murder, war, absorption, walking pigs, and eventually, a huge battle that supposedly left the hivemind inside of the remnant of a wormhole.

The Xenoxmorphs are 95% human, 5% other animal. Obviously, human hating.

[The Nuclear Fist]

Just so peoplez knowz:
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The incident with the Xenoxmorphs was 100,000 years ago. It lasted until 20,000 years ago and involved black, white, boom, nom, murder, war, absorption, walking pigs, and eventually, a huge battle that supposedly left the hivemind inside of the remnant of a wormhole.

The Xenoxmorphs are 95% human, 5% other animal. Obviously, human hating.

A hundred thousand years is less than the blink of an eye to Damballah.

[Steel Confessors]

Just so peoplez knowz:
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The incident with the Xenoxmorphs was 100,000 years ago. It lasted until 20,000 years ago and involved black, white, boom, nom, murder, war, absorption, walking pigs, and eventually, a huge battle that supposedly left the hivemind inside of the remnant of a wormhole.

The Xenoxmorphs are 95% human, 5% other animal. Obviously, human hating.

A hundred thousand years is less than the blink of an eye to Damballah.

And not as long as our great struggle shall be!

'Cause we were always at war with Damballah.