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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Set" data-source="post: 5132039" data-attributes="member: 41584">Wierdest 'techno' race I had were Neo-Ants. Each Neo-Ant was a hive-mind, consisting of a queen that sat sessile somewhere in the ship / complex, being a 200 lb. man-sized critter, while her Drones, individually about the size of a small dog, scuttled around the ship / complex doing repairs and maintenance. She was in constant connection with them, so long as they remained within a half-mile or so, and coordinated their actions. Ships with Neo-Ant engineering crews would often have shelves or tubes running along walls and corridors, allowing the Drones to move around the ship without 'getting underfoot.' Different Queens tended to not get along, being profoundly territorial (and coldly mercenary, as well) and so no ship or complex would have more than one Queen, unless they had *very* precisely determined areas and functions, and neither would ever overlap the territory (or perform the functions) of the other. A Queen generally had anywhere from six to twenty-five Drones, and treating the Drones like individuals generally pissed off the Queen, since they were basically appendages. Sometimes one would get snarky towards someone 'individualizing' her Drones, by separately addressing their limbs and acting as if someone's left hand was an individual... While the Queen could barely move at all, they tended to sit on some sort of mobile platform, either with many mechanical legs, or a hover platform of sorts. When first introduced to ship-board life, they would insist on making their 'nest' in one of the life-pods, due to their inability to hustle to the pod in case of a disaster, but many have gotten a bit more laid-back as their mobility technology has improved, and merely demand the quarters *closest* to the life-pods, and a designated life-pod (that they paint and mark as clearly 'there's').</blockquote>

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