[hider=Nation Sheet] [center] [color=00aeef]Nation Name[/color]: The Hrr’aa’sshhh’ari Hive [color=00aeef]Government Form[/color]: [sub]Elective Dictatorship [/sub] [color=00aeef]Demographics[/color]: [sub]Hrr’aa’sshhh’ari - 60% - The Hrr’aa’sshhh’ari are a parasitic race similar to Earth’s mosquitoes or ticks. They are small creatures that can grow up to 18 mm (0.71 in) in length and 24 mm (0.94 in) in wingspan, acidic blood and a prime directive to expand by consuming the biomass of others. When they feed on a live subject, they will occasionally lay eggs inside them as a way of reproducing. [url=https://i.pinimg.com/736x/f9/21/a6/f921a6d1cc4845acd05798c6b9cb794a.jpg]A Hrr’aa’sshhh’ari Queen [/url] acts as a hive mind for its spawns, directing their every move. They are nocturnal creatures that live at the centre of a hive and are rarely seen outside of one. [url=https://i.pinimg.com/736x/da/ad/de/daadde0d668f615402162b867fe94b02.jpg]Hrr’aa’sshhh’ari Hybrids[/url] - 40% - Humans which undergone dramatic genetic modifications becoming [/sub] [color=00aeef]Population[/color]: [sub]800 Million - Hybrids 1.2 Billion Hrr’aa’sshhh’ari [/sub] --- [sub][hider=Flag][img]https://i.ibb.co/QmDnX13/12334.jpg[/img][/hider][/sub] --- [/center] [color=39b54a]Planet Name and Description[/color]: [sub]The Hive, previously known as Gaia, was 280 year ago a planet very much like Earth before humans existed. Big oceans, massive forests and a plethora of animals. Currently everything but the Hrr’aa’sshhh’ari and has been consumed for their biomass by the Hrr’aa’sshhh’ari in pre-hybridization times. Massive cave systems have been dug underground and currently there is only 1 settlement above ground. [/sub] [color=39b54a]History[/color]: [sub]The history of the Hrr’aa’sshhh’ari is mostly unknown to humans but what is known is that once upon a time their hives covered multiple planets and sought to consume more and then it all ended. Somehow, somewhere, someone brought the species to extinction…that is until a colony ship landed on The Hive planet. Humanity found the Hive as a normal Earth-like planet 300 years ago. After initial expansion and settlements being raised in different parts of the planet, they began to dig into the crust of the planet for different raw materials (iron, coal, etc). Nothing seemed out of the ordinary until one day, miners dug into a cavern system that wasn’t mapped out yet. Almost immediately all contact with them was lost and soon after the closest settlement went dark. Military forces were sent to investigate but contact was lost with them as well. As the days passed, the reason behind the disappearances was found. The Hrr’aa’sshhh’ari, an almost extinct species of insects, was discovered. Somewhere in the past, a Queen was trapped underground and due to the lack of biomass it went into a deep state of hibernation for an unknown number of centuries. Now free again to consume. Free again to expand over the known galaxy and make everything part of the Hive. In only a few years after the Queen’s discovery, most of the planet was consumed. Unknown numbers of humans, plants, animals and insects were killed and repurposed for the Hrr’aa’sshhh’ari as for each human/animal killed, thousands of Hrr’aa’sshhh’ari would hatch. Something [i] had [/i] to be done. The colonists tried fighting them at first but the Hrr’aa’sshhh’ari seemed to be endless, more and more appeared for each one they killed. An expedition was sent from the last remaining settlement towards the place where the Queen was found, a group of scientists and a huge military detachment with a plan that would change how humans saw themselves for ages to come. A great deal of luck, faith and bullets got them close enough to the Queen to extract some of her DNA and make it out alive. A team of 60 was sent, only 2 came back alive but it was enough. Using the Queen’s DNA the remaining colonists modified their bodies to allow the control of the swarms, unfortunately while it did work, it only worked for Hrr’aa’sshhh’ari drones which were spawned by them. Their DNA had to be changed even more to allow the spawning of Hrr’aa’sshhh’ari eggs which again worked but as the human biology was different than the Hrr’aa’sshhh’ari Queen’s one, other mutations occurred allowing the Hrr’aa’sshhh’ari to burrow inside the bodies of their human “queens” Afterwards a great era of reconstruction began underground, the cave systems were expanded and humanity’s hope of a peaceful life was found again. [/sub] [center] --- [/center] [color=f7941d]Governance and Politics[/color]: The Hrr’aa’sshhh’ari are under the control of the Hybrids which all serve the Architect. The Architect is the current leader of the Hrr’aa’sshhh’ari hybrids, a name which he chose to showcare his tireless efforts in rebuilding the colony even from before his election. The leader of the Hrr’aa’sshhh’ari Hybrids are chosen every 20 years or when the current leader dies. A leader can be anyone from the populace as long as they proved themselves to all. As per custom, when a new leader is chosen he or she chooses a new name or designation which in turn showcase their plans for the future. For example, a leader which will name themselves the Warrior will tell everyone from the nation that they seek to mark their reign with war. Everyone from the nation has a designation and a role which is given to them by the Speakers, those which have the role of governing over parts of the Hive, when they reach maturity. The roles given to them become their names as well and they are chosen based on the overall needs of the colony. [url=https://i.ibb.co/SchbgkV/12.png]Organigram Part 1 [/url] [url=https://i.ibb.co/7gSQ9Pq/23.png]Organigram Part 2 [/url] [sub] [/sub] [color=f7941d]Technology Overview[/color]: [sub] Tech-wise the colony transitioned over to the use of biological matter for their tools, buildings etc. A Hrr’aa’sshhh’ari drone, when reaching adulthood, will start secreting a chitinous substance from their bodies which will then harden to the point where it will be as strong as most metals. In recent years the hybrids have been trying to adapt the Hrr’aa’sshhh’ari biology to allow them to survive long periods of time in space-like conditions, resistance to very high or very low temperatures or simply underwater breathing by splicing the Hrr’aa’sshhh’ari DNA with different Earth-born species DNA which were still kept in the colony’s storage area. Besides their advancements into genetic manipulation tech, they are using the settlement currently outside of the cave systems acts as an advanced research center/space hangar where the first ever Hrr’aa’sshhh’ari [url=https://www.scified.com/media/alien-5-derelict-space-jockey-ship-concept-art-220267.jpg] biological spaceship[/url] is being built. It is made from a combination of human and Hrr’aa’sshhh’ari engineering, using materials from both species. [/sub] [color=f7941d]Military Overview[/color]: [sub] The Hrr’aa’sshhh’ari currently hold no military forces as everything that could pose a threat to them has long been consumed but in case of war the following actions will be taken : 1. The First Speakers alongside the leader will assess the threat. 2. If the threat is bigger than what a small group of conscripts can handle, emergency orders are passed onto the Speaker of Justice which then will turn into a Speaker of War. 3. The Speaker of War will conscript all available citizens without putting the overall colony in danger. 4. The conscripts are given genetic steroids which decreases the hatching time of Hrr’aa’sshhh’ari drone to mere minutes. 5. Those that survive the process consume the biomass of the fallen. 6. The Hrr’aa’sshhh’ari drones on the planet are put in a frenzy, attacking anything that approaches the Hive. [/sub] [center] --- [/center] [color=ec008c]Additional Info[/color]: [sub] Theme song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP1-qlRraS4 [/sub] [/hider]