The Preeminent Xyrvid Hives

[Zzyriphian]

Species Name:  Xyrvid

Species Adjective: Xyrvid “The Xyrvid are a race built upon the community and the whole of the race, not the individual. To call one ‘a Xyrvidian,’ or even to consider one an individual, is taken as the highest insult one can make.” - Field Notes, u.a.

Empire Name: The Preeminent Xyrvid Hives

Empire Adjective: Hive

Major Traits: Weak, Adaptive, Enduring “While we cannot commit to incredible feats of strength, the Xyrvid have become masters of changing and adapting to whatever unfortunate fate we have found themselves upon, and refuse to let that overcome us. The Xyrvid survive, no matter the cost.” -Texts of the Hajjus

Nonmajor Traits: Photophobia, Natural Insulation, Resilient Digestion “The Xyrvid have lived in the dark so long that direct sunlight can disorient them for short periods of time, as the low light of caves is what they’ve grown accustomed to. Those who are brought to the military are trained against this, however, to counter this tactic being used against them.” -Field Notes, u.a.

Ethos: Fanatic Collectivist, Materialist “The Xyrvid believe that the many is more important than the few, which makes it all the more surprising that the entire race is run by a single individual, instead of a small group of Xyrvid, as are all other aspects of their society, from manufacturing to weapons development.” -Field Notes, u.a.

Government: Despotic Hegemony (Overseer) “This government is a materialistic form of autocracy, where citizens are viewed as little more than cogs in the state machinery. Efficiency and technological progress are valued above all things.” - Stellaris Wiki

Current Overseer: Omdiir, First Offspring of Dekkarus, Aged 43 “Future Overseers are given an education that dwarfs that of normal Xyrvid. They are the only ones who are taught to speak properly, as opposed to the usual pheromone trails and basic reading.” -Texts of the Hajjus

Previous Overseer: Dekkarus, Third Offspring of Eritus, aged 124, 20 years deceased “The Title of Overseer passes down to the first offspring [the most recently born] at the death of the current one, unless they prove otherwise incapable of holding the office, in which case the next offspring in line becomes Overseer. The title is only revoked if all other surviving offspring will it to be.” -Texts of the Hajjus

Length of Official Clocks: 28 hours “Overseer Kaidr, In the year 7422, overturned the archaic clocks used by our ancestors, as it was unreliable and shortened work days, and created our modern system of splitting schedules into two 14 hour periods. Workforces are split into two groups, which take seperate 14 hour shifts working. The 14 ‘off hours’ are expected to be used for sleeping, reproduction, and, when necessary, military drills.” -Texts of the Hajjus

Length of Xyrvid Year: 298.75 Days

Current Year: 7853 “The first texts of the Xyrvid, from which we take our year zero, speak of many wars between those who made their homes on the surface of our world and those who remained in our ancestral caves. The surface of Hakkius has been scoured clean for a long time since then.” -Texts of the Hajjus

Method of FTL Travel: Wormhole “Seridus, the fourth offspring of the Overseer Eritus, was the head of the Torlux that discovered the secret of wormhole technology, and opened up the stars to the Xyrvid.” -Texts of the Hajjus

Starting Weapons: Kinetic

Major Groups:

Recent History (Abridged): In the past 100 years, the Xyrvid have made massive leaps and bounds in interspatial technology. They developed ships that could traverse solar systems with little to no regard for gravity about 70 years ago, and wormhole technology was discovered about forty years ago. Since that time, the Xyrvid have successfully colonised two different systems that proved viable for their race.

Power Scale

Military: 4 “Be prepared, and know, the strongest defensive move is to strike first.” -Overseer Kaidr to his offspring, 7476

Economy: 5 “The Xyrvid are one, each being is another cog in what must be an unbreakable machine.” - First Overseer Taadus, 6999

Technology: 3 “Progress in technology is the only way forward for the enlightened Xyrvid.” -Overseer Kaidr, 7456

Diplomacy: 2 “Few others seem to understand our complete devotion to our race, and that is unfortunate.” - Overseer Dekkarus, 7828

Culture: 1 “We are one species, of one heart, one will, and one body. In spreading the truth of what binds us only brings those more dispersed than us together, where they become a danger to us all.” - Overseer Cordus, 7055

The Xyrvid are a minor power.

Species Information:

Systems Controlled
Kollæra & Dertum - Home System
K-287 - Colonised
S-113 - Outpost

The Kollæra & Dertum System:

System K-287:

S-113:

[The Clans]

All right! Another desert empire with its roots in an apocalyptic calamity! We could be battle buddies.