Qwex

Name:  Qwex
Homeworld:  Webs
Classification:  Parasitical centauroid arachnids
Information:  The Qwex are considered by most every species aware of them as a priority threat to be exterminated with no questions asked.  This is in no small part due to the habit female Qwex have of laying one of their eggs inside the brain cavity of a captive - the eggs can develop and hatch just fine without this, but the Qwex seem to prefer using hosts instead.
Though Qwex forces are known to raid ships and worlds in order to acquire captives, they prefer their prey to not be known as missing.  The simple fact is, once an implanted egg hatches, the hatchling embeds itself into the neural tissue of its host, tapping into the blood stream to filter out neutriants for itself at first.  Unfortunately, a side effect is that the hatchling takes over motor control of the host's body and generally has access to the host's memories.  Unable to resist or warn others, the Qwex use these hosts to infiltrate into areas they normally wouldn't have access and perform various tasks such as lowering defenses.  Infested hosts have also been known to be forced to use their engineering and scientific skills for the Qwex's benefit.  After a time, the hatchling weans off filtering from the host's own systems and begins actively consuming the neural tissue.  When this is complete, the hatchling forces its way out of the host's now empty skull.
The Qwex homeworld actually exists as a big question mark for everyone.  Humerously, a civilian spacer playing on the spider-like nature of this species dubbed the world as Webs and it spread like wildfire.  Today, it stands as the official unoffical name in the record books in case the world is ever actually found.
Qwex are at a relative stand stll in terms of technological development.  While some infested hosts are forced to do some research and development, the majority are just adapting things the Qwex have stolen.  Unlike most species, these arachnids only acquire new technologies when they absorb it from ships and worlds they capture - this applies to ships as well, they don't build their own and just repurpose captured ships for their own uses.
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Category:Antagonist