Alterant (Ravager)

The alterants are ravagers in charge of the DNA harvest, and of the spawning pools. They analyze the DNA samples that are gathered, integrating those that prove valuable to the genome of the queen, and they perform experiments on some of the prisoners. They are rarely found on the front lines and will usually remain near the queen until the fighting is over and the first samples have been collected, a time at which they will travel to the spawning pools to begin working on the new specimens. 
The alterants are the best protected members of the swarm. Most of them can be found near the core of the mothership, working in what I can only describe as laboratories filled with tanks, where specimens belonging to different species can be found. Despite the poor state of the specimens aboard the mothership we found, it was evident that they had been subjected to terrible experiments and their bodies showed mutations so horrible that it was hard to recognize even those that belonged to known species.
Alterants were initially known as proxies, since we believed them to act as the link between the heralds and the rest of the swarm, but it has become quite clear that this is not a role they usually perform.
Our initial assessment of their role as proxies came from the analysis of their wave emission pattern, which is quite complex, indicating they are probably able to control most of the other members of the swarm. Even so, they seem to have little interaction with them, focusing solely on their research and experiments. Despite their frail appearance, we know them to be resourceful and dangerous enemies perfectly capable of handling themselves in combat.
Category:Ravagers