Hivemind

A Hivemind is a unified consciousness formed by a number of individuals, the resulting consciousness exerting control over its constituent members. These are typically found in specific species via biological or parabiological means, however they can also be artificially created via technological means.
== Examples ==
There are several different variants to the basic form described above, with difference in structure.
=== Abyssal Enclave ===
The entirety of the Abyssal Enclave shares a single mind, headed out of its leader known as the "motherorganism", who tries to spread this consciousness via various methods which have lead to various individuals and entire species having their minds rewritten/assimilated into the Abyssal Enclave.
=== East-Baiamean Eusociality ===
The East-Baiamean nations, most notably the Deadlands and Karina Dynasty have a "swarm intelligence", however this is more a eusocial structure in most cases, with the exception of a rumoured "one mind" originating from the Karinan Queens.
=== Egregore ===
Egregores are loose-hivemind like-entities which inhabit the Collective Unconsciousness, in which each member still retains their own "autonomy", while still being part of a larger whole.
=== HAWK Network ===
While the units employed directly by the Superintelligence officially known as HAWK have their own individual AI systems, they are always connected via at least one QT-device to "The Core". The Core hereby always has the possibility of fully overwriting any individual process on any kind of HAWK unit. This total domination of will even goes so far, that Units which are not connected to "The Core" for an extended period of time will initiate a total shutdown and in extreme cases even initiate a self-destruct with the exception of only a select type of HAWK units that are not affected by such a connection loss.
=== NLE and YNF Mindcontrol Technology ===
It would be correct to call both the NLE's and YNF's mind control technologies as forming a hivemind swarm intelligence in some form, despite the two developing vastly different mindcontrol technologies.
=== Odinarod: Merged Minds Project ===
Initially a project by Abyysky, the nation of Odinarod had created a hivemind via technological implants. With this they managed to create an extremely powerful military, conquering much of asia. In later instances of Odinarod the hivemind was moved away from being a military structure, but more of a efficient industrial and economic structure.
=== Pisura27 Sickness ===
The infected of the Pisura27 Sickness had some form of collective intelligence, while also being seperate beings. Some of them also had been merging into each other, leading to more advanced and complex intelligences such as the Blarra Prime Compound-Infected Consciousness.
=== The Collective ===
The Collective has a instantly communicating psionic hivemind, which supposedly retains individuality and free will for its members while together forming a larger connected consciousness. The Collective spreads via close physical contact between a Collective member and a uninfected person, or via psychic contact.
=== The Pisungall ===
The Pisungall featured a Hivemind-like system known as a "One Mind System", ie it quite literally had 1 singular mind present in every instance of "The Pisungall" simultaniously, acting as extentions of 1 being.
=== Vaspid Empire ===
The Vaspids feature eusociality in their social structure, albeit they are probably one of the most "independent" hiveminds, exerting very little control over the members of it.
=== Vorxan Hives ===
The Vorxans have a swarm intelligence, serving their queens in a caste-system like hierarchy of queens and queens of queens, all with the regular vorxan drones being in servitude at the bottom of the hierarchy.
=== Yelnik Hivemind ===
The Yelnik Hivemind's population is all generally part of an eusocial hivemind. This hivemind works via pheromones and long distance telepathy, non-yelniks who stick around large yelnik populations for long amounts of time often get integrated hivemind, turning them into "joiners".
=== Zerg Collective ===
The Zerg feature a cooperative and cohesive swarm intelligence, acting as a single moving wave of beings at times. In recent years this hivemind has changed to become more independent for the individuals, giving them more autonomy from the hivemind.
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