X’tch’xyn

Name:  X’tch’xyn
Classification:  Eusocial hymenopteran insectoids
Information:  Hailing from an unknown and possibly extragalactic homeworld, the X’tch’xyn make no secret they had destroyed it themselves admist the never ending warfare between hives.  In one of the few cross-hive agreements that the species actually honored, multiple queens banded together to launch their hives into the stars.  Repurposing captured asteroids and moons, each hive took its own hunk of rock as the core of their nest-ship and left their dying world while they still could.
Over the untold aeons since that day, new hives have formed as new queens hatched and were expelled from their parent hives.  Though there have been some cases of two or more hives co-operating, especially on big enough projects, the average event to occur if members of different hives encounter each other is a fight to the death that is hard to break up by any third parties.
Primarily nomadic, each hive will either wander randomly or drift in a regular cycle from system to system.  At each stop, they collect more asteroids and other space detritus to fuse to their ever growing nest-ships.  As the X’tch’xyn hollow out their new additions, they seperate out the valuable materials - both for their own use and to use as trade goods.
Eusocial by nature, X’tch’xyn don't really see the loss of one or a few individuals of the lower castes as anything major.  Outside of the queens and some members of the higher casts, these are seen as acceptable losses, even if the loss is due to violence.  However, if someone does manage to make themselves seen as a threat, they will be swarmed by the X’tch’xyn they aggrevated;  ironically, if members of another hive come upon this, they will swarm to the defense of the intruder.
When only dealing with a single hive or one is able to keep different hives isolated from each other, X’tch’xyn mostly prove peaceful.  Gathering a large stockpile of resources in their wandering as their nest-ships grow, most hives see it as more beneficial to simply trade than fight.  Hard workers, these migrants have few issues lending their strengths and ablities to the aid of others, be it in space or on the surface of a planet.
Category:Species
Category:Independent