Vex/Drones

## Hound-Hunters

* a creature similar to a dog in shape, with a back protected by a chitin armour covered in small spikes. The creature had a big, triangular head with a small horn in front of its forehead, and a big mouth filled with sharp teeth. The creature was very fast and had very sharp sense of smell and hearing: it was a natural hunter, ready to catch all prey. As for the size, it was quite big, at least the size of a wolf.
* this was the first drone Marcus birthed and he named the first one Cooper and it has stayed by side from the very start despite becoming outdated by newer models.
* Newer models: bigger and stronger but equally speedy due to using the Crystal Deer's genetic information namely its musculature. The third pair of limbs had been allowed to fully grow but from their backs like featherless wings, these pseudo-arms were tipped with sharp, vaguely hook-like claws, which could be used both for combat and for grabbing their prey. He has also boosted them with additional jaw strength from Nightwolf DNA.

## Builders

* About the same size as Cooper. He elected to make it like a centaur, with the lower body of a quadruped which ended in a short, reptilian tail, and a quasi humanoid torso, similar to that of a mantis. The legs were very strong, allowing the creature to jump and run very fast, while the arms were long and had human like hands covered in chitin, pretty much like his own, only they had four fingers instead of five. The chitin armour of this creature was actually a lot smaller than Cooper's, leaving a lot of their skin unprotected safe for its arms and legs, but it had some sort of chitin helmet to cover its head, with a single horn sprouting from its snake like head. Possesses glands that allow it to make a mold wax like substance.
* Newer models: The builders had a more humanoid torso now, but also the the ability to walk on vertical surfaces like geckos and spiders: this way, they could also start farming mold wax on ceiling and high walls.

## Flying Explorers

* A lizard-dragonfly hybrid, the size of a small dog. They could fly and had an excellent sight, but they were rather clumsy on land. Marcus made sure to include a way for the flying drones to look upward, giving them 3 pairs of eyes after an encounter with a big bird.
* Newer models: now with venomous fangs and sharp claws added

## Warrior

* it has powerful, raptor like posterior legs. The upper ones are mantis like scythes. And the middle ones are very long. The soldier could use them to balance itself, as well as run and fight on all four should it need more stability. It could also use them to grab its prey and finish it with the scythe claws. It has a long tail for balance which is barbed. Its armour is thicker than that of the hunters and covered in spines. The scariest part of the drone was its head: very big and triangular in shape, it rested on a long but strong serpentine neck, and it was protected by a chitin helmet from which a single horn protruded. Two pairs of eyes were visible from holes in the chitin, glowing with furious energy, and its gigantic mouth was filled with rows of teeth that could make a shark envious.
* Newer models: Denser muscles and stronger jaw strength
* the first of these was nicknamed Achilles by Marcus

## Digger

* a four meters long drone with the torso of a worm, powerful claws capable of digging through any soil and a huge mouth with a powerful jaw capable of crushing rock. Its eyes were very small, but it had exceptional hearing and could perfectly feel and read vibrations through the earth. It dug in the ground at an amazing speed, leaving behind itself a circular tunnel with a one and a half meters diameter, which the builder drones then reinforced with mold wax to prevent cave-ins.

## Collector

* half the size of Marcus' forearm, and shaped pretty much like a vaguely reptilian mosquito. It didn't possess any defense apart from his strong bite but it would be very fast and stealthy to compensate. It would collect DNA in it's second stomach via a retractable needle.

## Broodmother

* A Broodmother is a drone specialized for producing other drones. Unlike a Queen it has no individuality and lack the ability to absorb other creatures' DNA, but it can still lay eggs, and in fact it can even lay more eggs than the Queen herself. Although, since it can't modify the DNA of its offspring, it is restricted to producing a single breed of drones.
* It's an insectoid creature with atrophied limbs and a very, very big rear section and a humongous vagina. The size is about 4 meters long at full maturity, weighting two hundred kilos. Most of the body mass is made up by the reproductive system, with all other functions reduced to a minimum in order to reduce waste of nutrients. The nutrient consumption to make it and keep it alive is astronomically high though eating its own bodyweight each day.
* Queens are normally the only Vex with an aura, and therefore capable of "broadcasting" their thoughts (they're the source of signal for every other Vex), but Broodmothers do have better reception compared to other drones, and even a tiny hint of telepathic power themselves. This is why Marcus was oblivious of his drones being killed in the Caligare Forest but immediately knew when his Broodmothers were hurt (**Ch 91**).

## Heavies

* Similar to a gorilla, with oversized arms and smaller hind legs that gave them a crouched position, with another set of arms which were smaller and allowed for better balance, and an armour of hard chitin. An incredibly strong juggernaut, capable of lifting tons without effort, and so resilient that nothing short of a cannon would make it budge.

## Spitters

* they resemble toads with lizard legs. The chitin armour only covers part of their backs and heads. This drone was capable of spitting a powerful acidic poison with a very impressive range and accuracy. It could even hit a tree trunk from 70 meters away, and the acid was strong enough to make the tree fall in about 30 seconds. The drone is even capable of altering the density of its spit, making it very thick for long range projectiles and more liquid for a short range but very wide spray.

## Artillery Drone

* These drones were much bigger than a Spitter and looked more similar to bloated lizards with extremely thick and muscular necks rather than frogs. They were also much more effective as a living artillery piece, having an effective range of 150 meters and a much greater reserve of acidic venom to use as ammo.

## Dreadnought

* A huge, hulking creature that resembled a mix between a beetle, a rhino and a pill bug. The Dreadnought was by far the biggest drone Marcus had ever made, being almost four meters tall and six meters long, with a colossal horn in the front and its body entirely protected by extremely thick chitin armour. The main purpose of this creature was to act as a living battering ram, since it was deceptively fast for its size and its sheer mass made it basically unstoppable once it gained enough momentum.

## Wyvern Drone

* This drone, based mostly on the genetic material and appearance of a wyvern, looked like a huge bat-like creature with a vaguely reptilian head, plus the horn and the chitin armour typical of the Vex, and it was absolutely huge, with a wingspan of over eighteen meters. The Wyvern Drone could not only fly at an impressive speed over huge distances, but it was also strong enough to effortlessly carry two adult humans on its back.

## Destroyer

* He had used the Oxisaurus DNA as a base, but he had added all sorts of modifications to improve it, like the chitin armour of the Vex, the muscle density of a troll, the ability to spit venomous acid like a Piraca and even a fast-coagulating blood which would seal any wound and prevent blood loss. The end result was something that looked like the lovechild of Alien and Jurassic Park, four monsters which looked kind of like a 4 metre tall T-Rexes covered in chitin armour but much more lithe, with strong, powerful legs which granted it an impressive speed and agility for a creature of its size. They also all shared the same kind of upper arms, two scythe-like appendages similar to those of a mantis, and a long, whip-like tail covered in segmented and barbed chitin armour.
* Marcus had gone as far as giving each of the Destroyer a customized set of secondary limbs.
	1. a pair of long, clawed hands which could be used to grab the prey.
	2. a second pair of mantis-like scythes.
	3. two oversized crab-like pincers which were powerful enough to tear through almost anything.
	4. a pair of long, retractable tentacles which could be stretched up to ten meters and were coated in acidic venom.

## Clone/Copy Drone

* A normal drone made to look like Marcus so he can interact with others while otherwise engaged. Marcus is still fine tuning things like expressions, volume control, jerky movements and unusual stillness when not being directly interacted with.
* they *currently* wear very simple clothes (usually just the first clothes Marcus could find) and Marcus makes no effort to dress them up, nor has he ever even thought about doing that.
	+ 1 drone in Bretthollz
	+ 1 drone in Goblinia

1. ↑ https://discord.com/channels/738726289799905290/738726751118819448/876005020473098250
2. ↑ https://discord.com/channels/738726289799905290/738726751118819448/1043161531862495322