[HIVE STATUS – LV-732]
Biome Coverage: 94.1%Core Terraforming: 67.3%Swarm Count: 27,800 UnitsBiomass Storage: 891,590Biomass Gain Rate: +18,600/hrYautja Genetic Integration: ACTIVEStatus: Hive Alpha Yautja Subclass (TEMPORARY) — Stability at 63%Objective: Sustainable Hive-Yautja System
[FLESH CITADEL – BREEDING CHAMBER DEVELOPMENT INITIATED]
Inside a dark cathedral carved from spinal towers and acid ducts, Mo stood surrounded by Alpha Spearborns—silent, disciplined, alive with lethal intent.
But there was a problem:They were strong… but they didn't reproduce.
They needed to be created by Mo directly. And that wasn't sustainable.
"They are soldiers," Layra said, pacing the fleshy chamber. "But not a species. They burn hot, then fade."
"They need permanence."
Mo stared into a growth vat, where two Spearborns stood in hibernation.
"Then we make them a Hive."
[HIVE MALL – SUBCLASS SUSTAINABILITY PROTOCOL UNLOCKED]
NEW STRUCTURES:
Spearclutch Womb (Yautja Hybrid Breeding Hive) – 7,500 BiomassCreates new Hive-born Yautja hybrids, slow-breeding, high-efficiency, does not require Mo's direct creation.
Neural Spearforge (Elite Genetic Memory Node) – 5,200 BiomassPasses Yautja tactics into new generations—auto-evolution via battle-data.
Hunter's Cradle (Command-Class Spawning Variant) – 10,000 BiomassGenerates Alpha-Class Hive Hunters. Can create Hive Champions over time.
UNITS:
Spearborn Broodling – Free after Spearclutch Womb activation
Hive Yautja Commander (Singular Breed) – 9,000 BiomassLeads Hive Yautja Squads autonomously. Breathes acid. Retains honor logic.
Mo Constructs:
2 Spearclutch Wombs → -15,000
1 Neural Spearforge → -5,200
1 Hunter's Cradle → -10,000
1 Hive Yautja Commander → -9,000
Biomass Spent: 39,200Remaining Biomass: 852,390
[Swarm Count Update: +480 Spearborn Broodlings over next 12 hours (projected)]
[OUTER ATMOSPHERE – WEYLAND BIOFORGE CLASS CRUISER: ORSIN'S TEETH]
Captain D'Varus—ex-military, now a corporate loyalist—stared down at the world below.All red and writhing, pulsing with a planet-sized organism.
Beside him, twin vats of synthetic Xeno Queens rotated in gel. On the screens: clone data, terrain maps, bioweapon impact routes.
"Prepare strike pods."
"Deploy BioTroopers. Purge any thermal hive nests."
Behind him, the AI whispered coldly:
"Hive dominance detected. Probability of planetary loss: 93%."
D'Varus: "Then we burn the planet to the core."
[PLANETFALL – 1000 HOURS]
Weyland Units Deployed:
3 Orbital Bunker-Buster Strikes
2 Clone Queens (Stage III)
40 BioTroopers (Hybrid Xeno-Synthetics)
6 Flame Titan Units
12 Engineer-Class Synthetics
1 Mobile Neural Suppression Array (designed to sever Hive-links)
Mo felt the sky rupture.
Bunker-busters hammered the Flesh Citadel perimeter—acid rivers exploded, towers shattered.
A Spearclutch Womb took a direct hit—half the breeding cells splattered across the landscape. Mo screamed, a guttural roar through the Hive Link that made walls tremble.
"They dare touch my wombs."
"Then give me theirs."
[HIVE RESPONSE – COUNTER SIEGE MODE ACTIVATED]
Swarm Units Activated (0 Biomass):
3,000 Swarmlings (Nightbreed – Fire-Resistant)
400 Acid Juggernauts
18 Burrow Maw Cannons
5 Hiveborn Hydras
2 Alpha Spearborn (Veteran Class)
Hive Yautja Commander "Kharn" Assigned Field Control
Tactic: Hit and Bleed. Ambush. Strip Fire Units First. Take the Queens last.
[SURFACE WAR – HOUR ONE]
Burrow Maw Cannons ruptured bunkers, launching acid-flesh rounds that exploded into clouds of micro-organisms—eating armor, eyes, skin.
BioTroopers marched through flame corridors—Swarmlings suicided in waves, tearing limbs away with acid-coated claws.
Flame Titans crushed Hive tunnels—but were brought down when Hydras emerged beneath them, coiling around the legs, and dragged them underground.
Inside the Hive, Mo's walls grew spikes.
Blood ran up, not down.
[CLONE QUEEN BATTLE – ZONE GAMMA]
The Weyland Clone Queen emerged from a plasma-vented pod.
Genetically enhanced. Bigger than a Xeno Queen. Hardened to acid. Programmed to seek and kill Hive leaders.
But she didn't count on Kharn, Mo's Hive Yautja Commander.
He faced her with two Spearborns.
The battle lasted twenty minutes.
He lost an arm.
A Spearborn lost both legs.
The Queen tore into them—but Kharn leapt onto her head, split her crest with a relic plasma spike, and rammed a Hive tooth-blade through her eye.
He roared—half Predator, half Swarm.
And dragged her head back to the Hive.
BioTrooper Force: 85% CasualtiesFlame Titans: DestroyedClone Queens: TerminatedHive Damage: 1 Breeding Womb lost, 6,800 unit casualties
Biomass Gained: +81,200Total Biomass: 933,590Biome Coverage: 96.2%
[POST-BATTLE: CITADEL REGENERATION]
Mo returned to the destroyed breeding chamber.The remains of Spearborn eggs lay scattered like broken glass.He touched one.
It pulsed.
"They won't stop."
"So we won't either."
Layra appeared beside him, holding a piece of Weyland tech—some kind of Hive suppression code core.
"Want me to dissect it?"
"No," Mo said.
"I want you to eat it."
She grinned.
[CLOSING STATS – END OF CHAPTER 14]
Biome Coverage: 96.2%Core Terraforming: 71.9%Swarm Count: 31,600+Biomass Storage: 933,590Biomass Gain Rate: +18,600/hrYautja Hive Line: STABLESpearclutch Womb: Operational (1 active)Hive Yautja Commander: ACTIVE – KharnClone Queens: EliminatedWeyland Fleet: In retreat
[HIVE STATUS – AFTER WEYLAND RETREAT]
Biome Coverage: 97.9%Core Terraforming: 74.2%Swarm Count: 33,400 UnitsBiomass Storage: 933,590Biomass Gain Rate: +18,600/hrHive Yautja Integration: STABLEHive Yautja Population: 12,000(Spread across 12 castes. See breakdown below.)
[FLESH CITADEL – CROWN FORGE CHAMBER]
Mo stood beneath the Spearforge Vats, surrounded by twelve new breeding pylons, each grown from the genetic remains of the Ash Blood clan and the tactical memories stored in the Hive's mind.
Each vat created a different type of Hive Yautja—refined, evolved, and bred to surpass the originals.
He raised one claw, touched the surface of the forging wall.
"Twelve orders."
"Twelve truths."
"Let them come."
🧬 THE TWELVE ORDERS OF HIVE YAUTJA 🧬 1. Apex Spearborn
Count: 2,100
Heavy melee specialists
Bio-grown plasma-resistant chitin
Double-jointed knee claws, spike-armor exo-frames
War paint made of acid-stained chitin
Wields double-ended Hive glaive forged from bone-plasma alloyArmor Look: Black and bronze organic plating, glowing red throat tubes, spiked helm crowned with tusk-arch crest
2. Nightveil Stalkers
Count: 1,200
Cloak-assassins
Bone-light, scentless, skin can adjust to environments like cephalopods
Clawblades hidden under arm-sheathed carapace
Hyper-adaptive eyes—can see heartbeat through wallsArmor Look: Liquid-black chitin, no visible helmet, only a smooth obsidian mask with six slits that breathe steam
3. Howlcallers (War Heralds)
Count: 800
Command-class
Emit Hive-pulse war chants that command lesser Swarm in mass
Reinforced vocal cords capable of ultrasonic roars that fracture metalArmor Look: Iron-colored bone, high spinal ridges across back, tusked mask fused with a choral array that glows with sound pulses
4. Voidseekers
Count: 600
Space-combat adapted
Vacuum-hardened flesh
Acid-recycling lungs
Use micro-thorn flechettes that explode inside fleshArmor Look: Silver-blue organ-steel armor, faceless helm with mirrored dome, back vents breathing gas like a shark gill
5. Goreborn Juggernauts
Count: 1,000
Massive tank-class Hive Yautja
Eat plasma for fuel
Two hearts, one redundant brain
Slam attacks that fracture fortificationsArmor Look: Dark crimson-plated bone overgrowth, four forward-facing tusks, shoulder armor shaped like skulls of slain clones
6. Pulseweavers
Count: 900
Tech-hive hybrids
Born with fused neural nodes that hack and absorb tech
Override synthetics, control Weyland dronesArmor Look: Bio-mechanical latticework, glowing Hive symbols crawling across flesh, half their face is a synthetic eye ringed in organic circuits
7. Carrion Dancers
Count: 700
Agile, terrifying mid-range skirmishers
Known for erratic, unpredictable movement
Release fear toxinsArmor Look: Blackened bone with red streaks, long mask like a beak, armor moves like it's twitching, always wet, always twitching
8. Thornwalkers
Count: 900
Jungle and forest hunters
Plant-flesh grafts
Can photosynthesize to remain motionless for weeksArmor Look: Moss-covered exoskin, antlered crest with green veins pulsing underneath, four eyes, two sealed, two always locked forward
9. Corpsewrights
Count: 600
Engineers of Hive growth
Flesh architects
Maintain Hive, harvest biomass, control tunnelsArmor Look: Pale and reflective, thin like priests, robes grown from Xeno eggsacs, faces are smooth bone with downward fangs
10. Ashmourn Reapers
Count: 600
Specialized in exterminating synthetic enemies
Claws coated with enzyme that melts silicon and steelArmor Look: Pitch black with jagged protrusions, hands elongated into five-inch claws, mask is skeletal with eyes that glow soft cyan
11. Hive Reavers
Count: 1,300
Mixed tactics squad-units
Middle-tier caste used for adaptive combat
Swarm-link shared consciousnessArmor Look: Bone-gray and rust, arm-guards covered in predator skull carvings, high-crest helms shaped like xeno jaws
12. Throneborn (Royal Guard Elite)
Count: 300
Guard Mo directly
Limited self-control—born to follow, not lead
Acid-infused blood and armorArmor Look: Silver-gold armor laced with Hive symbiote thorns, body shaped with ceremonial etchings, four-eye mask with vertical crest
TOTAL HIVE YAUTJA UNITS: 12,000Divided into 12 castes, integrated into Hive command structure
[FLESH CITADEL – EVOLUTION SPIRE]
Mo stood before the Spearforge as the first complete battalion marched below.
Twelve banners made from skinned clone queens lined the corridor, each dripping, living.
Layra walked beside him.
Layra: "They won't just see us now."
"They'll see a civilization."
Mo nodded.
"A better one."
He turned to the Neural Spearforge, where thousands of combat memories passed into new Hive-born minds.
"Let the Yautja look to the stars."
"Let them know we have risen… not as prey."
"But as a rival kingdom."