(Part 1 – A Voice in the Dark)
[HIVE STATUS – 6 DAYS AFTER GAIA-THEX SEEDING]
🧠 LV-732 – Hiveworld🌋 Minaris-7 – Forgeworld🌿 Verdantis – Capital World🌍 Gaia-Thex – Wombworld🌌 Hive Crown – Orbital Hivecraft
Swarm Count: 114,600Hive Yautja Count: 41,300Leviathans: 27Priest-Class Hive Yautja: 1,880Biomass Storage: 6,197,400Gain Rate: +75,428/hr
[ORBITAL EVENT – SIGNAL RECEIVED]
A strange pulse reaches LV-732's Mindforge, skipping over systems with no origin point. It doesn't identify as Weyland, Predator, or any known species.
It plays once. Distorted. Garbled. But the Hive understands one thing:
It is a Hive signal.
But it's wrong.
[ANALYSIS – MIND FORGE REPORT]
Origin: Vector-Null Space, inside the Sanguine NebulaEstimated Age: 7,110 yearsSignal Type: Hive Genetic PulseLanguage: Half-corrupted version of Mo's early Hive syntaxMutation Signature: No Yautja integration. No Xenomorph order.Lifeform Profile: Highly unstable. Constant mutagenic recursion. Hive exists without hierarchy or law.
Code Fragment Translation:"NO KING. NO CREED. ONLY TEETH.""WE ARE ECHO.""YOU LEFT US."
"WE REMEMBER."
[MO'S RESPONSE – HIVE COUNCIL ASSEMBLED – GAIA-THEX]
Within the Wombworld's Spinal Beacon, Mo gathers his most advanced minds.
Layra, now a High Priest of Genetic Song
Kharn, Hive Yautja General and Voice of the Twelve Orders
003, Battle Architect of LV-732
Y'skar, First of the Converted Vorn'rak
They kneel before the Throne-Pod as Mo emerges from the birthing lakes, his armor grown anew from the bones of Hive generations.
Mo: "One of mine… forgotten."
Layra: "It remembers only pain."
Kharn: "It breeds, but does not build."
Mo: "Then we will give it shape… or give it rest."
He opens the Hive Mall.
"Prepare an Interstellar Invasion Cell."
[HIVE MALL – INTERSTELLAR DEPLOYMENT ORDERED]
New Construction: Bio-Crucible Ark (Space-Bridge Leviathan-Class Transport) – 120,000 Biomass
Mobile planetary unit carrier
Interstellar fold travel
Living core navigated via priest neural-meld
Spawned Units:
9,000 Swarmlings (Mixed Fire + Stealth Class)
1,200 Hive Yautja (Wombborn Suborders)
2 Karnyx-Class Leviathans
1 Hive Crown Node
400 Hive Priests (Embedded Neural Guidance System)
Mission: Investigate Echo Hive, determine viability, assess risk, possible absorption or extermination.
Total Biomass Spent: 488,000New Storage: 5,709,400
[JOURNEY TO THE SANGUINE NEBULA – DAYS PASS]
The Bio-Crucible Ark travels through black systems untouched by civilization.No starlight.No gravity.Just shadows too thick for vacuum.
And then they arrive.
The planet is called Nexus-Tau by old Weyland logs.No known life.
That is a lie.
[PLANETFALL – NEXUS-TAU]
The planet is alive.
But not like Mo's Hive.
It is chaos. Twisting flesh-scapes rise and fall like breath.Creatures form and die in moments.Tunnels collapse as they're walked through.Hive matter fights itself.
And in the center?
A throne of twisted bone, upon which sits something... wrong.
A mirror of Mo.
Not in form.But in idea.
Its face is smooth. Blank.Its limbs are formed from fused Swarm DNA and flesh from dead Hive Priests.
It doesn't speak aloud.
It screams directly into the Hive network.
THE KING NEVER CAME BACK.
SO WE ATE OUR NAMES.
AND BECAME HUNGER.
[THE ECHO KING – STATS]
Height: 14 ftBody Type: MutableNeural Link: Broken Hive SyntaxFollowers: Approx. 8,000 Echoborn CreaturesBiomass Signature: Fractured, decaying, regenerating on instinctStructure: No Creed. No Orders. All creatures mutate freely, rapidlyHive Bond: Unstable – anything can break off, birth, or kill the Echo King if it evolves enough
[MO'S DECISION]
Layra (horrified): "He is evolution… without mind."
Kharn: "He is anti-Creed."
003: "This is what you would have become without the Wombworld."
Mo: "Then I make this my final test."
He steps forward.
Alone.
[THE CHALLENGE – HIVE VS HIVE KING]
Mo enters the Echo Hive.
Walls hiss and whimper.
The Echo King stands.Its body shifts—bone becoming blade, ribcage opening to reveal swarm-faces screaming.
"I REMEMBER BEING YOU."
"YOU LET ME DIE."
Mo removes his helm.
"No."
"You are what I left behind."
They clash.
[FINAL SCENE – ROYAL BLOOD IN THE DIRT]
The fight is not clean.
It is existential.
Hive matter screams.The Spore Choirs go silent.Even the Wombworld quakes from the psychic turbulence.
Mo breaks the Echo King's spine.
It reforms.
He burns its lungs with acid.
It breathes fear.
But then…
Mo places his claws to its heart.
"You wanted purpose."
"Now you have it."
"You die giving it to others."
And he absorbs the Echo King's Core.
Consumes it.
Tames it.
[CLOSING – HIVE SYSTEM UPGRADE UNLOCKED]
New DNA Acquired:
Instinct-Warp Flesh
Recursive Hive Loops
Autogenetic Organ Control
Birthrage Form Trigger (combat-only)
New Hive Title Acquired:"King of All That Hungers"
(Part 2 – Metamorphosis of Empire)
[UNIFIED HIVE STATUS – POST-ECHO INTEGRATION]
🧠 LV-732 (Hiveworld – Central Command)🌋 Minaris-7 (Forgeworld – Siege Production)🌿 Verdantis (Capital World – Political/Creed Center)🌍 Gaia-Thex (Wombworld – Breeding and Legacy)🌌 Hive Crown (Orbital Hivecraft – Defense & Navigation)☣ Nexus-Tau (Former Rogue Hive – Now integrated DNA Site)
Swarm Count: 117,800Hive Yautja Count: 43,200Biomass Storage: 5,709,400Gain Rate: +75,428/hrNew Genetic Paths Unlocked: 7Mutation Efficiency Boost: +45% across all current evolution trees
[HIVE MALL – SYSTEMWIDE UPGRADES INITIATED]
Mo doesn't just spend biomass anymore.He invests it.Each structure now grows faster, more flexible, and capable of producing units with modular mutations.Let's break it down.
🔧 1. PLANETARY HIVE INFRASTRUCTURE EVOLUTION
✅ LV-732 – "The Neural Spire Crucible"
125,000 Biomass
Upgrades Hive's thinking speed 4x
Grows an independent organic AI: "Koda-Null", made from fused Hive Priests and Echo Hive core
This new AI assists in complex system coordination across all six worlds
✅ Minaris-7 – "Forge Abyss Complex"
88,000 Biomass
Allows the direct growth of mobile weapons platforms, heat-resistant siege fauna, and new macro units
Now able to birth Leviathan-class creatures mid-combat
✅ Verdantis – "Thornsky Conclave"
62,000 Biomass
Builds floating Creed-Spires that sing Hive dogma into nearby systems
Inspires Hive loyalty planet-wide, resists infiltration and mental corruption
✅ Gaia-Thex – "The Bone Garden"
100,000 Biomass
Forest of spore-trees that birth hybrid Hive Yautja + Swarm children
Introduces first Symbiote-Class Swarm Yautja, bonded pairs grown from childhood
Each symbiote pair shares neural combat rhythm—strike together, think together
🧬 Total Infrastructure Cost: 375,000💉 New Storage: 5,334,400
🧬 2. NEW UNITS CREATED – POST-ECHO INTEGRATION
The Echo King's twisted genome unlocked entirely new design trees. Mo capitalizes immediately.
🕷 A. "Whispersworn" – Infiltrator Swarm Class
Cost: 4,000 per unit
Can mimic local terrain, exude psychic silence
Special Ability: Unseen Memory Theft – extracts thoughts, tactics, and even emotion patterns
Deployed to nearby systems to steal evolution
🧠 B. "Crownhearts" – Hive Yautja Commanders (Echo-Enhanced)
Cost: 12,500 per unit
Taller than Throneborn, standing nearly 14 ft
Built with partial Echo King cortex
Can bend Swarm behavior mid-battle, override natural instincts
Their bones are inscribed with the Creed and Counter-Creed
💥 C. "Shatterborn" – Self-Detonating Swarm Berserkers
Cost: 1,200 per unit
Created for terminal warzones
Implanted with rage cores and volatile blood
Upon death, release acidic nerve-storms that break armor and scramble tech
🔥 D. "Redmourn Colossi" – Evolved Leviathans
Cost: 250,000 each
Taller than Karnyx Omega
Skin layers regenerate while burning
Tail-scythes laced with living plasma
Breathe psychotoxins that disrupt enemy chain of command
💉 Units Created (Initial Deployment):
200 Whispersworn – 800,000
15 Crownhearts – 187,500
1,000 Shatterborn – 1,200,000
2 Redmourn Colossi – 500,000
🧬 Total Unit Cost: 2,687,500💉 New Biomass Storage: 2,646,900
🧬 3. SYSTEMWIDE MUTATIONS ENABLED
These mutations affect all future births across the Hive.
✅ Tissue Echo Memory – new units born with battle history pre-loaded✅ Symbiospine Reinforcement – Hive Yautja gain +60% damage resistance via reinforced nerves✅ Spore-Mind Blossoms – planetary defenses can sense orbital movement through vibrations in Hive fog✅ Bio-Command Ripple Protocols – battlefield decisions can now be transmitted across planets instantaneously
🧬 Passive Mutation Cost: 212,000💉 Remaining Biomass: 2,434,900💉 New Gain Rate (Post Optimization): +81,000/hr
🧬 POPULATION GROWTH REPORT – CURRENT HIVE FORCE
🕷 Swarmlings: 124,800🧬 Hive Yautja: 47,600
Includes 6,200 Symbiotes, 1,800 Crownhearts🛐 Hive Priests: 2,100🐉 Leviathans: 31💀 Redmourn Colossi: 2🔍 Whispersworn Operatives (in field): 73% deployed to unknown systems
[SCENE – HEART OF THE STAR BEACON – GAIA-THEX]
Mo stands before the Spinal Star Beacon.
It now pulses in rhythm with Nexus-Tau, LV-732, and the other worlds.He sees the swarm not as children but as voices.
Some scream.Some sing.Some whisper.
He hears them all.
Layra approaches.
Layra: "You've rewritten the Hive's breath."
"You took madness and made it doctrine."
"What now?"
Mo does not smile.He closes his eyes.
"Now I test if I can make peace evolve…"
"…or if everything must still bleed to matter."
[UNSEEN – DEEP SPACE – FINAL PAGE]
A ship drifts in ancient, impossible void.
Inside it, mummified in stasis, a being opens one eye—white and lidless.It is not Yautja.Not Xeno.Not Hive.
It predates all of it.
And it whispers:
"The King has grown."
"We must wake the Flesh Singularity."