Celaeno,
a minor hive fleet active in a cluster of dim stars,
emerging from dark waters in the half-light of day,
twisting and coiling in frail gravity.
...a perfect biological laboratory...
...a unique set of forces converge here...
...creating a major biological alliance...
...any waste is recycled...
...the tentacles draw the victim into the central mouth...
...as they evolve, each new branch represents a new species, diverging and growing evermore separate from its ancestors...
...can create colonies by cloning exact replicas of themselves...
...their strategy is mass production...
...millions of eggs, so that enough survive to drift across...
...its maze-like structure... a three-dimensional puzzle...
...but mass spawning creates plenty of chances to create hybrids...
...a hybrid makes an unusual addition to the family tree...
...whenever species interbreed, the branches reconnect...
...hiding away, they can feed and grow safe from predators...
This is a beautiful army. Well done.
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DeleteInteresting scheme - like a reverse of Kraken. Good looking Nids you have there.
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