Ok, so this is my first AAR. I've been toying with the idea for a while now and decided that I'll give it a whirl and let's see how it goes. This part will set out the backstory then I'll load up the game, probably play around with the hive a bit and the game rules then dive in. I'll endeavour to tell the story from the perspective of the Hive Queen, and will cover major events, as opposed to each single discovery, anomaly etc. So, without further ado, let me introduce the Tchikenthi Hive:
The Hive has always existed. The Queen casts her mind back to when she achieved dominance over her sisters. The Tchikenthi must survive and to survive they had to unify. The pain of the war still lingered and she had to always be on her guard, but eventually she was able to exert her will over the other hives. With the planet unified, the Queen restructured. She created new drones, giving them more free will. The aim, to find new ways to expand the hive. She created new, stronger, soldiers and seeded them throughout her sisters territories. This way, she had strong defences set up planet-wide as well as an insurance policy, protecting her from any attempt to seize her power. Her sisters could be useful, if her plan went well...
She felt a sense of excitement from one of her autonomous drone teams... They had discovered a way to reach the stars. She sent back her approval. It would take some time, she knew. Time to explore the... Distance? Beyond? No, Cosmos, yes. The... Stars, that was the word her science drones had used. What was out there, she wondered to herself. A thought came from one of her sisters, one of the few who had accepted her rule without a fight. Can they be trusted? The Queen pondered the meaning. Yes. The drones are still under my control She sent back. Defences. We must protect the Hive she sent to her science drones.
Time.. passed. She could feel the excitement of her science drones as they saw their projects taking shape. A new structure in orbit of the planet, a starbase they named it, and ships to explore, to defend. Early in the project to reach orbit, it was established that new methods of construction would be required. To that end, the Queen began to utilise drones to mine more minerals to build these 'ships', as well as for the station they would guard.
Now was the time. The hive has always existed. Now, the hive would expand...
The Tchikenthi Hive
The Hive has always existed. The Queen casts her mind back to when she achieved dominance over her sisters. The Tchikenthi must survive and to survive they had to unify. The pain of the war still lingered and she had to always be on her guard, but eventually she was able to exert her will over the other hives. With the planet unified, the Queen restructured. She created new drones, giving them more free will. The aim, to find new ways to expand the hive. She created new, stronger, soldiers and seeded them throughout her sisters territories. This way, she had strong defences set up planet-wide as well as an insurance policy, protecting her from any attempt to seize her power. Her sisters could be useful, if her plan went well...
She felt a sense of excitement from one of her autonomous drone teams... They had discovered a way to reach the stars. She sent back her approval. It would take some time, she knew. Time to explore the... Distance? Beyond? No, Cosmos, yes. The... Stars, that was the word her science drones had used. What was out there, she wondered to herself. A thought came from one of her sisters, one of the few who had accepted her rule without a fight. Can they be trusted? The Queen pondered the meaning. Yes. The drones are still under my control She sent back. Defences. We must protect the Hive she sent to her science drones.
Time.. passed. She could feel the excitement of her science drones as they saw their projects taking shape. A new structure in orbit of the planet, a starbase they named it, and ships to explore, to defend. Early in the project to reach orbit, it was established that new methods of construction would be required. To that end, the Queen began to utilise drones to mine more minerals to build these 'ships', as well as for the station they would guard.
Now was the time. The hive has always existed. Now, the hive would expand...
The Tchikenthi Hive