your hive mind

[Slynx]

Hive Minds are species where the individuals are all part of the same, vast, psionically linked consciousness.

consciousness. The Immortal Hive Mind rules absolutely over the population of non-sentient worker drones, using sentient 'Autonomous Drones' (Leaders) to extend the reach of its will.

All Pops from the founder species of a Hive Mind will have the Hive-Minded trait.

As Hive Minds rely completely on their ability to communicate psionically with the drone population, they are also unable to rule over non Hive-Minded Pops

____just so it would be before the eyes.
yep. they are psionic. but most of the info is just a fluff. nothing more. no mechanical connection.

While Hive Minds are psionic by nature, the way they function and their connection to the Shroud is radically different from that of regular psychics, making them unable to follow the Psionic Ascension Path. Furthermore, Hive Minds are deeply biological entities, and fundamentally incompatible with the Synthetic Ascension Path. They are however perfectly suited for the Biological Ascension Path, and can make use of it to assimilate other, non-Hive Mind species into the Hive as described above.

for me it looks like this: we need any explanation that they can't be combined. let's use "cuz they are incompatible"

autonomous drones neither of which would significantly benefit from complete roboticization

why? increased strength of cybernetics can improve mining...or survivability in combat..

The Synthetic Ascension Path focuses on abandoning your frail biological forms for that of a perfect machine. The first step, the Flesh is Weak, requires the Droids technology and allows you to modify your entire population through a special project, turning them into cyborgs. This gives them an immediate +20% boost to habitability, as well as bonuses to mineral production and army damage, and also makes any leaders generated from those species have the Cyborg trait granting an additional +40 years of lifespan.

nothing can't fit hive except maybe +40 years. there may be mechanical problems with phase 2 though...but are you forced to complete every ascension?

added:
same with psionic. with 1 little change. no every species of your empire awaked. but "you awaken" after all hivemind is just 1 organism\mind

In addition to the advantages granted by these traits, from now on there is also a chance that other species in your empire will psionically awaken, first as latent Psychics and then as fully awakened ones much like your own.

as for this part - well. you know your risks. (same with synthetics). if you want to take unsuitable path - be prepared for a chance that everything will crumble (ai part of your drones rebel\drones awaken their psionic potential too and emancipate themselves and so on). i bet it may be even fun to watch

 

[Turnil]

My Hive will be flytraps from a spiritual collective called "The Melon Patch."

At first merely our roots were entwined, but with time our minds and souls became entwined as well. Together we learned to walk, then strive across the world. Now on our world there is only the Melon Patch, That Which Fuels It and the Holy Path that leads the former to the later.

seems we have the same idea.
Like we are of the same mind