(im going to post my faction over here as well.)
Faction Name: Cravers
Universe:
Endless Space ,
Craver drones Summary in a Sentence: Highly aggressive Part machine, part-insect spices, their hive has only one goal: to consume.
Description: [history] The Cravers were created by the Virtual Endless to use as a weapon against the Concrete Endless. They would swarm the enemy and use any available resources to feed the hive, replenishing their numbers and strength. Before long, the Virtuals realized the threat this new race posed to the galaxy, so they marooned them onto an isolated planet and then bombed the surface in an attempt to eliminate them. However, the war with the Concrete eliminated the Virtuals before the Virtuals were able to eliminate the Cravers. The insectoid race rebuilt its "civilization" and eventually learned to become a space faring race. The hive, at long last, could begin truly feeding.
[Society] The Cravers live in a colony, a super organism. Somewhat like the ants and bees of Earth, they are biologically divided into different subtypes. The lowest ranks are not capable of independent thought: that is reserved for higher subtypes like the "Bishop" level or the most powerful 'Warlord' level. The two most common type of the craver subtypes are the workers and drones. Workers do all of the manual labor of the colony from production to food gathering. Drones are the basic warriors of the hive standing at 8’2; they are stubborn fighters battling to the death. Due to this they take great amount of death and injures, Craver drone will usually replace parts of their body with robotic parts if they are injury resulting with more veteran drones looking more like a machine than organic. One level above the drones is the warrior this lead squads of drones into combat they start out as drones but they undergo chemical and mechanical augmentation there about a foot taller than the drones they lead. But the processes for turn drone into a warrior can sometimes drive the drone into a berserk state during battle driving them to attack friend and foe alike, the most ruthless among those can become the champion of their warlord. To a certain degree, the Cravers rely on pheromones to communicate. Reproduction is accomplished through not one, but multiple queens. The society has no idea of peace. The concepts of diplomacy, peace, or mercy mean nothing to them. They only know war. The other races are merely prey. Prey that can fight back, but prey nonetheless. As a matter of fact, should the Cravers cease expanding, they will deplete whatever resources they control, and the society might consume itself. Races that are conquered by the Cravers are used as slaves or food stalk. They also have great hate towards the Automatons who have fought them for the past 1500 years.
Technology Level: Craver technology is advance to a certain degree some of their tech was looted from other races or developed by them. The Cravers mange to achieve a level of space travel and spread out among the stars. There weapons are also over the place most drones use kinetic weapons others have energy weapons, and some use melee weapons scavenge from other races
Magical or other Supernatural Powers:
Created by the Endless the dust are Nano-machines and Nano-computers designed to maintain their society. Some used these infinitesimally small machines to help maintain their biological bodies, while others used constructs of these Nano-elements -- known collectively as "Dust" -- as virtual bodies once they uploaded themselves. The technology was sufficiently advanced to self-replicate itself and self-assemble. While individual motes of Dust had very limited computing power, the ability to "talk" and network was built in. As a result, "clouds" of Dust could form extremely sophisticated systems. Two versions of the dust the first is manipulating the physical world: Improving building and transportation systems, attacking crop diseases, cleaning and sterilizing living spaces, etc. The other was to Dust to aid in communication and transport. It was refined to provide virtual bodies, pass electronic signals, collect and store energy, etc. But after the fall of the Endless civilization much knowledge on who to use the dust was lost. But some of people can become infected by the dust allowing them to gain supernatural powers
the cravers can use it in a limited amount using mostly to augment their bodies.
Other: The craver’s crash landed on their planets with their ships after the transfer.
Important People:
+Name: Warlord Borgon Apolla
+Role: Leader
+Description:
Look stands about 14'3 and carry's tropes of past victory) the most ruthless and the biggest of the Cravers he rules over them with an iron fist.
+Brief Bio: Much of his early life is unknown; in till he came out of the blue took over a Craver raided fleet and annihilated a nearby UE fleet. Borgon went on to terrorize the southern galaxy for more than a decade in till a combine automaton/UE fleet was able destroy and scatter his forces. Borgon retreated with what little forces he had left. In till they crashed landed on this new world, now Borgon want to take this world to turn it into a new supply base to renew his war against the UE.
+Name: Havdar the Skull taker
+Role: Borgon's champion
+Description:
Look} many parts of armor has skulls of different spices on it) the warlords right hand man and enforcer he is the most loyal of the warlord's henchmen. The champion also provided extra protection to there warlord.
+Brief Bio: Originally a drone he was selected to become one of the new warrior broods but on the space station he was on was hit by Dust Rain the effects drove Havdar into a berserk rage and processed to kill everything on the station. When he final was able calmed down he was approached by Borgon who offered him a chance to be his champion, Havdar accepted the offer on the spot and has loyal followed his warlord being one of trusted people.
Hex Location: 7, 4
Terrain Type: an arid plane
Important Terrain Features: the place is covered in hills
Important Structures: wreckage of several Craver warships
Other: The wreckage of warships have been rebuilt into hive spires that houses the Cravers the largest of them serves as Borgon's fortress.