Scay, The Hidden Queen

Ta'Akaix'Scay'extiih'aur Zo'ra, The Hidden Queen

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The entrance to a Vaurcan ice cavern upon New Gibson, dug with powerful Thermal Lances.

Her brood is identified by scent and their exoskeleton color amongst Zo'ra.

Unbound of any type: (RGB 71, 0, 31))

Bound Warriors: (RGB 71, 32, 71)

Bound Workers: (RGB 71 ,11, 51)

The Zo'ra Lesser Queen placed upon frozen New Gibson. Of the five Lesser Queens that have arrived at Tau Ceti, Scay’extiih’aur is the most rarely seen, even amongst other Zo'ra. Upon the hive ship, she oversaw the ship's entire population. She was responsible for keeping the larger whole of the hive inside complex growth projections. Yet, none of her calculations could have foreseen the events of the last five years. Her brood largely encompasses Ka, and most of them oversee birthing procedures, as well as a complex catalog of body forms and DNA sequences. These body types range wildly from hexapod body types to the traditional biped. The DNA sequences kept include traits that the hive have determined is useful to instill into its populations. Eggs from all remaining Lesser Queens are stored and cataloged here. No larvae or DNA is left without the practiced care of Scay’extiih’aur's gene weavers. She and her brood remain undaunted and have taken a keen interest in the various species of Tau Ceti, as a new opportunity to document and collect new DNA. Experimentation is the norm for Scay’extiih’aur's brood, with the Lesser Queen even to be rumored to experiment on herself.

Upon New Gibson, Scay’extiih’aur quickly moved out of the protective domes that the rest of the New Gibsonites live in. Her hive maintains a presence within each major biodome, primarily to maintain state-sanctioned kois farms. Their largest biodome presence would be within the Xerxes biodome, however, which houses the New Gibson hive-net relay. The relay is the largest of its kind, and the only one capable of transmitting out of the star system. Otherwise, they have largely moved into underground caverns, dug by the tireless bound. The largest caverns rest just outside of the Hengsha biodome and continues to grow deeper to this day. Life for her brood here remains rough, but they have taken advantage of their environment to the fullest. Complex constructions of stone, metal, and ice make up a network of tunnels, with large heated egg chambers filled with piecemealed medical equipment patched together from equipment salvaged from Hengsha and the hive ship.

Scay’extiih’aur's VR is perhaps the most detached from reality, with the entire VR construct composed of objects seen from microscopic scale. This microcosm accurately models cellular action, with giant cellular features composing most of the landscape. Vaurca in this microscopic landscape fly freely within a soupy membrane that encompasses nearly the entire VR. At its center, a massive cellular wall separates the VR's unbound Vaurca inhabitants from its simulated ones. Referred as a Takk'ta'yat, which translates roughly into basic as, Zoo, the inside of this structure paradoxically models real sizes, with each separate cages of this structure clearly defined, and vary from each other. From caves to lush jungles, within each simulation is a creature from Sedantis past, or a newly encountered one from the hives recent interactions. The largest cell by far, however, would be the one dedicated to humanity. Scay’extiih’aur's best scientists pour over and experiment with the simulated humans, documenting their responses. Her brood is known to the Gibsonites for asking unusual questions, but for what purpose is known only to Scay’extiih’aur, who has obsessively taken to making the simulations as realistic as possible.

Of her brood, there are two noteworthy Xakat'kl'atan, acting as the ideal teachers for newly born Za or Ka.

Ka’Akaix’Nolnz Zo’ra

Ka’Akaix’Nolnz Zo’ra is known as the Lifeseer- A worker turned master after her death, they are known to calculate incredible estimates and hypotheses on DNA experiments, most of the time without a major test or experiment beforehand. Such is her skill, that some describe their predictions as foresight, hence the title. It was Nolnz alone that first developed first contact protocols, ascribing a ‘significant chance’ to the likelihood of alien lifeforms. Nolnz’s predictions were so incredibly accurate that many seek Nolnz out for help on designing new bound forms to this day - even those from other hives have been known to indirectly seek their help. Nolnz is an excellent scientist, and those learning from them are said to be some of the best minds in the hives - particularly in genetics and biology.

Za’Akaix’Famat Zo’ra

Za’Akaix’Famat Zo’ra is a controversial master. When they were announced mastership it upset several other expectant applicants, not because they found his work subpar, but merely that his work solely involved blowing things up. Destruction in all its forms was the science that Famat is known for. It is said among his detractors that Famat is little crazy, as they often compared the firestorms upon the Sedantis surface as the purest form of life, destruction personified. Through his work, he sought to be as the firestorms, and scour everything into utter oblivion. In this, he achieved much, developing antimatter, muon, and gravimetric explosives to various degrees of success. Within VR, its common to hear from those that study under him, “Those that seek to learn from Famat, search in craters.”

Recent Events

Recovering from the Lii'dra attack upon August 18th, 2460, The Hidden Queen was aptly named, as no threat or force was able to locate her enclave. During the attack, however, Her brood was instrumental in evacuating the arcologies, having built winding ice tunnel networks that run independently of the tram-ways that link each biodome. These tunnels were used extensively by emergency personnel and fleeing civilians. After the attack, her brood enjoyed local praise for their assistance in returning New Gibson and its biodomes to functionality. Additionally, The Vaurca who lost their lives in service to the state has been posthumously awarded. The Xerxes biodome has since been repaired and reinforced, with what little damage it suffered patched with plasteel donated from Nanotrasen and its affiliates. Social Graces aside, Scay'extiih'aur has not made an official comment, and her whereabouts since the attack are unknown.