Kirik

The kirik are a small insectoid race roughly the size of terrestrial ants native to Ekram, they are a biotically active race, and surprisingly sentient although it is difficult to imagine the race realizing this under normal circumstances.

Biology & Technology
The kirik are incredibly simple biologically, and individually not extremely intelligent, most in a hive being about as intelligent as a typical terrestrial cat. The true intelligence of the kirik is the queen, who has an intellect as strong as any member of a sapient race.

In order to interact with other species the kirik construct synthetic hives, coordinated by a single queen these hives function in society similarly to biological organism. Inside is an amazing thing, hundreds upon hundreds of insects guided by a single queen, maintaining what is to them a massive construct. Interesting to note, that small groups of kirik are often used in weaponry. Technology used to simulate the commands of a queen, these tiny insects create mass effect fields that launch projectiles. The kirik are a natural, easily replaceable substitute for mass effect field generators in weaponry

Reproduction
Kirik reproduction is a complicated affair, every ten years a queen lays a brood of eggs that will hatch into fliers, these are secreted away to a specialized chamber in the hive to be released at Ekram.

During these times hundreds of kirik return home to release their young, it is an important time for these peoples. Unfortunately very few kirik are chosen to inhabit hives, those who are not are considered animals and ignored by the hived kirik.

History & Culture
The kirik were the first species uplifted by the Parnack Regime, the kirik had no culture to speak of because of this. They owed their allegiance to the yahg, and they became enforcers and soldiers in the society of the parnack regime.

Unlike some of the other races in the regime the kirik do not maintain their own sub-government. They follow the laws and rules of the yahg and do not seek any conflict actively.

The nature of the kirik is complex, they are not exactly individuals. A kirik hive may refer to itself as "I" because to the colony they are all extensions of the queen, there is no "we" because that would imply a will aside from the queens, and indeed she is the center of thought.

The hives make ideal agents for the yahg, they are extremely durable, up to 70% of the body can be destroyed and so long as the queen isn't injured or killed it can be rebuilt, or the queen can move to a new hive.

Worlds
The kirik are from an arid world but they find a wide array of environments acceptable, additionally the race can be found on almost every world within the regime, but certain worlds have higher populations of kirik.


 * Ekram (homeworld)
 * Centaur
 * Fellan