Terratech’s tinkering made them quickly adapt to the hive-less situation. Most Kirko meekly took up their new roles, but their will wasn’t totally broken. Having taken out the psychic threat of the Kir’Ko gestalt consciousness, they evolved casts of slave workers and hardened warriors through rapid epi-genetics. Terratech’s bio engineers genetically lobotomized the hive queens, changing them to mindless breeders. Imperial Xeno non-intervention policies were quickly brushed aside when faced with the psychic, profit stalling, toxic monstrosities. On their mission to secure this precious Nectar, the Kir’Ko were seen as both a threat and an opportunity. Those who weren’t eaten, went insane from the psi fields or succumbed to the lure of the Nectar. The first expedition to the Kir’ko homeworld went badly. Here the termite-like colonies survived through natural resilience, hard work and coordination through their psychic hive mind. Terratech, the biotech and terraforming conglomerate, discovered the pre-industrial insectoid species on a jungle planet, where a thick globe spanning Growth harbored man eating flora and a priceless neuroactive Nectar. History: The Kir’Ko were the first sentient xeno life form discovered within the reach of the Star Union. The Kirko Unleashed (click for wall-paper sized image)
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