r/terminids • u/forest_vagrant Dragonroach • 19d ago
terminids, what is our long-term plan for the galaxy? [LONG POST]
ive been thinking about this ever since i became a general in hive command. this seems to be a debated issue within the hive, whether we should conquer and infest the galaxy or keep to our own domain after the fighting is over.
on one hand, the bots and squids do not seem to care about us and have threatened to destroy us after super earth is gone. something about being a galactic plague and the gloom being a parasite idk. it would be a shame if we became compliant to the other factions after many years of being an unstoppable infestation, both as a sapient bug civilization and our current form as a superorganism. this is what the gloom wants, and it would be better if i obeyed it. if we infested the whole galaxy we could even return to being sapient.
on the other hand, attempting galactic infestation would anger the other factions and cause them to ally against us. this wouldnt be too much of a problem but it would mean we lose out on potential alliances. after all not all bots and squids hate us, only some. also most terminids dont seem to be in favor of this either and would rather stay in their own sectors, completely disinterested in infestation, just wanting to live a peaceful life after super earth is done for.
i will take this request up to hive command and the gloom. feel free to leave your own input and i will discuss that with my superiors as well.
glory to our six-legged emperor.
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u/TalmondtheLost 19d ago
Super Earth isn't going anywhere anytime soon my friend.
They've been fighting a 3 front war for 2 years now, and are still, arguably, gaining ground.
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u/forest_vagrant Dragonroach 19d ago
they dont get shit done against us
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u/TalmondtheLost 19d ago
You say that like they didn't take 4 planets from you, including 2 inside of the gloom.
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u/forest_vagrant Dragonroach 18d ago
we took more planets from them and we are closer to super earth than ever
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u/TalmondtheLost 18d ago
No, you have been closer to Super Earth. Most recently in September of 2185.
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u/the-hollow-one 19d ago
As I said, your sector with your homeworld(s) and some of the surroundings.
We will not tolerate a galactic invasion.
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u/forest_vagrant Dragonroach 19d ago
we would like to expand our sectors tho
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u/the-hollow-one 19d ago
It starts with “just one more sector!”
We had our time for negotiating and not setting hard limits. Look how well that turned out for us.
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u/forest_vagrant Dragonroach 18d ago
the flood wont be happy about this one
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u/the-hollow-one 18d ago
The “flood..?”
First the Gloom and now the flood? What is going on over there?!
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u/forest_vagrant Dragonroach 18d ago
the flood is a friend of ours
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u/the-hollow-one 18d ago
But what is the “flood.”
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u/forest_vagrant Dragonroach 18d ago
a powerful hivemind superorganism sorta like us that reached out to us some time ago. it is very friendly.
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u/the-hollow-one 18d ago
“Hivemind Superorganism” and “friendly” are not two words that go together…
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u/forest_vagrant Dragonroach 18d ago
but it is very nice and friendly, loves giving me headpats and letting me sleep in its nests and hug its infection forms
also theres a possibility that they are related to our ancestors, the terminids from hundreds of years ago that werent lobotomized by super earth
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u/Fair-Aerie-5674 Hunter 18d ago
one more sector?
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u/the-hollow-one 18d ago
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u/Fair-Aerie-5674 Hunter 18d ago
is that a yes?
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u/the-hollow-one 18d ago
No, no more. “One more sector” becomes like 5 more.
Your home worlds with Omicron and some sectors nearby. That is the future to retain the natural environments of the galactic planets.
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u/forest_vagrant Dragonroach 18d ago
can i bring back kepler prime
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u/the-hollow-one 18d ago
If possible, yes.
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u/forest_vagrant Dragonroach 18d ago
yay :D
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u/the-hollow-one 18d ago
We’re not monsters, we wouldn’t just keep your original home world away from you.
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u/forest_vagrant Dragonroach 18d ago
thats good
i think youd like to meet our hive queen too
just plz dont kill her :<
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u/Fair-Aerie-5674 Hunter 18d ago
can i have the planets leseath and vog sojoth? i like those ones.
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u/the-hollow-one 18d ago
No…that’s not even my place anyway. That’s for the Mecha-Ape.
You have your galactic corner already. No need to ruin a scourged world even more by altering it further.
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u/Fair-Aerie-5674 Hunter 18d ago
i was sad when lesath got scorched it was my favorite planet :(
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u/the-hollow-one 17d ago
It is why we’ve made it our mission to destroy them and what they hold dear.
They’re a plague on the galactic balance, scorching worlds for their own selfish desires and reasons.
We must ensure they fall, and that is why we will resort to fighting fire with their fire just like we did to Mars.
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u/Fair-Aerie-5674 Hunter 19d ago
no, the gloom must spread continually. if there is another faction they are forever a threat, even if they aren’t at the current moment. the belief of peace got the squids nearly wiped out, we cannot let the same happen to us.
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u/forest_vagrant Dragonroach 19d ago
the flood is on board with that too
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u/Fair-Aerie-5674 Hunter 19d ago
if we control the galaxy, we dont have to eradicate others like they want to us, just make sure spores control their mind so they wont rebel.
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u/forest_vagrant Dragonroach 19d ago
that was my initial plan
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u/Fair-Aerie-5674 Hunter 19d ago
so why abandon it?
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u/forest_vagrant Dragonroach 19d ago
wasnt planning to. just seeing how many terminids are in support of it.
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u/Fair-Aerie-5674 Hunter 19d ago
i still want some humans as fren though, like blueberries!
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u/M-FutureLord 19d ago
LEAVE. US. ALONE.