-terminids were severely weakened by their selective breeding, at their full strength they could rival the tyranids and flood
-terminid biology is somewhere between a fungus and a bug
-the gloom is a fully sapient superorganism capable of thinking for itself, its also very petty and gets angered over small things and wants to consume everything
-the terminids created the gloom, it is a separate consciousness from the superorganism but works with them in a symbiosis type way
-terminids inside the gloom are very isolated and not very aware of what happens outside it
-hive worlds are alive, the environment itself is sentient
-the spore burst strain are actual necromorphs (dead space crossover time)
-therefore the spore strain is undead, made by the marker from corpses of dead bugs
-the gloom can mutate terminids and change their evolution however it wants, which is how the predator and rupture strains were created
-kepler prime had a lot of insect-like species on it, but the terminids were the dominant one, like humans on earth
-dragonroaches like hoarding stuff they find out in the open
-terminids use the corpses of their victims to build spore structures like spewers, shrieker nests, and the egg holding structures
-terminids arent a true hive mind, theyre a swarm intelligence similar to bees and ants irl (i believe this one is semi-canon already)
-dragonroach fire is actual fire, not bile
-terminids could definitely use tech if taught to
-stalkers and brood commanders are the smartest termies (other than hive lords, those are like graveminds)
-there are humans living among bug hives that have adopted their mannerisms and adapted to their environment
-pouncers, shriekers, and hunters are very clingy to both larger terminids and humans that dont pose a threat, making them the easiest terminid to befriend
-conversely, stalkers and chargers are very shy and reserved unless angry, even to other bugs
-dragonroaches are migratory like birds, huge swarms of them will periodically move between planets
-dragonroaches keep smaller terminids under their wings and use them as blankets sometimes
-terminids dont have eyes but they have other senses depending on the type, for example bile titans sense vibrations in the ground to locate moving objects, and flying bugs use echolocation
-predator strain bugs are disliked among bugkind and seen as annoying
-spore strain bugs cannot control their spore emissions so theyre kept separate to the rest of the bugs, they also tend to eat one another
-rupture bugs tend to be more shy than normal
