The 'Horde' Necrohemilliae

-The Horde, a virulent species of parasites, is an anomaly in all known biology, and an anomaly to regular life. Due to this, it is thought to be an extragalactic species, originating from different galaxies. It is extremely adaptive, and mutates hosts through different stages of accelerated "evolution", where the body of biomatter accelerates its own evolution to the point of a massive biological breakdown, where by the infection can first take place. The virus can reproduce through asexual methods, though this is described as a last ditch effort, and only performed by pure Horde forms.

----Horde interstellar ship schematics----
Created for about 50 LY per travel without rest.

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-It is produced over about 7 months of straight work.
-Approx 2 kilometers long for a single ship.
-Technical name is Hemilliae-Traba-Certamen, Laymen term is Interstellar-Form
-Must have established a Master-Form first.
-Approx 12 Horde-Pod launchers for infecting enemy ships.
-It can adopt any technologies it finds and apply it respectively to itself.
-It is a conscious, sentient space ship.

-The only known pathway for Horde reproduction and survival is by the infestation and assimilation of other species. They do this through a form of cellular reproduction known as lysogenic replication where the viral cells infect host cells with their own genetic code which mutates the host cells into viral forms.
Capable of surviving extreme environments ranging from -75 to +53 degrees Celsius and even underwater (in early stages of life), the Horde can withstand harsh environments of all known colonized planets.

-It would seem that the parasite can infest any living organism, but that they prefer hosts with a large brain capacity to accelerate the formation and expansion of the Hemillia-Pelagus (Master-Form) hive intelligence and the Horde intelligence as a whole. They are only as intelligent as the beings they infect; the more cunning the enemy, the more dangerous the Horde will be.
As the Horde spreads and replicates, they will alter the environment to better suit their needs. This takes the form of biomass growing on any available surface, and the air being filled with spores. This appears to be part of the Horde life cycle and is done automatically, and leads to the development of a Master-Form and a Hive.

-Images of some Horde Pure-Forms.-

(Hemillia-Insequor) Sniper-Form

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It is the only Horde-Form that has self resupplying ammunition, it constantly replenishes itself after about 3 mins. approx 40 Spinal shots per load. It can cover itself with its thick shell if it covers itself.

(Hemillia-Iuguolo) Brawler-Form

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An easy type to understand, It is a basic infantry tank, able to destroy a small land vehicle easily.

(Hemillia-Reptum) Chaser-Form

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Incredibly fast, attacking with it's pincers, able to climb on well supported walls, or ceilings, can be very very sneaky.

-Viral forms selectively target other species that possess sentient intelligence and are of sufficient biomass, and can infest living or lightly wounded dead bodies. Viral forms have long tendrils that pierce the skin of the host and find their way to the spinal cord. From here they synchronize with the host, matching frequencies with the host's nervous system and taking over brain functions, completely rewriting the psychology of the creature to the ravenous and voracious psyche of The Horde, although retaining higher-level cognitive abilities, such as combat techniques and technical knowledge which may be useful. However, resistance of the host is completely destroyed, as the original mind's memories are systematically erased, leaving only a simplistic and primal urge to assimilate other species and destroy them.

-During the early stages of infestation, when the host still retains its original consciousness, there are distinct somatosensory sensations: first the host's extremities grow numb and their lungs feel heavy.
Then, the greater Horde intelligence begins to take over the mind, and sensation becomes increasingly indistinct: the host's vision seems to be a gauzy white haze, but the host can make out shapes and the host can hear a low droning through the ordeal. Finally, once physiological mutilation occurs, the host can vaguely feel dramatic changes to its own body: the limbs feel to the host as if they are made of a spongy liquid and the lungs itch as well. However, the host can still control their limbs to some extent if the neurological contact with the viral form is weakened.

Horde-Spore

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The thing that starts everything, if it lands on fertile grounds, it will start an Incubation pod, then a hive.
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- -The Necrohemilliae go through four distinct developmental changes- -
-Feral stage- is the lowest form: communicating via pheromones, and have the natural instinct to harvest enough calcium to establish a viable Master-Form.

-Coordinated stage- is when the Horde becomes truly dangerous; they now take orders from the
Horde-Master that was created in the first stage.

-Interstellar stage- allows the Horde to take control of most technology and spread throughout the galaxy to infect more hosts.

-Intergalactic- is the last known stage the Horde enters, theoretically, in which it utilizes all captured technology to depart to uninfected galaxies to further replicate. It is assumed that the Horde that had arrived in the Milky Way had descended from Intergalactic level Necrohemilliae.