[HIVE STATUS – LV-732]
Biome Coverage: 79.4%Core Terraforming: 49.6%Swarm Count: 20,400 UnitsBiomass Storage: +3,000Biomass Gain Rate: +9,000/hrActivation Cost for Swarm Units: NONE (Hive-Control Linked)New Growth Objective: Total Biome Domination / Hive Defense Mode Active
[SURFACE – FLESH SPIRE RIDGE, 0400 LOCAL TIME]
It began with a rumble.
Mo stood high on the Hivewall, bio-plate armor clamped to his body, four arms behind his back like a king surveying the battlefield.Below, the Hive churned—acid rivers, Swarmling legions, and tunnel entrances twitching open like wet mouths.
Above, drop-pods streaked across the sky—black torpedoes filled with steel, fire, and Weyland-funded madness.
"Let them burn," Mo whispered. "Then feed me their bones."
[FIRST STRIKE – HUMAN BLACK OPS UNIT 'NEMESIS-7' LANDS]
12 elite operators.
Each in flame-retardant armor, laced with Pheromone Jamming Cloaks and high-output pulse rifles. They were followed by six Synthetic Xenos—white-skinned, digitigrade monsters grown in vats and modified for obedience.
"Objective: breach Hive, recover biomass samples, eliminate Apex threat designated 'Swarm King.'"
They didn't speak.
They moved like shadows with purpose.
And beneath the surface?
The Hive was listening.
[MO'S RESPONSE – TUNNEL SURGE ALPHA ENGAGED]
Activated Swarm Units:
22 Acid Stalkers
40 Tunnel Slashers
6 Hybrid Pred-Xeno Sentinels
3 Siege Burrowers
1 Swarmling Mass Cluster (~500 light-units)
Biomass Used: 0 (activation free)Biomass Storage: 3,000Gain: +9,000/hr
The tunnels ruptured beneath the invaders.
The Synthetic Xenos shrieked—programmed aggression overtaking logic—and lunged blindly toward the darkness.
That was their first mistake.
Two Tunnel Slashers sprang from below, jaws locked wide, and tore the lead synthetic in half—wires and acid-fluid gushing in a shower. The operator behind it screamed—burning as fluid ate through his visor.
A Siege Burrower punched through the ground, swallowing a man whole, cracking bone and armor with its triple-mandible maw.
Another op fired a flamethrower blindly—acid rained from above, melting his helmet. He screamed as his face fell apart.
Human Squad Casualties: 8 of 12 KIASynthetic Casualties: 4 of 6 DestroyedBiomass Gained: +670
[BIOMASS UPDATE]
New Storage: 3,670Gain Boosted to +9,200/hr (Weyland Tissue Composition Highly Efficient)
[FIRETEAM BREAKOUT – INSIDE THE HIVE]
The last four survivors breached the outer Hive wall using a Tremor Drill—shaped charges blew apart resin and flesh. They stepped into black heat and heartbeat—a breathing world, full of tunnels like veins.
One turned to the others.
"We're inside it."
"This isn't a nest. It's a f**king organism."
That's when they found the nursery.
Dozens of live eggs, twitching and hissing, being carried by Gen 4 Swarmlings. The Hive stilled.
They aimed their flamers.
"Burn—"
Too slow.
003 struck from above, tearing a man in half, spine separating from his torso. The blood mist hissed on the Hive floor.
The woman screamed—003's tail went through her stomach, yanked her lungs out the back of her armor.
The third tried to run.
The wall opened up—Mo stepped through.
Towering. Silent. Watching.
The man turned, fired.
Mo caught the rounds mid-flight in his chitin.
Then he charged.
Claws out.
CRACK—RIP—SCREAM.
The floor drank him whole.
Enemy Squad: TerminatedTotal Biomass from Combat: +1,200Biomass Now: 4,870
[HIVE NEXUS – STRATEGY SHIFT]
003 stood with Mo, spine-armor dripping.
003: "They're testing our perimeter. We've seen four squads in 2 days. If they push harder—"
Mo: "They'll push with flame."
"Then we drown them in it."
[HIVE MALL – DEFENSIVE UNITS DEPLOYED]
30 Acid Fountains (Tunnel & Surface Defense)
5 Siege Maw Worms (Massive Ambush Beasts)
1 Tactical Hive Mind Node – Layra-Controlled
20 Hunter Swarm Pods (Ambush Egg Pods w/Jump Units)
Cost: -3,600 BiomassRemaining: 1,270Gain: +9,200/hr
[SAME DAY – NIGHTFALL – WEYLAND-YUTANI 'ORBITAL CLARITY' DESCENDS]
A new ship.
Larger.
Carrier-class.
Inside? 60 Marines. 10 CHIMERA-Class Synthetic Xenos. 2 Flamecrawler Exo Units.
Mo watched them come.
"They bring everything."
"So I'll take it all."
He issued a planet-wide command:
"Swarm: No mercy. No prisoners. Leave the faces intact. I want them to see."
[GROUND WAR: BEGINS]
Flame against claw.Steel against fang.Marines dropped into living nightmares.
In Tunnel C2, a Hunter Swarm Pod burst open and 12 jump-units tackled a flamer squad, ripping legs from sockets, slamming heads into rock until helmets split.
In Corridor Delta, Layra activated the Hive Mind Node, took control of 4 surviving marines through pheromone pulse—turned them on their own squad. Shotgun blasts. Screaming. Begging.
In Acid Nest 9, a Siege Maw Worm ate an Exo Crawler in three bites, crushing steel and man like wet fruit.
One marine called in a nuke.003 killed him before he could blink.
Casualties:Weyland Forces: 59 KIA, 1 CapturedHive Forces: ~200 Swarmling-Class KIA, 3 Heavy Units lostBiomass Gained: +5,400
[BIOMASS STATUS]
Total: 6,670Gain: +9,200/hrBiome Control: 81.5%Core Terraforming: 54.1%Swarm Count: ~23,000 Units
[SURVIVOR REPORT – ORBITAL CLARITY]
Dr. Pryce's escape pod breached the upper atmosphere. He recorded one final log.
"We created gods. We tried to cage them."
"Mo is not a mutation. He is not a glitch. He is retribution."
The ship exploded behind him.
Mo watched from the Spire.
"Let the galaxy know."
"This planet is not infected."
"It's claimed."