Locust Hive

Sometimes very well hidden in the remotest corners of a galaxy, sometimes popping up right in front of your space dock, these colossal structures house billions of locust nymphs waiting to be unleashed upon the universe. It is speculated that taking down a locust hive can drive back a locust infestation, though it is not clear how. Also, this is easier said than done - hives have a tremendously huge biomass exceeding any other known lifeform by several orders of magnitude. Making even a dent into a locust hive can take weeks, but fortunately locust hives do not possess any defensive mechanisms. While not being sentient per se, astrobiologists classify locust hives as sentient life due to their features of self-organized swarm intelligence.

Locations

Locust Hives can spawn anywhere in the universe.

Stats

Skills

Tactics
Hit accuracy
Maneuver
Weaponry
Engineering

Health

Hull
Armour
Armour strength
Armour type
Shield
Shield regeneration
Total health

Other

XP for killing
Loot from killing
Roams?
Cloaks?
Retreat hold frequency
Retreat hold rounds
Respawn time
Old age death time

Weapons

Guns

Gun	Base damage	Shots per round	Total damage	Weapon type

Missiles

Missile	Base damage	Average reload time