📗Compendium | 3: Lotus Wasp Warrior
by Acclaimed Interstellar Survival-Exploration Entrepreneur and Nature Documentarian Sir Davis Astenbarrow
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The Explorer’s Guide to Surface Life
Lotus Wasp Warrior
Explorer’s Guide Contribution Written By Acclaimed Interstellar Survival-Exploration Entrepreneur and Nature Documentarian Sir Davis Astenbarrow
Despite the vulnerability of the first phase of the hive, the Queen will not lay Warrior eggs until the first wave of Worker wasps has already begun expanding the hive. This means the queen must be quite vigilant in protecting her young Workers until the Warriors grow strong enough to take over the task. At that point, the Queen will delegate the task of defending the hive solely to the Warriors and focus on laying as many new eggs as possible.
This next phase of the hive’s growth becomes exponentially troublesome for any unfortunate neighbors of the Lotus Wasps: most newborn Warriors will immediately and aggressively expand outward from the hive.
When a favorable location is found, the Queen can hatch new fertile Queens to establish additional hives—provided that there is enough available lotus fruit to support this expansion. Scarcity can lead to conflict between hives.
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— Sir Davis Astenbarrow —
Captured from the internal monologue of Harvester Wes Jackson:
Within seconds, I could see the steeloak on top of the hive looming ahead, roving swarms of bright red lotus wasps buzzing around the base of its trunk. The three scouting drones with me went hurtling off straight toward the swarms and, with a series of loud clicks and whistles, baited them into a wild chase away from the tree.
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