Opteris

The  are a race of cybernetic insectoids from the planet Zero. Opteris form the Opteris Hive, a major playable faction in StarDrive 2.

Summary
The Opteris is a sentient-machine race that resembles Earth insects. Though the Opteris are of average size for organisms in the universe, their physiology could not be further from average - the Opteris have metallic bodies, four eyes, four wings, and a system that allows for anti-gravity hovering and flight. Eschewing classic government systems, the Opteris functions with a hive-mind collective consciousness. Each Opteris drone is the sum total of Opteris knowledge. The Opteris are bent on wiping out all other species. The Hive is utterly without mercy, and will stop at nothing short of total galactic domination. A few drones have achieved freedom from the Hive, such as Equality 7-2521.

Racial traits


The default racial traits for the are:


 * Poor Farmers
 * Industrious Workers
 * Smart
 * Clumsy Spies
 * Cybernetic
 * Rich Homeworld

Unique Experimental Technologies

 * Swarm Tactics
 * Prefab Citizens
 * SmartLink

Personality
The AI personality is randomized from the following traits:


 * Ruthless Imperialists
 * Aggressive
 * Genocidal

Notable

 * Equality 7-2521, Liberated Drone

Combat hulls

 * Drone (Fighter)
 * Worker (Corvette)
 * Soldier (Frigate)
 * Chitin (Cruiser)
 * Hiver (Battleship)
 * Queen (Titan)

Non-combat

 * Colony Ship
 * Freighter
 * Construction Ship

Trivia

 * The Opteris seem to be based on the Reapers from the Mass Effect series.