Creature:Hermicee

The Hermicee are a Hermit Crab-like species created by FYIIHealSpiesz12.

Overview
A Hermicee's basic design is the general shape of a Hermit Crab. They have spikes on their shell. Many subspecies of Hermicee have also been created by FYIIHealSpiesz12. Including the CrystalShell, the DemiClaw, StawBerry Giant, Crackrina, and the Grassy. Each have varying colors and weapons/details but all have the same general design and a pair of wings. Sentient versions of some subspecies have been created, walking more upright with tribal clothing. Though most species of Hermicee have gotten past space stage, only tribal clothing exist for each.

Progression Through Spore
During it's cell stage the Hermicee, on the planet Moneotype, took on the role of a Predator. It ate most of it's opposition using it's dual jaws in the front with a simple flagella. It's Creature stage never had much success in befriending other nests. Tribal stage was very violent for them, allying only one tribe and the rest demolished. Civilization was not much different. Hermicees only keep allies that have already started as friendly. In space stage, the Hermicees have an ongoing war against the Grox Empire. The Grox, have taken several casualties and lost several systems to the Hermicee, but due to large amount of Grox systems, the Hermicee have dealt little or no damage to Grox economy.

The Hermicee expand extremely quickly, usually colonizing and taking over every viable planet. Usually, they prefer to capture a system by military force rather than trade routes.

Social Habits
They mainly stay amongst their own kind and other sub-species of Hermicee. Hermicees often judge other space-faring empires by looks and prices, making most of their military and economic choices very unwise. Their main strategy is; eat, sleep, kill.



Colony
The Hermicee live in a caste structure, from StrawBerry Giants to Crackrinas. Hermicee are dominated by a "Hermit-Lord" creature witch is completely determined by genetics. The Lord's exact role other than controlling the hive is generally unclear. Physically, they are of immense size and strength comparable only by the Strawberry Giant.

In more sophisticated Hermicee society, the Hermit Lord is still present, serving as a Tyrant with absolute military and economic control.

Crackrinas exhibit different behavior from regular Hermicees. Though they remain carnivorous, they mainly stick to fishing and economy rather than active hunting. They are also very few in number due to Hermicee gene probability. Although more "peaceful" by Hermicee standards, they still have the same physical capabilities as males. Through the use of pheromones and certain vocalizations, the Crackrina can direct Hermicee drones to their destinations. They ultimately serve as caregivers and the main driving force of Hermice reproduction.

The Hermicee, in addition to being "stupid" and aggressive, also have an extreme sense arrogance. This makes them completely dedicated to themselves, driving them to create every vehicle, building, and weapon have a vague shape of a Hermicee.

Backstory
Hermit crabs, though unintelligent, are mostly successful due to their great reproduction rate and hording resources for themselves as well as taking advantage of "very friendly" empires. They depend mainly on their own numbers for success.

Strawberry Giant
The Strawberry Giant is by far the second largest of all Hermicee species (dwarfed only by the Hermit Lord). As it's name suggests, the Strawberry Giant has a bright red coat with black lines streaking downward. It has large horns sticking out of it's shell (witch has also earned it the nickname, Devil Hermicee), and has three pincernaut mouths. Strawberry Giants are brutes, hogging every bit of meat for themselves, they may even act hostile toward other subspecies of Hermicee. They will attack almost every space faring empire they can find and will leave it in ruins.

Crystal Shell
The Crystal Shell are light blue hermicees with large crystalline poking out of their shell. These crystals are formed because of the Crystal Shell's habitat. They live in under ground caves, and come out to feed on sleeping prey at night. A crystal shell is judged by how large the crystals on it's shell. The larger the crystal, the higher the rank. They are a trade species, they are assigned to trade with other empires that will take their spice for high prices. Empires that do not accept the trade rout, react hostile, or take the spice for low prices, will be destroyed. Crystal Shell are the largest hermicee empire, besides the IronClaw.Their buildings are exact replicas of original hermicee buildings, but with different paint jobs. Most colonies are generally larger than normal hermicee colonies. A colonized planet will be completely remodelled to meet Crystal Shell standards. They are extremely picky about what planets they colonize. Most planets they control are purple, blue, and green spices (it is unknown why pink spice is left out).

Trivia

 * The Hermicee are very similar to real-life Hermit Crabs.
 * Their original design and name were based off of FYIIHealSpiesz12's real pet land hermit crabs.
 * Though the Hermicee have wings and live in a hive-like structure, they are mainly underground and rarely take flight.