Creature:Cyandor

Large insect-like creatures covered in hardened, transparent skin; although it appears iridescent blue, due to cyandors' blue, copper-based blood. They have two small translucent-white wings, although these are ocasionally absent among certain populations, and a three-part set of sharpened mandibles. Their limbs, unlike their bodies, remain jointed. The front four limbs are used as arms, whereas the rear two limbs. Although they are known to be the only large creature to have ever evolved on their homeworld of Xaib, very little is known about Cyandorean history. The species as a whole puts almost no focus on culture or history, rather on survival, expansion and efficiency. As such, a distinctive class system has emerged within cyandor society, with identically-cloned drones at the bottom. Each class has a varying degree of free will, with drones being essentially mindless slaves. It is unclear whether classes are genetically programmed into cyandors, but individuals have been observed transferring from one class to another. The cyandors formerly controlled one of the largest and most advanced empires in the galaxy, before a nuclear war with the neighbouring Grubbi rendered both species almost extinct.