Thread:Wormulon/@comment-1490328-20140726235717

I've had several ideas for new Mantisorac castes. Since you're not on the IRC I'll list them here.


 * Alchemists - Mantisorac that can eat almost everything, dedicated to breaking down what it eats into its base elements, then is capable of mixing those elements with chemical reactions in its own body. Through this they are capable of creating components for the artificial technology that the Sapients make, and are also capable of creating food for cattle species should the cattle species have a particular alien diet.
 * Nurses - Mantisorac that take care of the young. They can produce a silk-like substance to create little chambers for the larvae to reside in, and regularly take eggs from the Queen's chamber to these chambers. They are extra-sensitive to heat so they can regulate the temperatures in the larvae chambers and have mandibles useless for biting or tearing, but decent for picking things up.
 * Hunters - Mantisorac was wings, meant for taking down flying prey (like Ghasts in Minecraft or whatnot) and also for scouting out a planet being attacked and spraying pheromones down upon it so the worker/soldier swarm knows how to react ("these things tough so use soldiers" or "these things can be used for cattle take them alive" or whatever).
 * Repletes - Immobile Mantisorac that hang from the ceiling, that are treated more as objects than other Mantisorac. They have extremely large stomach capacities and they are used by the other Mantisorac to store food, or to take food from to digest. Sometimes, full Repletes will be traded between a well-fed nest to a not so well fed nest to prevent starvation. 