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| − | Little is known about the origins or homeworld of the Dahak. Scourge of humanity and destroyer of the Second Terran Empire, the first Dahak incursion occurred on the fringes of imperial space in a region ruled by insignificant great houses barely suitable to carry that name. Predictably, the core worlds ignored the situation until the invades had established a foothold and their containment was no longer possible.
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| − | The majority of Dahak are mindless drones whose only purpose is consumption and reproduction with no signs of higher brain function. Once inserted into an ecosystem, they quickly devour both the local life forms and each other. Eventually, the Dahak drones devastate a planet causing ecosystem collapse.
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| − | In direct contradiction to their dominate biology, one in several hundred billion Dahak develop sentience and are hyper-intelligent. The higher forms appear to be highly cooperative, and Imperial scientists believe their homeworld is technologically advanced inhabited solely by sentient Dahak. All evidence points to the theory that the Dahak view the mass infestation of terran-like plants simply as procreation. The higher forms have yet to exhibit any desire for power, domination, or subjugation. Instead, other sentient life is viewed at the same level as their drones, biological fodder of of no consequence.
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| − | Dahak invasions typically take one of two forms. For worlds already populated by a sentient species, dropships full of mature drones are released to butcher the denizens. For worlds with a thriving biota, a virus is delivered often by an asteroid. This virus hijacks the existing phenotypes resulting in Dahak with a variety of body forms. Although this second form of invasion is simpler and requires less resources, a vigilant population can often exterminate the infestation in time.
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A collection of Imperial history and esoteric knowledge
