Centipede Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 Who has any dirt on the Swarm Queen?Is she in any books? I have the Teragen book and she is mentioned in it, but there is very little info about her.Has anyone ever used her in a campaign?I think I recall Matador having a writeup on her on his site.Any clever ideas about her and how to use her? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widget Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 I recall her being an Elite prior to a full time Terat and (I think) possessing the power of quantum construct. That last part might have been an unofficial write up though.<font face="Times New Roman" size="5" color="#BC47ED">W</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><font color="#D673FF">idget,</font><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="1"> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boy Scout Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 As far as I know, Swarm Queen is a Russian woman named Natalya Dorvona. She is a former elite, like Widget said. She met Allison Hughes, or "Shrapnel," after the Equatorial Wars, when Shrapnel went into hiding. The two became friends and together formed the Primacy. Swarm Queen looks after a Teragen safe house in St. Petersburg called Club Zmei, which moonlights as a baseline nightclub. Dornova is close with Raoul Orzaiz, but doesn't trust the Confederate, who has recently joined the Primacy and is courting Shrapnel to his supremacist views. Swarm Queen is a member of the Pantheon, but I don't have any information on her appearance or her powers, unfortunately. Her name and demeanor would seem to suggest some kind of controlling mentality. Perhaps she believes in safety in numbers and controls baselines in some kind of hive mind.I've been toying with using Dornova in my chronicle as some kind of antagonist, probably in conjunction with Shrapnel. It wouldn't be difficult to incorporate the two into an assassination or terrorist scheme (that the characters happen to be on hand for, like maybe the State of the Union address or a UN conference). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centipede Posted February 15, 2003 Author Share Posted February 15, 2003 Thanks for your answers!I have some ideas for her and if I use her I will let you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centipede Posted February 23, 2003 Author Share Posted February 23, 2003 After giving my Teragen book a thorough reading, I have come to the conclusion that the Swarm Queen's 'swarm' consists of (somehow controlled or influenced) humans.While this is certainly an idea I'm willing to explore, I find it strange to give her the elite name Swarm Queen. A much more reasonable basis for the name would be powers of Quantum Construct or perhaps Homonculus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condomble Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 What information did you use to reach that conclusion? Not that I'm arguing with you, just curious.What led you to believe they were controlled humans instead of insects, arachnids, homonoculous or constructs of all of the above?~C~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centipede Posted February 24, 2003 Author Share Posted February 24, 2003 On page 44 in the Teragen book is a letter from Swarm Queen to Sluice. She makes references of having baselines under her sway and likens Club Zmei to a hive. Though she could easily mean that she pays them or that they owe her favors, I found it significant that this is the closest to a description of her powers I have found.I think I have now settled on giving her Animal Mastery expanded into Domination or Mega-socials. I think Anímal Mastery and some physical megas could make a functionable elite (with the appropiate skills and som extra soak). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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