Hivers

The Hivers were a "Hive Mind" species encountered by The Empire approximately 75,000 years ago. The origin of the Hivers is unknown. The Hivers invaded The Empire without warning, with an initial invasion of Morette. It is unknown whether the Hivers had performed any reconnaissance of The Empire prior to their invasion. Unfortunately for the Hivers, the Seventh Imperial Fleet had arrived at Morette, less than 2 weeks prior to the Hiver invasion, for the purpose of refueling, restocking, and "shore leave." Almost instantly, the Hivers were met with the brunt of the Seventh Fleet's force, rendering the Hiver invasion force completely defensive. As the Hivers retreated, the Commander of the Seventh Fleet attempted to obtain orders from Imperial Command, but the Hivers were disrupting all communications. Again, unfortunately for the Hivers, they did not understand the Imperial Navy's concept of "Compartmentalization and Individualization", which proved vastly superior to a "Hive Mind" structure, in this particular engagement. Receiving no orders from the Empire within a short period of time, the Commander of the Seventh Fleet declared the Seventh Fleet "Autonomous" and ordered the extermination of the Hivers. Ships of the Seventh Fleet relentlessly pursued and attacked the Hiver force, until no Hivers were left alive. There were no Hiver survivors.

The Hivers were roughly humanoid, and appear to have communicated via some kind of telepathy. However, few facts are available regarding the Hivers, due to the extermination order. The Seventh Fleet Commander was equally praised and rebuked for his decision to exterminate the Hivers. The official position of Imperial Command is that if the Hivers had been allowed to retreat, they would have returned with a much larger and more formidable force.