The Hive

Description
The Hive were a locust-like space faring species that operated like an Earth insect colony. Although originally though to be aliens, they were a form of GELF made by the Monsanto Corporation in the year 3055, roughly 900 years in the future when the crew of the Blue Dwarf encountered them. Which means they somehow travelled back at least 1500 years from the year 3055, as they were the cause of the destruction of the planet Ffion's ecology.

Their original purpose, and how they got back in time, remains a mystery.

A large bulk of The Hive seemed to be composed of Drones, a cross between Earth's praying mantis and cockroach. They were strong and durable, bullet proof and only killed using explosive rounds. Even when blow in half, the top half could still make an escape and bury underground.

Drones had the power to tear a person in half with a single blow and were around 8 feet tall. For taking down prey bigger than themselves, they had poisoned claws.

The common Drone was supported by the Scout, a small and weaker flying Hive type. But all types were seemingly controlled by a mothership. The mothership was described as being as black as space, with writing tentacles. They could move through the vacuum of space with easy, and so it was questioned if they were all organic or supported by mechanical means. A Mothership could scan with an ominous red beam, presumably analysing the target's threat or value.

When the Mothership was killed, all Drones and Scouts died minutes later, implying that the Mothership operated as the main brain of all Hive life.

The Hive seemed to have a simple culture, of locating a planet and then devouring it. This happened to Ffion, reducing the population to a single Ffionian and decimating the ecology. It is unknown if the Hive creatures encountered by and then killed by the Dwarfers were the only members of this race.