The Legend of The Slivers

"The Zerg from Starcraft look nerfed compared to these guys. Even The Wraith would fall to them." -- Rodney McKay

The legend of Slivers dates back to when the Ancients had first sent seedships to Nyxian Galaxy, the cosmic energy of the worlds lead to a mutation of slugs that clung to other evolving lifeforms on the planets and assimilated. These first generation of Slivers were mostly Queens, Legions, and Overlords. Each Queen used the Stargates to seek out new worlds for themselves in the galaxy and start their own hives. as the other races developed they constantly battled the Slivers for many generations for their own survival after a few million years of wars. A warlord who had been searching for a means to control and command the Slivers developed the Hivestone to do just that. His final action in life was to set all the Hivestones (One for each world.) to command the Slivers to hibernate. This warlord passed on his knowledge of how the stones operate to his genetic heirs, so they could command the Slivers should the need ever arise again. When all the non-humanoid Slivers went into hibernation the had reverted back into the egg/sac hatchling stage of their life cycles. The Humanoid Slivers or "Prime" Slivers transformed themselves into other humanoid races, but genetically were still Slivers, so their offspring would still be as them at heart. Once a Hivestone was broken or commanded

Summary

The Slivers have always been a pox upon the galaxy. Being unable to fully eliminate them at the time, a daring and cunning warlord devised a means to at least control the on a planetary scale. Only his descendants have the ability to control the legendary Hivestones that force them to sleep or hide themselves among other races.

Historical Basis

The Hivestones exist and are either heavily guarded on each world, kept as a collection piece to be considered artwork, or be apart of a historical shrine that tells of their origins and how the people of that world combated the Slivers there.

Spread

Its fairly a common legend in the Nyxian Galaxy.

Variations & Mutation

Each planet has its own version of the myth that relates to the people there and how the Hivestone came to be there.

Cultural Reception

Each planet generally protects its Hivestone really well in one way or another.

In Literature

The myth lead to many boogeyman like stories for children as well many horror stories with locations of supposed battlefields at which the heroes of the planet fought to end the Slivers. These battles led to many poems, books on the heroes who survived.

In Art

Many sculptures, paintings, epic ballads exist depicting the battles between the planet inhabitants and the Slivers.

Date of First Recording

Roughly around 5,000,000 BC

Date of Setting

Several years before the legend was recorded for the future generations.