DAGGERMOTHER: These beings seem well-adapted to warfare. Where did you recruit them?
TAGON: They're Ot-Skadak warriors.
We recruited engineers, but I guess the hive provided some defense, too.
DAGGERMOTHER: You have a hive-mind on your ship?
TAGON: No, just some drones. The main hive is on Eina-Afa.
DAGGERMOTHER: These warriors are mind-linked to a hive on another world?
TAGON: Yup. The engineers on my ship have hypernode relays.
TAGON: Deploying them was not my idea.