The Termites are a species which I’ve vaguely touched upon twice in the history of The Underground. I’ve always had a liking for them, for some reason, just haven’t been able to find the right application.
The first time I tried to incorporate this fascinating species was in The Underground TOS (The Original Series) #3. I had used one of them on the Hive Embassy’s Council. I had originally planned to use him as a kind of psychic, magical type figure. Big head…big brain…psychic powers…it all made sense at the time. In the end I abolished the idea as I felt it was too supernatural for the book.

The second time I visited this species was in the unreleased The Underground TOS #7. This time around I showed the termite as a basic beast type character, being put to use by the ants. Until we really started looking at how diverse the species is, and their colonies can be, this seemed to be a natural fit.

In today’s Underground, Dave Rocha, has paved the road for a fascinating species which finally does justice to their real-world counterparts. If you haven’t already you should check out how this species has evolved yet again, in the pages of The Underground.

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