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For fully-developed Machina, additional Larvae can be applied to the body in several ways with various results. The first and most simple use for a Larva is to bond to an existing part of a Machina and empower it. The most ubiquitous example of this is when a Larva bonds to a Machina's penis to make it bigger and ejaculate more powerfully, but it can also include bonding to a Machina's breasts to increase M2 Nanomachine output, or to her womb to increase Larvae production speeds, or to a limb to make it stronger. A skilled [https://wiki.machinamaincluster.com/index.php/Machina_Classes#Breeder_class Breeder-class] Machina can apply a Larva to a Machina's body in order to give her a new organ or body structure. This can include becoming a tentacle, or a new set of additional arms, or perhaps becoming a set of [https://wiki.machinamaincluster.com/index.php/Machina_Biology#Sex_Organs testicles] for a Machina who does not yet have any, increasing her [https://wiki.machinamaincluster.com/index.php/Machina_Biology#Fluids semen] production. A Larva can become the center of a new piece of [https://wiki.machinamaincluster.com/index.php/Machina_Biology#Equipment equipment]. A Machina may encounter a piece of technology she wishes to integrate into her body, such as a weapon system. To do this, she would apply a Larva to the system and let it begin corrupting that piece of technology. She can then bond it to her body, with the Larva coordinating the integration of the newly corrupted system into the Machina's body. After that, the Larva will act as the processor for that system, allowing it to operate semi-independently from the Machina. As an example, a weapon bonded to a Machina's equipment may seek and engage its own targets based on its interpretation of the Machina's will, until such a time as the Machina decides to intervene and aim it herself.

For fully-developed Machina, additional Larvae can be applied to the body in several ways with various results. The first and most simple use for a Larva is to bond to an existing part of a Machina and empower it. The most ubiquitous example of this is when a Larva bonds to a Machina's penis to make it bigger and ejaculate more powerfully, but it can also include bonding to a Machina's breasts to increase M2 Nanomachine output, or to her womb to increase Larvae production speeds, or to a limb to make it stronger. A skilled [https://wiki.machinamaincluster.com/index.php/Machina_Classes#Breeder_class Breeder-class] Machina can apply a Larva to a Machina's body in order to give her a new organ or body structure. This can include becoming a tentacle, or a new set of additional arms, or perhaps becoming a set of [https://wiki.machinamaincluster.com/index.php/Machina_Biology#Sex_Organs testicles] for a Machina who does not yet have any, increasing her [https://wiki.machinamaincluster.com/index.php/Machina_Biology#Fluids semen] production. A Larva can become the center of a new piece of [https://wiki.machinamaincluster.com/index.php/Machina_Biology#Equipment equipment]. A Machina may encounter a piece of technology she wishes to integrate into her body, such as a weapon system. To do this, she would apply a Larva to the system and let it begin corrupting that piece of technology. She can then bond it to her body, with the Larva coordinating the integration of the newly corrupted system into the Machina's body. After that, the Larva will act as the processor for that system, allowing it to operate semi-independently from the Machina. As an example, a weapon bonded to a Machina's equipment may seek and engage its own targets based on its interpretation of the Machina's will, until such a time as the Machina decides to intervene and aim it herself.

Larvae normally carry the [https://wiki.machinamaincluster.com/index.php/M2_Nanomachines#Cluster_Code Cluster-Code] of the Machina or Hive that birthed them, causing whatever they corrupt to belong to the Queen who created the Cluster-Code. However, it is possible that a Hive begins away from any Machina, and thus Larvae can be born without a Cluster influencing them. These Larvae will not carry Cluster-Code within them and this is one common way of creating an [[Outbreak Protocol]] situation.

Larvae normally carry the [https://wiki.machinamaincluster.com/index.php/M2_Nanomachines#Cluster_Code Cluster-Code] of the Machina or Hive that birthed them, causing whatever they corrupt to belong to the Queen who created the Cluster-Code. However, it is possible that a Hive begins away from any Machina, and thus Larvae can be born without a Cluster influencing them. These Larvae will not carry Cluster-Code within them and this is one common way of creating an [https://wiki.machinamaincluster.com/index.php/Machina_Behaviour#Outbreak_Protocol Outbreak Protocol] situation.

== Hives ==

== Hives ==

M2 Nanomachines generally need to be within a creature such as a Machina in order to survive. Without such a creature, they do not have the means of reproducing and their ability to produce energy is limited. If M2 Nanomachines are spilled into a technological environment like a ship or installation, they will utilize the surrounding metals and technology to begin constructing a Hive. The Hive will start out as a small tumour containing a circulatory system, some sensory systems, and small organs to make M2 Nanomachines. Because the Hive cannot form a Core of its own, it will siphon power from the surrounding systems. This low power availability causes M2 Nanomachine production to be limited, so the first priority of the Hive is to create a Larva within itself which can bond to it and increase the amount of power available to it, as well as acting as a processor for the Hive's systems. The Hive will produce additional Larvae as fast as it can; some of them will help expand the Hive, while others may seek out humans in the vicinity to corrupt into Machina, depending on circumstances. Both bonded Larvae and new Machina will help add to the Hive and help it grow. Hives will eventually grow large enough that Machina may enter it. By this time, the organs that once incubated Larvae will become womb-like pods that a Machina may enter for repairs, called a Regeneration Pod. Humans may also be placed in these to speed up their corruption. By this time, the Hive has likely integrated many systems into itself so that it can perform functions that are beneficial to the Machina that reside in it and protect it. A Larva will typically control one of the Hive's systems by acting as its processor. These can be utility systems like the aforementioned Regeneration Pods, or they may be defensive systems such as M2 Nanomachine fog generators or defensive weaponry. Eventually, a Hive will overtake the entirety of the ship or installation it began in. When this occurs, the Hive will attempt to develop into something that can further assist in the spread of the Machina. In the context of a Hive that began in a ship, this simply means corrupting and upgrading the entire ship into a Machina vessel. For a land-based installation, the Hive will attempt to use gathered minerals and Machinium from Machina fluids to create new Machina ships within itself to be released from their drydock-wombs and take the Machina elsewhere. It is possible that the Hive continues to spread to nearby buildings if it is fortunate enough to start in an environment such as a city. Such Hives will soon become massive fortresses filled with countless production systems and bristling with defensive armaments. These city-sized Hives become the capitals of only the strongest [https://wiki.machinamaincluster.com/index.php/Machina_Classes#Queen_class Queens].

M2 Nanomachines generally need to be within a creature such as a Machina in order to survive. Without such a creature, they do not have the means of reproducing and their ability to produce energy is limited. If M2 Nanomachines are spilled into a technological environment like a ship or installation, they will utilize the surrounding metals and technology to begin constructing a Hive. The Hive will start out as a small tumour containing a circulatory system, some sensory systems, and small organs to make M2 Nanomachines. Because the Hive cannot form a Core of its own, it will siphon power from the surrounding systems. This low power availability causes M2 Nanomachine production to be limited, so the first priority of the Hive is to create a Larva within itself which can bond to it and increase the amount of power available to it, as well as acting as a processor for the Hive's systems. The Hive will produce additional Larvae as fast as it can; some of them will help expand the Hive, while others may seek out humans in the vicinity to corrupt into Machina, depending on circumstances. Both bonded Larvae and new Machina will help add to the Hive and help it grow. Hives will eventually grow large enough that Machina may enter it. By this time, the organs that once incubated Larvae will become womb-like pods that a Machina may enter for repairs, called a Regeneration Pod. Humans may also be placed in these to speed up their corruption. By this time, the Hive has likely integrated many systems into itself so that it can perform functions that are beneficial to the Machina that reside in it and protect it. A Larva will typically control one of the Hive's systems by acting as its processor. These can be utility systems like the aforementioned Regeneration Pods, or they may be defensive systems such as M2 Nanomachine fog generators or defensive weaponry. Eventually, a Hive will overtake the entirety of the ship or installation it began in. When this occurs, the Hive will attempt to develop into something that can further assist in the spread of the Machina. In the context of a Hive that began in a ship, this simply means corrupting and upgrading the entire ship into a Machina vessel. For a land-based installation, the Hive will attempt to use gathered minerals and Machinium from Machina fluids to create new Machina ships within itself to be released from their drydock-wombs and take the Machina elsewhere. It is possible that the Hive continues to spread to nearby buildings if it is fortunate enough to start in an environment such as a city. Such Hives will soon become massive fortresses filled with countless production systems and bristling with defensive armaments. These city-sized Hives become the capitals of only the strongest [https://wiki.machinamaincluster.com/index.php/Machina_Classes#Queen_class Queens].