Locust Swarm

The Swarm is the term given to what the Locust species became after the second battle of Azura, which ended with the apparent extinction of the Locust and Lambent. However, although the Lambent were truly wiped out by the Immulsion countermeasure developed by Professor Adam Fenix, the Locust became encased in indestructible crystalline chrysalises. Believing them to be dead, the Human population of Sera buried them in mass graves, only for them to begin hatching 25 years later, in a new evolved form.

Possibly due to their awareness of their limited numbers, and the majority of chrysalises left unhatched, these new Locust utilised a biological process resulting from their advanced evolution to abduct Humans and transform them into creatures which may be considered Human-Locust hybrids.

The process of converting a Human into a Swarm Drone begins with entrapping a captured Human inside a cocoon to break down their body and reform it into the hybrid creature. Although they may be saved if removed from the cocoon at an early enough stage, they may still retain a connection to the swarm's hive mind until removal.