Evening In Hive City: 2026

Hive City is on the planet Esmeralda III, the home world of the Esmeraldans. They are a race of extremely intelligent social insects, a curious mix of human and ant. The Esmeraldans build organic, hyperdimensional Hives that are dozens of miles tall. They have colonized every solar system in the known Universe. Our own Solar System hosts trillions of these Hives in the Asteroid Belt. The Esmeraldans are remarkably shy and introverted and almost nothing is known about them!

Two cigar shaped flying saucers from some unknown race buzz above Hive City on a moonlit Summer evening. The Esmeraldans are too shy to respond!