Killik

Killiks were an insectoid race native to the planet Alderaan. They built large moundlike structures on the plains of the planet Alderaan and on Alsakan. Long before most other species, such as Humans, came to these worlds, the Killiks vanished; this disappearance was depicted in Ob Khaddar's moss painting ''Killik Twilight.

Society
The Killiks had a communal society, with each and every Killik being in mental contact with another. Due to their hive mind, every Killik nest acted if they were one individual. The Killiks were also peaceful in nature. One aspect of the Killik which other species sometimes found frightening was that extended contact with them resulted in an individual becoming a Joiner &mdash; someone who was influenced and was subject to the control of the Killik Will.

Killiks came in several different types: membrosia givers, warriors, attendants, and the deadly assassin bugs. Though the species as a whole was not Force-sensitive, certain types of Killik could be bred to use the Force in small ways. All Killiks started as small larvae.

History
The Killiks were an ancient species who were present long before the formation of the Old Republic. The Killiks originated on the planet Alderaan where they built the Castle Lands of Oroboro circa 25,000 BBY. At some point, the Killiks colonized nearby Alsakan. They also claimed to have created Centerpoint Station, as well as witnessed the creation of the Maw. In 20,000 BBY, the Killiks were driven away from Alderaan and Alsakan into the Unknown Regions by the Celestials

There, the Killiks would remain sequested for millenia. However, in 27 ABY, a starship called the Tachyon Flier carrying three force-sensitive Humans including Raynar Thul crashed on Yoggoy, one of their colonies. Raynar Thul dragged Lomi Plo and Welk, the two remaining survivors and Dark Jedi, from the burning wreck, though they were all badly burned and mutilated. The Killiks there rescued them and began to heal the survivors.

Eventually, all three were absorbed into the Killik hive mind. Raynar Thul took on the persona UnuThul while Lomi and Welk became the leaders of the Dark Nest or Gorog, a secretive Killik hive. Since Raynar had been absorbed into the Killik hive mind, his values became their values, especially the value on individual life. When Raynar emerged, he was in control of the Yoggoy nest, and began changing it to better help the Killiks. In time, the Yoggoy hive spread about local space, to provide for itself and share the "gift" of Raynar among the Kind.

The process was not an easy one. While Killiks were peaceful, like most hive based species, they had no value on individual life. At lest one rival nest attacked the Yoggoy hive, but the hive survived, either defeating or absorbing the attacking nest. Then, the cyclical food shortages, which had never faced the Killiks before, required them to begin trading with other planets and races. However, they also began absorbing more non-Killiks into their hive mind. By 35 ABY, when the Killiks were rediscovered by the Galactic Alliance, they were still barely surviving. At the same time, the Colony had expanded to 375 nests, though it is unknown how much of the total population of Killiks this represents. However, the existance of the Dark Nest was unknown to most Killiks. In 35 ABY, under the manipulation of the Dark Nest, the Killiks began expanding into the borders of the Chiss Ascendancy, starting a dispute which the Galactic Alliance was forced to mediate. Under the terms of the Qoribu Truce, the Killiks of the Colony agreed to settle Woteba and 13 other planets in the Utegetu Nebula rather than contiuing expansion into Chiss space. Woteba was settled by the artistic Saras hive.

Unfortunately for the Saras hive, Woteba had an ancient environmental defense system. Whenever the planet was hit by the nova that formed the Utegetu Nebula, all animal life was wiped out, but plant life was restored within two years by the defense system. At first, Woteba seemed a paradise for Killik colonization, but the planet attacked them anytime they interfered with the ecosystem, destroying both structures and living beings with a corrosive substance known as Fizz. As a result, the Killiks believed the Jedi had purposefully sent them to the planet to fall victim to the Fizz, but this was not true, merely a lie of the Dark Nest.

In 36 ABY, the Killiks abandoned the Nebula for fourteen nest ships built in the Tusken's Eye, alongside the nest ship of the Dark Nest. This fleet captured the Galactic Alliance Victory-class Star Destroyer Admiral Ackbar in preparation for their invasion of the Chiss Ascendancy, thus starting the Swarm War.

Killik Hives

 * Gorog (Dark Nest)
 * Lizil
 * Saras
 * Taat
 * Yoggoy

Appearances

 * Tatooine Ghost
 * The Unifying Force
 * The Joiner King
 * The Unseen Queen
 * The Swarm War