Vyrpune Hives

The Vyrpune Hive Colonies are a collection of cities and worlds located in the southwestern part of the Orange Line Quarter. The hives are known for their desolate location, and unforgiving asteroid fields.

History
The Vyrpune Hives were originally founded by Commander Usslos Ryyu of the planet Kyrna. Kyrna is also the homeworld of the Vyrpunes. The hives were found on the planets of Hyrek, Poic and Uuu. The planets were full of thriving Vyrpune cities and catacombs, and prospered, until the Galactic Economic Crisis, when the entire government fell apart, as the government was an timocracy When the wealthy lost their money, the government collapsed. The idea to resolve the problem was to turn the Hives into a Communist state to help balance the economy and stabilize the hives. The system re-collapsed, and the government returned to a timocratic society.

Geography
The space of the Hives is mainly sparsely settled, ancient red dwarf stars made from residue from the nearby Orange Line deploying gaseous debris, which created the hive worlds we know today. The planets that are habitable are usually near the star, usually being first in order, as the stars are extremely cold. The planets usually are ice worlds, suited for the insectoid species' cold resistant shells. The atmosphere they are accustomed to are usually made up of  argon and neon. The species has a ritual where the species shoots an electric ray into the atmosphere on their icy homeworld of Kyrna. The electrically sensitive neon lights up in a variety of hallucinogenic colors, to represent the colorful gases that formed their confederate species. Other than that, the planets of the Hives are reasonably unremarkable. The Capital World of the Hives is their homeworld, Kyrna.

Politics
The Minister of the Hives is currently Petrokius Doin, who succeeded the previous minister, Tiu Heyt 45 years ago. He has kept the nation running smoothly and has no signs of resignation. The previous Hive Ministers where members of the high-ranking Yytgi Family and ruled with an iron fist, and were extremely powerful in the Hives, due to their immense wealth.