Editing Q'Orl (section)

==History==
What is known about the Q'Orl, based on the few Imperial records, is that they evolved from [[Matt Ward|primitive invertebrates]] native to their homeworld of Loqiit - which the Q'Orl view in the same way humans view Holy Terra, both with regards to religious significance and defense. Whilst all are born equal, there are several distinct strains that develop within the larval nurseries. This is done through the use of [[List of /tg/ Cuisine|hormonal soups]] exuded by the queen, which lays several thousand eggs every day. Queens are the only "female" strain, and all other strains are "male", but no further details are known about their reproductive cycle. At an unknown point, they developed space travel capabilities and created what are only known as "elegant chainships".

As they expanded into space, they began placing planetary marker-stones, deep-space [[monolith]]s, and archaeological sites containing a rich amount of Q'Orl text. These texts all proclaim the announcement of the ''"Superiority of the Swarmhood"'' (the Q'Orl seem to have taken a few pages out of the [[Imperial Truth]]), their ownership of select regions of space, and their ultimate aim: conquering the galactic hub. Their empire was known as the Q'Orl Swarmhood and they were centered around their single holy world.

According to one text, four thousand years ago at the end of the 37th Millenium, they became afflicted with some form of disease that may be [[Chaos|Chaotic]] in origin. It is speculated that the disease was transmitted originally from Human settlers and may be attributed to [[Nurgle]]. During this time, they were assisted against this possibly-Chaotic-disease by another race, which is believed to be the [[Eldar]]. After the war was won, the allies demanded [[Heresy|payment in the form of a Q'Orl queen]] to make an "uncorroded swarm", possibly a race resistant to disease or Chaos. This saw the Q'Orl dissolve their alliance and defend their queen, though the erstwhile allies conducted a treacherous act that stole away the queen (<s>hardly</s> very treasonous since the <s>Q'Ori betrayed them first</s> demand came after the war was ended). Despite the loss of the queen, a newly formed queen-egg was laid, bringing the reign of the next matriarch. The Q'Orl have remained forever [[butthurt]] about the loss of their queen ever since.

At some point, an [[Administratum]] colony-ark along with a fleet of ships as part of a seeding project was dispatched into the space held by the Q'Orl Swarmhood. Upon learning of this, the Q'Orl became [[Rage|less than pleased at seeing parts of their territory being held by human trespassers.]] In retribution, they massacred an estimated thirty thousand pilgrims before a single colony-ark managed to escape, becoming the only survivor of its fleet. During the fifth year of Explorator Mari Alitz's travels of Segmentum Pacificus, on [[Sebastian Thor|St Thor's Eve]], the colony-ark was encountered in a desolate region of space, where they stayed for twenty days, though they never encountered a Q'Orl specimen. The massacre of Imperium pilgrims and the aforementioned Navigator kidnappings had shaken the Imperium: the Q'Orl weren't to be fucked with and would get their appendages on Warp technology no matter the cost, and had showcased their incredibly strong ambition. Whether they know what they will find when they do start to cross over into the warp is at this moment unknown.

With the Great Rift, it is likely the Q'Orl are getting introduced to the business end of Daemonic weapons as Heretic or not no human in the 42nd Millenium would want to see Xenos prosper. But seeing how heavily armed and insulated the Q'Orl is from the Warp combine with how fractious both Chaos and the Imperium is in their current state, its safe to say that the Space Bugs are having the perfect political opportunity to slowly expand their territories. I mean, if the Imperium is Space Byzantine and Chaos are the Southern Slavs at the gates, than it is safe to say that the Q'Orl are the Space Seljuks/Ottomans. Whatever some may think, the Great Rift is a terrible thing for the Imperium astrostrategically speaking, losing half your territory overnight whilst contending to the fact that spacial choke points such as [[Vigilus]] now exist ain't a good thing even with [[Roboute Guilliman|Grandpa Smurf]] at the helm. Right now the saving grace for the Imperium is that R&D on FTL Warp Drives takes a long ass time and Terra is betting on the fact that Loqiit's trouble in getting a functioning Warp Drive would allow the Imperium to master a strategy of containment. Invading Loqiit directly through a Crusade is a big no-no due to the Imperium's previous experience with the Q'Orl as well as the fact that the Swarmhood has their forces and logistics more concentrated compared to the Imperium's overstretched territories. Unless the Imperium wants to get their backs broken when their forces and territories are already stretched thin, split in two and waging wars everywhere, than containment is the best course of action for Terra rather than a Crusade that would end in disaster. Or they probably all got wiped out off screen by Chaos or Imperial Forces because Games Workshop legitimately hates the idea of Xenos being capable or a major player on the galactic stage.

As aforesaid, it is shown that the Q'Orl can in fact make their race more resistant to Chaos, if the Eldar are anything to go by with their 'uncorrupted swarm'. Although it does not make them immune to Chaos, it sure as hell makes corruption a pain in the ass, especially taking into account of the Q'Orl's hive minded collectivism. Contrast this with the Tau who would happily stumble into the lion's den, the Q'Orl at least know what the fuck they are dealing with. Of course, with politics being in play, it is not surprising that the Q'Orl rejected the deal made by the Eldar lest they become pawns in their games. [[Troll|The Eldar ignored it anyway and kidnapped their Queen]] (More can be read below).