solomani/hive relations

[hirch duckfinder]

the solomani and hive federation share a border . does anyone know if there is anything in the cannon ( o.t.u. ) about their relations ?

 

[notagoodusername]

Wariness on behalf of the Hivers, and anti-non-human dislike on behalf of the Solomani, I'd say. Specific incidents I don't know about. Have you looked in Rim of Fire?

Shane

 

[hirch duckfinder]

ta again shane .

 

[Morte]

Originally posted by hirch duckfinder:
the solomani and hive federation share a border . does anyone know if there is anything in the cannon ( o.t.u. ) about their relations ?

There's some stuff in the GURPS alien books seen from the Hiver side. At a fundamental level, the Hivers aren't too upset about having the Sollies as neighbours because:

(a) Apart from a bit of cross border piracy, which the Sollies don't try quite as hard as they might to suppress, they aren't too bad as neighbours.

(b) They keep the Aslan, whom the Hivers don't like much, away.

(c) If the Sollies got absorbed into the 3I (the likeliest way for them to vanish), the 3I would be really big and powerful. The 3I is the Federation's favorite neighbour, but still...

They spy on the Sollies, and manipulate them, and sell them tech that stops working at the push of a Hiver button, just like they do with everybody else.

 

[Andrew Boulton]

IMTU, during the early Rebellion period the Hivers organised a peace conference between the Solomani and the Imperium. The conference collapsed into chaos after some of the delegates were murdered. This was all planned by the Hivers - as long as the two sides were fighting each other, they weren't bothering anyone else, and the best way to make sure they kept fighting was to sabotage any peace talks.

It was a fun scenario, too...