Editing Magical Realm Cyoa/The Fortress (section)

==Population==

The first and the one with lesser numbers it's the Legion itself: Each member of the Legion has a great size, going from 30 or 40 meters to 4 kilometers at it's greatest members, and has a direct mind link to the Hivemind. The size it's directly depend of the magic power of the Legion member. The bigger, the more powerful it is. Each member has an unique form, but they all resemble to an organic space ship, and go into a characteristic dark blue color. They all have some kind of augments, both magical and technological. They have enchanted shields, great internship combat weapons, and the bigger ones can be used as a troop transport. They also are the only ones that have a semi-independent conciseness
[[File:Legion_members.png|thumb|300px|Legion Members]]


The most important group between the Legion are the Elders Ones. These beings contain a great tactical and technomagical knowledge, and are the ones in charge of controlling the Fortress and commanding the fleets. They numbers are reduced, less than a million of them exists. Creating one of them would require exterminate a middle class magical race, counting one or two billions of them to make one of them. They're too far valuable to be seen in a common ground battle, even if the foe were too strong to be dealt with normal Legion members, the chances are to them retreat and don't show themselves. But this shouldn't be interpreted as an act of cowardice. The Legion doesn't now about cowardice. They are the main link between the Hivemind and the rest of the soldiers. They use the Fortress as an repeater to their psychokinetic powers, losing them would mean that most part of the Fortress minions and soldiers would go crazy and stop doing their labors without a Legion member close to them, and the units outside the Fortress would simple go wild, ravaging and fighting between them, or they simply will stop functioning and go into a hibernation state.

If the situation requires it, a Elder can leave the Fortress and guide the troops to the battlefield. Also, the Elders have a different biological structure that their Legion companions. The Legion Members are a combination of Flesh, magic and machinery, but the Elders are energy beings controlling a machine. If their shell is destroyed, the being will be released. This being, freed of its ties, is called Archangel. The Archangel still being loyal and linked to the Legion, but their personality becomes more obvious, being a more eccentric beings and doing things in their own way. Being their power augmented, they can only mantain this form for four hours. When that time passes, if they haven't repaired their old shell and returned to it, they will explode, causing a explosion that could destroy a Neptune-size planet.  Alternatively, they can get out of their shell by their own will, if the situation requires so, with the same effects. 


The second group are the Soldiers: These beings were once animals, rational or not, that have been brainwashed, and augmented by technomagic. They don't share a direct link with the Hivemind, since they usually outnumber the Legion members 1 to 1000. They can come in in large variety of forms: Giant biotanks that long before were monstrous abominations that terrorized lands, fighters that once were proud dragons that dominated the sky, or shock troops that were simply men that lived their ordinary lives. Even without the direct link, they still sending information to the Hivemind, and still manage to have some kind of conscience, but usually more like an animal. Each time one of them die, their knowledge will be passed to the next body that it's suitable to them, making them accumulate all the battle experience of countless lives.


The third and most numerous group it's the Workers and Harvesters: These were minor animals, little reptiles and mammals, or even insects. They too were brought to the implacable Fortress and transformed into mindless creatures that can only follow direct and specific orders. They don't share any link with the Hivemind, but still under the control of the Legion, putting them into simply tasks, as patrolling the depths of the Fortress, menial labors, and help with the "assimilation" processes of the ship. They can easily outnumber the Legion members 1 to 1000000 at any time, even surpass that number. Their most important task comes after the invasion, when they descend into the planet to Harvest them, recollecting all the resources that the soldiers could transport: water, biomass, minerals, metals and any other valuable asset that the Fortress can use, leaving an empty and lifeless planet when the job is done.