"Melifer Swarms are one of the rare completely covile Swarm Intellects, interested only in scavenging unused or defunct technology for integration into their hive-mind.... Given there has been no observed hostile behavior, even when dissecting or otherwise hurting the Drones, it seems safe enough to attempt a 'biopsy' of the Melifer Queen, if a sufficient amount of shiny scraps are distributed beforehand to distract the Drones..." --- fragment from a tattered journal filled with thousands of tiny puncture holes, found on the deserted planet Harako, the first, and last, planet to ever harm a Melifer Queen.