Prador
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The Prador are a fictional alien race, created by Neal Asher in his Polity Universe series of science-fiction books. The Prador are crustaceans but gain size over time with the oldest being many times larger then a human.
[edit] Life cycle
The Prador life cycle is structured much as their society. Juvenile and adolescents are frequently eaten by their parents in order to prevent them usurping the parent's role in society or competing for valuable resources. The parents accomplish this by using a mixture of pheromones to inhibit their children's life cycle.
Once a Prador reaches adulthood the legs drop off the external shell and mobility is confined to that granted by AG boosters. At this point the sexual organs also develop, allowing the Prador to reproduce.
[edit] Use of 'blanks'
Prador do not accomplish much of their own physical work. Instead they implant 'core mechanisms' in captured human bodies turning them into mindless organisms known as 'blanks'. They then directly control these blanks through sub-space transmissions emitted by communication devices on the adult Prador.
[edit] Prador society
Prador society is tightly striated and advancement challenges, as well as lethal arguments, are commonplace.
