Hive Mind
Hive Mind (empire) in the Stellaris encyclopedia: Hive Minds operate as a single organism more than as a state. The population has no free will, and act as an extension of the gestalt consciousness itself, much like the limbs of a body.
Hive Mind in the game's words
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Hive Minds operate as a single organism more than as a state. The population has no free will, and act as an extension of the gestalt consciousness itself, much like the limbs of a body.
When cut off from the Mind, these drones become comatose and eventually wither and die. Any free individuals on planets owned by the Mind are driven away, killed, or simply treated as prey to feed the collective.
More in Empire
Source: common/game_concepts (concept_auth_hive_mind, also concept_auth_hive_minds) and localisation/english, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776).