- SHALISHASKA
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- Exalted Member
*Opens his Halo Encyclopedia with a FWD by Frank O'Connor* 'The Yanme'e. "In 1112 CE, The Yanme'e (or "Drones") were incorporated into the Covenant. These hive-creatures proved useful aboard starships as single-minded maintenance workers. They are not as technically skilled as the Huragok, but they can be tasked for simple repairs and efficient general maintenance.'
It goes further to explain how they were incorporated into the Covenant structure. It starts off saying that in the first encounters of the 'buggers or drones' with the Covenant resulted in high loss of life on both sides however the Covenant fared much worse than the Yanme'e during the short conflict.
Going into their own caste system. From the book directly, "Culturally speaking, the Yanme's are simply a client race of the Covenant, like the Ungoy. They do adhere to the Covenants religious principals and obey their orders unquestioningly, but they have no particular passion for the Covenants societal norms. They follow what they see as a normal and lineal power structure. with the 'Queens' ruling from on high.
Communication difficulties with other Covenant species mean that the Yanme'e largely remain among their own people except in combat. The Yanme'e are very single-minded and while they excel at simple tasks, their lack of individual initiative relegates them to the lower ranks of the Covenant military structure. They are also viciously territorial over tasks they see as their own." pg. 148
The next page describes about how they communicate through 'sonics' and more complex ideas and thoughts are communicated through pheromones.