Name: The Worms

Mechanics: 

Starting Techs: Undecided, but it would probably be 2 colony techs.

Carvers: Minor Faction Quest Removed - replaced with influence cost double of the initial cost; Large amounts of influence from internal sources, preferably buildings or heroes. Pirate Dust Cost Removed - Replaced with equivalent influence 

Diggers: +30% science Cost, Regular Cost for Terraforming Techs; +10-15% Infantry Damage; Enemy Tank Damage Mitigated by 5%; Enemy Air Damage Mitigated by 30%

Population:

Major: B-Class Worms - Growth Rate is Normal, -10 approval with any other pop. Resource: Undecided, Idealology: Passifist, Industrialist

Minor: A-Class Worms - Can Not Grow, -15 approval with other pop. Resource: Undecided  Idealology: Militant, Industrialist Gives 50 defense on the system for each alive

Government: The Oldest Rules [Dictatorship]


Lore:  Tamed by Endless mining brigades before being out-classed by clockwork, these worms were humbly abandoned, many still with "translators," devices used to read what they needed to the humans. Eventually, they developed a simple society capable of most things, despite being incapable of really speaking to others outside.

Being miners, they developed a way of carving, leading to exquisite statues carved by them in every corner of the universe. They sell these and earn quite the proper standing. Due to there lack of hands, they communicate through large electronic tablets, touched gently with their face.

B-Classes are the young ones without, "translators." The A-Classes are worms with translators, old and tireless.