The warships were roughly cone-shaped, and ranged from one and a half to ten kilometers in length. Their name was derived from the fact that they appeared to have been constructed by shattering a moon or asteroid into shards and then hollowing them out in a hive-like fashion. This method of construction provided these ships with extensive defenses, as each layer of the hive could be considered an extra set of armor plating.
The warships were roughly cone-shaped, and ranged from one and a half to ten kilometers in length. Their name was derived from the fact that they appeared to have been constructed by shattering a moon or asteroid into shards and then hollowing them out in a hive-like fashion. This method of construction provided these ships with extensive defenses, as each layer of the hive could be considered an extra set of armor plating.