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When hive leaders are in their defenseless pupa stage of life, they are taken outside of their Hives by their Royal Bodyguards, so that they can undergo "conditioning" by teams sent by the [[T'au Empire]]. The [[Ordo Xenos]] has long sought to capture one for study and experimentation,{{Fn|11a}} but the Vespid's leaders are also protected by the T'au. The [[Shadow Hawks]] [[Chapter]] once attempted to do so for the Ordo, but the mission ended in failure due to the T'au Empire's intervention.{{Fn|11d}}
Because the Vespid language is so complex (presumably because of their complex mouths) and only the Strain Leaders are given the apparatus to translate their language to their T'au allies, Vespid Strains are very close knit and a lot of reliance on Strain Leaders comes from both sides.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2}} The [[Water Caste]] has determined that Vespid do not have individual names in a way understood by other sentient species, and as such T'au handlers typically give individual Vespid warriors under their command codenames, such as "VF-Four".{{Fn|13}}
Stingwing Strains are highly sought after in [[T'au]] [[Fire Warrior]] [[Cadre]]s because of their high level of maneuvrability. They are often used by T'au commanders alongside [[Crisis Battlesuit]]s or used in a scouting role, backing up [[T'au Pathfinder|Pathfinder]]s. In the T'au language they are referred to as "Mal'kor," which comes from "Mal" meaning insect and "kor" meaning air.{{Fn|2}}
