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Vespids live in [[Hivehive]]s of their own making and are ruled by a leadership class,{{Fn|11a}} that is protected by '''[[Stingwingsstingwings]]''' called '''Royal Bodyguardsroyal bodyguards'''.{{Fn|11b}} At the time of contact with the T'au Empire, the Vespid vespid dwelt primarily in floating "sata-cities " on their [[gas giant ]] homeworld [[Vespid (Planet)|of the same name]]. Living in a highly segmented civilisation, there were over 300 individual Vespid vespid city-nations states at the time of contact with the T'au Empire , but they warred with one another infrequently due to a weapons technology level that made total war too costly to justify.{{Fn|1}}

When hive leaders are in their defenseless pupa stage of life, they are taken outside of their Hives hives by their Royal Bodyguards, 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 vespid leaders are also protected by the T'au. The [[Shadow Hawks]] [[Chapterchapter]] once attempted to do so for the Ordo, but the mission ended in failure due to the T'au Empire's intervention.{{Fn|11d}}

As only those in leadership roles are provided with Communion Helmscommunion helms, the T'au rely on these leaders to make themselves and their philosophy understood by the Vespidsvespid.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2}} The [[Water Caste]] has determined that Vespid vespid do not have individual names in a way understood by other sentient species, and as such T'au handlers typically give individual Vespid vespid warriors under their command codenamescode names, such as "VF-Four4".{{Fn|13}}

Stingwing Strains strains are highly sought after in [[T'au]] [[Fire Warriorfire warrior]] [[Cadrecadre]]s because of their high level of maneuvrabilitymaneuverability. They are often used by T'au commanders alongside [[Crisis Battlesuitcrisis battlesuit]]s or used in a scouting role, backing up [[T'au Pathfinder|Pathfinderpathfinder]]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}}

Despite their use as auxiliaries and complex social differences, the T'au have come to greatly respect the Vespidvespid. [[Shas'ui]] handlers take great pride in the Stingwings stingwings under their care, and the T'au have even given the Vespid vespid the honour of even wielding certain [[Battlesuitbattlesuit]] weapons , such as the [[T'au Flamerflamer]].{{Fn|10}}