They are described as looking like " a madman's conception of a giant, intelligent spider." They are said to have a somewhat human-like torso, and use a pair of hands to field their guns. At one point in the book, a Mobile Infantry trooper notes that "they expend Warriors like we expend ammunition". Combined with the large numbers of Warriors, they are able to breed, they favor large swarm tactics, and human-wave attacks (or "Bug-wave" attacks) to overwhelm their enemies. The Bugs won't hesitate to kill their own kind of any caste should the situation demand it they are ready to expend thousands of Workers in a diversionary action, or to wipe out their ruling castes to prevent their capture.ĭeath has little meaning to an individual Bug.
The individuals of the lower castes, such as Warriors, are telepathically connected to the Brain Bugs. It is theorised they do not have emotions - at least of the human sort - and they never retreat unless they know they can't win. Warriors can not feel fear or be intimidated, while workers can. However, in the novel, the difference between the workers and warriors is that the workers are pacifists who will run and hide, and warriors are those who will pick up their guns, rush into battle, and kill. They do this so to coexist prosperously, as in both the films and the books. Whether this just makes them better brain bugs, or whether they only become brain bugs due to cybernetics, is unknown.Īrachnid society is based on a caste system like ants and termites. They may actually be cyborgs, with computer and satellite tech implanted into their bodies so they can become a brain bug. The brain bug in the novel shows a mixture of natural and technological elements in their faces. Yet, it is most likely them using mineral elements like iron or aluminium, and the shells of dead insects to build their tools. It is not explained if their technology is mechanic or organic, like the Plasma Bug (living artillery) in the film universe and the Transport Bug (bioship) in the television series Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles. In fact, this difference is stressed: ".stupid races don't build spaceships".
However in the book, the military propaganda pushes to its soldiers that they are stupid, savage animals who need to die. They are not the giant, savage animals of the movies. They bring rifles into battle and shoot back. They have developed laser beam guns, missile weaponry, advanced spacecraft, planet colonisation, and other advanced technology. The Bugs are equally as intelligent as human beings, except their instincts are different. 3.1 Outside Starship Troopers franchise.
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