StarCitizen:Chestnut Beetle

The Chestnut Beetle is a beetle.

Introduction to Uriel

that was introduced to StarCitizen:Uriel in the 27th century by one of the warrens as a farmable food source. It worked well at first, with their seventy year dormant, six months active cycle, and their ability to eat almost anything making them easy to care for. However, that did not last when the inhabitants realized that the insects had found a way to survive on the surface and were spreading to other warrens. What started as a welcomed addition to the locals' diet quickly turned into a serious pest, with the beetle population growing into the millions. Now like clockwork, the beetles emerge every seventy years and sweep across the planet, devouring anything they can. Most of the warrens have developed methods to help seal up the tunnels during chestnut season, but the invasive species has seriously hampered any attempts to settle the surface. In recent years several above-ground communities have sprung up, but with the chestnut threat looming they have kept relatively small. Some consider this fortunate, as the casualties from the recent StarCitizen:Vanduul attack might have been much worse if it wasn't for the chestnut beetle keeping the population below ground.<ref></ref>