We did hand to hand combat and used our energy beams to fight. Since everyone aside from the 5 royals were split up in the base sub entities, that meant that the 125 warrior Staulirs actually had 1000 sub entities in the barracks. A similar situation was in the other job's stations. The rest were in the civilian area in the core of the ship. It was made for their comfort, but they never got to leave. I was personally set up in a room with 5 beds. Each of us were black. We were in the black wing of the barracks area. Each of the colors were given their own wing. In the center was a training area to hone skills. I looked at the mid-term goal. For repopulating, we needed to mate with others. Our biology was indeed weird. We impregnated others using our tentacles as ovipositors. As a monogender sub entity, we were both sterile and infertile. The tentacles only secreted brown fluid when agitated. The fluid had an anesthetic effect as we implanted the eggs into another Staulir's belly. When we fused together, that then changed. At 12.5 feet, we were able to produce eggs. At 25 feet, we could incubate.
Hybrids with humans were also possible. If sperm was introduced to our stomachs, we could give birth. That meant that males were viable partners. Because of our egg fertilizing genetic material secretion with tentacles during oviposition, females were viable as well. Of course this meant that we would need to fuse at least once. For the purebreed Staulirs, we gave live birth to an infant 15.5 feet tall. It was unclear about the way hybrids would come out in the world. I was broken out of my thought by one of the roommates putting a hand on my shoulder. "Hey. We need to go to the training grounds for a bit. It's Blacks against Indigos this time. Let's go." they said. Since we were a monogender species, we were all pretty androgynous looking. I was looking forward to go see the training grounds and the other sub entities of the race. There was a good opportunity here. Eventually, I would need to get allies from all the other colors to fuse together. Alternatively, I could fuse with other Blacks in order make a shittier version of a Staulir. Any sub entity could fuse 50 feet tall. It would not be as strong.
As a group, we walked to a large gymnasium in the center of the various hubs and we we able to suit up. There was a white bodysuit with brown accents along the sides and upper chest. It had a circle cut out of the chest and lower back where the energy beam and tentacles came out. As we got ready and stretched, the Indigos came in the gym. They looked at us mockingly and pushed Blacks out the way if they did not move fast enough. I could see that there was a caste system going on. "The Indigos act all big and bold, but they are on the submissive scale too." one of my squad mates grumbled next to me. Other of our squad mates tried to shush him, but it was too late. Several Indigos came up to us. They were just as androgynous as I was. "You're talking about us, huh? Go on. Say it again so we can hear it." one said. "It's really nothing. You don't have to worry. We're happy to be training with comrades as a group." one of the squad mates said. That was not what they wanted to hear. An Indigo grabbed him by the hair. "Was it you that was talking!? We heard what we heard!"
