Tactile Topographer of the Resin Guard · male
Myrmidon maps Myrmecopolis by touch. As Tactile Topographer of the Resin Guard he certifies every bridge, ramp and vault the elephants walk on, and he does it the old way: he lays his legs and antennae on the structure, taps it with a small hammer and reads the answer in the vibration. He keeps the result as a tactile map in his memory – he can tell you, by feel, which span of the Mandible Precinct sings slightly flat. He is a misweighed major: the great head and mandibles of the soldier caste ...
From the simulation The Chitinous Mandate.