the seed-soldiers are the mainstay of the shasvastii expeditionary force. as a race, the shasvastii do not believe either in upfront engagement with the enemy, on in strategies of direct confrontation, and their seed-soldiers are a clear exponent of this. invisible ghost vehicles will disperse seed capsules along the battle-line. their automatic deploying programs are designed to locate and bury the seeds in positions well hidden from sight and from satellite vigilance.
there they will remain, receiving a stream of tactical information until their hour comes. in the interior of each seed, a fully equipped shasvastii soldier bides his time, patiently acquiring and processing data on the enemy. when the combined command gives the order to attack, the seeds open, firing off a stream of information that fills the enemy’s tactical screens with an array of previously inexistent contact points, thereby, at a stroke, confounding not only the strategic planning but redrawing the battle lines themselves. this is the worst battle analyst’s nightmare: everything that had been planned for is suddenly invalidated by false information, because the invasion has already taken place and the enemy is already inside your home.