Gaian Furies are eco-terrorists. They firmly believe that over-mining and overpopulation by sentient races is an affront to nature. They use stealth and swift strikes to take out civilized production facilities of all races. They follow up by using terraforming technology and biology to return a planet to a primal state. Small colonies have been completely wiped out in the outer sectors.

Ships Ideas:
Gaian Lightning-Small, fast, attack ships utilizing jamming technology and weapons to prevent calls for help.

Gaian Earthquake-Large combined Bomber/troop carriers. Designed for colony invasion/eradication.

Fury Firestorm-Medium support vessel, plasma based weapons.

Gaian Mothership-Planetary terraformer and biology habitat ship. Carries multiple flora/fauna samples from other worlds to create a harmonious eco-system.

It is a good idea and i like it

what would these ships drop?

I imagine the Lightning as a Common NPC, possibly an uncommon. If it's given a special drop, it should be a jammer.

The Earthquake would drop a planetary assault artifact. Perhaps lowering population by 25 percent, not quite as big as the Bio-Vaporizer.

The Fury Firestorm could either be another common or have an artifact that increases damage vs NPC's for a duration. Really, this ship could be versatile. I was just sketching out the roles of the ships.

The Mothership should have some sort of terraforming artifact, planetary population building, or even extra crew for your ship due to the cloning/bio-diversity creation devices onboard.

Please, feel free to make suggestions

i like this idea a new npc race would be good

The Earthquake's "bomb" would only be temporary, not a permanent loss. Look up the Bio-Vaporizer artifact. I'm thinking of something similar, but half-power.

I know. But if you can get any planet down to 10 pop without attacking then it needs sorting. Perhaps make it an invasion attack increase or a attack/defense debuff.

Well, anyone who uses that artifact on a Tiny planet would be nuts. A simple attack from your ships guns would probably be enough to take it under 10 in a couple of clicks. Who would attack/conquer a tiny planet anyway.

Working on ideas for terraforming/bio-technology and other ship names+roles now.

i like the mothership