Author's Note

This chapter is primarily focusing on the types of changelings that exist in the Hive. We will also be updating this chapter periodically to add new types that I or commenters suggest.
Their will also be a blog on my main page with details about our main character and our oc's.
Also don't forget to comment on the current choices, all comments are taken into consideration unless they fall into the realm of ridiculous. Meaning suddenly having a changeling grow to kaiju size and fart Canterlot into non-existence.

(Info chapter only)Changeling Types (Frequently Updating)1

Changeling Drones

This refers to all non royal or elite changelings, similar to how Celestia refers to everypony as my little pony so to do elite's and royal's refer to changelings as my little drone, or just my drone. Despite this their are still ranks of changelings in here that still retain a form of rank, and are generally divided into two main sub-classes.

Changeling Shifters

These are changeling who early on show an aptitude for either physical work, transformation, or a combination of the two. Capable Shifters can transform into more complex creatures and maintain these transformations longer.

Diggers

These are Changelings who are assigned to excavation and cartography of tunnel systems created, discovered, or used by the Hive. Their Numbers have been low due to the ever shifting nature of the Hive, but a few are always taught as a precaution.

Infiltrators

Smaller than average these changelings are mostly used to sneak into secure areas do to being able to take smaller forms easier to collect important information, collecting love from Collectors, and capturing targets given to them by the Royals. Their ability to use small forms easier is also used well for surveillance purposes.

Collectors

Considered the most vital job in the Hive, Collectors are tasked with disguising themselves and integrating into pony society. From their they are to collect love from any and all available sources to be stored and retrieved by other lings at a later time.This results with them spending a large portion of their lives from the Hive, their only contact being the Royals, whoever they allow to connect to the link once established, and whoever comes to gather their stored up love.

Changeling Mystics

Despite the name Mystics are not just changelings with an affinity towards magic, their are also lings who have a special link to the Hive Mind, and Changelings of exceptionally impressive intelligence.

Librarian

Changelings who have a connection to the Hive Minds Memory almost as impressive as the Royals. They don't leave the Hive unless ordered to do so generally staying to search and distribute pieces of knowledge to other changelings when necessary. They also function as the educators of the Hive.

Communicators

Changelings who are able to communicate to multiple changelings through a link, and at a farther range. While the Royals are still stronger in terms of range and numbers the Communicators work best by setting themselves up in areas near the end of the Royals range, then reaching out to other Communicators until the Drone in question is found.

Conditioners

Talented with the manipulation of the mind, these Changelings work on enthralling the minds of ponies and other species. While this seems like a good way to gather love, they are usually used to erase memories of any who stumble across the Hive (and had no one who would come looking for them) or an undisguised changeling. If however someone found the Hive and had no connections, or on the occasion Collectors find an orphan not in the system, they are immediately cocooned and brought to the Hive were the Conditioners are tasked to keep them in a dreamescape that allowed for a large amount of love to be produced. Sadly this is currently no longer do-able with the return of Princess Luna do to risk of detection.

Healers

Though most changelings can be taught the basics in first aid, Healers are especially talented in fixing almost any injury that occurs within the Hive, only unable to heal something akin to the lose of limbs and organs if they didn't still have it or a tissue sample to work from. They were also tasked with maintaining the health of ponies that were cocooned.

Elites

Elites are a rare breed of changeling created by Royals to act in their stead when required and work as their personal guards at all other times. They are genetically altered by Royal's in the womb, though they can also be altered later in life as well, and are distinguished by their purple eyes and wing/shell, their red fin-like hair, and their status as hermaphrodites. What truly makes them different however is they are altered to have the abilities of all other changeling sub-classes, excluding the Royals. This allows them to be sent to work with and oversee any role the Royals want.

Royals

As the name suggests these changelings are the rulers of the Hive. Without one the Hive Mind is inaccessible to changelings. All Royals are able to access all knowledge of the Hive Mind including the forgotten knowledge of previous Royals that wasn't saved to the more available Hive Memory, as well as having the abilities of all changeling sub-classes. While the Queen/King's are ageless similar to Alicorns, they can still die. As such they generally had a Prince/Princess shortly after ascending the throne. These younger royals also had the agelessness of their parents but would generally not have access to the memory of past Royals until they became the Hives leaders. Royals can be identified due to their more mane like and Crown like antennae found on the King/Queen. On very rare occasions a regular changeling would give birth to a Royal who would either be raised as a spare or raised as the next King/Queen, depending on the current Royal in question.

Other

This is a small section of sub-classes available to both Mystics and Shifters.

Guards

Guards are obviously tasked with guarding the Hive and Royals. They rarely leave the Hive unless escorting a Royal, Elite, or Librarian given permission to leave the Hive.

Nurses

These changelings are tasked to look after the grubs when their parent/s are working or otherwise unavailable. This is generally until they are old enough to be considered nymphs (around 4 years of age) and are ready to start being taught by Librarian's.

Breeders

Another sub-class created through genetic alteration. This sub-class is considered either a great honor or embarrassment depending on how the changeling in question ended up here. If it was due to the changelings own wishes to be altered to aid the Hive it is an honor. However, if this alteration is forced upon them by the Royal then it is humiliating to the changeling in question as this implies they are of no other use to the Hive then an incubators, this is however only done when a changeling has repeatedly in their assigned class. The alterations to these changelings allows them to pass on specific traits into their offspring along with being capable of carrying and birthing dozens of grubs at once with no negative repercussions while also shortening their expectancy phase. All Breeders are hermaphrodites so as to breed more changelings even when pregnant.

grunt

A class made specifically for the false king Thorax due to his ineptitude in all both Shifter and Mystic sub-classes and no-one wishing him to be a breeder due to fear his incompetence would pass on to his offspring.