The Ovions are an insect race. They stand upright on two legs, and have four arms. Their heads are dominated by two large insect like eyes, and they have small antenna on the tops of their heads and small mouths with mandibles. Their arms end in hands with three thick fingers. They are dark grey in colour and generally average about five feet five inches in height.
For all their alien and insect like appearance, Ovions (especially the higher up ones in their society) can manage some quite human emotions, and even display them in a fairly visual way.

Ovion society is very hive like and rigid in structure. It is generally a female only society. Males are bred to assist in the reproduction cycle, and then they are disposed off, having no other place in an Ovion hive. When alive, they have no rights or responsibilities. They will not be given an education, having no need of one.

Just above males are slaves. Ovion slaves perform most of the entertainment in their society, and deal with all lower jobs, like cleaning and food preparation.

Then come the drones. Drones do all the real work in a society. They make the hive, run it and do any jobs that must be done to ensure a societies existence (such as in the case of Carillon, they mine Tylium for the Cylons).

About the same level are the soldiers who sole duty is to protect the hive in any way they can. They will lay down their lives selfishly and without thought if needed.

Ruling over them all, is the queen. She is taller than an Ovion - roughly six foot in height - and even to an outsider, will appear regal. She has spikes on her limbs that change colours to match her emotions.

Generally, each large gathering of Ovions will have their own hive and their own queen. This usually means one hive per habitable planet that they exist on.

Ovions count in base three and also have a three note musical scale.

Ovions live for their queen and hive. Nothing else matters to them, and they will perform their acts and roles without a moments notice or hesitation. To their hive, they are selfless. They do not understand about spying on Ovions, and aspects of other cultures they just do not understand (such as being a news reporter). Only the queen possesses items that she owns and understands concepts as luxury. All other Ovions obey her without question.

An aspect of Ovion society that they try and hide wherever possible, are their dietary and reproductive habits. Simply put, Ovions need the living bodies of other races to help them continue life. Victims are taken, and placed in special pods, which the Ovions make. These pods break down the victim into a liquid that is used to feed Ovion young when they hatch, and also used to provide minerals for other purposes. Ovions are very proficient at extracting the maximum from a host body, and when the pod has finished the break down of the victim, there will be nothing left except for a bit of waste material. The pods are so good at their job that the Ovions have not found anything organic that they cannot use in this manner.

Obviously, this can put them at odds with other races and societies.

Ovions have and use technology, but they only use what they need, never more than enough to get the job done. One reason for this is that the hive has enough manpower to do jobs. Another reason is that the Cylons will not let the Ovions use more than that. This limit on technology also applies to starships. The Cylons control the amount of starships that an Ovion hive needs, and again, this is limited by the role of the hive. Carillon, for example, has a number of fuel shuttles and sublight tankers, but nothing that could transport the Ovions to other worlds. If they gain any more vessels, then these are handed over to the Cylons.

Cylon Subjucation:

All Ovion hives are under Cylon control. While they might not be present, to the Ovions their presence is everywhere and there is no getting away from it. The Cylons expect (and receive) more than just loyalty from their Ovion slaves though, they demand total dedication and humbleness to the point that an Ovion Queen will humble herself to a lowly Cylon Centurion and give them the love and respect that a slave would give her queen. However the Ovions hate the Cylons (and the Cylons probably know this) but they are just powerless to do anything about it. Given the Ovions treatment of other races, it is doubtful whether anyone would come to their aid even if they were aware of this.

Ovions currently exist in two known (or will be known) communities, and possibly more. Ovions exist under Cylon rule. A lot of Ovion history is unknown, as the people it is generally told to tend to end up as dinner for the Ovion young. However, it is known that at some point in the Ovion past, they encountered the Cylons. Instead of simply exterminating the Ovions, the Cylons enslaved them, making them a useful part of the Cylon Empire. Most of the Ovions were then transported to other worlds where they could be put to good. One such place was Carillon where the Ovions were forced to set up a tylium mine for their new masters. Another place where the Ovions are, is a pirate planet called Cordugo Pit. Other worlds may exist with Ovions on, but they have yet to be discovered.