All this chatter the last day or so about birds being dominant in this one particular world setting... and I find this on my RSS feed this evening: http://www.tor.com/2017/07/13/five-books-with-ambitious-birds/
Ambitious birds, indeed.
(cc @syka @literorrery @kauko @daniramone33 )
(Also @syka I was highly amused to discover that yes, your bird naming scheme /did/ come from that avian species name list in Stellaris. :-D )
@emanate @syka @literorrery @daniramone33 @kauko the game *does* have orbital mind control lasers..