The Devorah are an ancient, matriarchal insectoid species who serve as "God's bees," having millions of years ago stabilized Earth by increasing its mass and pulling the moon into place to make the planet habitable. Operating through the Calibration Society, they function as a DMT-linked hive mind of "priests of mathematics" who maintain the universe's shifting navigational maps and possess the terrifying power to pause time or disassemble enemy ships in a vacuum.