[Lacynth40]

Nope. Worse. Try Ares big.

[Longshot23]

What if . . . the old Universal Bortherhood went generational?  As in, there are kids running around who were born to UB members and have got it in their heads to "bring back the Glory Days"?

[Angelone]

Could be, I doubt that all the UB members were caught/killed, or even all chapters.

[Mirikon]

What if . . . the old Universal Bortherhood went generational?  As in, there are kids running around who were born to UB members and have got it in their heads to "bring back the Glory Days"?

The UB members that were in the know enough to be summoning bugs weren't exactly the types who would have that many opportunities to reproduce. There ARE former UB mages still out there (see the Mission 'Brothers United'), however.

[cold iron]

Well as Spider shamans are a thing perhaps some deal has been struck with other insects. I don't know much about them in general but I have heard that some of them are not so bad.(although bad is quite relative in shadowrun.)

[RHat]

Spiders aren't insects, they're arachnids.

And the bugs ARE that bad - so I'm not exactly sure what it is you've heard of them.

[cold iron]

Didn't say they wen't bad just that they were not as bad. I have heard (on Critical glitch) how some bugs would help take down other bugs.

[Mirikon]

Bugs from different hives will sometimes war for territory, but only when there isn't a common threat between them. The only type of bug that goes in for killing other bugs whole cloth are the Mantis spirits. And that's because snacking on bugs is part of what they do to summon more of their kind (which they still need a vessel for).

[cold iron]

Then I can honestly blame Bull for giving me the wrong impression.

[Walks Through Walls]

There are mantis spirits that gain power by hunting other types of bugs.

[Boomstick]

The UB members that were in the know enough to be summoning bugs weren't exactly the types who would have that many opportunities to reproduce.

Why is that? UB being a sect, of sort, well the highest members always get the best benefits.
Including, "bless" wives or men by their "sanctity"...

Cold Iron;
As for spider spirits, there is an old scenario of SR2 Total Eclipse, related to novels (in the trilogy of power, I believe),
which could show you a little about them;)

[Mirikon]

The UB wasn't that kind of cult, Boomstick. My opinion? They deliberately kept away from that kind of thing. Why? Because that's the first thing people look for when they want to bring down a cult. The thing about the UB is that they were squeaky clean, not raising any suspicions for the longest time. And furthermore, the kinds of people who would engage in the practices you're talking about aren't the kinds of people who become insect shamans. Twisted or toxic? Sure. But Insect? No. Insect shamans are dupes, serving the Hive. They are what you may call True Believers. The people who do the kinds of thing you're talking about are all about being in control. Insect shamans willingly give up control to their totem, especially when they manage to summon a Queen.

[Boomstick]

You got a point about the clean thing, I forgot that they were looking "white as snow" at first.
For the other things, well, nothing is impossible, being a lot of thing righteous
would not impair your ability to be a pervert (as much as "being a pervert" as meaning),
and also, nothing says that could not be part of rituals or access price to magical groups
and so on. Like an insect shaman impersonating the queen of its hive, "testing"
the more worthy pretenders.
At last, the kind of practice I described was not something necessarily enforced,
but something that some people could have be willing to do.
There are always volunteers to go along with the man/woman in charge based solely onto this
and not him or her being a great person. People tend to mix things easily. And also, power is an aphrodisiac.