The Brain Controlling Bug From Starship Troopers 2 - Explained

When people talk about Starship Troopers, they usually think of Rico yelling, “come on, you apes!” and a sea of bugs getting lit up by Morita rifles. But Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation, directed by Phil Tippet, pulls you inside a remote outpost, cuts the scale way down, and throws in a new bug just for the heck of it that freaked me out more than any swarm. We are talking about a parasite that crawls straight into your mouth, takes the wheel of your brain, and sends that body back to the squad to do the damage. It would have the same face and the same voice, except it's now the bug who calls the shots.