[Zurai]

Originally posted by mlepinski:
Most of the Void creatures that attack your starspawn are "Mindless" and so MindbLast is completely ineffective against them.

While that's true, that's not the reason they won't use MindbLast. Bodyguards never use any ranged attacks they might have, including magical ones like MindbLast. This makes putting illithids on bodyguard duty very counterproductive. Use Crab Hybrids until you get decent void summons.