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- ~TYRANIDS
- A vast and alien intellect has risen from the icy void of intergalactic space, its many
- eyes fixed on the glittering lights of the human galaxy. This single monstrous entity,
- which is the Tyranid race, has found a rich new feeding ground.
- Tyranids are able to evolve equipment and even whole new creatures out of living
- tissue. What this means is that everything the Tyranids use, from weapons to entire
- spacecraft, is a living creature in its own right - especially evolved for the task
- at hand by the Tyranids. As Tyranids continue their never-ending search for living
- materials to consume for their own needs, they have generated some nasty troops
- and symbiote weapons.
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- ~BIO-CONSTRUCTED ~DEATH
- All Tyranids are directed by the hive mind, a group consciousness that directs the
- billions of Tyranid creatures, and ties each individual into the collective intelligence.
- Each different creature was designed for a different battlefield use, and the Tyranid
- have developed tactics to gain the most out of each one.
- The first wave of attacking troops is often constructed of the lesser creatures,
- like the Termagants, Hormaguants, and Genestealers. The Termagants are commonly
- called Hunter-Slayers by Imperial troops, and they can be armed with a variety of
- living weapons, such as the fleshborer, spike rifles (for more range and armor
- penetration), or stranglewebs (for really tough or well-armored foes).
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