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doubt, the Tyranids are the most alien race encountered by humanity.
They have been likened to a galactic locust swarm, remorselessly
hungry and too numerous to stop. Tyranids are a nomadic, space-dwelling
race that has migrated from beyond our galaxy in search of new resources
to consume. They have discovered sustenance in abundance in the
Imperium of Man and the assorted alien species. Tyranids descend
onto planets only to totally strip them of bio-mass before moving
on, leaving nothing but dead spheres of scoured rock in their wake.
The Tyranid hive fleets consist of millions of living craft, each
home to billions of creatures – untold thousands of monstrosities
evolved from the bubbling geno-organs of the ship's reproductive
chambers. All of these creatures are born to serve the single entity
that is the ship, and this ship itself exists only as part of the
entity that is the hive fleet. All Tyranid creatures are held in
a common psychic bond that enables them to act together as one organism.
Individual Tyranids have no distinct minds like humans and other
creatures – a Tyranid simply fulfills the functions assigned
to it by the greater Hive Mind. The smaller, mindless creatures
are unthinking and instinctive, but larger, more-complex creatures
can make decisions appropriate to the situation.
Tyranid technology, if you could call it that, is completely foreign
to humanity. Instead of making weapons and starships out of metal
and plastic, they use gene-splicing and bio-engineering to grow
them from living organic material. The highest forms of Tyranids,
their Dominatrixes and Norn Queens, are living bio-factories that
give birth to an unending stream of warriors, hive ships, and symbiote
weapons. Unrelenting and unstoppable, the Tyranid race represents
an unimaginable threat to Mankind and the entire galaxy.
Codex: Tyranids is one in a series of Warhammer 40,000 game
supplements. Each book in the series describes an army, its background,
and its heroes in detail. Inside, you will find:
Army List
The complete Tyranid army list that allows you to choose your forces
for a tabletop battle. Also included are comprehensive lists of
biomorphs and weapon enhancements with which to equip these murderous
alien broods to give you enough options to constantly evolve your
army to better destroy your opponents.
 Hobby
Section
The Tyranids in all their glory, with guidance on the colour schemes
of each of the major hive fleets and how to paint their constituent
warriors.
Background
The history of the Tyranid invasions, from first contact to
the galaxy-spanning war that threatens to consume the Imperium of
Man.
Next:
Gathering Your Troops
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