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<blockquote data-quote="Testament" data-source="post: 4187230" data-attributes="member: 21833"><p>As a huge fan of all things 'Nid, I've gotta point out a few things here:</p><p></p><p>1. Purestrain Tyranids will not use humanoid slaves. Bugs eat anything that isn't bug, pure and simple, including 'Stearler Hybrids. And after subjugating a planet, the fleet goes and eats all its non-synaptic creatures anyway to reclaim their material.</p><p></p><p>2. Even if you kill all the Norn Queens, that won't stop the bugs coming. The only sure way to stop a Tyranid invasion is the total annihilation of EVERY SINGLE Synapse-Active creature in the fleet, or they'll all start evolving up the stream (Warrior to Tyrants, Tyrants to Dominatrix and so on) to replace what's been lost. </p><p></p><p>2a. Bugs reproduce FAST. Really, really, really, really fast. As in Orks wish they could reproduce like that. Don't forget that at Maccrage there were enough of them to overwhelm Imperator class Titans, and Behemoth hadn't developed the Bio-Titans yet. When Bugs hit a planet, they hit it in numbers that start at the millions, and tend to go up. If this planet withstood any kind of 'Nid invasion, it must have had some <em>serious </em> back-up. Potentially from Eldar or a Necrontyr Tomb. If it was a Tomb though, then the planet it pretty much doomed anyway, since the Eldar will have it earmarked for annihilation, and the things inside that Tomb will be starting the Harvest.</p><p></p><p>3. Hormagaunts are an especial nuisance, since they asexually reproduce near the end of their lifespan, laying a couple of hundred eggs each.</p><p></p><p>Thankfully you can get around all these problems if you just have the planet being controlled by a Genestealer Cult. Those things are hell on wheels anyway, and have their Brood Brothers as human thralls to use as cannon fodder. Especially if its a far-flung cult, away from the normal Tyrannic invasion routes (Eastern and Southern fringes, and of course Leviathan which is coming up from below the galactic plane), it means that the Hive Fleets are a long ways off, since 'Stealer cults are psychic beacons for the Hive Mind.</p><p></p><p>Actually, ending the campaign with the Shadow in the Warp (the horrifically powerful psychic blanket of a Hive Fleet, which blots out the Astronomicon and all Astrotelepathy) descending could be kind of cool...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Testament, post: 4187230, member: 21833"] As a huge fan of all things 'Nid, I've gotta point out a few things here: 1. Purestrain Tyranids will not use humanoid slaves. Bugs eat anything that isn't bug, pure and simple, including 'Stearler Hybrids. And after subjugating a planet, the fleet goes and eats all its non-synaptic creatures anyway to reclaim their material. 2. Even if you kill all the Norn Queens, that won't stop the bugs coming. The only sure way to stop a Tyranid invasion is the total annihilation of EVERY SINGLE Synapse-Active creature in the fleet, or they'll all start evolving up the stream (Warrior to Tyrants, Tyrants to Dominatrix and so on) to replace what's been lost. 2a. Bugs reproduce FAST. Really, really, really, really fast. As in Orks wish they could reproduce like that. Don't forget that at Maccrage there were enough of them to overwhelm Imperator class Titans, and Behemoth hadn't developed the Bio-Titans yet. When Bugs hit a planet, they hit it in numbers that start at the millions, and tend to go up. If this planet withstood any kind of 'Nid invasion, it must have had some [I]serious [/I] back-up. Potentially from Eldar or a Necrontyr Tomb. If it was a Tomb though, then the planet it pretty much doomed anyway, since the Eldar will have it earmarked for annihilation, and the things inside that Tomb will be starting the Harvest. 3. Hormagaunts are an especial nuisance, since they asexually reproduce near the end of their lifespan, laying a couple of hundred eggs each. Thankfully you can get around all these problems if you just have the planet being controlled by a Genestealer Cult. Those things are hell on wheels anyway, and have their Brood Brothers as human thralls to use as cannon fodder. Especially if its a far-flung cult, away from the normal Tyrannic invasion routes (Eastern and Southern fringes, and of course Leviathan which is coming up from below the galactic plane), it means that the Hive Fleets are a long ways off, since 'Stealer cults are psychic beacons for the Hive Mind. Actually, ending the campaign with the Shadow in the Warp (the horrifically powerful psychic blanket of a Hive Fleet, which blots out the Astronomicon and all Astrotelepathy) descending could be kind of cool... [/QUOTE]
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