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Post by Yurrath (aka Rezzy) on Jan 5, 2005 10:24:57 GMT
Are Tyranid ships technically 'alive'? And if so, are they connected to the Hive Mind?
I thought they might just be bio-constructs with pilots(similar to the ships used by the Aliens in the (suprise suprise) 'Aliens' films...
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Post by Wargamer on Jan 5, 2005 18:42:56 GMT
Yes, Nid ships are alive in every sense...
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Post by Yurrath (aka Rezzy) on Jan 8, 2005 13:46:08 GMT
Yes, Nid ships are alive in every sense... Great...so no crew? How does this effect boarding actions etc? |
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Post by Spiritbw on Jan 8, 2005 21:57:29 GMT
Well, basicly what happens in the case of a boarding action form a Tyranid vessel is....kinda gross...it sticks tendrels or 'tongues' into the ship and basicly tries to eat what crew it can reach. In the case of boarding a Tyranid ship....WTF ARE YOU THINKING?!?  Heh, not actually sure when you board them. Need to re-read the rules on that one. |
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Post by Wargamer on Jan 8, 2005 22:48:39 GMT
Ah... now don't misunderstand me. Tyranids do have crew... in the same way that our bodies do.
Confused? Good.
Our body is made up of cells. Different cells do different jobs. Some carry food and oxygen to our muscles, some fight infection, some help digest food... the list of jobs is endless.
Likewise, a Tyranid ship is full of Tyranids. Some provide food, some digest food... and then there's the hoard of Carnifex that come charging headlong into any invaders...
Remember, the 40K Tyranid army is essentially a "feeding" mechanism. Even when not eating, predators still have teeth...
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Post by Yurrath (aka Rezzy) on Jan 8, 2005 23:38:53 GMT
Ah... now don't misunderstand me. Tyranids do have crew... in the same way that our bodies do. Confused? Good. Our body is made up of cells. Different cells do different jobs. Some carry food and oxygen to our muscles, some fight infection, some help digest food... the list of jobs is endless. Likewise, a Tyranid ship is full of Tyranids. Some provide food, some digest food... and then there's the hoard of Carnifex that come charging headlong into any invaders... Remember, the 40K Tyranid army is essentially a "feeding" mechanism. Even when not eating, predators still have teeth... I get you. So technically, if you wanted to play dirty, you could blow it's 'b*lls' off? Heh, cool.  |
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Post by Wargamer on Jan 9, 2005 13:56:33 GMT
Well that's what Critical Hits are for! ;D
But it does beg a question... if the Norn Queen produces all Tyranid organisms, yet lives within a Hive Ship... where to the Ships come from?
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Post by Yurrath (aka Rezzy) on Jan 9, 2005 14:42:22 GMT
Well that's what Critical Hits are for! ;D But it does beg a question... if the Norn Queen produces all Tyranid organisms, yet lives within a Hive Ship... where to the Ships come from? They are probably grown on the surface of the Tyranid Homeworlds or something. Or maybe they were originally space hulks/ships that were 'infested'. Although I doubt it. Alternatively the Tyranids could be the fighting force used by a more intelligent race that controls them using the 'Hivemind' (I like this theory), using them to attack from afar, stripping other galaxies of their resources. The other race could create their ships. Norn Queens may just be they way this 'superiour race' make Tyranids self-sufficient. |
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Post by VexedDuck on Jan 16, 2005 1:21:25 GMT
I always thought of Tyrinid fleets as like a bacteria. It absorbs matter, then devides (i.e. a new ship from an old one deviding).
But thats just me.
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Post by Yurrath (aka Rezzy) on Jan 16, 2005 14:31:50 GMT
I always thought of Tyrinid fleets as like a bacteria. It absorbs matter, then devides (i.e. a new ship from an old one deviding). But thats just me. That's quite a cool theory, although no-one's ever actually come across a ship splitting in two, I suppose it's entirely possible. |
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Post by Wargamer on Jan 16, 2005 19:17:00 GMT
Divisional reproduction doesn't really work when you're the size of Miami...
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Post by Yurrath (aka Rezzy) on Jan 17, 2005 10:43:36 GMT
Divisional reproduction doesn't really work when you're the size of Miami... Hmmm, I don't see why not...America managed it.  |
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Post by VexedDuck on Jan 17, 2005 16:06:42 GMT
Well, what do we have here. Either divisional reproduction or something the size of an eighteen wheeler (norn queen) giving birth to a 5 mile long ship.
Its all pretty far fetched, but, since GW has never cleared this up I think everyone should make up their own mind.
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Post by Yurrath (aka Rezzy) on Jan 19, 2005 10:07:34 GMT
Well, what do we have here. Either divisional reproduction or something the size of an eighteen wheeler (norn queen) giving birth to a 5 mile long ship. Its all pretty far fetched, but, since GW has never cleared this up I think everyone should make up their own mind. Heh. Well put. I'm still in favour of the planet surface 'growth', but that's just me. ;D |
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Post by warmonger on Jul 11, 2005 5:55:49 GMT
I would imagine it would be something along the lines of laying an egg or giving birth. The new ship would likely stay attached via an umbilical of some kind while it matured.
There is some newer fleet fluff in the Armada book along with the official rules, but it's been a long while since I have read them and don't recall if they talked about the origin of the ships.
After all, it doesn't matter much to your ships crew when one of the Nid ships latches on with its massive claws and gets its feeder tendrils into your bulkhead.
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