Where do the Tyranids come from?

Where do the Tyranids come from?

The Tyranids are aliens from outside the galaxy who have arrived to the Warhammer 40,000 Galaxy to devour all life and nutrients.

How do genestealers breed?

Genestealers reproduce by introducing their genetic material into a host from another intelligent species; this is normally a Human, but can theoretically be any sentient humanoid race, including the Aeldari or the Orks.

When did the Tyranids arrive?

Genestealers were introduced in the 1980s with Space Hulk, and later featured in Space Crusade, along with the short-lived Genestealer Magus. The first recognizable incarnation of Tyranid warriors appeared in Advanced Space Crusade in 1990, featuring biological weaponry such as boneswords and deathspitters.

Can Tyranids speak?

They speak to humans using telepathy, and they can now ally with Space Wolves as battle brothers, because reasons. I am simultaneously horrified and slightly aroused.

Are Genestealers intelligent?

Genestealers are stronger and hardier than Humans, able to withstand even the most hostile environments unprotected, including hard vacuum, and are capable of living for centuries. They are a highly intelligent species with a disproportionately large and adaptive brain that is housed in a bulbous head [1b].

Can Genestealers infect orks?

Ork/Genestealer Hybrids Orks are not an ideal species for Genestealer infiltration, although sometimes Genestealers will infect Orks if no better host species is available.

Who are the Tyranids and what do they do?

The Tyranids are aliens from outside the galaxy who have come to devour all life, one planet at a time. They are collectively controlled by a highly intelligent hive mind which can not be reasoned with. Tyranids come in diverse forms, each individual having been engineered to fulfill a specific role.

How are Tyranids reproduced in Warhammer 40k?

All Tyranids are reproduced by a single, highly intelligent female bioform known as a Norn-Queen. A hive fleet's Norn-Queens are the most important Tyranids within the fleet, for if they are injured or killed the Tyranids cannot reproduce their numbers from the captured bio-mass.

How do the Tyranids travel across the universe?

The Tyranids collectively form a monstrous superorganism that travels across the universe in their great hive fleets of biomechanical Hive Ships, systematically consuming all other biomatter to enable their own rapid evolution and reproduction. Variant Imperial icon used for identifying Tyranid hive fleet activity.

How does a Tyranid communicate with the hive mind?

Tyranids are thought to communicate primarily via a strong synaptic link to the so-called Hive Mind. There have been three major Tyranid hive fleets to date; Hive Fleet Behemoth and Hive Fleet Kraken of whom both were defeated, and Hive Fleet Leviathan, which is one of the current threats to the known galaxy.