Synapse

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Synapse is the Tyranid Psychic Power which unites all of the Tyranids into the Hive Mind. It is projected by Synapse Creatures which are usually leaders such as Hive Tyrants, Tyranid Warriors and Broodlord or specialist psykers like Zoanthropes. These creatures have greatly increased synapse networks within their cortex and these act as psychic conduits for the Hive Mind to order nearby troops. Without the Synapse guiding them, most Tyranids will revert to a feral state, although some, such as Genestealers with their Brood Telepathy, can perform just as well without Synapse as they do with it.^[1][2]

In 2nd Edition this power was called Hive Mind.^[3]

Synapse Creatures

Synapse Creatures are some of the larger, more intelligent Tyranid organisms that act as psychic conduits or nodal relays through which a portion of the iron will of the Hive Mind flows to other lesser members of the hive. It is through Synapse that the swarms' natural Instinctive Behaviour is overridden to the will of the Hive Mind.^{[Needs Citation]}

Known Synapse Creatures include:

• Hive Tyrant
• Dominatrix
• Tervigon
• Tyranid Prime
• Zoanthrope
• Tyranid Warrior
• Tyranid Shrike
• Trygon Prime

Sources

• 1: Codex: Tyranids (4th Edition), pg. 28
• 2: Codex: Tyranids (3rd Edition), pg. 6
• 3: Codex: Tyranids (2nd Edition), pg. 18