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==Type of Escort Drones== | ==Type of Escort Drones== | ||
| − | + | ===Strangler Drone=== | |
| − | StranglerDrone.jpg|Strangler Drone | + | [[Image:StranglerDrone.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Strangler Drone]] |
| − | CausticDrone.jpg|Caustic Drone | + | Equipped with [[Feeder Tentacle]]s.{{Fn|3}} |
| − | BioPlasmaDrone.jpg|Bio-Plasma Drone | + | <br clear=all> |
| − | War Drones.jpg|War Drones{{Fn|1}} | + | ===Caustic Drone=== |
| − | + | [[Image:CausticDrone.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Caustic Drone]] | |
| − | + | Equipped with [[Pyro-Acid]] Batteries.{{Fn|3}} | |
| − | ''' | + | <br clear=all> |
| − | + | ===Bio-Plasma Drone=== | |
| + | [[Image:BioPlasmaDrone.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Bio-Plasma Drone]] | ||
| + | Equipped with [[Bio-Plasma]] batteries.{{Fn|3}} | ||
| + | <br clear=all> | ||
| + | ===Wardrones=== | ||
| + | [[Image:War Drones.jpg|right|thumb|130px|War Drones{{Fn|1}}]] | ||
| + | '''Wardrones''' are designed solely to fight and protect the [[Norn-Queen]] and the Hiveship. They are dependent entirely on the influence of the [[Hive Mind]] in order to operate. Wardrones vary heavily in size and shape, and usually fight in swarms, using weight of numbers to perform their tasks.{{Fn|2}} | ||
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| + | ===Stalker Drones=== | ||
| + | [[Image:Tyranid Drone.png|thumb|right|100px|Stalker Drone]] | ||
'''Stalker Drones''' are smaller defence ships which dart around the Hiveship, reacting immediately and frenziedly to anything that threatens it.{{Fn|1}} | '''Stalker Drones''' are smaller defence ships which dart around the Hiveship, reacting immediately and frenziedly to anything that threatens it.{{Fn|1}} | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
*[[Bio-ships]] | *[[Bio-ships]] | ||
Revision as of 22:54, 25 January 2019
Tyranid Escort Drones are heavily armed (albeit slow and ungainly) Destroyer-class[3] Escorts that serve as the last line of defense for a fleet's Hive Ships. As such, they can usually be found clustering around the flanks of those massive Bio-ships.[1]
Contents
Type of Escort Drones
Strangler Drone
Equipped with Feeder Tentacles.[3]
Caustic Drone
Equipped with Pyro-Acid Batteries.[3]
Bio-Plasma Drone
Equipped with Bio-Plasma batteries.[3]
Wardrones
War Drones[1]
Wardrones are designed solely to fight and protect the Norn-Queen and the Hiveship. They are dependent entirely on the influence of the Hive Mind in order to operate. Wardrones vary heavily in size and shape, and usually fight in swarms, using weight of numbers to perform their tasks.[2]
Stalker Drones
Stalker Drones are smaller defence ships which dart around the Hiveship, reacting immediately and frenziedly to anything that threatens it.[1]
See Also
Sources
- 1: Battlefleet Gothic Resources: Necron and Tyranid Fleets p90 (accessed 2010.11.23)
- 2: White Dwarf #146 (January 1992), [Needs Citation]
- 3: Battlefleet Gothic Armada 2
| Tyranid Bio-Ships | |
|---|---|
| Battleship-Class | Hive Ship (Bio-Tentacles • Bio-Acid • Acid Infestation) |
| Battlecruiser-Class | Devourer (Infestation • Corrosive Tentacles • Corrosive Clutch • Bio-Tentacles) |
| Cruiser-Class | Razorfiend (Corrosive Projectile • Corrosive Infestation • Bio-Projectile • Bio-Infestation • Bio-Corrosive • Bio-Acid • Bio-Acid Projectile) • Dark Prowler • Void Fiend |
| Light Cruiser-Class | Void Prowler (Corrosive Strangler • Corrosive Projectile • Corrosive Clutch • Bio-Strangler • Bio-Projectile • Bio-Clutch • Bio-Acid • Acid) |
| Frigate-Class | Kraken (Strangler • Corrosive • Clutch • Bio-Projectile • Deathburner • Doomripper • Hellblaster • Ramsmiter • Smeltfeaster) |
| Destroyer-Class | Vanguard Drone Ship (Strangler • Corrosive) • Escort Drone (Bio-Plasma • Caustic •Stalker Drone • War Drone) |
| Attack Craft-Class | Ether-Swimming Brood • Harpy • Hive Crone • Boarding Worm |
| Other | Mind Slayer • Narvhal • Rebirth Vessel • Tyrannocyte • Mucolid Spore |
