{|align="right" style="background-color:#666666"|align="right"|{{IntWik|Destination=Dominatrix}}|-|align="right"|{{NidPortalTyranidsPortal}}|-|[[Image:Tyranid_DominatrixDominatrix 1.jpg|thumb|right|Tyranid 250px|Dominatrixminiature ([[Epic]])]]The '''Dominatrix''' (plural: ''Dominatrices'', species name: ''Tyranicus praepotens'' {{Fn|1}}) is a [[Tyranid]] species which exerts a controlling [[psychic]] aura to bring lesser Tyranid creatures under its will, allowing the swarm under its command to operate with uncanny efficiency and tactical ability. However, a Dominatrix is extremely rare and only seen in the most advanced Tyranid swarms.{{Fn|2}}

The '''==Overview==A Dominatrix''' is part possess a large array of the [[TyranidBio-weapon]] race. It is ry and packs a gargantuan composite creature of nightmarish proportions, equipped with ripping claws and fangscolossal mass, and a stunning profusion dwarfing that of symbiotic weaponryan [[Imperial]] [[Super Heavy Tank]]. Dominatrices are the brood queens It has an intelligence akin to that of the Tyranid hordesa mighty [[Hive Tyrant]], their children spawning into all and the different Tyranid classes. Inside her are all the gene sequences of the galaxy's most lethal creatures, ready link it has to be spliced and twisted by the Tyranid [[Hive Mind]]surpasses even the Hive Tyrant's.{{Fn|2}}

A Dominatrix is a gargantuan composite creature of nightmarish proportions, equipped with ripping claws and fangs, and a stunning profusion of symbiotic weaponry. Dominatrices are the brood queens of the Tyranid hordes, their children spawning into all the different Tyranid classes. Because of the importance of a Dominatrix, which is also the most powerful link to the Hive Mind a horde has, they are strategic targets of the highest priority. Destroying a Dominatrix can decide whether a planet falls to the Great Devourer, or is saved.{{Fn|2}} ==Trivia=={{citeTrivia}}{{Golden Demon}}*[[The Citadel Journal 24]] (February 1998) featured a scratch-built wood and steel plate Dominatrix built at ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' scale, designed by [[Matt Meek]].{{Fn|3}}<center><gallery mode=packed heights=250px>Truescale-Dominatrix.jpg|Dominatrix{{Fn|3}}</gallery></center> ==Related ArticlesSee also==

==Sources==*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Tyranids (4th Edition)]], pg. 17*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Tyranids (5th Edition)]], pg. 21*{{Endn|3}}: [[The Citadel Journal 24]], inside front cover {{GDE}} ===Uncited===*[[Hive War]] {{Tyranid5E}} [[Category:Troops (Tyranids)]][[Category:Tyranid Bio-Titans]] [[de:Dominatrix]]