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| − | + | The '''Hive Mind''' is the collective consciousness of an entire [[Tyranid]] [[Hive Fleet]]. | |
As a powerful psychic presence, anyone with [[psyker|psychic]] ability can feel it. Almost every attempt by a [[psyker]] to make contact with a Hive Mind, even by some of the most powerful, results in insanity or death, either because it would require an incredibly powerful psyker to withstand the Hive Mind's awesome psychic presence or because the nature of the Hive Mind is completely beyond the comprehension of human beings. This however can be argued, as Chief Librarian Tigurius of the Ultramarines seems to have some form of relationship with the Hive Mind, as he is able to make remarkable predictions about the Tyranids and their movements. Though this could be due to his uncanny gift of making predictions in general, but the accuracy and frequentness of his predictions about the great devourer seem to show he has indeed tapped into the Hive Mind, a feat thought possible only by a psyker of the Emperors degree. | As a powerful psychic presence, anyone with [[psyker|psychic]] ability can feel it. Almost every attempt by a [[psyker]] to make contact with a Hive Mind, even by some of the most powerful, results in insanity or death, either because it would require an incredibly powerful psyker to withstand the Hive Mind's awesome psychic presence or because the nature of the Hive Mind is completely beyond the comprehension of human beings. This however can be argued, as Chief Librarian Tigurius of the Ultramarines seems to have some form of relationship with the Hive Mind, as he is able to make remarkable predictions about the Tyranids and their movements. Though this could be due to his uncanny gift of making predictions in general, but the accuracy and frequentness of his predictions about the great devourer seem to show he has indeed tapped into the Hive Mind, a feat thought possible only by a psyker of the Emperors degree. | ||
Revision as of 22:52, 20 March 2009
The Hive Mind is the collective consciousness of an entire Tyranid Hive Fleet.
As a powerful psychic presence, anyone with psychic ability can feel it. Almost every attempt by a psyker to make contact with a Hive Mind, even by some of the most powerful, results in insanity or death, either because it would require an incredibly powerful psyker to withstand the Hive Mind's awesome psychic presence or because the nature of the Hive Mind is completely beyond the comprehension of human beings. This however can be argued, as Chief Librarian Tigurius of the Ultramarines seems to have some form of relationship with the Hive Mind, as he is able to make remarkable predictions about the Tyranids and their movements. Though this could be due to his uncanny gift of making predictions in general, but the accuracy and frequentness of his predictions about the great devourer seem to show he has indeed tapped into the Hive Mind, a feat thought possible only by a psyker of the Emperors degree.
The Hive Mind, formed from untold billions of individual consciousnesses, is a single coordinating will that directs the entire hive fleet. Mankind still searches vainly for the higher beings they suppose control the hive fleets, and though such mighty creatures exist they no more control the hive mind than single brain cells control a man's body. It is the sum of the hive mind which motivates it, not its constituent parts.
Some Technomagi of the Adeptus Mechanicus think that the Hive Mind might just be the psychic network that links the Tyranid race and permits them to access the collective knowledge of the location and disposition of all other Tyranid creatures. Others think that it is in fact an incredibly powerful psychic monster using the Tyranids as puppets, while others think that it might be one of the Old Ones.
Shadow in the Warp
The hive fleet is so unimaginably vast that it creates an impenetrable disturbance like a huge blocking shadow. This shadow is the dark, impenetrable will of the hive mind itself, before which the astral spirit of a puny psyker is as safe as a candle in a hurricane. The shadow cast by the hive mind presents an impenetrable wall which prevents astropaths from sending or receiving telepathic messages, stops spacecraft entering the warp and forces spacecraft already in the warp wildly off-course. As a hive fleet advances, the area of the Imperium swallowed up by it simply stops communicating, giving almost no clues as to what has happened.
Sources
- Codex: Tyranids (4th Edition)
- White Dwarf 145 (1992), Tyranid army list
- Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)
