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'''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.
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Currently, the [[Hive Tyrant]], [[Tervigon]], [[Tyranid Prime]], [[Zoanthrope]], [[Tyranid Warrior]], [[Tyranid Shrike]] and the [[Trygon Prime]] are known to be Synapse Creatures.
  
'''Synapse Creatures''' are creatures in the [[Tyranid]] [[Hive Fleet]] who have the ability to transmit the [[Hive Mind]]'s orders to the lesser members of the hive. The Synapse Creatures transmit these orders through the [[Synapse]], a psychic power generated in the synapse node. Known examples of Synapse Creatures are [[Hive Tyrants]], [[Broodlords]], [[Tyranid Warriors]], and some [[Zoanthrope]].
 
  
 
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*[[Codex: Tyranids (5th Edition)]]
 
*[[Codex: Tyranids (4th Edition)]]
 
*[[Codex: Tyranids (4th Edition)]]
 
*[[Codex: Tyranids (3rd Edition)]]
 
*[[Codex: Tyranids (3rd Edition)]]

Revision as of 05:15, 31 January 2010

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.

Currently, the Hive Tyrant, Tervigon, Tyranid Prime, Zoanthrope, Tyranid Warrior, Tyranid Shrike and the Trygon Prime are known to be Synapse Creatures.


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