Biovore
Biovores are Tyranid creatures who are bred to launch Spore Mines towards the enemy. Along with Pyrovores, they are the Tyranid equivalent of other species' artillery.
Overview
Biovores are sluggish, bloated creatures whose only task is to grow and launch Spore Mines towards the enemy.[1a] Biovores may contain genes assimilated from Orks.[3b]
Spore Mines grow deep inside a Biovore's body, and are then launched via a powerful muscle spasm through the Biovore's dorsal aperture and hurled across the battlefield. An internal gas bladder in the Spore Mines inflates, allowing them to drift down towards the ground, where they do not detonate upon impact but when they sense the proximity of a non-Tyranid lifeform.[1a] A Biovore can fire three types of Spore Mines: fragmentation, bio-acid or poison. Biovores on Vivaporius evolved to retch balls of slime which could harden and fuse the limbs of a Warlord Titan, such that it can be captured alive.[5]
Biovores are relatively rare amongst the Tyranid horde, as the Hive Mind prefers combat that involves a bloody melee. However, as the Tyranid invasion pressed deeper into the Galaxy, Biovores were created by the Hive Mind as a means to neutralise the long range weaponry used by its enemies.[1a]
Biomorph
Basic Info
| Ordo Xenos Departmento Analyticus Record [2] | |||
| Designation | Biovore | ||
| Common Title | Gunbeast | ||
| Species Name | Tyranicus patris boletus | ||
| Average Height | 2 m | ||
| Average Weight | 2 tonnes | ||
| First encountered | Ichar IV | ||
| Role | Indirect fire support | ||
| Threat evaluation | Low | ||
Images
Triovore card (Warhammer 40,000 CCG)
Protovore card (Warhammer 40,000 CCG)
Biovore card (Warhammer 40,000 CCG)
See also
Sources
- 1: Codex: Tyranids (5th Edition)
- 2: Imperial Armour Volume Four - The Anphelion Project, pg. 103
- 3: Codex: Tyranids (3rd Edition):
- 4: Codex: Tyranids (2nd Edition) - Eavy Metal Model Range
- 5: Titan (Graphic Novel Series): Book Two - Vivaporius
