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On the level of the battlefield, certain large and relatively autonomous Tyranid creatures, such as the [[Hive Tyrant]] or the [[Tyranid Warrior]], are able to telepathy exert the Hive Mind's influence in order to control smaller Tyranid creatures, which without the Hive Mind would revert to genetically instinctive behavior of feeding and self-preservation. These [[Synapse Creatures]] focus the Hive Mind into nodal points that quell the natural instincts of nearby small Tyranid creatures and are essential for the swarm to operate effectively.^1, ²