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[[Image:Tyranids incursions.jpg|thumb|right|Moloch's path into the galaxy from the galactic north. Other Hive Fleets are also shown.]]
'''Moloch''' is a minor [[Tyranid]] [[Hive Fleet]] plunging through the [[Ghoul Stars]] into the galactic north of the [[Galaxy]] as of 998.[[M41]] <sup>1, </sup><sup>2</sup>. Known loses to the Hive Fleet are the [[Kiltor Sector]] and the [[Tarellian Civilisation]].<sup>1</sup>
==Splinter Fleet==
A splinter fleet of Moloch was stopped from consuming a [[Hive]] city on [[Karak Prime]] by the veteran 9th [[Vostroyan]] [[Old Irascibles]]. For eighteen months a Tyranid swarm that stretched from the base of the city walls to the distant horizon was held back by the Vostroyans. Realising they were doomed if they ran out of ammunition, the Vostroyans opened the city's gates and drew the horde inside. When the bulk of the Tyranids had entered the city, the Vostroyans detonated the hive's nucleonic stack and incinerated the hive, along with all its defenders and an estimated eighty-five percent of the Tyranid swarm. As the city entered widwinter, the surviving Tyranids starved to death and the splinter fleet was destroyed.<sup>3</sup>
==Related Articles==
*<sup>1</sup>: [[Codex: Tyranids (5th Edition)]], p.29
*<sup>2</sup>: [[Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook]], p.166
*<sup>3</sup>: [[Codex: Imperial Guard (5th Edition)]], p.18
[[Category:Hive Fleets]]
