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''Main article: [[Hive Ship]]''
===Kraken, Cruisers and Droneships===
*''Main article: [[Kraken (Bio-Ship)|Kraken]]''
Fulfills the role of [[escort]] ships. Several species of Kraken have been recorded.
The Dark Prowler is a manta-shaped creature with leathery thick wings attached to a central cavity. The ship's central cavity contains two powerful acid-firing chambers, and hullgrinders line its wings.
The '''Void Fiend''' fulfills the role of a naval [[cruiser]]. Its body resembles a sort of long organic spike, with digestive tubes and firing chambers running along its sleek body.
Razorfiends are large [[cruiser|cruisers]] that are aggressive in their attacks, storming out from the hive fleet in response to any threat to the massive hive ships, often using claws and tentacles to make direct attacks on ships in an effort to physically smash them to pieces. Cruiser sized Tyranid bioships are seldom found far from the hive ship, however, and it has been
theorised that they receive their nourishment from them in some manner.<sup>3</sup>
'''Wardrones''' are designed solely to fight and protect the [[Norn-Queen]] and the Hiveship. They are dependent entirely on the influence of the [[Hive Mind]] in order to operate. Wardrones vary heavily in size and shape, and usually fight in swarms, using weight of numbers to perform their tasks.
'''Drones''' are defence ships which dart around the Hiveship, reacting immediately and frenziedly to anything that threatens it.
*''Main article: [[Vanguard Drone Ship]]''
