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00:52, 1 February 2012
Another interesting Quote--[[User:Ashendant|Ashendant]] 22:41, 27 January 2012 (CET)
==Tyranid Subspecies==Source Deathwatch: Mark of the Xenos, pg 32:"Addendum by Codicier Taelon:Through extensive examination of the data crypts I have identified three core sub-variants of the Carnifex genus in Hive Fleet Dagon that appear to be stable enough to warrant examination. :Carnifex Vorantii: Commonly called the “Thornback,” these creatures are living batteries of symbiote weaponry equipped with short to medium range ballistic parasites and living bomb projectors. Several of the intimidatinglooking thorns on this subspecies are in fact sensory organs for sniffing out prey. They are murderous infantry hunters that seem to take pleasure in rooting out hiding men. Despite its lack of specialized melee limbs the Thornback is extremely dangerous at close quarters, where its speed and bulk allow it to easily impale incautious enemies. :Carnifex Arbylis: A subDone-classification of extreme Carnifex variants that meld both pairs of upper limbs into complex ranged weapon symbiotes. Most common of these is the “Venomspitter” Carnifex, a beast capable of launching hyper velocity crystalline shards of pure poison that can knock out a tank or easily kill a warrior in power armour. Carnifex Arbylis generally have improved ocular Acuity and excellent depth perception from multiple eyes, although specimens employing a kind of stereoscopic echo-location have also been found on night worlds. [[User:Carnifex BiliusAshendant|Ashendant]] 01: Commonly called “Bile-beasts,” these creatures have been converted into walking biological weapons factories. Their carapaces are pitted with bubbling spore cysts and their guts writhe with lethal pathogens and molecular acids that gout from dorsal vents. The combined attack of necrotizing spores and acids used by these beasts will fatally overwhelm most bio-chem defences in moments; more resistant enemies are crushed by the creatures’ crab-like claws and digested by its drooling52, acidic maw."1 February 2012 (CET)
