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Also, in the Warhammer 40,000 rulebook on the Tyranid page, there is also a colour scheme for a Hive Fleet known as Harbinger, which bears generally black carapace and chitin, and purple flesh. Another of the less known Hive Fleets is Apophis, which has black carapace, red flesh, yellow lines on the carapace, green blood, eyes and tongues. Included online are many other possibilities for players⁵.

The Battlefleet Gothic game treats the Tyranids as natural space creatures, able to manage space where other races may fail. They also treat the Tyranids as vicious predators that a crew of an enemy ship would rather annhilate/die trying than to ever be captured by them. The following are aspects of the Tyranids that are unique to the game.²