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[[File:40k-304-unclaimed-territory.jpg|right|250px|thumb|[[Tyranid]] {{PAGENAME}} descend on unclaimed territories{{Fn|6}}]]
'''Bio-ships''' are the living spacecraft making up the [[Tyranid]] [[Hive Fleet]]s.{{Fn|1}} The term encompasses all voidcraft bioforms of the Tyranids.{{citethisFn|7}}
==Overview==
Although bio-ships take on a seemingly endless variety of forms, they are broadly divided by the [[Imperium]] into several major classes depending on its general role in the Hive Fleet. The ships are also factories producing the different [[Species of Tyranid]] used in ground invasions. The ships themselves are essentially the largest species of Tyranid and are controlled by the [[Hive Mind]].{{Fn|7}} Bio-Ships usually rely on swarming their foes in close quarters combat, and are protected by heavy chitlin armor or spore clouds.{{Fn|7}}
The [[Squat]]s of the [[Leagues of Votann]] have discovered that the organic material of certain parts of Bio-Ships can be rendered into rare and exotic chemical compounds. This has led to many [[Hernkyn]] cells into hunting the ships in order to harvest them.{{Fn|4}}
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Storm of Iron (Novel)]] — [[Iron Warriors: The Omnibus (Omnibus)]], ''The First Parallel'', Chapter Three
*{{Endn|6}}:
[[Magic: The Gathering's Universes Beyond Warhammer 40,000]]
- ''Explore'', ''Unclaimed Territory'' - for details see [[Bio-ships/Sources]]
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (Book)]] pgs. 80-85
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