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The death of a world is marked by enormous Enormous Capillary towers and feeding bioships typically marks the latter stages of a Tyranid invasionand death of a world. The sight of large Large feeding towers and bio-ships deploying their feeding tubes is typically seen in marks Stage 3 "Consumption" and Stage 4 "Assimilation" of a Tyranid invasion.{{Fn|2c}}
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==Disruption==
This typically marks the death of a world where the only recourse is [[exterminatus]]. However, it's also typically when bio-ships and [[hive ship]]s are most vulnerable, having likely expended a significant amount of biomass in their initial assault. Destroying or damaging the Tyranid Hive Fleet (via exterminatus or other means) while it is feeding can potentially deny the hive fleet biomass to fuel to renew its assault. Destroying the towers or feeding tubes before the biomass reaches a bioship would deny the fleet valuable biomass to assimilate. Thus leaving the hive fleet as a whole, in a weaker state.{{Fn|2c}}
