Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-24.177.35.35-20130905071358/@comment-6078851-20131024142347

i know 'nids wouldn't be the only target, and while peoples' opinions about tyranid numbers vary quite a bit i genuinely think there are more of them, right outside the galaxy, than there are munitions to kill them with.

i don't think virus bombs would work. oh they would definitely be capable of killing more than a few but doesn't the life-eater require an atmosphere within which to work? so each bomb could only target a single tyranid-ship, meaning that there isn't enough bombs to make any significant dent to their numbers.

if, on the other hand, it can be dispersed through space without detriment to its efficiency then tyranids (of the milky-way fleet) would be in trouble. i do doubt that it works in space though because any virus that is left to roam is a danger to any imperial planet, a terminal danger, and i imagine it's the type of weapon that has a purposely restricted area of use, as in planetbound.

mind you if the imperials are out to destroy as much as they can post empy-death, then life-eater would be the legacy that any remaining civilisations would remember humanity by.