Hive Ship

Hive Ships are the impossibly massive Bio-ships that form the heart of a Tyranid Hive Fleet. They are critical to the success of a Hive Fleet's advance, acting as synapse nodes for the Bio-ships around them and serving as massive bio-factories churning out the endless swarms that characterize the Tyranid forces.

In addition to their roles away from the battlefield, Hive Ships are fearsome enemies in combat. Though there is a vast amount of diversity among Hive Ships, stone-like armor plating and plentiful weapon growths are common to nearly all of them. Protected by thick clouds of defensive spores and armed with Pyro-Acid batteries, Bio-plasma spines, launch bays, and even gigantic claws, Hive Ships are a force that are a match for even the mightiest Battleships.