Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-25618639-20150406151006/@comment-24081662-20150424153029

1) Necrons dont have DNA science? have we all forgotten about the Pariah gene?

2) The necrons, with their level of advancement, could surely do at least as well as humanity, and almost certainly far far better even in fields that they are not advanced in.

3) The tyranids have been drawn to the astromonicon. Its canon. Not really debatable.

4) And why arent we talking about biomass baiting? seems lyke a good enough strategy to me.

5) Just because something doesnt make sense to you, doesnt render the argument void. Its established that biological warfare has proven effective against the Tyranids, because if they can capture one of the 'alpha' wave creatures then they have a sample of the original Tyranid DNA for that hive fleet. While it doesnt apply to 'other' hive fleet splinters or what the Tyranids do after they evolve further, it is effective for that battle/campaign/whatever, and in that time it can do massive amounts of damage.

Now on the Tyranid side... Quick question, why dont they have bacteria? I feel lyke viral warfare would be something the tyranids would be good at- unleashing genetically enhance plagues upon a populace, or using fungus and bacteria to absorb the biomass after they conquer the world.