Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-7671639-20130511210709/@comment-9433138-20130514163637

I can only see Tau and Elar as allies in the most extreme circumstances. Such as this...

Leonidas, with all due respect, how do you suggest we kill this Hive Mind? We don't know where it is or even how close it is.

One of the Tyranid's greatest advantages, along with rapid adaption, is the ability to re-use their dead. Flame weapons would be good in a ground fight, but what if we don't need a ground fight? Surely in a naval battle in space, the tyranids can't eat and re-create their ships? With our combined fleets, we could stand a strong chance in a fight out of orbit.

On the subject of exterminatus, it wastes a perfectly good world. The only way I think it could work is if we force the hive fleet to engage in several battles on different planets at once and then use the exterminatus on these planets.