Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-7186329-20130329164207/@comment-25177957-20150505195224

Neithan02 wrote: Possible.. though we can safely say that the Tyranids reproduce faster than orks and get the numbers edge easily .. If I remember the Cain novels correctly, the nids were able to spawn repeated waves of biomoprphs each adapting a bit better to planetary circumstances within hours.. Ork spores take days or weeks. But the main thing is that Tyranids can modify the time spores would take to grow, giving the Hive Fleets the ability to grow extremely strong biomorphs within minutes or seconds, then travelling to another planet and doing the same, being able to repeat the process and conquer a whole star system within a day, then the Hive Fleets can come back and collect the extreme amounts of biomass present.