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## About This Content
On Gladius Prime, where there were once cities and agriculture… now there is
only war. Orks, Necrons, Space Marines and the Astra Militarum vie for control
of a dying world. But something worse lurks in the shadows. Feral Tyranids now
roam the planet’s surface, escapees from an Imperial research facility. All
life on Gladius will shudder in fear.

For the Great Devourer comes.

_Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Tyranids_ introduces a new playable race, which
joins the fight for Gladius Prime! Thanks to their numerous new gameplay
mechanics and features, they are a radically different faction, unlike any
other in the game. The distinctive traits of the Tyranids are represented in
the way they play. They are a ravenous, hungry swarm. They will consume
Gladius Prime!

The Tyranid race travels the stars, systematically consuming anything that
enables its rapid evolution and reproduction… so it may consume even more.
On Gladius, the Tyranid faction specialises in reclaiming biomass from
enemies, its own units and even by stripping tiles back down to the bedrock.

To the Tyranids, to stay still is to die. They consume and they move on. When
an organism has served its purpose, from the smallest Ripper to the mightiest
Tyrant, they walk willingly into the reclamation pool, so their biomass may be
re-used.

The Hive Mind is the gestalt consciousness of the Tyranid race, controlling
its creations through a pervasive psychic shadow generated by alpha creatures
like Hive Tyrants and Warriors. But should its troops fall outside of this
control, they become wild beasts, running feral, attacking Tyranid and enemy
alike.

Tyranid units are monstrosities, adapted by the controlling Norn Queens by
devouring the DNA of their enemies. Many of their units – from the mighty
Tervigons and Trygons to the man-sized Hormagaunts and Termagants – can adapt
to their current foes by gaining toxin sacs, acid blood, adrenal glands or
other inhuman creations.

Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Tyranids