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==Overview==
A '''Trygon''' is a monstrous serpentine species of [[Tyranid]] capable of tunneling through just about any material - carving out underground tunnels that can be used by other Tyranid creatures to bypass enemy lines. For the enemies of a Trygon, an attack from below is incredibly hard to detect and even harder to defend against. The emergence of a Trygon will often herald a larger Tyranid attack as hordes of smaller creatures pour out after it using the freshly created tunnel.<sup>1</sup> It appears that Trygons use their bio-static charge to assist with tunnelling, as their tunnels have been found coated with a fused, glass-like silicate layer on the inside. This effect stabilises the tunnel walls and prevents them from collapsing behind a burrowing Trygon.<sup>4</sup> Trygons have also been known to dig deadfall traps by leaving a thin crust over a deep conical hole. Sufficient weight in troops and armour will collapse the roof of the sinkhole and deposit the victims into the Trygon’s waiting claws. A Trygon’s greatest weakness is probably that it can be baited or misdirected while burrowing by the first tasty morsel to cross its path.<sup>4</sup>
A Trygon is also heavily armoured in shifting carapace plates that generate a bio-static charge as the creature moves. Known as a '''Bio-Electric Pulse'''<sup>1</sup>, this energy can be channeled into a sudden powerful arc that is strong enough to kill by exhaling an ionised spray from its gills.<sup>1</sup>
*<sup>2</sup>: [[White Dwarf 361 (UK)]], p.22
*<sup>3</sup>: [[White Dwarf 362 (UK)]], p.49
*<sup>4</sup>: [[Deathwatch: Mark of the Xenos]], pg 45
 
*[[Imperial Armour Volume Four - The Anphelion Project]]
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