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[[Image:Tyranid warriorTyranidWarriorArt6th.jpg|thumb|right|250px280px|'''Tyranid Warrior'''Warriors]]
'''Tyranid Warriors''' are synaptic foot troops of the [[Hive Fleet]]s. Warriors are among the most important Tyranids in battle, as not only are they powerful and deadly creatures, they are [[synapse creature]]s, directing lesser creatures and forming the focal points of the [[Hive Mind]].
==Overview==
Tyranid Warriors are large creatures, although significantly smaller than the massive [[Hive Tyrant]]s. They are fast and powerful, with the capability to be strong at ranged combat or in close quarters in a similar fashion to the Hive Tyrant.Tyranid Warriors are the most adaptable of all the Hive Mind’s bioforms. They arecreatures from the blackest of nightmares, unstoppable killing machines with pulsingichor for blood, needle-sharp teeth and darkly gleaming eyes that reveal a terribleintelligence at work. A Tyranid Warrior stands twice the height of a man, its carapaceprotected by a thick chitin. One might expect such a creature to be slow in its actions, buta Tyranid Warrior is lithe, with reactions as swift as a whip. Tyranid Warriors have the mental flexibility to employ a wide variety of bio-weaponsymbiotes. As such, on the battlefield, they can be found leading all areas of a Tyranidswarm: fighting in close quarters with claws, boneswords and lash whips, or at longerranges with devourers, deathspitters or even heavier bio-cannons. Whatever weaponry itwields, a Tyranid Warrior is a dangerous and unforgiving foe, able to identify and exploitthe weaknesses of its targets with innate shrewdness. Worse, with its alien consciousnesspermanently bonded to the ageless Hive Mind, a Tyranid Warrior can instantly draw upona reservoir of knowledge and experience that spans epochs, should its own proveinsufficient to the task at hand.{{Fn|4}} Though they are formidable fighters in their own right, it is the Tyranid Warriors’ role asthe synaptic lynchpins of the swarm that makes them truly deadly. Tyranid Warriors arepsychic resonators for the unwavering will of the Hive Mind and some of the morecommon conduits used to exert control over the less receptive creatures of the hive fleets.As such, Tyranid Warriors form a vital link in the Tyranid swarm, acting as relays andamplifiers through which Hive Tyrants issue their commands. So crucial is this role to ahive fleet’s efforts to defeat a prey world’s defenders that each Hive Tyrant is invariablyaccompanied by several broods of Tyranid Warriors cultured from its very own flesh – thebetter to enhance the psychic link throughout the swarm. This is not to imply thatTyranid Warriors are merely drones, for each is instinctively capable of assessing localbattlefield situations. They can then, if the need arises, direct those Tyranid creaturesnear them, like an officer marshaling their forces, to exploit any tactical weakness thatmay appear in the enemy’s defences.{{Fn|4}}
The Tyranid Warrior (''gladius'') is a species of the Warrior (''tyranicus tyranicii'') genus. The ''gladius'' species itself is highly adaptable to any battle role, with over 212 known variants - combining flying, walking, leaping [[biomorph]]s, with biological ranged weapons or assault symbiotes like [[Scything Talons]] or [[Rending Claws]] or both.
==Basic Information==
[[FileImage:T5ETyranid WarriorTyranid warrior.jpg|thumb|right|180px|thumb200px|A further example of a '''Tyranid Warrior''']]
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| [[Image:Tyranid Warriors.jpg|thumb|center|300px|Tyranid Warriors armed with a [[Devourer]], [[Rending Claws]] and a [[Deathspitter]] (4th Edition)]]
| [[Image:TyranidWarriors6th.jpg|thumb|center|255px|Tyranid Warriors armed with [[Bonesword]]s, a [[Lashwhip]], and a [[Venom Cannon]] (6th Edition)]]
| [[File:T5ETyranid Warrior.jpg|center|thumb|A further example of a '''Tyranid Warrior''']]
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*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Tyranids (4th Edition)]], pg. 37
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Codex: Tyranids (5th Edition)]], pg. 36
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Codex: Tyranids (6th Edition)]], - ''Forces of the Hive Mind''
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