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Thorax Swarm

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The Thorax Swarm is a Tyranid Biomorph characterised by large bloated chest cavities filled with swarms of small parasites. These creatures erupt from openings in their host's chest to drown the enemy in a deadly cloud that chews out eyes and crawls down throats. Different types of small creatures may make up these swarms[1]:

  • Electroshock Grubs - Generate powerful bolts of electricity arcing between themselves as their constantly writhing segmented plates produce electrostatic energy. Anything caught in between this energy is reduced to a charred ruin.
  • Desiccator Larvae - Latch on and, within seconds, suck every drop of moisture from their victims, leaving only a dry husk.
  • Shreddershard Beetles - Instinctively crawl into any nook and crevice on their victims such as those between armour joints. They are covered in needle-sharp spines and cannot live for long outside their host, but as they die they explode, covering their victims in a shower of needles.

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Tyranid Biomorphs
Melee BoneswordClaws and TeethCrushing ClawsFeeder TendrilsFeeder TentacleLash WhipRending ClawsScything TalonsSharpened ClawsTail MaceTail ScytheTusksWrecking Ball
Ranged Acid SprayBalethorn CannonBarblauncherBarbed StranglerBio-cannonBio-electric PulseBio-plasmaBio-Plasmic CannonBio-TorpedoCluster SpinesDeathspitterDevourerDrool CannonEnhanced SensesFlamespurtFlesh HooksFleshborer HiveFleshborerGrasping TongueHeavy Venom CannonImpaler CannonPyro-acid BatteryRupture CannonRipper TentaclesSeed SporeShockcannonSpike RifleSpine BanksSpinefistSpore CystsSpore Mine LauncherStinger SalvoStranglethorn CannonStranglewebTentaclidThorax SwarmToxinjector HarpoonsVenom Cannon
Armour Armoured ShellBonded ExoskeletonChitinExtended CarapaceHardened CarapaceReinforced ChitinToughened Exoskeleton
Support Abhorrent PheremonesAccelerated DigestionAcid BloodAcid MawAdaptive ExoskeletonAdrenal GlandsAdrenaline SacAdrenal WebsBio-Metallic CystBlinding VenomChameleonic SkinContainment SpinesDermic SymbiosisDynamic CamouflageEnhanced ResistanceEnhanced SensesFrag SpinesHypermetabolic AccelerationImplant AttackMembranous MobilityMetamorphic RegrowthMorphic SinewsOptic MembranesRegenerateSporemist SpinesSymbiote RippersSynaptic AugmentationSynaptic EnhancementThornbackToxic MiasmaToxin SacsVenom SacsWings