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A Tyranid Prime with a Termagant

The Tyranid Prime is a highly evolved Tyranid Warrior, considered to be the apex of the Warrior strain.^[1]

Overview

Tyranid Primes are highly intelligent, more so than their common counterparts. When they lead a brood of Tyranid Warriors, the brood acts as one entity using tactics and precision that military commanders find hard to match.^[1] When in the presence of more powerful Tyranid creatures like a Hive Tyrant, a Tyranid Prime will defer synaptic control to it, but when alone a Prime is easily capable of turning a group of Tyranid creatures into an effective fighting force.^[2] It is only recently that Tyranid Primes have been recognized as a separate species from regular Warriors, though this is probably due to them blending in with the rest of the brood.^[2]

Basic Info

Ordo Xenos Departmento Analyticus Record
Designation	Tyranid Prime
Average Height	2.4m
Average Weight	1.5 tonnes
Role	Battlefield command
Threat evaluation	High
Main Weaponry	Devourer
Secondary Weaponry	Fangs and claws
Tertiary Weaponry	None

Related Articles

• Species of Tyranid
• Tyranid Warrior

Sources

• 1: Codex: Tyranids (5th Edition), p. 36
• 2: Deathwatch: Mark of the Xenos, p. 47