[[ImageFile:Hiveship40k-304-unclaimed-territory.jpg|right|250px|thumb|right|Tyranid [[Hive ShipTyranid]]{{PAGENAME}} descend on unclaimed territories{{Fn|16}}]]'''Bio-ships''' are the living spacecraft making up the [[Tyranid]] [[Hive Fleet]]s. {{Fn|1}} The term encompasses all voidcraft bioforms of the Tyranids.{{citethis}} ==Overview==Although bio-ships take on a seemingly endless variety of forms, they are broadly divided by the [[Imperium]] into three several major classes depending on its general role in the Hive Fleet. The ships are also factories producing the different [[Species of Tyranid]] used in ground invasions. The ships themselves are essentially the largest species of Tyranid and are controlled by the [[Hive Mind]]. The [[Squat]]s of the [[Leagues of Votann]] have discovered that the organic material of certain parts of Bio-Ships can be rendered into rare and exotic chemical compounds. This has led to many [[Hernkyn]] cells into hunting the ships in order to harvest them.{{Fn|4}} Bio-ships are corruptible by the [[Obliterator Virus]], infesting their neural pathway and severing them from the [[Hive Mind]]. A corrupted bio-ship is then further modified by specially created machinery produced in the [[Eye of Terror]] that mixes organic components with ancient, physics-defying technology. These modifications allow for control of the bio-ship, so that it can be pressed into [[Chaos]] service as an enslaved [[Titan]] transporter.{{Fn|5}}

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*[[White Dwarf #146]] (January 1992)