Harridan
The Harridan is one of the largest flying Tyranid creatures the Imperium has yet encountered.[1]
Description
It has two bio-cannons and a pair of Scything Talons for swooping low and slashing up tanks. Being a living creature and relying on wings rather than jet engines the Harridan cannot match an aircraft for straight-line speed but its lithe, twisting body is far more manoeuvrable allowing it to twist and turn to avoid enemy fire. Harridans seem to act as brood-mothers to smaller Gargoyles. It is thought that Gargoyles lack the endurance for very long distance movement but it is known that they can hitch a lift on a Harridan using their hooks and claws to attach themselves. The Harridan has no legs or feet and because of this it has been theorized that once airborne a Harridan can never land, though some Xeno-Biologists believe that Harridan can land and slithering on its belly like a snake. It is only a theory at this moment.[2]
Basic Info
| Ordo Xenos Departmento Analyticus Record | |||
| Designation | Harridan | Main Weaponry | 2x bio-cannons[2] |
| Common Title | Brood-mother[2] | ||
| Specied Name | Avius terriblis[2] | Secondary Weaponry | 2x scything claws[2] |
| Average Height | 5.5m[2] | ||
| Average Length | Snout to tail: 28m[2] | ||
| Scythe Length | 6m[2] | ||
| Wingspan | 38.4m[2] | ||
| Average Speed | 100 kph[2] | ||
| Estimated Maximum Speed | 200 kph[2] | ||
| Estimated Armour | 4-50mm[2] | ||
| Weight | From 11 tonnes[2] to 62.4 tonnes[Needs Citation] | Tertiary Weaponry | Claws and fangs |
| First encountered | Tyran[Needs Citation] | ||
| Role | Air superiority | ||
| Threat evaluation | Extreme | ||
Images
A Forge World Harridan model
A Harridan model from Forge World
An Epic Scale Harridan[1]
Harridan with Gargoyle Clutch
Related Articles
Sources
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- 1: White Dwarf 190[Needs Citation]
- 2: Imperial Armour Update 2002, pg. 40
- 3: Deathwatch: The Jericho Reach, pg. 177
Uncited
| Tyranid Planetary Forces | |
|---|---|
| Command | Hive Tyrant • Broodlord • Tervigon • Norn-Queen |
| Elite | Hive Guard • Tyrant Guard • Lictor (Lictor Alpha) • Venomthrope • Zoanthrope (Neurothrope) • Pyrovore • Maleceptor • Toxicrene • Malanthrope • Dimachaeron |
| Basic | Tyranid Warrior (Tyranid Prime • Shrike) • Ravener (Ravener Alpha) • Genestealer (Ymgarl Genestealer) • Gaunt (Termagant • Hormagaunt • Spinegaunt) • Ripper (Sky-Slasher) |
| Heavy | Carnifex • Biovore • Haruspex • Cerebore • Trygon (Trygon Prime) • Mawloc • Tyrannofex • Exocrine • Dactylis • Malefactor • Hierodule • Sporocyst |
| Bio-Titans | Dominatrix • Hierophant • Viciator • Nautiloid • Vermis |
| Flyers | Gargoyle • Harpy • Harridan • Hive Crone • Tyrannocyte |
| Spores | Mieotic Spore • Mycetic Spore • Spore Mine • Mucolid Spore |
| Unique Tyranids | Swarmlord • Death Leaper • Doom of Malan'tai • Old One Eye • Parasite of Mortrex • Red Terror |
