Kaetus
Hive Fleet Kaetus is a Tyranid Hive Fleet.[1]
Its modus operandi, is to have the main core of the Hive Fleet remain dormant in space, while fast-moving tendrils are sent to scout out worlds to feed on. When one is found, a Mycetic Spore is dispatched, but after the Spore lands a full-scale invasion is not launched. Instead the Spore burrows into the world's crust (perhaps via cavities and fissures drilled out by Genestealer Cult mining operations), while the Tyranids within the Spore begin to gestate and start to extract biomass from underneath the world's surface. They concentrate particularly on water and this turns the world's land arid and dry, before the Spore's Tyranids finally emerge to begin their invasion.[1]
Notes
Hive Fleet Kaetus was created by Elliot Hamer, an employee of Games Workshop, and it was showcased in White Dwarf 459.[1]
See also
Sources
- 1: White Dwarf 459, pg. 80 - Crusade Challenge
