Tyrannic Wars
The Tyrannic Wars are a series of conflicts fought primarily by the Imperium against Tyranid Hive Fleets, beginning in late M41. Collectively, the Tyrannic Wars have seen a massive mobilization of Imperial forces and is among the highest prioritized conflicts in the Imperium. Deployed primarily to the Eastern Fringe, casualties among Imperial Guard Regiments have been so high that it seems as if the Tyranids are annihilating them faster than they can be deployed.[1] Over the course of the Tyrannic Wars, many minor races have been rendered extinct and thousands of planets have been reduced to lifeless husks.[2]
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First Tyrannic War
The First Tyrannic War (745.M41): The Imperium makes first contact with the Tyranid race when Hive Fleet Behemoth invades the Eastern Fringe and annihilates planet Tyran; Behemoth is defeated, though at great cost, by the Ultramarines at the Battle for Macragge.
Second Tyrannic War
The Second Tyrannic War (990-993.M41): Hive Fleet Kraken invades and is, again, narrowly defeated.
Third Tyrannic War
The Third Tyrannic War (997.M41-Present): Hive Fleet Leviathan invades.
Fourth Tyrannic War
- Main article : Fourth Tyrannic War
The Fourth Tyrannic War began in M42, when the largest invasion of Leviathan yet after it invaded the Western Reaches of Segmentum Pacificus.[3] This was done by three separate massive tendrils, which the Imperium named Nautilon, Promethor and Grendyllus.[4]
Other notable conflicts against the Tyranids
Sources
- 1: Imperial Armour Volume Seven - The Siege of Vraks - Part Three, pgs. 26-27
- 2: The Devastation of Baal (Novel), Chapter Two
- 3: A Brief and Bloody History of the Tyrannic Wars (31/03/23) (Last accessed on 29/04/2023)
- 4: Leviathan (Box) Rulebook, pgs. 230-232
