Imperial commissar pointing at incoming Tyranid onslaught: "We either die as cowards or we die as heroes. The point is, that thing's going to kill us."
_"Send them to the Orks."_ - Also Inquisitor Kryptman on redirecting the largest Hive Fleet to a major Ork-controlled system Octarius *_Orks proceed to hold the Hive Fleet Leviathan at bay, and even defy its Shadow in the Warp shenanigans for well over a century (and still going)._* Because of course idiot greenskins are the hard counter to one of the most dangerous threats to the galaxy.
@@internetzenmaster8952 oh nono "hold off" is a strong word I look at it as MASS ASSIMILATION OF ORK BIOMASS (also orks don't use the warp they use waagghh energy into which tyranids only snuff the warp and psykers that use the warp not waagghh energy)
Dogwood Dingus it's going to come down to Threeway fight. Necron vs Tyranids vs Chaos. Chaos fights everybody no matter what, Necron hate the warp and want to close it and now want to get real bodies and restore themselves to life, which can't be done if the Galaxy has been nommed. And Tyranids want to shut down Chaos since it's actively preventing them from devouring everything.
I mean They eat what powers Warp beings and themselves don't feed Warp with their thoughts. If oomies and eldars didn't had plot armour then the galaxy probably would end up with Tyranids and Necrons being the only thing left
"Basically life sucks, there is only war and you're probably going to get eaten by Tyranids. Have fun." --TotalBiscuit, LORE - Warhammer 40k Lore in a Minute
The best you can hope for in 40k is living and dying on some uninteresting backwater farming planet and the only interaction you have with the greater imperium is the small hundred-odd personnel that collects a majority portion of the crop harvest each year.
Nonono, the tyrannid fleets didn't "decide to split up and attack from different angles of the galaxy." Their trajectory indicates they were coming from almost random directions, as if .... *We are surrounded.*
@@Visitormassacre although there is no proof of that. We know from the HH books that they weren't even heading out way, they were just floating through space trying to find the nearest galaxy until the Pharos become attracted them. We also know that they have consumed dozens of galaxies
@@thehellyousay One would invite you to ponder the concept of "the local group". Galaxies outside those close to the milky way are moving away due to the expansion of the universe; It would be nearly impossible to travel between those galaxies. I apologize for not clarifying in my original post, Mr. Carl.
@@isaachess9356 They seem to be a cross between the Flood from Halo and Xenomorphs. Their obsession with biomass, their truly overwhelming numbers and their hivemind are very flood-like.
*"They are coming! I feel them scratching inside my mind, scratching, screaming, running, so many - so, so many voices. They are coming for us - flesh, body and soul!"* -- Unknown
moments before the astropathicus adept died with a vile stench emanating from all remaining bodily orificies and bonegnawing screech while melting down between the grills in the metal plated floor of the station.
It's only really plot armour if the story (fictional world) twists itself around to make something happen and save a particular character (or make something happen). If the story unfolds in a manner where each narrative step can flow to the next, then it's not really plot armour, it's just the tale that's being told.
Mankind have defeated this factions from time to time even with easy tactics Mankind is powerful and can beat almost any faction, the problem always seems to be unlimited numbers, and surprise attacks which is how this factions work The Ork are easy to fight, the unlimited numbers is what makes them a treat, same as any other faction aside from the Tau ho are very technologically advance
@@MechanicWolf85 Feel you are kind of overselling how little plot armor is negating the logistical effects that these waes should have discountimg jow contriced the victories are. Never say strength in numers without considering that strength in numbers requires distinxt quality per interacted functio n. That is to say for its size it must do its role as perfectly as possible.
I love the nightmarish thought that what we've seen is just the fringes or a distant arm from the center of a writhing hoard that spans countless light years across the universe.
John Porteous So scary the Silent King ran back to the galaxy and is trying to get the Necron up and running. Basically he fears that if the Nids eat the galaxy, along with their main fleet soon to arrive even a united Necron empire won't be able to stop them.
honestly the “perfect hive mind” concept is really interesting, seeing the outward ramifications of such a perfect killing species. Love Exploring so much I’m watching 40k lore while having never touched a miniature
Tyranids in a nutshell: Either the Tyranids have destroyed all the other galaxies, *or the Tyranids have moved on from other galaxies because they can’t*
One of the things that make tyranids so deadly as well is there adaptability. They could adapt to any situation in moments. They get to a planet and theres water, in minutes they have gills.
"see that thing over there?" "yes." "that's a tyranid" "what does it do" "it's hungry and we're the food" "what do we do then" "it's going to kill us either way so let's charge it" "fair."
"It shall be my finest weapon, This thing that gives of itself to me. It shall clad humanity with the greatest Mary, And with the mightiest Sue we shall be armed. It is our bulwark against the darkness, It shall be untouched by questions or judgement, No logic shall blight it. It is our bulwark against the terror, It is the defender of humanity. It is Our Plot Armour, and it shall know no holes" -The Emperor of Mankind (probably)
For most sci fi universes people can imagine who they’d want to be in that universe. 40k though? Only a madman wants to live in 40k. I’d gladly do my part to defeat the bug menace, but I don’t think I want to fight the 40k bug menace.
"Tyran possessed standard defenses for an imperial outpost, capable of withstanding most any alien threat." I think you meant to say, "All but the most minor alien threat."
I imagine a war between Necrons and Tyranids. I will awaken the Necrons to defeat the Tyranids, brothers help me to accomplish this Goal. At least the Necrons is from the Milky way.
Actually Szarekh also known as the Silent King who was the last to ruled the entire necron empire broke his self impose exile and trying to awake all of the tomb world so they can fight the tyranid threat.
Also, isn't that Collector-Necronlord - Trazyn the Infinite or so - actually helping the Imperium defend against the Necrons? Givin away some Marines and/or Weapons from his Collection and aiding with his Forces and stuff?
1:18 not just any psychic explosion, it was when the Eldar literally birthed a chaos god because of how much.. .adultery... they practiced Also, they didn't decide to split up; the Milky Way is surrounded by these fleets
Ahhh, my favorite xenos race: Space locusts crossed with Xenomorphs. My Hive Fleet Leviathan broodlord still carves up HQ's on a regular basis... When he's not blown to smithereens...
My Hive Fleet Kronos Tyrant enjoys sucking the life out of psykers on a weekly basis. He is to strong and resilient that he survives 9 times out of 10 ^^
Great video with a caveat. The Tyrannids didn't decide to split up their forces and attack the galaxy from multiple angles. Each of those incursions was a seperate Hive Flewt: billions upon billions of bioships, large enough to blot out entire galactic arms. They're distinct enough to have their own unique bioforms, ecosystems, and specializations. Every Hive Fleet is self-contained, largely independent, with different goals and objectives, more akin to organs than factions. They're entering the galaxy from random directions. The fun part? No two hive fleets have ever entered the galaxy from the same direction. Every other galaxy in the universe could already have been scoured clean, and we're surrounded and outnumbered a trillion to one.
Probably the scariest of these monsters is a named Zoanthrope known as The Doom of Malan'tai. This bastard had a odd mutation... So the ship ran into the Eldar Craftworld of Malan'tai and managed to launch all of its drop spores before it was obliterated. The Eldar swept the survivors but skipped an injured Zoanthrope that kept slipping away. That was a mistake... It managed to reach the Craftworld's Infinity Circuit (the Wraithbone Skeleton of the ship where countless Eldar Souls reside) and proceeded to basically eat all of the psychic energy within.... all the souls... needless to say there was no stopping it after that....
@@denniswingo2004 That was it's mutation. Zoanthropes are basically living conduits of psychic energy and partly based off Eldar DNA. It's a literal psychic vampire.
@@TheExploringSeries it is not a black hole it is a warp hole and a real tyranid hive fleet is approaching this world how much time will it take for them to arrive that is the question
Oh I was waiting for this video! My favorite part of the Tyranids is how they resist things. In this they remind me somewhat of the Borg. Obviously there are a few differences, the Borg are mechanical, the Tyranids are biological, the Borg are made up of other races that are changed, the Tyranids are an infinite number of varieties of the single race, and the hive mind is different, Borg have a single group consciousness, Tyranids are trillions of minds working in tandem. But here's the thing, the Borg become resistant to things by analyzing the technology of whatever has attacked them, and developing counter measures so it no longer effects them. The Tyranids literally use the power of evolution to defeat something, when they find something that is effective at killing them, they will selectively breed themselves at an astonishing rate, until the next Tyranid horde is no longer effected by the previous threat. They are truly perfect.
I'm not a tyranids fan but I do enjoy the special tyranids from the hive fleet Kronos because those special tyranids are specialized at taking out choas and eventually the dark gods will start to realize that they're the biggest threat to galaxy and eventually all factions has to fight it. I love how tyranids created a specialist anti-choas range tyranids and successfully defeats any choas legion that the dark gods throw at them. Not even the supernatural is safe from the great devourer.
So much Heresy & Xenos sympathy in these comments I’m currently debating on “Exterminatus” on these Worlds You won’t be informed. Praise the God Emperor.
My best friend is obsessed with Tyranids, and while the sheer horror they spread and their mysterious, beyond-our-galaxy origins are fascinating (not to mention a concept that has a very primal fear associated with it) I'll always find their instinct and hive-driven nature a bit . . . unappealing, for lack of a better word.
@the Exploring Series, the beacon on Sotha didn't "reach" the Tyranids wherever they were but it was like a flash in the distance that alerted them to our galaxy.
thing is when space marines can be put into stasis and live in hibernation for decades to centuries it would really be a break.not counting the other similarly powerfull beings that can live for millenias
My favorite piece of nid lore is the genestealers that infiltrated a planet with an active warrgh and it turns out that the orks physic presence is greater then the hivemids, so now you have some genestealers running around with some orks.
Actually, while the Zerg were very much inspired by Tyranids (and other alien beings in Sci-Fi like bugs from Ender's Game), the early Tyranids looked different to those we see now. The Zerg also influenced them in a substantial way. Also, Overmind is the complete opposite of the Hive Mind. Without an Overmind at the top (or some other powerful being like higher ranking Queens, or a Cerebrate), the Zerg are animals. The masses of Zerg don't possess any tactics, or higher thoughts without a boss at the top.
@@TheHalogen131 I would disagree. Hive Tyrants act as commanders and a gateway to the hive mind, this indicates lower tyranid do not posses the same qualities as tyrants and higher. This is similar to the cerebrates in the zerg. I believe hivemind and overmind are really not too different.
If the Chaos Gods are manifestations of life's drives, such as anger, lust, and trickery, the hive represents, perhaps, something older - hunger. Given that nurgle is decay, could it be argued that hunger precedes death, as one must consume, or absorb, to even be capable of death? Perhaps this is why it produces the shadow in the warp, being something preceding death itself. A force of nature akin to gravity.
I'm thinking that hunger is something like gravity. Life, in the 40k universe, appears to have some essence, like a soul or spark, that being non-physical, hence a metaphysical pair such as nugle to the snuffing of this essence. Hunger is more like gravity bringing two objects together. A concept that is much more hard and fast than something ineffable like life, thus overpowering the esoteric distortion that is the warp. This video did give me some pause, my previous understanding wasn't so 'distributed'. Almost like each creature is but a molecule of a galaxy-sized behemoth.
As for my position that hunger is more powerful than the other elements that make up Chaos, consumption is required for life. Life is required for death. There is life that has not succumbed to death, therefore hunger, absorption, consumption, whatever... Is stronger than death. Even if death takes all, then it is merely tied, if not still in the favor of hunger for the simple ridiculous existence of life in the first place.
@@Visitormassacre amidst the swarms themselves, true, true that there ain't no thought of "self" or individuality. But there are life forms that possesses these traits. The Swarmlord has a individuality, a sentience to him. This theory is given more justice as the Swarmlord retains memories and sentience even though its body is destroyed. After the Doom of Malantai absorbed a entire craftworld it to gained some sort of sentience.
Dude, Tyranids are fucking badass. They literally have starship-sized bugs and living tanks. If the chaos forces ever got their hands on that biotechnology, or somehow managed to create tyranid-chaos hybrids, it's game over for the universe. Game over, man!
So let's say theoretically that they attack an Ork planet. They kill a bunch of the Orks and take their biomass back to their ship, however, they also accidentally carry Ork fungal spores. Could that mean the Orks are the perfect weapon against the Tryanids?
Google The Octarius War. It's basically Orks vs Tyranids, and they've been at a stalemate for a terrifyingly long time. Since Orks grow and become more powerful the more they fight, and the Tyranids eat all that biomass; whoever wins, everyone else loses.
Came from a templin institute video on tyranids (and a binge) so I can quickly compare and now I wish you were the voice for them :( Keep it up. You sound more like the male version of their old voice (larissa I think) with a more neutral tone. I don’t know maybe binge watching your scp exploring series also contributed to my own bias.
in dawn of war 2, the leader o the scout marines say that tyranninds are not actually coming from out of the galaxy. they are fleeing from something. i dont know if it is canon but the very thought that there are things out there that even the tyranninds are scared of, gives me the chills.
Imperial commissar pointing at incoming Tyranid onslaught: "We either die as cowards or we die as heroes. The point is, that thing's going to kill us."
While pointing melta pistols at his men
Sounds like Cain.
Krieg Guardsman: *Excited Gas mask noises intensify*
"Tyranids are creatures from our darkest nightmare. But remember this: they can bleed, and they can die."
-Inquisitor Kryptman
#InquisitorKryptmanDidNothingwrong
SUFFER NOT THE ALIEN TO LIVE!
All of this for a drop of blood
_"Send them to the Orks."_ - Also Inquisitor Kryptman on redirecting the largest Hive Fleet to a major Ork-controlled system Octarius
*_Orks proceed to hold the Hive Fleet Leviathan at bay, and even defy its Shadow in the Warp shenanigans for well over a century (and still going)._*
Because of course idiot greenskins are the hard counter to one of the most dangerous threats to the galaxy.
@@internetzenmaster8952 oh nono "hold off" is a strong word I look at it as MASS ASSIMILATION OF ORK BIOMASS (also orks don't use the warp they use waagghh energy into which tyranids only snuff the warp and psykers that use the warp not waagghh energy)
You know these buggers are a threat when even the forces of chaos are trying to find ways to effectively deal with them
Dogwood Dingus it's going to come down to Threeway fight. Necron vs Tyranids vs Chaos. Chaos fights everybody no matter what, Necron hate the warp and want to close it and now want to get real bodies and restore themselves to life, which can't be done if the Galaxy has been nommed. And Tyranids want to shut down Chaos since it's actively preventing them from devouring everything.
But Tyrannids are also trying to find an effective way to deal with chaos, and the best they've done is Hive Fleet Kronos
@@kingturboturtlednoc5722 don’t they lose bio mass as chaos isn’t absorbable
@@Bornst3ll3r only nurgle armys are not consumable I think
I mean
They eat what powers Warp beings and themselves don't feed Warp with their thoughts.
If oomies and eldars didn't had plot armour then the galaxy probably would end up with Tyranids and Necrons being the only thing left
Yes! Finally got to my favorite faction of space locusts. "The Tyranids tend to lose wars due to plot armor." Truer words never spoken.
How is this comment 2 days old?
*2 Days ago comment*
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“This must be the work of an enemy’s Supēsu Magico?!”
Plot amor? So if the Tyranid are real we'll all be devoured what a sad fate awaits humanity.
Good thing I'm a Necron.
Fuck'en Plot Armor
@@dyliokhan3946 that was the power of the Old Ones
"Basically life sucks, there is only war and you're probably going to get eaten by Tyranids. Have fun."
--TotalBiscuit, LORE - Warhammer 40k Lore in a Minute
RIP TotalBiscuit
Yes, may he rest in peace.
Sniff.. yeah
The best you can hope for in 40k is living and dying on some uninteresting backwater farming planet and the only interaction you have with the greater imperium is the small hundred-odd personnel that collects a majority portion of the crop harvest each year.
In imperium should also be planets like naboo or earth planets where humans are happy we just observe battle zones of the imperium
Nonono, the tyrannid fleets didn't "decide to split up and attack from different angles of the galaxy."
Their trajectory indicates they were coming from almost random directions, as if ....
*We are surrounded.*
Now we do not need to aim.
@@amirmuzakkir3450 that's the spirit, lad
Spirit is all he'll have left when he's outta ammo.
@@zoogoo404 orks will survive tyrannids since they dont even need ammo
@@TheHortoman not when they are this heavily outnumbered
Some believe that since the Tyranids are invading the galaxy from all directions, that they have consumed every other galaxy.
@@Visitormassacre although there is no proof of that.
We know from the HH books that they weren't even heading out way, they were just floating through space trying to find the nearest galaxy until the Pharos become attracted them.
We also know that they have consumed dozens of galaxies
Nothing terrifies me more than the concept of an infinite number of Tyranids swirling around the Imperium’s borders
One would invite you to ponder the true vastness of the universe, and then reconsider your idiotic surmise
@@thehellyousay One would invite you to ponder the concept of "the local group". Galaxies outside those close to the milky way are moving away due to the expansion of the universe; It would be nearly impossible to travel between those galaxies. I apologize for not clarifying in my original post, Mr. Carl.
@Jonathan Stiles im thinking the same thing here
We need a galaxy-sized bug spray NOW
how do you arrive so fast to every video?
are you some kind of cognito SCP?
@@johnmarin4385 he is an escaped Memetic youtube channel, avert your gaze sir, disengage!
@@johnmarin4385 dedication.
Can we just all agree this is all Magnus' fault?
@@Nerozard I thought it was Erebus and Kor Phaeron's fault.
I've always seen the Tyranids as "Lovecraftian Xenomorphs". Loving both of those things as a child, they were an easy choice for me.
Im more worried that you loved Lovecraft in your childhood than this 40K-Zergs
I think they're just militarized xenomorphs. Unlike lovecraftian horrors we can understand the tyranids.
@@isaachess9356 They seem to be a cross between the Flood from Halo and Xenomorphs. Their obsession with biomass, their truly overwhelming numbers and their hivemind are very flood-like.
@@ascendedsleeper5693 yeah but they arent parasitic atleast... OH FFS GENE STEALE-
I came here to learn about tyrannids, not Australian wildlife.
Bloody clickbait titles.
Well played 😂
AnaklusmosTheGamer Very funny. True, but funny.
Personally, the Lictors in particular seem quite similar to the Middle Eastern Camel Spider.
True. More praying mantis similarities admittedly.
Was That A Kangrooowie Genestealer??
the most terrifying thought:
None of the hive fleets entered the galaxy from the same direction.
or, They’re running away from something else.
o god
Yeah, like holy fucking hell that is scary.
What would a galactic scale pesticide look like
@@denniswingo2004 maybe ask the forerunners from Halo for a shot of the halo rings, cause we could use those damn things
@@denniswingo2004 surprised the the Imperium hasn’t invested in galactic bug spray
*"They are coming! I feel them scratching inside my mind, scratching, screaming, running, so many - so, so many voices. They are coming for us - flesh, body and soul!"* -- Unknown
Exterminatus!
Now we can fire in all directions..
No No sounds like a genestealer cult individual whose abnormal in telling the imperium
moments before the astropathicus adept died with a vile stench emanating from all remaining bodily orificies and bonegnawing screech while melting down between the grills in the metal plated floor of the station.
-your local crackhead
"They will be known by the name that I shall give them. They will be known as... THE SPACE BUGS OF DEATH!"
Good reference!
Bob. They are all called ... Bob.
PS: ... and they're all your uncle...🤪
I see you are a man of culture.
Plot armor: The greatest weapon known to mankind.
Their only hope against the hordes.
It's only really plot armour if the story (fictional world) twists itself around to make something happen and save a particular character (or make something happen).
If the story unfolds in a manner where each narrative step can flow to the next, then it's not really plot armour, it's just the tale that's being told.
Mankind have defeated this factions from time to time even with easy tactics
Mankind is powerful and can beat almost any faction, the problem always seems to be unlimited numbers, and surprise attacks which is how this factions work
The Ork are easy to fight, the unlimited numbers is what makes them a treat, same as any other faction aside from the Tau ho are very technologically advance
@@MechanicWolf85 Feel you are kind of overselling how little plot armor is negating the logistical effects that these waes should have discountimg jow contriced the victories are. Never say strength in numers without considering that strength in numbers requires distinxt quality per interacted functio n. That is to say for its size it must do its role as perfectly as possible.
I love the nightmarish thought that what we've seen is just the fringes or a distant arm from the center of a writhing hoard that spans countless light years across the universe.
*Orks:* *This is where the funs begins.*
Orks and Tyranids fighting on a planet
(The Eclesiarchy): "Let them fight".
How scary are the Tyranids? "If The Emperor Had A Text-To-Speech Device" PLAYS THEM STRAIGHT
Don't they actually play quite a lot straight?
@@TheLuckySpades A fair chunk of 40k lore is goofy enough that playing it straight is almost indistinguishable to parodying it.
John Porteous So scary the Silent King ran back to the galaxy and is trying to get the Necron up and running. Basically he fears that if the Nids eat the galaxy, along with their main fleet soon to arrive even a united Necron empire won't be able to stop them.
honestly the “perfect hive mind” concept is really interesting, seeing the outward ramifications of such a perfect killing species. Love Exploring so much I’m watching 40k lore while having never touched a miniature
Look, its me in the thumbnail!
Man, you should have mentioned that even the Necrons helped human to fight the Tyranids... the silent king worked with those Blood Ravens once...
Tyranids in a nutshell: Either the Tyranids have destroyed all the other galaxies, *or the Tyranids have moved on from other galaxies because they can’t*
I hope it's the latter and not the former cause that means at least you can fight them off
One of the things that make tyranids so deadly as well is there adaptability.
They could adapt to any situation in moments.
They get to a planet and theres water, in minutes they have gills.
"see that thing over there?"
"yes."
"that's a tyranid"
"what does it do"
"it's hungry and we're the food"
"what do we do then"
"it's going to kill us either way so let's charge it"
"fair."
A fine tactic
The tryanids in the milky way are suspected to be only a small scouting party, so all the tryanids we've seen may only be scout level forms.
That's terrifying.
"It shall be my finest weapon,
This thing that gives of itself to me.
It shall clad humanity with the greatest Mary,
And with the mightiest Sue we shall be armed.
It is our bulwark against the darkness,
It shall be untouched by questions or judgement,
No logic shall blight it.
It is our bulwark against the terror,
It is the defender of humanity.
It is Our Plot Armour, and it shall know no holes"
-The Emperor of Mankind (probably)
For most sci fi universes people can imagine who they’d want to be in that universe. 40k though? Only a madman wants to live in 40k. I’d gladly do my part to defeat the bug menace, but I don’t think I want to fight the 40k bug menace.
I mean I would be part of the Orks, they seem to at the very least be having fun with the whole death and destruction thing.
Dang even StarCraft universe looks tamer compared to 40K. the Zerg finally capable to be understood in the end.
"Tyran possessed standard defenses for an imperial outpost, capable of withstanding most any alien threat."
I think you meant to say, "All but the most minor alien threat."
That’s wrong
Combine insects, zombies, parasite and mass effect reapers
And you have something to truly fear
Bring Doomguy to fight against the Tyrannids, and you have a solution for this problem...
Still my favourite Warhammer faction. Thanks for the great video as usual. 😁
I imagine a war between Necrons and Tyranids.
I will awaken the Necrons to defeat the Tyranids, brothers help me to accomplish this Goal. At least the Necrons is from the Milky way.
Actually Szarekh also known as the Silent King who was the last to ruled the entire necron empire broke his self impose exile and trying to awake all of the tomb world so they can fight the tyranid threat.
@@ionfreak83 that'll be great.
@@ionfreak83 Yeah, if im not mistaken he witnessed the main force of Tyrannid, dont forget those bugs fought by everyone is merely a scout/vanguard
Also, isn't that Collector-Necronlord - Trazyn the Infinite or so - actually helping the Imperium defend against the Necrons? Givin away some Marines and/or Weapons from his Collection and aiding with his Forces and stuff?
@@manticore6963
No he's helping them against chaos
Finally your on to tyranids. I freaking love Tyranids. They were my first army I built in 40k.
Gotta love those herpes
*Exploring Warhammer 40k: Tau Women* whe-
*Some random commissar teleports behind me and licks me to the cheek*
“This is the taste of a heretic!”
Commissar Bucciaratti, the man with the Sticky Fingers
Plot Twist - Pillar Men were an offshoot of Tyranid Hybrids that mated with primitive Humans.
@@PlanetZoidstar Every Primarch and/or Astartes that turned to Chaos: I REJECT MY HUMANITY!!!
wait wha-
IS THAT A MOTHER FUCKING JOJOS REFERENCE
Ah yes.
The most power armor a Marine can wear.
Plot Armor.
And it's cobalt blue.
*[ultra-shudders]*
Ork powagh
12:29 a voice comes on in the background saying "stay, dont leave" you can hear it really well with headphones and its very unnerving 😅
The Zerg before the Zerg
All roads lead back to the bugs from Heinlein's 1959 Starship Troopers.
@@samizdatbroadcasts7654 thank you.
blizzard didnt get the IP, so yea
1:18 not just any psychic explosion, it was when the Eldar literally birthed a chaos god because of how much.. .adultery... they practiced
Also, they didn't decide to split up; the Milky Way is surrounded by these fleets
Ahhh, my favorite xenos race: Space locusts crossed with Xenomorphs. My Hive Fleet Leviathan broodlord still carves up HQ's on a regular basis...
When he's not blown to smithereens...
My Hive Fleet Kronos Tyrant enjoys sucking the life out of psykers on a weekly basis.
He is to strong and resilient that he survives 9 times out of 10 ^^
Great video with a caveat. The Tyrannids didn't decide to split up their forces and attack the galaxy from multiple angles. Each of those incursions was a seperate Hive Flewt: billions upon billions of bioships, large enough to blot out entire galactic arms. They're distinct enough to have their own unique bioforms, ecosystems, and specializations. Every Hive Fleet is self-contained, largely independent, with different goals and objectives, more akin to organs than factions.
They're entering the galaxy from random directions. The fun part?
No two hive fleets have ever entered the galaxy from the same direction. Every other galaxy in the universe could already have been scoured clean, and we're surrounded and outnumbered a trillion to one.
Probably the scariest of these monsters is a named Zoanthrope known as The Doom of Malan'tai. This bastard had a odd mutation...
So the ship ran into the Eldar Craftworld of Malan'tai and managed to launch all of its drop spores before it was obliterated. The Eldar swept the survivors but skipped an injured Zoanthrope that kept slipping away. That was a mistake...
It managed to reach the Craftworld's Infinity Circuit (the Wraithbone Skeleton of the ship where countless Eldar Souls reside) and proceeded to basically eat all of the psychic energy within.... all the souls... needless to say there was no stopping it after that....
Sounds like it happened just to make something scary cause how the fuck do you eat/absorb psychic energy
@@denniswingo2004 That was it's mutation. Zoanthropes are basically living conduits of psychic energy and partly based off Eldar DNA. It's a literal psychic vampire.
Who would upload videogame lore at 2 am?
ExplainedSeries: OH BOY 2 AM!
Wh 40k is not a video game tho. Well there are video games about 40k, but mostly are shitty. It's a tabletop game, yes.
@@DCapybara Ah. I knew there was a tabletop, Im just more familiar with the vidyas. I'm sure this is still canon in those so eh.
@Ànradh Official nobody said anything about price
Did you just call 40k a video game?
Yo can we appreciate that tyrannies have psychic WiFi? When they’re disconnected, they revert to a much less coordinated and powerful cell service.
The Hivemind is just a collection of lost Nokia phones.
Very creative and horrifying enemy. They sound like the worst type of Demon Horde. Great video.
Hey dude what do you think of the black hole that was photographed a couple days ago
Really amazing.
You're like the Justin Y of 40K and SCP videos
@@TheExploringSeries it is not a black hole it is a warp hole and a real tyranid hive fleet is approaching this world how much time will it take for them to arrive that is the question
"Entire planets have been scorched by the navy..."
I think you mean "Entire planets have been scorched by Inquisitior Kryptman..."
Oh I was waiting for this video! My favorite part of the Tyranids is how they resist things. In this they remind me somewhat of the Borg. Obviously there are a few differences, the Borg are mechanical, the Tyranids are biological, the Borg are made up of other races that are changed, the Tyranids are an infinite number of varieties of the single race, and the hive mind is different, Borg have a single group consciousness, Tyranids are trillions of minds working in tandem. But here's the thing, the Borg become resistant to things by analyzing the technology of whatever has attacked them, and developing counter measures so it no longer effects them. The Tyranids literally use the power of evolution to defeat something, when they find something that is effective at killing them, they will selectively breed themselves at an astonishing rate, until the next Tyranid horde is no longer effected by the previous threat. They are truly perfect.
I'm not a tyranids fan but I do enjoy the special tyranids from the hive fleet Kronos because those special tyranids are specialized at taking out choas and eventually the dark gods will start to realize that they're the biggest threat to galaxy and eventually all factions has to fight it. I love how tyranids created a specialist anti-choas range tyranids and successfully defeats any choas legion that the dark gods throw at them. Not even the supernatural is safe from the great devourer.
Hey @The Exploring Series ever consider starship troopers for the bugs & the grays?
Thanks for all the great content! Listening to your 40k and SCP videos always makes my commute significantly better.
I really liked the quick roundup of this amazing part of the 40k universe. Thanks :)
So much Heresy & Xenos sympathy in these comments
I’m currently debating on “Exterminatus” on these Worlds
You won’t be informed.
Praise the God Emperor.
Such heresy. You spelt Exterminatus incorrectly. Prepare to be purged.
@@ciggaroo Indeed, spelling the wrord wrong ie either a clear sign of heresy, or worse, gene stealer infiltration.
No sympathy from me, merely unrelentingly terror
Exterminatus for all!
William Awesome
shhh.. don't say that. They might exterminatus you..
My best friend is obsessed with Tyranids, and while the sheer horror they spread and their mysterious, beyond-our-galaxy origins are fascinating (not to mention a concept that has a very primal fear associated with it) I'll always find their instinct and hive-driven nature a bit . . . unappealing, for lack of a better word.
Every single species is interesting, unique, and strong. So glad you did 40k
Excerpt from *"The Imperial Infantryman's Uplifting Primer"*
_- »Shoot the big ones first!!«_
@the Exploring Series, the beacon on Sotha didn't "reach" the Tyranids wherever they were but it was like a flash in the distance that alerted them to our galaxy.
Each race in 40K seems to be more fascinating than the last!
The fact that in this universe a “break” is fucking CENTURIES boggles my mind. A single year of fighting takes DECADES for reorganization.
God
Damn
thing is when space marines can be put into stasis and live in hibernation for decades to centuries it would really be a break.not counting the other similarly powerfull beings that can live for millenias
My favorite piece of nid lore is the genestealers that infiltrated a planet with an active warrgh and it turns out that the orks physic presence is greater then the hivemids, so now you have some genestealers running around with some orks.
Xenomorphs meets Slivers from MTG.
Also the Danians from Chaotic.
2:03 When you look at that, then you realize why an Imperial Guard would run away.
Poor emp people :/
The guard do not flee, they stand and fight as they would be shot for heresy if they fled anyway
When the only -real- explanation for defeating a immeasurable threat is plot armor, you know it go hard
These things are absolutely terrifying
The Tyranids renind me of the Eldrazi in Magic: The Gathering
Big hungry bugs, that just want a hug.
'I wish to pet this creature'
@@codyarcher3263 Vulkan, don't pet the Evil space bug of death.
The only good Bug is a dead Bug!
More prominent background music is a really good addition!
AND from the great and awesome CRYO CHAMBER. I applaude the choice!
What really makes the Zerg...I mean Swarm...I mean tyranids a threat above others is the over...I mean hive mind.
Hey, tyrannids came first baby. Gotta give love to the og.
Actually, while the Zerg were very much inspired by Tyranids (and other alien beings in Sci-Fi like bugs from Ender's Game), the early Tyranids looked different to those we see now. The Zerg also influenced them in a substantial way. Also, Overmind is the complete opposite of the Hive Mind. Without an Overmind at the top (or some other powerful being like higher ranking Queens, or a Cerebrate), the Zerg are animals. The masses of Zerg don't possess any tactics, or higher thoughts without a boss at the top.
The Tyranids came first
*laughs in Starship Troopers*
@@TheHalogen131 I would disagree. Hive Tyrants act as commanders and a gateway to the hive mind, this indicates lower tyranid do not posses the same qualities as tyrants and higher. This is similar to the cerebrates in the zerg.
I believe hivemind and overmind are really not too different.
Humans:Exists
Tyranids:This is some gorme shit.
Ultramarines new motto “We March for What’s Left of MacCragg”
Where so you find those artworks? They are amazing and most of them I haven't seen them before
looks over at Necrons.. Necrons be liek "we feel ya, but you are all so *alive*, and well, not dead. We gotta fix that for ya."
Tyranids are literally life spreading with no lust or wrath they just want to eat lol
two Monsters are like the Xenomorphs And The Velociraptors this is awesome
If the Chaos Gods are manifestations of life's drives, such as anger, lust, and trickery, the hive represents, perhaps, something older - hunger. Given that nurgle is decay, could it be argued that hunger precedes death, as one must consume, or absorb, to even be capable of death? Perhaps this is why it produces the shadow in the warp, being something preceding death itself.
A force of nature akin to gravity.
I'm thinking that hunger is something like gravity. Life, in the 40k universe, appears to have some essence, like a soul or spark, that being non-physical, hence a metaphysical pair such as nugle to the snuffing of this essence. Hunger is more like gravity bringing two objects together. A concept that is much more hard and fast than something ineffable like life, thus overpowering the esoteric distortion that is the warp.
This video did give me some pause, my previous understanding wasn't so 'distributed'.
Almost like each creature is but a molecule of a galaxy-sized behemoth.
As for my position that hunger is more powerful than the other elements that make up Chaos, consumption is required for life. Life is required for death. There is life that has not succumbed to death, therefore hunger, absorption, consumption, whatever... Is stronger than death.
Even if death takes all, then it is merely tied, if not still in the favor of hunger for the simple ridiculous existence of life in the first place.
@@duckman12569 No....no. I'm...sure 'hunger' is filled in by Slaanesh. Fairly sure at least.
@@Visitormassacre amidst the swarms themselves, true, true that there ain't no thought of "self" or individuality.
But there are life forms that possesses these traits.
The Swarmlord has a individuality, a sentience to him.
This theory is given more justice as the Swarmlord retains memories and sentience even though its body is destroyed.
After the Doom of Malantai absorbed a entire craftworld it to gained some sort of sentience.
IMO this is the biggest threat, greater than even a warboss that unites all Orks (although that would be an amazing fight)
They both seem same except one side already has that one warboss
Don't diss my man Ghaz like that
Finally someone who explains the lore who doesn’t repeat themselves to add more ad time. You rock!
*_This---¬¬^_*_ is WHY _*_*PROVISIONAL ALLIANCES_*_ with the _*_Necrons MAKE SENSE!!!!!_*
Great vid man. I love all your stuff. Off topic here but I think a dive into the Delta Green universe would be amazing.
Dude, Tyranids are fucking badass.
They literally have starship-sized bugs and living tanks.
If the chaos forces ever got their hands on that biotechnology, or somehow managed to create tyranid-chaos hybrids, it's game over for the universe.
Game over, man!
YES MY FAVORITE RACE! Thank you so much!
My favorite species in the Warhammer universe. Love my space locusts
I wonder if they paid Fox for the xenomorph copying
Hive fleet gorgon... fights against the mighty Tau Empire.
Nids love sushi too my man
I honestly like your 40K vids more than the other channel Warhammer 40K Theory. There vids are excellent, but I like your style of vids better.
Basically a biological weapon gone rogue, and will never stop it's endless hunger.
Awesome video! 💯🙌
I can tell you put a great deal of time and effort into these videos. You are doing an excellent job and I appreciate it. :)
Sound like the slivers from magic the gathering
What tyranids want: nom nom
What the player wants: victory
In the hive world in a heartbeat
Suffer not the Xenos to live! No Pity! No Remorse! No Fear! Victorus aut Mortis!
The Tyranids verse the Flood now that would be interesting.
Cool. Reminds me of the Yuzahn-Vong from Star Wars in a way.
14:26 and here many a fan I suspect will either object or offer a pained grunt in response, touche TES.
There is no stopping these extraterrestrial locusts
So let's say theoretically that they attack an Ork planet. They kill a bunch of the Orks and take their biomass back to their ship, however, they also accidentally carry Ork fungal spores. Could that mean the Orks are the perfect weapon against the Tryanids?
Google The Octarius War. It's basically Orks vs Tyranids, and they've been at a stalemate for a terrifyingly long time.
Since Orks grow and become more powerful the more they fight, and the Tyranids eat all that biomass; whoever wins, everyone else loses.
Brother get the flamer
The Heavy Flamer!
Came from a templin institute video on tyranids (and a binge) so I can quickly compare and now I wish you were the voice for them :( Keep it up. You sound more like the male version of their old voice (larissa I think) with a more neutral tone. I don’t know maybe binge watching your scp exploring series also contributed to my own bias.
Id really enjoy a history on the blood angels , the sons of sanguinous were lethal to others and themselves ( due to the black/dark rage)
in dawn of war 2, the leader o the scout marines say that tyranninds are not actually coming from out of the galaxy. they are fleeing from something. i dont know if it is canon but the very thought that there are things out there that even the tyranninds are scared of, gives me the chills.
It isn't, that theory has been debunked in the Tyranids codex.
The 'Nids abide man. The 'Nids abide.
Tyranids. Their weakness? Plot armor. That's the only thing keeping them from literally taking over the galaxy of 40k
It's a Zergling Lester...different type of Zerg...