Encountered long before the first tendrils of the hive fleets reached the galaxy, they were thought to be little more than another unusual and deadly xeno-form.
Purestrain Genestealers are also used by the Hive Mind as a primary shock assault unit for Tyranid swarms during surface and void battles.įew Tyranid creatures have earned such a terrible reputation or caused as much damage to the Imperium of Man as the Genestealer. The spread of infestations has become even more rampant since the opening of the Great Rift, with countless refugee craft in desperate flight providing ideal transportation for the xenos beasts. Such potential disasters are seeded across the Imperium in great measure. Even a single Purestrain Genestealer, borne across the stars by an unwitting pilot who lands upon a fertile planet, can spawn enough tainted progeny to take that world over from the bottom up. They are known as "Snatcher-devils" on some Imperial worlds, "Cave Nightmares" on others and "Clawed Changelings" on yet more.Įvery conceivable interpretation of the Genestealer Curse has been posited across Mankind's domain, but even the most outlandish story does no justice to the awful truth behind these creatures and the reproductive cycles of genetic damnation they propagate.īy spreading their genetic curse in secrecy, these creatures multiply the threat they pose in the manner of a virus. The first Tyranids to be discovered by the Imperium, their true nature is obscured by a confusing multitude of legends. Genestealers serve as the vanguard organisms of the hive fleets. These cults are used to support hive fleet assaults by infiltrating the Human world's society and military defences from within. Genestealers are capable of using their unique, parasitic reproductive cycle and psychic abilities to establish so-called " Genestealer Cults" on Imperial worlds. The species comprises many different genetically-engineered bioforms, of which the Genestealer is but one. The Tyranids are a nomadic xenos species governed by a gestalt collective consciousness known as the Hive Mind.
Inquisitor Kalistradi from The Nature of the BeastĪ Purestrain Genestealer is capable of slaying even a Space Marine in single combat.Ī Genestealer ( Corporaptor hominis) is a bioform of the multispecies Tyranid race that was genetically designed by the Hive Mind for the infiltration of other intelligent species' settled worlds. An apex predator possessed of intelligence and cunning that rival our own, they exist for the sole purpose of reproducing in vast numbers and sowing utter chaos in their wake." " I can think of few greater xenos threats to the Imperium than that of the Genestealer.
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