March 17, 2022 by Polar_Bear
The Hive Mind of the Tyranids is a powerful thing. Able to coordinate among all the different creatures in the army, it can push them to greater levels of ferocity than they’d manage otherwise. It’s projected through Synapes, and it’s these links that we get a look at for the upcoming Tyranid codex for 40k.
From the article:
The tendrils of the Hive Fleets are inexorably coiling their way around the galaxy, choking out the stars and preparing to tuck into a billion-course meal. The monstrous Codex: Tyranids is on the way, so it’s time to grab your rubber gloves and cut through the chitin to study its pulsating, rules-filled heart.
Our first point of observation – these voracious bugs have evolved. Tyranid armies have always been guided by powerful SYNAPSE creatures, living psychic relays for the Hive Mind’s control – but these vital beasties are now packing a set of all-new powers known as Synaptic Imperatives.
If every unit from your army has the HIVE TENDRIL keyword, and they all come from the same Hive Fleet,* then at the start of each battle round you can choose to activate one Synaptic Imperative. These are powerful, aura-like abilities that radiate from each and every SYNAPSE unit in your army until the end of that round – and depending on your swarm’s composition, you’ll be able to pick between a jaw-dropping 10 of them.
Each breed of SYNAPSE creature in your army grants access to a different Synaptic Imperative – think of it as a beast transmitting its specialised instincts across the rest of the Hive Mind’s command beacons. So if you have a Hive Tyrant in your army (perhaps courtesy of the massive new Combat Patrol), you’ll be able to activate the Relentless Ferocity ability.
Source: Tabletop Gaming News
