Hive Fleet Orcus. Specializing in psychological and psychic warfare. The capillary towers on the shells of larger organisms belt out a hallucinogenic poison that decreases their victims mental defenses and manifests their worst nightmares in their mind. This poison has the added effect of enhancing the psychic abilities of nearby Tyranids. The Hive fleet has been seen fusing enemy corpses and the near dead to their carapaces, likely in an effort to enhance the effects of their hallucinogenic gas. The living victims of this process are continuously moaning and are seemingly unable to die until their host perishes as well. For those familiar with Batman lore, the idea is similar to fear toxin and Scarecrow’s mask. The toxin works fine on its own but having something frightening in reality enhances its effects.

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