Venomthropes are not just toxic to non-Tyranid life forms, but also to any environment they enter. Over time their miasma of toxic spores infects the ground and air of a world unlucky enough to feel its venomous touch, rendering it hostile to even its own indigenous species. The Hive Mind uses this aspect of the Venomthrope by gathering them together in large numbers and unleashing them on a region to gradually poison it, making it harder for non-Tyranid life forms to continue to resist. Venomthropes can be especially deadly in enclosed areas or underground, where their toxins can fill ventilation systems and foul air scrubbers, making the corridors and chambers of a fortress or spacecraft deadly to its garrison or crew. In efforts to combat these tactics, the Adeptus Mechanicus has tried
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| - Venomthropes are not just toxic to non-Tyranid life forms, but also to any environment they enter. Over time their miasma of toxic spores infects the ground and air of a world unlucky enough to feel its venomous touch, rendering it hostile to even its own indigenous species. The Hive Mind uses this aspect of the Venomthrope by gathering them together in large numbers and unleashing them on a region to gradually poison it, making it harder for non-Tyranid life forms to continue to resist. Venomthropes can be especially deadly in enclosed areas or underground, where their toxins can fill ventilation systems and foul air scrubbers, making the corridors and chambers of a fortress or spacecraft deadly to its garrison or crew. In efforts to combat these tactics, the Adeptus Mechanicus has tried
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| - Venomthropes are not just toxic to non-Tyranid life forms, but also to any environment they enter. Over time their miasma of toxic spores infects the ground and air of a world unlucky enough to feel its venomous touch, rendering it hostile to even its own indigenous species. The Hive Mind uses this aspect of the Venomthrope by gathering them together in large numbers and unleashing them on a region to gradually poison it, making it harder for non-Tyranid life forms to continue to resist. Venomthropes can be especially deadly in enclosed areas or underground, where their toxins can fill ventilation systems and foul air scrubbers, making the corridors and chambers of a fortress or spacecraft deadly to its garrison or crew. In efforts to combat these tactics, the Adeptus Mechanicus has tried repeatedly to study the Venonthrope and develop either more sure methods of protecting troops against its venoms or to discover an antidote to them. So far no successes have had any lasting effects on the Imperium’s efforts against these creatures, and as soon as a new method or antidote is found to counter the Venomthrope, it seems the creature quickly adapts and overcomes it. A Venomthrope’s feeding instincts means that it can operate quite effectively even while beyond the range of the Hive Mind, drifting into formations of enemy troops and spreading its deadly toxins or lashing out at exposed warriors. In battle, Venomthropes are therefore often found on the flanks of the swarm, or exploiting gaps to get at rear-echelon troops where their toxic presence can cause as much havoc as possible and they can force troops to abandon defensive positions before they become caught up in its toxic vapors. As a general rule, the only sure way to deal with such an attack is a quick response from heavy weapons and a sustained blast of fire to tear the creature apart before it can get too close. However, even after its death the Venomthrope still leaves a toxic corpse which can be almost as deadly as this Tyranid biomorph was in life.
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