Hadron Expanse: Ynnari halt Tyranid advance

Although by late 04.022M42 Candic Major's rich biosphere had been consumed by the hive mind, now a union or mishmash of the genetic streams known as "Jormunandr" and "R'yleh", the tyranids were still not yet capable of full scale hive fleet operations. Though the other races were not fully aware of this, the tyranids in the Rifts of Hecate were in fact a vanguard force of multiple genetic lineages, and had "seeded" the worlds in order to create their mighty hive ships from the abundant resources the worlds presented to them.

The orks landed at Candic Major, now a lifeless husk, more by accident than design, but the response from the swarms of aliens now covering the barren planet was the same. the larger creatures of "R'lyeh" crashed into the orks as they emerged from their ramshackle landing craft - mostly converted asteroids - and after a furious fight overcame the ork invasion. This was welcome biomass, as the tyranids made good use of it, beginning work on what can only be described as a "bio-space station", a giant "mothership" which would become the literal mother to hive ships that were now being gestated in this biological abomination.

The Ynnari then entered the fray, alarmed by the repeated failure of the younger races to adequately deal with the emerging tyranid threat. The Aeldari coalition found more success, raiding the planet in several places and once again deliberately attacking key hive nodes to disrupt the progress of the creation of a new fully formed hive fleet. The raids were a success, but the Ynarri knew this would only ever be a delaying tactic. Unless the other races of the region tackled the xenos threat, there was a real risk of the area being consumed, and a new hive fleet flooding through the Hecate Gap, consuming the entire Hadron Expanse.