Hive Fleet Indominus

[Indominus]

During the climax of the battle for the Baal System, much of Leviathans force was sucked into The Warp, only to emerge throughout the galaxy as splinter fleets. Some survived and continued their relentless advance through the various sectors, while others were lost to the dark machinations of Chaos. However, one such splinter fleet has arrived from The Warp, and has caused utter destruction in the western reaches of the galaxy.


Hive Fleet Indominus, a fleet dedicated to the destruction of all life entirely. Its beginnings saw it pitted against the esoteric daemons of She Who Thirsts, the first of many to feel the raw carnage of these Tyranids. In the present, it is a force hellbent on destroying every single lifeform it encounters, through might of psychic deception, and brutal melee. Leading the fleet is a creature of darkness and trickery, a creature that seems to almost delight in luring countless foes to their doom, only for them to realize what has happened when it is already too late.



It is not uncommon for reports of Hive Fleet Indominus to be varied in account, for by no means are two planetary assaults ever the same, to the extent that sometimes, the enemy will employ tactics designed to counter some other Xenos threat only to discover that they are fighting an entirely different race altogether. To this day, Indominus continues to push outward from the Western Rim, despite the fact it is embroiled in war with the Thokt Dynasty that has laid unhindered for so long.


More information and narrative will follow, ill probably try and go into detail about the Fleets creation, what tactics it uses, and more about Veronica, the mutated Swarmlord that leads Indominus. For now though, this is a good starting point!

[Indominus]

After the fall of Leviathan at the hands of the Imperium and the ruinous forces of Ka'Bandha much of the fleet was lost to The Warp. The opening of the Cicatrix Maledictum had saved the Blood Angels, but by eliminating one danger, a dozen more materialized to fill the void. Out of the hundreds of Bio-ships that entered the realm of Chaos, many emerged scattered across the galaxy, creating new and deadly splinter fleets. One such fleet would eventually become what is now Hive Fleet Indominus, and would in due course begin its campaign of terror in the western sector. But at its creation, the machinations of Slaanesh threatened to destroy the splinter prematurely...

The first planet to feed the new splinter fleet was Vordrast, a lone planet far out on the western rim of the galaxy. Upon arrival, the Tyranids found no resistance, only signs that a great battle had taken place in recent months. But, as the fleet's feeder beasts began the consumption of Drukhari and Custodian remains, a great horde of Daemons assaulted the planet. The forces of Slaanesh, birthed from the nearby Eye of Terror, and eager to kill whatever they crossed, swept across the surface of the planet. The fleet responded with waves of organic monstrosities, crashing into the tide of daemonic entities as blade and talon crossed.

The fighting was fierce, for these were foes born of She Who Thirsts, who delighted in the ensuing evisceration of flesh and bone. The end seemed near for the fleet, for their stocks of biomass were dwindling. With its last reserves of organic matter, the fleet spawned the one entity that could possibly turn the tide: The Swarmlord. With its synaptic command and psychic might, the Tyranids were able to push back. Recognizing The Swarmlord as the main threat, the Greater Daemon of Slaanesh leading the assault strode through the tide. It challenged The Swarmlord, and the two monstrosities charged.

Sensing the danger the Greater Daemon posed, the swarm directed its forces towards the battle. Even so, the duel raged on, The Swarmlord seemingly unable to match the Deamon's ferocity for much longer. With the fleet directly affecting the organisms closest to the duel, waves of Hormagaunts climbed up the back of the Daemon, clawing at its hide in desperation. As it turned to fight off the numerous creatures, the weakened Swarmlord took its chance. Focussing the last of its psychic ability, it finally penetrated the mind of the beast. With a scream of agony, the head of the Daemon exploded, sending the remaining daemons into a frenzied panic.

With the war ended, the Hive Fleet set about consuming the planet. Normally, Tyranids would not be able to consume Warp-Matter, but this particular fleet was able to by some means. Gorged on the remains of Man, Daemon and Xenos, the fleet created new Bio-ships, and set forth into the blackness of space.

But deep within the digestion pools of the fleet, a change was taking place. By consuming the bodies of warp creatures, the Hive Fleets genetic code was beginning to undergo a transformation. The power of the warp was to affect the entire swarm, giving it an unnatural thirst for destruction. The Swarmlord underwent the most radical changes of all, ensuring that when the fleet next attacked, it would be all but unstoppable...