randon lore question

[wound]

I have been wondering, the tyranids are a pretty advanced race, do they eat stars?

[yoritomo]

No.

The only things that eat stars in 40K are the C’tan, and that was just the energy coming off the star not the star itself.

[NidNoms]

Aug 15, 2021 17:33:43 GMT yoritomo said:

No.

The only things that eat stars in 40K are the C’tan, and that was just the energy coming off the star not the star itself.

but could you imagine what they could do if they could eat or at the least drain stars?

[arsonfire]

I think there was something in one of the Shield of Baal books about them eating gas giants. But stars, no.

[LordPathos]

Aug 15, 2021 17:18:22 GMT wound said:

the tyranids are a pretty advanced race

*Laughs in primitive and completely organic chitters*

[wound]

Advanced in terms of energy usage. And its organics are outside we can dream at this point.

[clingwrap]

Tyranids only consume organic mass. So- life, air, water. They don't consume other things.

The C'Tan, however, may be confused with the Tyranids, since they are insubstantial organisms that wrap themselves around stars and consume the photons emitted by the star. They are, however, currently trapped inside Necrontyr-made shards. Technically, if a C'Tan was to escape, it would probably appear to people on planets orbiting the star it is feeding on that the skies are darkening, much like the early stages of a tyranid invasion.

There are four escaped C'Tan currently in existance.

Several are worshiped as gods, and a fifth imprisoned one may actually be the Machine God venerated by the Adeptus Mechanicus.

[bigbadbalou]

Good guys C'Tan, helping reduce climate change impact around the galaxy since immemorial time. 

[clingwrap]

Actually they're malevolent semi-deities.

The Void Dragon is a figure of wanton destruction, oblivion and devastation. Abaddon, yes Abbadon, the leader of the flippin Black Legion, named it a New Kind of Death. It's imprisoned within Mars, and is worshiped by the Adeptus Mechanicus.

The Deciever was instrumental in the destruction of the Blackstone Fortresses.

The Nightbringer mind-raped itself as the god of death into the collective minds of basically every race except the Orks because they are not afraid of death. It also awakened the Necrons.

The Burning One let the Necrons into the Webways.

The Spiral Flame doesn't have its own page, but was deployed as a superweapon by the Necrons to fight the Tyranids.

Overall, terrifying.

[boonhause]

The tyranids DO eat non-organic matter. No stars, but they consume occasionally precious metals and minerals within a planets crust. This is conflicted in some places that state they ignore inorganic material, but is a major plot element in other areas like in 'the great work' so it can be assumed they only eat rocks when they specifically need the material. Like a vitamin. You dont eat whole ass bottles of vitamins. They also slurp up atmospheres and entire gas giants like in 'shield of baal'

[arsonfire]

Aug 29, 2021 23:51:20 GMT boonhause said:

The tyranids DO eat non-organic matter. No stars, but they consume occasionally precious metals and minerals within a planets crust. This is conflicted in some places that state they ignore inorganic material, but is a major plot element in other areas like in 'the great work' so it can be assumed they only eat rocks when they specifically need the material. Like a vitamin. You dont eat whole ass bottles of vitamins. They also slurp up atmospheres and entire gas giants like in 'shield of baal'

Yeah there was something in Devastation of Baal about that. A conversation between a marine and serf, where the serf was commenting about how tyranids are spending less time consuming each world. As they used to spend time digging through the crust to consume minerals. However now they're able to get concentrated sources of refined metals by eating imperial stuff, so they're no longer bothering to dig up so many raw materials.

[hivemindprimogenitor]

Aug 30, 2021 3:13:27 GMT arsonfire said:

Aug 29, 2021 23:51:20 GMT boonhause said:

The tyranids DO eat non-organic matter. No stars, but they consume occasionally precious metals and minerals within a planets crust. This is conflicted in some places that state they ignore inorganic material, but is a major plot element in other areas like in 'the great work' so it can be assumed they only eat rocks when they specifically need the material. Like a vitamin. You dont eat whole ass bottles of vitamins. They also slurp up atmospheres and entire gas giants like in 'shield of baal'

Yeah there was something in Devastation of Baal about that. A conversation between a marine and serf, where the serf was commenting about how tyranids are spending less time consuming each world. As they used to spend time digging through the crust to consume minerals. However now they're able to get concentrated sources of refined metals by eating imperial stuff, so they're no longer bothering to dig up so many raw materials.

Hey even the most advanced intergalactic threat needs its daily supply of iron