Editing Hive Fleet Leviathan (section)

== The Devastation of Baal ==

Following down the same road as its precursors, Hive Fleet Behemoth and Hive Fleet Kraken, Leviathan has now been largely destroyed, the Bio-Mass it absorbed and used in its creation lost to the [[Hive Mind]]. Although one Tendril remains mired in perpetual conflict with the Orks of the Octarius Empire, the largest Tendril has now been obliterated at [[Baal]] after the Great Rift opened up and dragged most of their ships into the Warp. At the same time, [[Ka'bandha]] and the army of Khorne Daemons he led showed up on Baal Prime to make it clear to the Hive Mind that he would not be robbed of his revenge. An epic way of reminding us all that Khorne is also the God of Martial Honor.

Although the Hive Fleet [[Devastation of Baal|devoured most of the Baal System]], the [[Blood Angels]] were able to rebuild and resupply using the new Primaris Marines provided to them by the Indomitus Crusade, though it is said that they are still stretched thin. The [[Swarmlord]] died again in this battle, slain in single combat by an exhausted Dante. Yes, Dante at the end of his ropes killed the Swarmlord one-on-one. Suck it, [[Spiritual Liege|Ward]].

Unfortunately, several of the Hive ships that the Great Rift swallowed up were expelled back into the Materium, allowing the countless new splinter fleets this created to extend as far as Segmentum Solar. Many of these splinters are said to possess entirely new biomorphs, possibly as a byproduct of Warp fuckery. On the bright side, only a few ships were shat back out by the Warp, so by "splinter fleets" it's really more like "a few ships here and there". Easy target practice if you can find them and most worlds can probably defend themselves against such minor forces. The real problem is if they find anything important and fuck it up.

On top of that, the Tyranids have begun detaching elements of the Octarius tendril to form new tendrils, which have been greatly strengthened by their acquisition of Ork genetic material. It's gotten to the point where the Hive Fleet has occasionally left biomass behind for lesser Hive Fleets such as Kronos and Hydra to feed upon, as they are thought to have acquired all they need to begin their push to Segmentum Solar.