Editing Hive Ship (section)

==Breed==

===Basic===

====Base====

[[File:HiveShipBFGA2.jpg|300px|right|thumb|The biggest mouth you're gonna see.]]

The most basic and generic of Hive Ship. A 'Base' Hive Ship are the most common and adaptable breed of these superorganisms.

Rumours abound regarding Hive Ships. Some believe that though most swarms have multiple Hive Ships, there is still just one ship that maintains a central control of the entire swarm, allowing it to coordinate its fleet's assault, though this can not be confirmed. There are also unsubstantiated reports of indescribably huge Hive Ships that arrive in the final stages of a world's consumption, which would explain how the Hive Fleets can consume the vast quantities of material represented by a planet's life, air, and oceans.

The base Hive Ship is the only one of the Battleships in the Tyranid fleet that fields entirely standard weaponry, however, it actually comes in second place for raw dps due to the amount of lance based [[Bio-Plasma Battery|Bio-Plasma weapons]] it has. The Hive Ship does take the lead when it comes to critical hits per minute, being well above and beyond any other ship in the Tyranid arsenal.

One other point to mention about the Hive Ship is that of the two top damage number Battleships, it has significantly closer ranges for all of its weaponry due to the damage type choice. The Bio Acid Hive Ship, on the other hand, has higher dps, includes launch bays and can maintain a much longer range, longer than any other Tyranid ship by default.

It is armed with 2 Heavy [[Bio-Plasma Battery|Bio-Plasma Discharge Artillery]], 2 [[Bio-Plasma Battery]] Weapons, 4 [[Pyro-Acid Battery]] Weapons and a [[Tyranid_Bio-Weapons#Great Claws|Spur.]]

*'''Length:''' 10-15km; approx
*'''Mass:''' 35.5 megatonnes; approx
*'''Crew:''' Millions to billions of organisms
*'''Acceleration:''' 1.2 gravities max sustainable acceleration; approx
===Carrier===

====Bio-Tentacles====

[[File:14436606_f1024.jpg|300px|right|thumb|YUM NYUM NYUM NYUM NYUM!]]

A carrier meant for close-ranged assaults.

The weakest Battleship both in dps numbers-wise and single target damage/cpm wise, the Bio-Tentacles Hive Ship trades that for having powerful assault actions with its combined [[Tyranid_Bio-Weapons#Feeder Tentacles|Feeder Tentacles]] and 3 launch bays that can all deploy assault squadrons against the same enemy.

The Acid Infestation Hive Ship is comparable considering it can launch another 4 assault squadrons and do more damage and cpm against a single target, but the added bonus of flinging enemy ships around with the Hook ability gives the Bio Tentacles Hive Ship a definite fun factor.

It is armed with [[Tyranid_Bio-Weapons#Feeder Tentacles|Feeder Tentacles]], 3 [[Bio-Plasma Battery]] Weapons, 3 Launch Bays carrying [[Tyranid_Harpy|Harpies]] and [[Ether-Swimming Brood]]s and a [[Tyranid_Bio-Weapons#Great Claws|Spur.]]

*'''Length:''' 10-15km; approx
*'''Mass:''' 31 megatonnes; approx
*'''Crew:''' Millions to billions of organisms, millions of spaceborne creatures
*'''Acceleration:''' 1.2 gravities max sustainable acceleration; approx
====Acid Infestation====

[[File:14436621_f1024.jpg|300px|right|thumb|The more [[Dakka]] version of the Bio-Tentacles.]]

The second carrier type and this one is for more longer ranges. The Acid Infestation Hive Ship with its 6 Launch Bays it brings to the field, is actually the second most efficient Carrier when considering points cost per launch bay, coming in just a fraction below 60 points per bay.

The Battleship Carrier gets beaten out by 55 points per bay with the [[Infestation Devourer]] Battle Cruiser. The plus side to taking the Hive Ship version is that you actually get standard weaponry to fall back on, and fairly decent weaponry at that, which compares to the raw dps/cpm numbers of many Cruisers/Battle Cruisers.

It is armed with 1 Super Heavy [[Pyro-Acid Battery|Pyro-Acid Artillery]], 1 Heavy [[Bio-Plasma Battery|Bio-Plasma Discharge Artillery]], 6 Launch Bays carrying [[Tyranid_Harpy|Harpies]] and [[Ether-Swimming Brood]]s and a [[Tyranid_Bio-Weapons#Great Claws|Spur.]]

*'''Length:''' 10-15km; approx
*'''Mass:''' 32.3 megatonnes; approx
*'''Crew:''' Millions to billions of organisms, millions of spaceborne creatures
*'''Acceleration:''' 1.2 gravities max sustainable acceleration; approx
===Lance-Boat===

====Bio-Acid====

[[File:14436625_f1024.jpg|300px|right|thumb|The chads of Hive Ships. We know you want it.]]

A lance-boat with some limited carrier capabilities. The Bio-Acid Hive Ship is an excellent choice of Battleship for a number of reasons. First things first, it can cause a considerable number of fires with its high, second place CPM and takes the spot for top DPS damage dealer of the entire Tyranid fleet, without taking special weapon effects into account.

While it does this, it also takes top spot of longest range hitter of the Tyranid ship in the fleets, being the only Battleship to host two of the 13,500 range Pyro-Acid Artillery weapons and only one of two ships to have them at all.

It is armed with 2 Super Heavy [[Pyro-Acid Battery|Pyro-Acid Artillery]], 2 [[Bio-Plasma Battery]] Weapons, 2 [[Pyro-Acid Battery]] Weapons, 2 Launch Bays carrying [[Tyranid_Harpy|Harpies]] and [[Ether-Swimming Brood]]s and a [[Tyranid_Bio-Weapons#Great Claws|Spur.]]

*'''Length:''' 10-15km; approx
*'''Mass:''' 36 megatonnes; approx
*'''Crew:''' Millions to billions of organisms, millions of spaceborne creatures
*'''Acceleration:''' 1.2 gravities max sustainable acceleration; approx