Editing Parasite of Mortrex (section)

===That Time Mortrex Threw a Baby Shower===
Summarized succinctly, the Parasite of Mortrex is a more direct analogue to the [[Alien|Xenomorph]] than their [[genestealer]] cousins, perhaps not physically, but more in the spirit of function. By that, I mean that the Parasite of Mortrex has a barbed ovipositor that it uses to [[/d/|inject]] their prey with [[ripper]] eggs, where they then pop from the target from anywhere between a few minutes to a few hours. Literally picture the chest-burster scene from the first "Alien" movie.

Nevertheless, the lore of the Parasite is that, on the Imperial world of Mortrex, the [[Imperial Guard]] proved incredibly difficult to crack that day, as their lines were pretty much unbreakable. [[Hive Fleet Kraken]], however, wouldn't be deterred, and on the tenth-day of the siege, the [[Norn Queen]]s spit out the first Parasite, which was developed from mutated [[Tyranid Warrior]] genes, given wings and a whiplike tail instead of legs. This first Parasite, a trial run for the [[Hive Fleet]], flew down and started sowing the seeds of the coming ripper swarms, using hit-and-run tactics to lay rippers all across their lines. By the time the eggs hatched, the lines crumpled from within, and Hive Fleet Kraken overran the planet. The only thing to escape the battle was a [[Astropath|astropathic]] message that warned of the "Parasite of Mortrex", solidifying the creature's legend in the Imperium.