Editing Hive Fleet Colossus (section)

== Singularities of Hive Fleet Colossus ==

Hive Fleet Colossus's bio-ships don't seem to be like the rest of the Tyranid fleet. Instead of being fully made of organic materials, Colossus's bio-ships appeared to be made out of rock and stone, with the organic part on the inside like some sort of hermit crab.

Also, Hive Fleet Colossus was recorded to use a particularly interesting organism for their means: a race of sentient, centaur-like beings, most likely the [[Zoats]]. This species was supposedly a product of the Hive Mind and were a race of sentient beings that could use mechanical technology, had some level of sentience and intelligence and were used as slaves by the Tyranids. They were even capable of comunication through psychic means like telepathy, and most experts thought they were used as envoys or ambassadors in service of the hive fleet. These creatures could be fused with Tyranid symbiontes, which could allow them to use some tyranid bioweaponry, allowing them to act as soldiers. However, the passing of time and the evolution of the lore made this particular element irrelevant: The image of the 'nids as a massive swarm united by a singular Hive Mind doesn't mix well with the zoats, and their role as ambassadors or slaves was made irrelevant by the creation of other bioforms, like the genestealer for infiltration and sabotage. Also, the players didn't like this unit that much, so GW decided to erase them from the game. The zoats are usually said to have been eaten by the Tyranids in a futile attempt to escape from their grasp, after the Hive Mind realized individual consciousness and sentience were not that useful compared to an unified mind. Thus, they were eaten by the 'nids, just like the [[Squats]], and now they are almost (if not entirely) extinct.

Also, these centaur-like creatures are the sources of the rumour saying the Tyranids are running away from something even scarier than them. But, considering that the ones saying that were the Zoats, and the influence of the hive fleet was questionable, maybe they were referring to the Tyranids themselves. Perhaps, even, Colossus was a standout of the ever-evolving Tyranid race, an artifact of Tyrannic evolution now lost to history.