Editing Strike Legion (section)

=== Other Threats ===
While the Imperium is the main villain, the lore and the settings mention other threats, which often menace the Republic and the Imperium.

==== Ancient Ones ====
[[Cthulhu Mythos]] in space! Sorta. These things have no described origin and nobody knows what they're trying to do, they just wreak havoc wherever they go. They don't actually have a physical presence, if one appears, it controls a trio of unique frames as the closest thing to one. They fight using high-level acts of Mastery, and in turn, can only be damaged by Mastery.

==== Battle Heralds ====
Mechanical planet-eating machines that destroy planets and use their resources to build more ships. They equip shields that make anything on the Republic and the Imperium's biggest ships look like paper. Their bigger ships also can construct their smaller ones during a battle. Their biggest ship also is second only to the Imperium's largest fortresses in terms of durability and has more [[dakka| guns]] than anything else in the game. The sample mission for fighting them gives them a pretty good-sized fleet, so the player is given two additional Strike Cruisers and five large detachments from the Fleet to stop them. You'll likely need it against their fleet.

==== The Hive ====
A collective race of biomechanical horrors that exists only to consume the living and reproduce. These monsters are driven to destroy by their Overmind, which is believed to be an incorporeal consciousness that wants these creatures to spread throughout the universe replacing all other forms of life.

==== Dark Masters ====
The threat that gets the most attention besides the Imperium. They're Masters who attempt an act they can't control and go insane from perceiving too much of reality. When they do they seek to try and do whatever insane things they can learn everything, even if puts innocent lives in danger, which can amount to planets, and entire solar systems, some ideas being dropped even include a group that threatens to destroy the current reality. In addition to their own capabilities, they will also use their powers to bring [[Daemon]]s into our universe to do their bidding.