Tyranids: Hive-Fleet Grendel (WIP) (WEAPONCORE)

Update 18.03.2024 - Added Hiveship. Clang save us all.

After rescent AI inventions made by Engineers, the amount of mining work across the system skyrocketed. But due to the rapidly growing colonies and stations, massive space battles and usage of AI ships and drones, an insane amount of radio noise was produced into the black void beyond. And the void heard this noise. And responded. Slowly but inevitably, it crawled in the direction of our system and only now reached its goal. The flight was long. But the void is finally here, and it's hungry.

This mod introduces the one, the only, the Great Devourer, the Tyranids, a massive alien threat inspired by Battlefleet: Gothic Armada 2 game and Warhammer 40k setting. The Hive-Fleet Grendel, a fleet of organic battleships bred by the Hive Mind specifically to deal with the Space Engineers in their system, is bursting right into our worlds, feeding upon everything it can reach! The NPCs this mod adds are often very big and very difficult, requiring either a good cooperation or very powerful modded weaponry to defeat.

The mod is intended to be used with the Tyranid Weaponry mod for full functionality.

With this mod installed, you'll encounter the following enemies in your world: _____________________________________________________

Vanguard - a small solitary living voidship, occupies a scouting role in the Hive-Fleet and could often be seen at the early stages of the player progression. It's relatively weak compared to others and never spawns in groups.

Cubes: 609 Length: 108m Mass: 0.7Kt Main weapons: One light weapon in the mouth. Auxilliary weapons: none

Variations: Leech, Spitter, Strangler _____________________________________________________

Drone - a small Tyranid battle voidship serving as a corvette counterpart. Not very sturdy, but has more varieties than Vanguard and may attack in packs, overwhelming the opponent with sheer numbers.

Cubes: 1371 Length: 143m Mass: 1.9Kt Main weapons: One light weapon in the mouth. Auxilliary weapons: none

Variations: Corrosive, Strangler, Leech, Bio-Plasma _____________________________________________________

Kraken - the first major threat for the players, a light cruiser analogue of the Tyranids. It has only one weapon in its disposal, but in each shot this weapon concentrates all of the devastating capabilities of the whole armament of any standard ship of the similar size.

Cubes: 4422 Length: 266m Mass: 8.5Kt Main weapons: One medium weapon in the mouth. Auxilliary weapons: none

Variations: Corrosive, Strangler, Clutch, Bio-Torpedo _____________________________________________________

Voidprowler - the main voidship of the Hive Fleet Grendel and one of the most dangerous foes to encounter. Voidprowlers have the widest variety of adaptations of all other bioforms and, like all heavy voidships, it takes less damage from all sources due to the heavy armor.

Cubes: 10000+ Length: 322m Mass: 19Kt Main weapons: One heavy weapon in the mouth. Auxilliary weapons: 2 light weapons on each side, Spike-shooting carapace

Variations: Corrosive, Corrosive Strangler, Bio-Corrosive, Bio-Predator, Leech-Corrosive, Leech-Torpedo, Infestation, Infestation-Torpedo, Bio-Strangler, Leeching Clutch, Bio-Clutch _____________________________________________________

Razorfiend - an enormous enforcer of the Hive-Fleet Grendel, this dreadnought-sized voidship is capable of fighting a small battle groups on its own due to its many different adaptations helping this voidship in every combat situation. Razorfiend is often equally dangerous both in long-ranged and close-ranged combat thanks to the main weapon empowerment, and its flak spores won't let it be shot by the missiles and rockets so easily.

Cubes: 17000+ Length: 380m Mass: 41.6Kt Main weapons: One heavy weapon and 2 Feeder tentacles in the mouth Auxilliary weapons: 4 light weapons on each side, 2 Harpy Bays, Spike-shooting carapace, flak spores emitters, small ramming spurs.

Variations: Corrosive, Bio-Corrosive, Corrosive-Plasma, Bio-Predator, Bio-Torpedo, Infestation-Torpedo, Leech-Predator _____________________________________________________

Devourer - one of the biggest living voidships of Grendel forces of all that entered the system. Its colossal mouth is always agape, and its terrific hunger is insatiable. Capable of destroying the whole fleets alone, this nightmarish foe flies straignt to the potential prey, tearing it with its teeth, breaking it with feeder tentacles and dissolving it with its stomach acid, turning even the biggest warships into the scattered remains yet to be fed upon.

Cubes: 23000+ Length: 466m Mass: 75.3Kt Main weapons: Devourer weaponry (depending on the class), rows of teeth, Drool cannon Auxilliary weapons: 5 light weapons on each side, Spike-shooting carapace, flak spores emitters

Variations: Bio-Clutch, Leeching Clutch, Infestation Clutch, Bio-Strangler, Leeching Strangler, Infestation Strangler, Abomination, Bio-Abomination, Corrosive Abomination _____________________________________________________

Hiveship - When this titan of destruction enters the battle, the space itself bends before its immeasurable mass and psychic prescence. Being the flagship of the Tyranid invasion and the final foe for the engineers to defeat, Hiveship posesses a whole arsenal of incredibly lethal weaponry and abilities, allowing it to destroy fleets upon fleets upon fleets.