Zoats are kinda important to me: Do we have Stats for 'em?
These models were suggested on the other Epic List & they look 'Right':
http://www.gladiatorgames.co.uk/zythian_inf.jpg
In my personal take on the Tyranids; Zoats are the 'Progenitor
Species' of Tyranids, and the Hive Mind was an unexpected consumptive
Fall-Out parallel and similair to the Birth of Slaanesh and the Fall
of the Eldar.
(I've actually developed a good chunk of Fluff-Apocrypha {based on 1st
and 2nd ed Fluff} that says the Zoats and Slaan were the First 40K
Milieu Cognitive Species: eg the "Old Ones". {...I did say it was
Apocryphal...and I know 3rd ed & 40KIV fluff sort of invalidates it...}.
They engaged in Cosmic WarFare similair to the Vorlons and Shadows
of Babylon 5, or the Mystics and Skeksis of the Dark Crystal. {If you
have ever read Bruce Sterling's cyberpunk Classic 'Schismatrix', it
follows the lines of his "Shaper" vs "Mechanist" conflicts}, Thus:
[{Zoats(Mystics+Vorlons+Shapers)}
x {Tyranids(Warp Bio-Organics)}
= Hive Mind]
+
[{Slaan(Skeksis+Shadows+Mechanists)}
-{Necrontyr(Warp Bio-Mechanics)}
=Necrons]
=
{Creation of Warp Conciousnesses and the Birth of the 40K milieu}
Anyway: the Point is, I've got a 'Soft Spot' for Zoats...
(mumbles from the crowd "Yeah: right in the Middle of his ForeHead!)
I've always liked the Idea of a Zoat being able to control a
certain number of Tyranids (similair to the control that Henson's
'Mystics' display over the 'Skeksis' "Gartham"...
Thus: in Game Terms: I've used Zoats as allies for Eldar in 40K
(straight from the 1st ed Eldar Army list in "Book of the Astronomican").
I've theorized that a Zoat-Controlled Tyranid force (where Zoats
replace all Dominatrix and Tyrants in 'Node' slots: such a force
probably shouldn't be able to use 'Stealers either...) could be used
as an Ally to any Force (representing the Zoats attempt to re-unite
the Cosmic Balance...)
Such a Tyranid force would in fact be <evil chuckle>.....
under "Re-Zoat Control"
< groans from the Peanut Gallery >
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