Hi!
Yes. They are in the new Tyranid 5.0 book.
Peter
Toma Diener wrote:
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> Zoats are kinda important to me: Do we have Stats for 'em?
>These models were suggested on the other Epic List & they look 'Right':
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>http://www.gladiatorgames.co.uk/zythian_inf.jpg
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> 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.
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>(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...}.
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> 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:
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>[{Zoats(Mystics+Vorlons+Shapers)}
>x {Tyranids(Warp Bio-Organics)}
>= Hive Mind]
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>[{Slaan(Skeksis+Shadows+Mechanists)}
>-{Necrontyr(Warp Bio-Mechanics)}
>=Necrons]
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>{Creation of Warp Conciousnesses and the Birth of the 40K milieu}
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>Anyway: the Point is, I've got a 'Soft Spot' for Zoats...
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>(mumbles from the crowd "Yeah: right in the Middle of his ForeHead!)
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> 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"...
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>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").
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> 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...)
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>Such a Tyranid force would in fact be <evil chuckle>.....
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>under "Re-Zoat Control"
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>< groans from the Peanut Gallery >
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>"ReB T'oma, the Shaman'O'Gamin' "
>Memetic Engineer-Knight Kadosh
>Head Designer, Wabi-Sabi Games
>"If It's Wabi-Sabi, its Shabui Sho' 'Nuff!!"
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Received on Wed Apr 20 2005 - 13:07:45 UTC
