Tyranids "R" Us [40k Tyranid Hivemind SI]

a common misconception is that if you have enough computing power you can figure out anything but that's not true, you still need to to perform tests and experiments to gather data to create computer models and your models are only as good as the data you have to feed them

 

Still leaves the option of sending back the memories and data to a previous point. If a bunch of parasites can, (sort of?), do it so can our highly adaptable friend.

 

There's a fun quandary on what humanity exactly is. The best example is our pets, the most extreme being the dog as humans and wolves co-evolved wolves became more human like in behavior than even some of our closest relatives in the animal kingdom.

Dogs exhibit behaviors that are only beneficial for interaction with one species on this planet. Examples include but are not limited to, looking at eyes as a way to determine focus and direction, understanding ties between scent and behavior of a separate species and willing to risk self harm in defense of another species.

Humanity is defined as reference to humans collectively but it's often used as a vague way to define a quality of human nature.

Humanity is probably better described as a shared set of behaviors because while dogs are not human they are arguably part of humanity.

 

I really liked this chapter. Thanks, OP.

 

Garbage in garbage out is something I’ve heard, dunno the actual term though. Lol.

 

Something that occurs to me is that at one point the hive-mind figured out how to create matter out of the Warp, IIRC. Then we were shown how certain psionic matrices would functionally create energy and matter out of nothing more than a sufficiently strong idea.

Doesn't that represent an end to entropy?

 

I don't mean to hurt entropy's feelings, but entropy doesn't have shit on the 40K 'verse.
The instant realspace got connected to a dimension of infinite energy and endless feedback loops, entropy went and hid in the corner for a while.

 

Huh. Humanity is starting to catch up to the Eldar, aren't they? Though saying that where an Eldar can hear might cause them to pop a blood vessel for the sheer presumption and unmitigated gall of even thinking primitive monkeys could possibly match the Eldar in anything.

Also, what might the Eldar and Chaos Gods be thinking about Tyr, I wonder... Surely they've noticed him by now?

 

DAOT humanity was honestly pretty close to matching the Eldar in Canon, it's going way faster in this timeline.
Also Tyr is an amazing name for the MC, I've been struggling with what to call the "Tyranid Hivemind" way less of a mouthfull.

 

Pair that with the ability to make synthetic bodies and you potentially have unlimited, elective reincarnation for all of humanity.

 

I'd rather not. There's a Norse god with that name that got killed by the guard dog of the underworld.

Edit:

Expand! Expand! EXPAND!

No longer bound by extant resources the Hivemind can make anything at any desired quantity.

 

Just binged this. I love 40K fics that start long before the 40K or even 30K time periods, and watch how small and large changes butterfly their way into the future.

 

Also, Just binged this. Loving the fic. Especially all the non-MC POVs introducing the changes humanity is going through. I hope you do more of these. Especially, something from the Emperor's POV. Also is the Emperor still in his "Graven Huges" persona, since everyone is Immortal now and has no need to change?


Now that Necrons are a thing. If Tyr and Emperor can establish contact with The Silent King. There might be a possibility of our matchless duo becoming a tremendous Trio. I have always thought the Silent King as a good leader (although not all his people listen to him), compared to every other faction in 40k. Also, Tyr and Emperor being the most powerful of psykers might be able to help him with his goal of getting back the Souls of Necrons. They already have a history of cooperation in the main!40k Timeline, Trazyn helped in restarting the Necron Pylons in Cadia.

 

I just binged this too.
Do you have a list of all the story's of this concept?
I love this concept to.

 

No list for you unfortunately. It's a rarer form of 40K fanfiction, so I've just come across a few scattered here and there on the internet, and I don't think I have actual accounts anywhere else I encountered them, so I don't actually have a favorites list I can search or anything.

... Actually wait, I just remembered one I was reading recently. ... no wait, that's a 30K fic. Nevermind. If your interested in 30K though, I can recommend Everqueen. Isha instead of running and hiding from Slaanesh behind Nurgle, instead slices off a large chunk of her divinity, and runs and hides behind the emperor. The emperor is not particularly pleased and doesn't much trust her, but as far as Isha is concerned, if the Emperor decides he just can't trust her and kills her, that's still a better result than getting grabbed by a chaos god. They are slowly figuring out how to work together, and because it came up in thread a lot, there is NOT going to be romance between the emperor and Isha.

 

Boo

I want romance between Big E and Elf Mommy

Real talk though: this fic is awesome and I want more please.

 

I really hope this story isnt dead. I just binged this and need more. Ive read some comments bemoaning that there is less of a focus on the mc, and takes a look at the wider universe. All i have to say to that is: what do you expect? Even the smallest changes mc introduced in the 2nd millennium would make massive waves by the 30th, never mind the 40th. Its a big big universe, and theres more going on than what the mc can see.

Personally, i would love to see more orky pov, and maybe even take a look at the necron pov? Even if its just some rando lord waking up and noticing that his favorite voidship is missing. (I play necrons irl, so i got a soft spot for em).

Again, i loved what I've read, and hope to read more at some point.