From the moment the Trisolarian Civilization had decided to go all in on a war of attrition, its fate had already been sealed.
A war of attrition against the Imperium?
Fine. Your wish was my command...
...At Alvin's command, the order passed through the Warp to Mars.
In the lower cargo hold of the vast Mechanicus Ark, there were Tyrants aboard—the perfect fusion of Black Goo and T-Virus.
This model of Tyrant was the best of all worlds!
Not only did it possess the Black Goo's astonishing growth rate, allowing it to spread at incredible speed by drawing nutrients from the atmosphere, but the T-Virus's highly efficient infectivity also gave the Tyrants an astonishing rate of reproduction!
At first glance, only tens of thousands of Tyrants had been deployed.
But the Tech-Priests of the Adeptus Mechanicus knew all too well just how terrifying these things were.
Once a Tyrant serving as a Mother Body died, its flesh would completely merge with the ground and spread madly like spores, forming a breeding ground for the virus... a Mycelial Carpet!
This Mycelial Carpet combined the properties of Black Goo with the advantages of the T-Virus.
It spread quickly and was incredibly difficult to eradicate. Just like the Greenskin Orcs, the moment these Tyrant Mother Bodies landed on Tethys, the fate of the asteroid and every life-form on it had already been sealed.
Some might ask:
If the Tyrants were so powerful, surely they must be incredibly expensive to produce?
Actually, no. Each Tyrant cost only a hundred thousand dollars.
A hundred thousand dollars wouldn't save you from a bad deal, but it would get you a loyal biowarrior!
Admittedly, in terms of individual strength, the Tyrant wasn't particularly strong.
In a one-on-one fight, even some experienced Astra Militarum trooper could probably beat