Editing Imperium Secundus (section)

===Tyranids===
Some think the use of the Pharos may have also been the thing that initially got the Tyranids' attention and brought them to the Milky Way, which if true would be highly ironic given the Smurfs' history with the bugs.

Initial evidence for this was circumstantial at best, but fits a pattern. In the [[First Tyrannic War]] the bugs made a beeline (pun intended) directly for Macragge, actually converging on it to a point. When this was thwarted, [[Hive Fleet Kraken]] of the Second War was also moving in the "general direction" of Ultramar, but it counted the planet Sotha (where the Pharos was kept) [[Scythes of the Emperor|as one of the casualties of war]], quite possibly knocking out its effect. Compare this to the [[Third Tyrannic War]] which attacked the Milky Way from an entirely different axis and seems to have no focus on Ultramar whatsoever and is generally much more dispersed across the galaxy rather than aiming for a particular target.

This is a plausible theory that appears to fit known events, especially when you look at maps of the hive fleets movements, but without more information on the subject it's quite difficult to tell exactly what caused the Tyranids to appear. Some in-universe sources believe that it might be the Astronomican leading them to the galaxy like a moth to the flame, but they obviously would never have been aware of the Pharos to account for any possible influence it had. It's unclear in the 42nd millennium if Guilliman, who does know about the Pharos (and indeed may be the only one left who does) has put the pieces together himself. As a bright guy he likely has but it has not come up in a book yet so it's still unknown for sure. Alternatively, he may have been too busy to think on the matter as he was incredibly busy until the [[Indomitus Crusade]] and immediately afterward the [[Plague Wars]] ended more than a century after he was released from stasis.

The epilogue for the book ''Pharos'' now pretty much confirms that the Pharos is what brought the great devourer to the Galaxy. In a brief moment when the Night Lords lay siege to Sotha, the light of the beacon shone brighter than ever before in a last ditch attempt by Warsmith Dantioch to purge the traitors from the planet. The light was noticed from outside of the Galaxy and the hive mind registered it as prey. Oops.

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