Developed alongside the Desolation Beast, Consumption Beasts were originally meant to consume the dregs of a spawning pool before the Desolation Beasts were unleashed. This could be the last of the fluids and amniotic structures left in a vat after a successful spawn, but other, darker scenarios are equally common. It was in fact watching a Consumption beast devour a failed drone vat that inspired the Directorate to deploy them on the battlefield. The carnage this multipedal monstrosities unleash on the battlefield thrilled the observers and ensured their deployment en masse. The psychological impact of eating, and not just killing its foes, is just icing on the cake as far as the Directorate is concerned.
How they Play: Ravenous, insatiable, and inevitable, the Consumption Beast is a gluttonous machine of abhorrent design. Enemies are crushed and pulled into its cavernous maw, fuelling the regenerative properties of this battlefield terror.
