Use this Stratagem at the start of the battle round, when selecting a Synaptic Imperative ability to be active for your army. If your WARLORD is on the battlefield and has the HIVE TENDRIL keyword, this turn you can select the Synaptic Imperative ability of a destroyed model from your army instead of one from a model that is on the battlefield. Note that, unless otherwise allowed, you still cannot select that ability if it has already been selected by you earlier in the battle.