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Nope
Who can kill the other
Also this yeah
Custodes generally speaking
Can kill the other
Plus there’s an inherent fear factor of facing down a Custodes
like, an Inquisitor literally has no right to tell a custodian what to do. A custodian will only listen if the person is actually making sense or is requesting something properly, its up to them to say yes or no
Not a good look
i dont want to get into power levelling but would a high inquisitor even be a match to a lore custodies
no
damn
Some could but that’s not really the point
to kill a custodian you need some serious gear
It’s a bad idea for your career and wellbeing
Everybody will be after your head
oh right killing a custodies would be like killing a part of the emperor lol
yup
even chaos would be like daaaamn
It’s very likely a Captain General will form a host to go hunt you down
Chaos would probably send you a gift basket
Yeah even if you arent a part of the original 10,000 even new custodians are still bodyguards of the Emperor
They’re as direct a symbol of the emperor that exists
Anybody who's high ranking enough will know, anybody who's dumb enough to try and prove it simply gets their head blown off
All inquisitors would know
Yeah this
i bet some lower ranking idiots would challenge the authority
They likely have never seen one
if you dont know as an Inquisitor you gotta be as braindead as Darkhammer lol
But that’s not the point
they probably have a couple of paintings or something
see that the golden man looks similar
like some arbites would ask the custodian what their legal jurisdiction is
propaganda posters, paintings etc
You'd probably just think it's a large golden statue
Arbites would know
half their life is like
brainwashing themselvs reading scriptures
And would be terrified
and propaganda
their rituals never got retconned
Seriously though, seeing a custodes in reality must be fucking terrifying
so
"DID THAT STATUE JUST MOVE?"
If you're low enough -> Think Custodes is a SM and do as they order
If you're hight enough -> Know it's a Custodes and do as they order
ive been thinking about that and dont arbites basically follow high lords of terra laws?
If you're dumb enough -> Die before you even realize you're dead
so arbites wouldn't blindly listen to any space marines
I mean they would
but they still got clout to say no
it depends again
remember these are the same people that say shit like this
lol
they're brain washed by law stuff instead of ecclesiarchy stuff tho
They are by both
so they'd be more similar to minotaur chapter
ATTENTION CITIZEN. MULTIPLE THIRD PARTY INDIVIDUALS HAVE REPORTED ONE OR MORE OF YOUR RECENT ACTIONS AS BEING INAPPROPRIATE
i like arbites i wish they get books
Ok @crystal forum , take real life, you've got a cop that's faced with an Army grunt, will they do what they say, probably not, but if an Army Sergeant or higher does, then they might be more inclined to do so
those lovable judge dredd ripoffs
i need to get into dredd
i rewatched the good movie for the 6th time the other day
I kinda didnt like there newer models tbh, they look too much like sisters of battle and less judge dread
so weird watching it knowing dredd's actor is fucking billy buther
with the black power armour looking shit right?
i think that's just that specific kill team
I am now imagining Femboy Arbiters and IDK whether I should give my soul up to Slaanesh or be executed for Heresy

i like the doggo
Face the wall heretek
They don't really look that similar, it's just that they both have PA
There are worse things in the world, like, murder? Or starvation?
Idk where i was going with that
i get your point they both have very similar styles
They should of used different helmets
Are you all blind
Look at the helmets, look at the pauldrons
In the same way that Sister of Battle/SM/Custodes do then 
also nice that the dredd pauldron is still there
Its the same fucking armor
cool nod
^
shoot this fool
send him to DETROIT
Wait me
Who
Also I wish there were more unique Sisterhoods.
i dont like the custodes flip up visor
🫵
it should be part of the stupid helmet
CUSTODES DONT HAVE FLIP-UP VISORS
NOT THE DETROIT NOO NOT DETROIT
do yall mfers even know what the original arbite minis looked like
Which model ?
My point stands
no it does not
guards, take him away
"imperium are the good guys"
i need to stop huffing IPA
isopropyl alcohol
I was thinking of those
i love how shotgun models have literally not changed at all
Those are old old
See how they dont look like misters of battle
lasgun and bolter both changed so much
Cause they look like mini SM
shotgun is still the same
Idk man, those skulls, black and red color scheme, shotguns, and evil looking robo dog look absolutely friendly
dog named cupcake:
i like the heavy stubber guy
he's really giving his all
also painting those eyes must be a nightmare
If it’s not powered then how is it making me so erect.
also yet another nail in the "humans cant use bolters" coffin
the community loves parroting dumb shit
To quote the rolling stones, paint it black.
Also again, I wish SoB's were like Space Marines in terms of customization.
I mean the reason why they're so popular is that you can have chapters that have widely different cultures and also different color schemed
Not exactly as varied as the Space Marines. But having different colored PA would be nice.
I mean a Valkyrie themed SoB chapter sounds cool
not as much as orks though
yo
Yup
One regiment is dressed like WW1
and then you have the Vostroyans who look straight out of the 1800s
I mean
Yeah, I'm just saying that even the famous ones are widely different
Then there only one true guard
You literally just have Rambos
The solar aux
space marines you need to at least follow the general looks and the colour is up to you
The only valid guard
Since Feudal Worlds exist, you can even have ones wearing Knight Armor
but for militarum you can do ANYTHING
Having them wield Longswords while shooting a laspistol
Actually that sounds wicked
But yeah out of both the Guard and the Marines, the Sisters of Battle have like
Two different types of clothing
Battle Nun and
Nurse Nun
That also can battle
I like the Ordos Hospitaller
my first custom regiment comes from an armoury world that was once covered in extremely rich massive palaces during the dark age of tech which eventually eroded to dust with time so everything from the planet is caked in dust sand
i dont care if gold doesnt erode fuck you
"holy shit, is that a custod- no wait. That's just another gold covered ogyrn."
Eye of the Emperor: "hehe. They will never find me."
also excuse for me to use old dumb equipment because armoury world
Cadians getting mad because the guardsman regiment has volkite

Blackstone Fortresses cant melt planet crusts!
i cant tell if conspiracies that roboute did cadia is lore accurate or not
even in the cadia novels they're like why did you desert your post on this exploding planet
which would be like sending 9/11 survivors to prison
in-universe too
nuh uh
Mordians 💀
BRUH
this is most offensive one I can find

me frfr
NagarJuna would've saved us if we used their product....
ngl that goes hard
Fun fact, NagarJuna was an influential Buddhist Philosopher who lived over a millennium ago
So to replicate this in 40k
Imagine a company named
ok
sounds heretical
Actually TV commercials in 40k would be fucking hilarious.
"Got a heretic in your doorstep?"
"Tired of being attacked by gangers on your way home?"
"Want to protect your family?"
"Well you need the Cadia MKIV Chainsword: Made For Cadians, By Cadians!
Just one press of the trigger, and your heretic problem will be sent to the emperor for judgement!"
"But wait, there's more. Order in the next 10 minutes and you'll get a free Heavy Laspistol to go with it!"
Which primarch is most likely to sit in their underwear, in a dark room, staring blankly at the wall as they spoon what they assume to be cereal absently into their mouth
For that is what the God Emperor intended.
Original copypasta: https://www.reddit.com/r/copypasta/comments/9sc91k/own_a_musket_for_home_defense/
Special thanks for the Laslock design: https://www.deviantart.com/pleezy56/art/Dagat-Pattern-Las-Lock-Rifle-931016311
for a second I was reading cadians as Canadians
Warning: Product Malfunction can cause lacerations, shrapnel, and death. Contact your local tech priest for signs of Daemon possession. Unadvised to give children, keep in a high shelf.
"What are you waiting for? Order now!"
... honestly the Cadians having Canadian accents sound plausible
Honestly a Laslock in Darktide would be fun to use.
Fuck the Long Las, give me a Las Lock
I wanna use a glorified musket
if we go by darktide then the cadians are space birmingham I guessss?
Cadia Stands, ey
If it's space Birmingham then thank god it was destroyed


Also one final thing
This
hahahah
I mean it's true
konrad curze fanboys and fangirls in a nutshell
hes so misunderstood
murders 90% of a population to make 10% scared into loyalty
uh
I got bad news
Birmingham is a major regimental tithe world, recruiting between five and ten million Imperial Guardsmen every year.[2a]
Birmingham is also the homeworld of the Harbingers Space Marine Chapter.[4]

I mean. Considering all the current mess going on, they might as well be a prime Imperial recruitment location/shitpost
I fucking love how it had a daemonic invasion ontop of everything else

the populace prob barely noticed
I mean, Warp are emotions, so…
Like Argel Tal is one my favorites, and I actually like him and Raum.
And then I remember.
"Oh yeah he murdered like... Millions of people."
Also he looks like this
Tbf he is Daemon possessed in this picture, but that does not help

Guy only got sexier honestly
Too bad Erebus fucking killed him
And for an even heavier handed contemporary issue shitpost…
[Spoilers for really heavy handed contemporary issues shitpost, you have been warned.]
||The locals of (planet) Birmingham cannot complain about migration issues if they are not ON the planet.||
Honestly, it speaks a lot about Erebus that Raum, the Daemon that made Argel look like this, fucking warned Argel desperately and told him to kill him before he kills us
Like the Daemon that probably eats children on the daily was like
"Bro this dude has bad vibes. He's gonna kill us, you have to kill him. Kill him before he kills us all and fucks up everything."
Erebus moment
I am still sad 40k era Demonic possessed Astartes lost their guns.
And I don’t even Chaos
Honestly I know Chaos doesn't do well with things like Maintenance
But it would be really cool to see some CSMs use 30k era weapons
Like Volkite
Yeah they used Autocannons
And Rotor Guns
Gal vorbak’s shooting sucks hard tbh
The one rare instance where the generic “combi weapon” profile we have is a boon; modelling in Combi Volkites.
Again, IK that maintenance isn't good for those in the Eye, but some cool 30k weapons being used by Chaos would be awesome
Same. I spent time hunting down Combi Plasmas at the tail end of ninth…
Sad.
As dif weapons
Me staring at my combi plasma sternguard

Also since the Dark Mechanicum are insane.
They could make some really cool weapons
Like idk
And me Deathwatch that I painfully converted as well…
I can’t be too mad I guess
Imagine a Plasma Heavy Bolter or something
That sounds more like Dark Angels territory
The mechanicus already has full auto plasma cannons tbf
I dodged a bullet by not getting any Primaris things at all.
Oh yeah genuine question, can Deathwatch use Xenos guns
Give me a gun that literally runs off of souls
Yes
One moment
By lore, yes. But IIRC the rules don’t actually give them any specifically.
Daemon Machine Gun.
Imagine a Bolter that's organic
Like it's fucking alive
It's ammo is teeth
Is that a fucking Tau gun.
That is sick
But it’s still a tau pulse rifle
Why do they have the skull
I get the purity seals because "Xenos bad" but why the skull
Have you seen the daemon prince kai cannon
It shoots souls
but that is its Obliterators
But ok seriously, I am also annoyed Chaos Codex took out Demon Weapons…
The servo skull is holding onto it I’d sssume
Damn now I want to play as a Chaos Marine.
Too bad that's multiplayer exclusive in SM2
For someone to grab
Hopefully there's some cool weapons tho
For the legionary squad? Yeah it got rolled into acursed weaponry
But I don’t really mind acursed weapons conceptually
Same with the power weapon consolidation
Prolly for the best it’s done this way imo
Yea Power Weapon consolidation is actually fine
Keeping stuff like thunder hammers/fists separate should be done though
But Combi Weapon is annoying because that had a far larger range of profiles.
Combi weapons getting consolidated sucks
Here is an even more extreme example
They could have at least given 2 dif combi profiles
Or at least have like
The option between firing in standard or the combi
That one isn’t even sanctioned yet though in the art lol
And even worse (for deathwatch only) is that you are softlocked to not modelling in cool alien weapons, because you need a model Bolter base for the special ammo stratagems
In that list of stolen weapons, I find the lack of Drukhari tech disturbing lol
Like, Aeldari tech is psychic locked most likely
But anyone can steal Drukhari stuff…yea, possibly lol
Yea…man I hope the new codex doesn’t have silly things about special ammo for Bolt Weapons only any longer
So we can actually, y’know, start stealing Xenos guns
For that stupid “undefined Combi weapon” profile
Ah. I thought it was like
Part of the gun.
But yay, I have an excuse to draw Space Marines using an Ion Rifle.
Actually are Deathwatch Marines allowed to do Tech Heresy
There’s some stuff
Also an Eldar head which is kept alive and used to navigate the Webway
I would also assume both the Watchmaster and the Techmarine are very radical leaning
By personality or by Chapter
Yes
They're definitely not puritan if they're considering using Xenos weaponry
Honestly, Xenos weaponry usage is probably less dangerous than the Radicals that fuck with Chaos.
That is bound to go wrong lmao
Marines Errant have a special thing in the Deathwatch RPG book about having to use Xenos Weapons during their void adventures, so that is one.
Blackshields are a blank slate personality.
Like if you can get a Necron gun to work (somehow)
Great
The worst case scenario is it either not working or exploding
The only real issue are Xenos races that have Warp links.
Ironically this does mean that, yes, Tau tech is probably the safest to steal at the moment.
If you can't decipher a chaos tome. It'd probably cause Daemons to spawn and the world to be fucked
(Even Necron tech runs the risk of C’tan)
Maybe Drukhari tech if you manage to not poison yourself.
Given how the users want to be hurt as well.
It’s not too hard to use a necron weapon
The issue is picking the damn thing up
They’re heavy as shit
True, but that's mainly on like the magical staffs and shit.
The Gauss blasters that disintegrate people are just pure tech
On the other hand, anti-grav suspensors.
So the things they give to their stereotypical soldiers are fine
Just not what the higher ranking necrons use
Cause then, yeah you might release a C'tan shard by mistake
Actually, slapping Eldar-tech Antigravity suspensors onto a Gauss weapon
Is one of the best ways to insult Xenos lol
The necron melee weapons shouldn’t be too hard to use
Prolly heavy as hell but most likely not as bad as the guns
The problem with Drukhari tech is that generally the weapons actually aren't that effective.
They're mainly there to cause pain
Not kill
DW already uses their C’tan phase sword, as does Callidus Assassin.
On the one hand, true. But on the other hand, if an Ordo Xenos Inquisitor wants to capture something alive to interrogate or study…
Honestly I now want to draw some radical Deathwatch machines equipped with "Severe Tech Heresy" levels armor and weapons
Marines not machines
They will definitely authorise Drukhari weapons for immobilising the target
Lol
But yeah, imagine a marine with like
A Tau Pulse Carbine attached to their wrists
Or maybe using a Gauss Gun as a heavy weapon
Marine, with Tau targeter computer bits on his helmet, Eldar anti-grav suspensors attached to a Gauss weapon, with a sheathed Drukhari Power Sword.
Max heresy. Max power.
Bro is covered in purity seals
Speaking of Purity Seals
You think there's a planet exclusively made to making wax
Is there just a planet filled with Bees

Bee/honey producing Agri world.
And in typical 40k fashion, it is industrial farming supersized monster bees
Actually Wasps can produce Honey
Yes
Said planet has Wasps so huge and deadly the Tyranid Hive Mind fears it like Catachan.
Corpse wax world is very likely
Gotta use those corpses somehow
and Imperium somehow FARMS that stuff
Proving you don’t need to be in the military to be badass in 40k.
The backstory is similar to Catachan.
Basically, the Tyranids got separated from the Hivemind
They adapted and fused with the giant wasps there
Becoming some type of
Terrifying Tyrawasp
The reason why they're farmed is because they use photosynthesis somehow
The bad thing is that they also don't mind some extra energy to eat
Maybe corpses are fed to them instead
Purity seals sounds like something you'd use in bed
Given Imperial culture they would use them everywhere…
"Hey handsome, you ready to play?"
"Yeah, just one second."
Slaps a purity seal on the door.
And the funny thing is, it would be justified to keep Slaanesh at bay…
lmao
sanction machine spirit to override the heretic xenos one
I think it’d be really fun to watch one space marine fight a xenomorph infestation and see how far it gets
I think he’d eventually get overwhelmed by the acid bodies wearing em down but he’d put in a good show
it would legit be easier than fighting genestealers lol
xenomorphs get killed by normal ass guns
A planet that doesn’t stop
i think a cooler scenario would be how would a xenomorph adapt to an astra militarum ship?
a single one
Xenomorphs get about as OP as genestealers in some material
genestealers die to regular guns too lol
The BIG queen xenomorph just juices anyone who comes into orbit of her planet
naaah im going by aliens logic not some comic book shit
With her mind
Alien is an expansive universe so too bad bitch
Big brain shit
written by incompetent people who write completely different lore lol
alien lore is just meh
Turn the big queen xenomorph into a new physic lighthouse in the warp lol
wow
so literally 40k
lmao
Shes got you there jay lol
What are the tau army bird like creatures? The ones kinda like jackals from halo?
Dude, a kroot vs a aliens predator would be neat
you should read up on them
they are like one of THE most detailed out xenos in the lore
have been around for 15+ years
Alien's setting is pretty wacky
very wacky
Eldar fans punching air 😔
I am excited for aliens Romulus
so also 40k
Will wait a few days after it’s out to see if it’s not bad
also 40k
Imma wait for it on digital
i legit love alien movies
so much NSFW on the screen
I MEAN uh what

“How does a little 90 pound native girl beat the giant high tech predator though?!” “lol good guys win go brrr”
Dude he punched the bear and I was shook
So cool
that bear scene was metal as fuck
Made me want to make a dnd firbolg based off the predator
Both giant and go invisible 

I just learned what an Umbra is
It is actually kind of creepy
Also kinda silly since it's basically a black ball
That black ball is its "calm" form
yeah and when it becomes aggressive it basically shifts into a bunch of teeth, maws, and shit
But honestly
I kinda want to dribble it's calm form
For no reason
Just fucking play Basketball with it
Umbraball

Is that a tyranid thingy?
they are like
the dead remnants of the corpses of an Old One or something
its very needlessly metal lol
Do they?!
being human is being an optimist
Tl;dw?
Death.
um, how long have said people been following 40k?

Nice vid
not long enough.....
You'd better hope your god is on your side heretic because mine well he's currently stuck to a chair for all eternity
You know what else is a nice vid?
is there a single black library book where not a single human dies
The one me and your mom made last night
Some death are truly horrible lol
there must be one
Also I need the rites of repair and maintenance being chanted on loop while I disassemble this gpu
i guess not everyone gets exposed to the insane attrition rates of the guard early on
Some books the authors aren’t stupid
it's dan abnett
Yes Jay
yipeeee we agree
I’m aware of who wrote one of the longest running and longest series in the franchise

That is actually so cool
Also was that a flayed one ripping a space marine in half??
I didn't know they could do that
thats actually a Wraith!
an old necron unit that got phased out to be a robot lol
hold on
Went from that to whats on the right
no idea why
Ohhh yeah the left is cooler
I was about to say I know power scaling is malleable but the Mechanicus game would've been way out of line if Flayed Ones could do that
Yeah its basically doing the same thing now its just not a necron and simply a robo-construct
It is now Scarabs' older brother
🙏
Heh
Phased out
SHUT UP

Which Hammer and Bolter episode is that Scion bit
Plague Song
So there is a misconception that Orks can imagine anything. Like if they believe a rock is a gun, it is a gun.
Of course, that can't happen because the Ork Gestalt is more like Reality Lube rather than full on reality warping.
It just skips some steps in the process of things like making guns and vehicles work.
The guns and vehicles still work and run
They just work better
And don’t jam as much, fire straighter, go longer and faster
And all that
But they’re all functional
It just gives you better probability
But I do have a funnier misconception to spread around to gaslight the fanbase.
What if Orks were just really unimaginative. Like they're just the WMD equivalent of a bunch of corporate executives.
"AROIGHT BOYZ. WE GOTTA MAKE A NEWZ STAR WARS MOVIES."
"OKAY, WE TAKE THE ORIGINAL FRANCHIZE.*
"UH HUH"
"WE CHANGE SOME CHARACTERS AROUND"
"UH HUH"
"WE'z ADD SOME FANCY NEW EFFEKTS AND MAKE IT INTO A NEW SERIES OF FILMS! THAT WAY WE GET THE HUMIES MONEY!"
"BRILLIANT SKULLCRUSHA!"
yeah a human can us an ork weapon or vehicle, but they will be junk and jam/break down very very quickly
Yup, but they don't work well. It's the equivalent of a shitty makeshift gun. Honestly you can barely call it a proper gun.
The Ork Gestalt just makes it so that it can actually shoot like... a regular gun. Of course it still malfunctions and explodes occasionally, but it's much better than what it would be without it.
Also if ork tech functioned just by thinking they wouldnt have an entire sub-type class aka Meks
hell a lot of thems the gestalt isnt even what is making the thing work better, its just the pain job made a mek want to work it on
Even with the Gestalt effect. Ork weapons are kinda unreliable
yeah
And ships, and vehicles, and
Yeah they're basically death traps with the Gestalt
Without it. It probably explodes half the time
But that's why we love the Orks
After all, "It ain't a real weapon if it doesn't explode in your face occasionally!"
-Average Plasma Gun user
That is directly ripped from a Krakduk video
A lot of Ork weapons just shouldn’t work
Like parts that should move being welded in place, magazines feeding to nowhere, etc
Mostly the gestalt just makes their tech function closer to like they think it should
And meks just have a innate vague understanding of how things fit together and how to make things work-ish
Or maybe can give you a few extra rounds than it should in your shoota
Basically this + the gestalt let’s orks just be at a higher tech level than they should with random fucking scraps
They mostly roughly function to some degree, its why meks exist
its junk-tech more or less but still works
orks are cool
i just wish they were militarum
its not an embed fail dumbass
its a warhammer community link
fucking learn to click
I know that the axe I’m gonna throw at Jay won’t fail to embed itself in his thick skull
i need lube
Hope your leman russ turns into junk
Don’t need that in my algorithm
Yo mama
Based
I require chocolate pistachio ice cream
hell yeah
this is a cool kitbash



GW as ever hitting it out the park with the naming scheme
also they are "alright", nothing big really happens in them aside from the small snowball to the nids winning the engagement, i highly recommend just reading a long review of it from Shaskais
I’m just looking for new books to read now that I’m done with blackstone
Ah fair
honestly if you wanted some proper reads 40k is a bit hard if you've read most of the popular stuff.
like for example im currently reading some Warhammer Fantasy stuff with Tamurkhan who has an entire forgeworld book dedicated to him lol
40k in comparison can get a bit sparse with it
Dang, I can’t seem to find it on mothtrove lol
That’s where I get most of my books from
I just saw a video showcasing an overview of the arsenal we’ll have access to in SM2.
Pretty neat stuff
Its good, my only complaint is the customisation
forcing me to use primaris gear and nothing else
I DONT WANNA MOM
Looking at the first book's cover art, I begin to wonder.
What kind of mad lad would wage armour to armour combat against the tyranids?
The people who will get shot otherwise by the fancy man in the coat that's what

i see the ophydian lads more as the replacement tbh
Why am I imagining them bouncing like a rubber ball for the left upper image?
Just them constantly bouncing towards you
Just
I want whoever drew the ork because that guy looks like he's straight up tears apart an entire army by himself
It’s like a slinky
I actually thought it was Ghaz for a solid minute until I realized he doesn't have the metal implant on his head
Also Jesus Christ, I think the war boss literally melded his jaw with the mecha
You can see the lower jaw sort of meld in with the giant fangs
I forget it's dangerous to say my boys name now
ok so the planet Vigilus, that place just could not catch a break
That's like all places in the imperium
this one was special, orks gsg drukhari daemons csm and eldar
all in like days of each other
total mosspit
Honestly I want to write a fanfic that's basically just that
Basically the backstory would be that it was just some random ass Imperium World with a fuck ton of secret STCs
But then it turns out it was a tomb world, and the Necrons awoke from their nap
And then the CSMs were interested in the STCs themselves and decided to invade
Then the shadow of the warp appeared, trapping them all inside, and the Tyranids came
Due to all the chaos, the Ork infestations weren't cleared away so the Orks came out
And then suddenly the combined warp presence of the tyranids and chaos daemons caused a mini-warp storm that basically redirects and forces ships, spacehulks, etc. to land on the planet.
There was an Exterminatus order, but it got stuck in the backlog due to the adminstratum being a fuckfest and is basically lost
Along with the sheer warp presence causing even more Daemons to join in the party. With the warp presence attracting more Orks, more humans, and some random Tau thrown in there for giggles
It's basically a Daemon-Tomb-World with Orks, Tyranids, and other popular races on it.
Yes I know this is ridiculous.
But it's fun
I think you already did write it, like right now
Oh yeah
I did
Whoops

Uhh I mean it's a setting so
Idk I might do something with it

@storm jungle turkiye has banned roblox
The nation has FALLEN
BILLIONS will PERISH
How can a planetary governor investigate a potential genestealer cult without having the people they send to investigate it be converted or killed?
By sending good enough operatives I guess
Or phoning a friend like the local ordo xenos inquisitor/rogue trader
I think they send the guard in, not the PDF since they could be in cahoots
Either that or contact the local inquistor
I mean like the initial stage
Like you start seeing odd but not explicitly heretical sects of the imperial cult
I think the PDF does like constant sweeps into slums
Y'know where Genestealer cults usually spring up
They're kind of obvious in the early stages if you manage to find them
But once they start looking more and more human uh
You're kinda fucked in the finding department
Genestealer cults are very hard to get rid of fully
Yeah that’s what I mean, once they’ve become able to integrate and spread a variant of the creed, how do you isolate and remove them
And they aren’t stupid
They’ll throw red herrings, false leads, the works
Besides bombing the hive city into oblivion?
Uh
Not much
That's when you call an inquistor
Provided they didn't get to you
You just keep watch and try to burn them out every so often
I’m saying if you don’t know if it’s a GSC cult yet
Most governors or citizens don’t even know of GSC
They’ll just think it’s a weird cult
Then you don't really know
That's why the Tyranids are so terrifying
Well as the planetary governer you can also just fabricate a reason to kill those people pretty easy
And it’s hard because they will actively work to aid you to build trust, like rooting out actual chaos cults
I mean the 3rd gens can pass off as minor mutations
And the 4th gens literally just look human
1st, 2nd, and aberrants are kinda obvious tho
Anything with deviation of the image of the emperor or anything of him coming to redeem or save us I’d a big red flag to me
Also pure strain but that's obvious
Since the hive mind preys on existing faith for the mind to conceptualize
Obviously any spiral iconography
I’m all about variance of beliefs, but anything like that is grounds for suspicion of cult activity
Basically look for any four armed dieties
And anyone you send to investigate or dig deeper to explore the depth of the infection will likely be turned or killed
Unless you set up a multi layered web to audit the auditors
Tbh honestly
Since the Chaos Gods has signature numbers.
If the Tyranid Hive Mind had a signature number, I think it would be 4
It makes sense considering in Asian cultures, it's usually associated with death
But I don’t trust imperial aristocracy with nuance or planning
Yeah it's why Inquisitors usually go around to random planets occasionally
They aren’t always so obvious
Of course.
But essentially, like you said, if there are any claims of the emperor coming down and saving everybody
You might need to consider getting on a ship..
The worst part is that saying that is heresy
Is Heresy
Since it could just be passed off as just another minor emperor cult
And Emperor Worship varies a lot
With the only constant being that he's the true god
Genestealers are fucking terrifying
Just kill ‘em, it’ll be passed off as a fight between two different sects
Those are usually tolerated
Also I wonder if like
3rd generation genestealers could cut off their ridges
To hide even better
Tbh the 1st and 2nd Genestealer would probably be killed just for being a mutant lmao
I have a question
How many terabytes of elf homework collection does G man have
My assumption is that he is using dad to store all that stuff and dad enjoys it, explaining why G man hasn't been smited yet
60 tb
Really? This again
unironic answer none because he dislikes Yvraine lol. The only 2 Eldar we've seen him not hate are Eldrad and the emissary Eldrad sent
Read some actual lore that isnt memes lol
You will hear it another 7 million times
Re: Genestealer Cult.
There are still some tell tale signs as a planetary governor that I think you could use to identify one (but it depends on your lackeys being competent and not compromised).
(1) Pay attention to the content of their preachings, if they ramble on about “star father” or “families” and mention “many cousins” those are usually a tell tale sign. [Per a GSC vs Ad Mech novel]
(2) Be paranoid, if a particular sector of industry is suddenly booming from above average productivity. [To borrow from a Doctor Who episode: when nobody had taken sick leave at all, that is actually suspicious.]
ngl i was not expecting sm2 to have the tyranid raveners, dont see them much in video games/trailers
Seems odd that in SM2 Gravis can't use Heavy Bolt Rifles, considering that's their main weapon
(3) Pay attention to working class rumours, especially about men/women disappearing from their families on a particular day, only to re-emerge having joined a cult/society (this one is arguably more generic, but is still a sign that a cult is active - and the personality change is probably borough on by GS kiss.)
Yeah the issue with genestealers is their taints can spread as far as your PDF/Military poses to almost anyone in the hive's strata of command as well
they are way more insidious in secrecy compared to chaos cults, so it becomes another "it depends" situation again
My favorite word
its clearly GW's favorite
A Genestealer cult is abnormally patient too.
With the sole exception of importing an already fully tainted workforce/Guard regiment, in which case you could try to quickly suss out something, it doesn’t help that normal Cult infestation is a work of several generations
They literally build like…0.1% of strength every year. But then it slowly adds up…
Eat an ass dickhead
It gives you a lot of leeway
But me mes
no
But funny
One could say, not at all.
get better material lol
the gsc finally rising up after 40+ generations "fucking finally"

Reading is hard
Then die
In an odd sense, pretty much lol.
(Anyone writing anything about GSC needs to remember you should be writing at the end stage, or an imported force, otherwise in theory they should not ever have been large enough to begin with)
think about it, they have lived with this planned uprising all their lives, never knowing if their generation will be the ones to actually do it, i imagine the ones that are part of it are beyond happy
Oh definitely. They are obedient and patient, but yes, the ones doing the actual uprising will be super hyped.
They can keep a hype train up for generations XD
one of their tabletop rule names is also "A plan generations in the making" so lol
gods my brain is fully rotted, every time i read anything about a plan my brain just goes right to the lizardmen in twwh2
why lizardmen
Yes I know the great plan is a thing but like really
twwh2 really over used it
And my brain goes for the easiest way to solve a problem by brute forcing it
like an Iron Jaw
the Great Plan is the reason lizardmen do anything in the lore.
Attacking, Defending, Diplomacy, Trade, etc etc
ALL has to be according to the Great Plan
its fucking nuts
All according to Keikaku
so my total war warhammer 3 strat of killing everything truly was accurate
according to their interpretation of the Great Plan (which is how you end up with LM vs LM
Im watching some of the SM2 footage and some of the converse between marines is gold. Marine 1: "That weapon of yours is the pride of the armoury" Marine 2: "Agreed" Marine 1: "Good talk"
To be fair it is very accurate because most of the time a marine is about as interesting in personality as a warhammer dwarf
they're very straightforward and simple
Man i hope theres like an option to mute or something

they legit sound more wooden than Titus
yeah they are nearing the generic marine meme voice
Yeah, and i think thats the funny part. The fact that when the marines says "good talk" its not sarcasm. He actually means it.
very relatable
Another voice line i heard was "That is heretical behaviour!" when getting shot by a teamate. Isnt that like a super intense accusation coming from one marine to another?
Quite but so is a Marine shooting another Marine
Imagine getting accidentally shot by your teammate IRL
its about the same kind of reaction you would give them along the lines of "what the fuck are you doing are you crazy?"
- its a game dont think too hard about it
^this and if we think in within the lore a Marine should be able to avoid friendly fire in pretty much any situation so it's almost safe to assume the one doing the shooting didn't care too much 🤓
Also space marines and military personnel in general have actual fire dicipline compared to us lol
I'll have you know, I've had military training and I will shoot at anything that moves

Oh no! Theres a child nearby!
also its very hard to beat
: You shot me boss!
: MY BAD BIG MAN!
Idk, i always just thought that getting called a heretic is like the worst of the worst of insults. Especially when its between two space marines. In my head, i wouldn't have thought that getting accidentally shot wouldnt result in that sort of accusation.
its just a humorous friendly fire line
darktide and vermintide has been doing this for years, SM2 is just jumping on the boat
Space marines are bros, they both have been called worse
also like
and because accidents like that won't happen for space marines
i image its a bit harder for the space marines to avoid fratricide instances, irl we dont have to deal with a squadmate running into the line of fire with a sword and shield lol
you fucking shot him
lmao
what is he gonna say "Oh be careful!"
if that was in-universe he'd probably punch him across the helmet/face

"that tickles : | "
"gay sex later as penance : |"
oh
Idk, call him an oaf or something space mariney like that. Not a heretic.
Its a game.
also meme line is funny
one line was "you mar my armor with stray shots" a respectful way to say learn how to shoot idiot lol
again dont read so much into it
This is a second time you’ve fantasized about incest
ITS REAL TO ME
They both got the primarch seed
STOP WHINING
I will interpret this as a fact that Ultramarines have heretical tendencies
Do you become my sibling if i give my blood to you
NEVER!
they arent from genetical parents
except when they are
You literally inherit the traits of your primarch
that doesnt make us siblings bruh
its not incest
Blood and geneseed are different
genetic material is genetic material
you arent gonna become related to me because i gave you a fucking organ
this is the dumbest argument
death upon you
AA-
Bah, whatever, im not gonna argue in circles today, not in the mood
lmao
how is that screenshot so fucking large
Part of the idea is that the only reason a marine could have for shooting a battle brother is heresy, since they’re so trained and drilled them fucking up and friendly firing one is unthinkable
“It is over for you, traitors! I have the power of Omnissiah and anime on my side!”
I stretched it in MSPaint
took like 2s lmao
I see
Print Screen is your friend
MSPaint is shockingly useful
didn't come up with anything funny to say for you to stretch instead
POV: Your father left when you were five
Having her hood needing to have holes to fit her hair is just a weird choice
BRUH
"weird choice"
now you took it too far
What im saying is that it could have been done better
You cant do any girls
No, surely things like grazing a friendly with some sort of aoe or something must happen at least a couple of times during combat, right? You cant predict the unpredictable with something like grenades and explosives.
why does she still have flesh thighs?
Theres a thing between near misses
and literally shooting someone full on with a bolter
More
Uglyass
Female
Techpriests
Some tech priests do keep bits of fleshy bits.
rhetorical question btw
For the viewers to wank to it
next question
oh whoops
pfft, semantics.
Bro someone tie this guy to the hull of a thunderhawk
hey guys what are we talking about
ARRRAGAFAFASRFAWEFNAESWBFEW
i just got HERE
It’s not impossible but it’s very unlikely, they’re endlessly drilling and working with their squad and battle brothers for their entire very long lifespans
Ghahgusmcjfnsixnfjwizlairnvuwa
lets load him into the cannon on the top instead, its one of the few uses grots have after all :P
Every single marine in a chapter knows every other marines name in that chapter
Ahcnea, rjcjakrgj tfmcjanf?
And likely a fair amount of how they fight and what not
Feed him to a Mega-Gargant
They are you could almost say
brothers in battle
some kinda
battle-brother
war-sibling
Idk that sounds pretty gay
conflict-brethren
AAAA
brothers of battle...
Your fucking gay
As in homosexual
since like the early 18th century
tbf many fraternal warrior cultres where full on gay
ever heard of Lionel Johnson
LOL
So, ummm... Conclusion is, im right and you lot are wrong. Get pwned. Noobs.
Crucify yourself.
i will send you to china
Okay
Now be socially ostrich
Autocorrect
Ostracized
Victory at any cost
Don’t you mean “I will send you to Jesus”?
The only conclusion to this is gonna be your life after my foot sends your ass into your brain at mach 5
AAA-
you know the joke
don't lie to me
if you don't then just ignore it
I want to see Steven He cover 40k lore…
Hwat
In his comedy style
No
oh it's that guy
“Horus, why u listen to Chaos Gods! What are u STU-PID?”
Your Grox Rice so bad your mother sell you to chaos
Worst part is the way He acts is almost the same way the Emperor is in the Heresy in general
"WHY ARE YOU PEOPLE SO STUPID"
“No wundah Emperor hate Angron, terrible piano playah hiyaaaaa”
“Hai, my name is EMPRAH, and today la, I will talk about FAILURE MANAGEMENT…”
“With my 18 sons.”
Me when im an American and see an Asian person
something-something banzai
🤓
I will surprise you all now: I am East Asian (Chinese) and I find Steven He absolutely fine and hilarious.
Meanwhile actual Asians be like:
I normally just tell them that my PC is in the back room what’s the problem with it and where the bathroom is

BRUH
I am south east, i dont find him offensive, just not funny.
Im Turkish and I find you unfunny
also apparently erdoğan pulled a mechanicus
and blocked roblox
Okay
HELP ME





