40k-lore-chat

[winged jacinth]

theres a lot of really bad schemes lol

[daring creek]

OH GOD

LOL

[median star]

the periodic table in question

[daring creek]

.

Why did the emperor make a funko pop army

[storm jungle]

because homebrew

[wind canyon]

Is the one half one color and one half another like GW's go to? I swear it's pretty common

[winged jacinth]

isnt this that fire emblem protagonist

[storm jungle]

Its not

its just kinda widespread because it looks "neat"

[daring creek]

STOP I'M DYING

NOOOOOOO

[rose thorn]

Wardens of Philadelphia????

[storm jungle]

STOP IT

[queen laurel]

did you have a brain stroke what the hell is

[daring creek]

Where are the tye dye marines

[winged jacinth]

they've got the football team's logo lol

[median star]

the fresh princes of cadia

[winged jacinth]

the iron talons are a white scars successor not iron hands lmao

[daring creek]

What we really need

[rose thorn]

philly is under attack

[daring creek]

is a pattern with shaved ice

you guys know those shaved ice stand right

We need that pattern..

[queen laurel]

Bro what the hell is this hell divers colour coded grant ahh

[winged jacinth]

honestly it needs more highlighting but its very close to sick

black and orange is nice

[storm jungle]

^

space marine schemes work best when its extremely minimalist or simple

[queen laurel]

Yeah I will say the legs are missing a bit of color

[winged jacinth]

these guys are interesting having their insignia only on a tilting shield apparently

idk where you'd get bits for these guys lol

[storm jungle]

Its a really good scheme too

the silver is lovely

[winged jacinth]

i guess you could 3d print the shields or something

[rose thorn]

space marines take silver realy wlel

if only there was some kind of like, special type of space marine

thtas painted all silver

[queen laurel]

hey my two favorite chapters are very minimalist in design

[winged jacinth]

a second pepsi chapter has hit the towers

[storm jungle]

some kind of

knights, in grey

[rose thorn]

Hfuhgsafasjgfbsa

[median star]

what if they were all psykers 2 thatd be rlly cool...

[winged jacinth]

red talons are iron hands successors but iron talons are white scars successors lmao

[storm jungle]

guys hear me out

[rose thorn]

and what if their geneseed came from the emperor

[storm jungle]

what if their chapter number was 666

and what if

their aspirant trials were also 666 trials

[rose thorn]

maybe they also specalize in killing some kind of demonic foe

[winged jacinth]

a marine of the esteemed sippers chapter

[rose thorn]

they are my favorite

[queen laurel]

HOW THE FUCK IS THIS AN IMPERIAL FIST SUCCESSOR

[rose thorn]

they drink the bloodof thier does in the naem of gulliman and the codex

[storm jungle]

gay

[daring creek]

Yet another furry chapter

[winged jacinth]

they should drink lean

[daring creek]

[rose thorn]

these guy's colors are pretty neta

Imperius Reavers

[winged jacinth]

his ass does not need to be dressed like this

[daring creek]

That looks nice

[rose thorn]

thats from a contest gw had

[daring creek]

That looks like a bakugan thing

Is this amount of chapters really necessary setting wise

[winged jacinth]

yeah sort of

[storm jungle]

Its not super needed but its to make you the player get creative

all these Chapters exist as examples to make you work your brain for homebrew ideas

[daring creek]

Huh true

[storm jungle]

its why every single faction has groups you can make/paint to your color scheme

Regiments, Chapters, Ordos, Craftworlds, Sepths, Dynasties etc

[rose thorn]

i imagine most space marine chapters drop like flies adn only hte ones that people have models for are alive

[winged jacinth]

there has to be tens of thousands of chapters in the imperium

[near wasp]

I was gonna say I'd make my chapter actually smart and not have a paint scheme instead using actual camo and like ghillie. But then I remember the raptors exist

[winged jacinth]

each one is only 1000 marines if they're codex compliant so even the first founding would have been thousands and thousands of chapters

[daring creek]

I sort of do want to make my own "astartes" but I do not know what the setting would be....besides the 40k setting

[near wasp]

There's roughly a million loyal marines

[winged jacinth]

the starcraft setting

[daring creek]

I thought it's be heresy to have more than a thousand

[winged jacinth]

its not codex compliant which isnt the same

[storm jungle]

Raptors are so goated for that

literally just army green with sometimes yellow stripes for rank

they are my Top 1 for a reason

[stark elbow]

There is no such thing as female custodes or space marines.

[storm jungle]

Female custodes exist. Next bait please.

[winged jacinth]

chapters are supposed to be codex compliant but its not viewed as a gigantic deal for a couple things to be noncompliant

[near wasp]

Female custodes exist

[celest cedar]

reasonable marines!

[near wasp]

Female space Marines dont

[storm jungle]

[stark elbow]

Ork custodes exist then

[daring creek]

WOMEN? IN MY ULTRA MALE SETTING? NOOOOO

[storm jungle]

Orks arent human dummy

[winged jacinth]

member since today

[storm jungle]

Yeah like

Minute 1 Bait 1

[celest cedar]

when the marines....understood that concealment is important too

[rose thorn]

"oh boy the desert lions they sound neat, they have art too"

[stark elbow]

You have no proof to say otherwise inlore 🤷‍♂️

just like GW saying "there has always been female custdoes, you dirty dirty bigot"

[near wasp]

Women exist they are either nuns or forced to be silent

[winged jacinth]

BEAKKKYYY

[storm jungle]

Have you read the last 2 custodian codexes

which is official lore

[wind canyon]

Hopefully they get models in 11th and the chuds cry again

[winged jacinth]

whats the lore supposed to be besides what GW says lmao

[daring creek]

Was it not a massive thing that GW said "there are female custodes."

[storm jungle]

Pretty much.

[daring creek]

Are there even any depicted female custodes yet

[near wasp]

Tithes animation officially licensed and released by GW.

[celest cedar]

me when women exist: 😱

[storm jungle]

There is

[rose thorn]

Desert Lions echelon left point defense maniple mops up in the closing stages of Operation Carthage. After eliminating the perimeter forts, the Robot cohort provided extra support for the advancing Rhinos. Subsequent resistance to Imperial forces was minimal.[2]

[languid meadow]

Reminder the author for the custodes books wanted to have them years before the codex drop

[near wasp]

Tithes episode 2

[storm jungle]

both in animation + their last 2 codexes

[storm jungle]

And the entire reason they were said "no" was because the minis were already shipped

[languid meadow]

They were literally INTENDED to be unisex from the beginning

[winged jacinth]

they should bring back the two lost legions and have them be women space marines just for the controversy

[storm jungle]

LMAO

Pandemonium 😔

(like the book, get it)

https://tenor.com/view/orange-cat-gets-flung-and-explodes-orange-cat-funny-cat-meme-explodes-gif-10706110874965244466

Anyway basically Raptors are peak

Waiter, WAITER

MORE GREEN CAMO

[winged jacinth]

he seems to be fighting in ice though lol

[storm jungle]

nah its the KT book background

[queen laurel]

yeah tithes ep 1

[celest cedar]

when the marines understood camouflage 🗣️

[queen laurel]

literally a greek statue

[storm jungle]

Hocus pocus photoshop and fake news

[forest orbit]

LMAO

[storm jungle]

god i need to save this

"All is well :)"

'YOU'RE ALL GONNA DIE'

[queen laurel]

the average DND party when talking to the villagers

[celest cedar]

why's she capping to the grunts

[storm jungle]

Sisters cant speak

because they are women

I MEAN they took an oath of silence

[queen laurel]

well it's mostly to avoid panic you have to lie to avoid panic sometimes

if you're talking about the sign language

Oath of silence

[celest cedar]

[storm jungle]

Oh capping as in lying, thought they meant the sign language whoops

[near wasp]

I was gonna make a joke about that earlier but I decided against it, so glad you made the joke

[storm jungle]

I had to

also i got a pass since im a chick so 🪪

[queen laurel]

you didn't think it was cap that's cap as in that's a lie?

[storm jungle]

Im not well-versed in zoomology

[queen laurel]

that is true

[paper haven]

Well well well

[near wasp]

Yeah I don't have that

[storm jungle]

🫡

[queen laurel]

i make the joke anyway because i treat both genders equally

[near wasp]

Reverend father uncle ruckus (no relation)

[storm jungle]

Anyway if that idiot shows up again let me know

im going back to cyberpunk

[celest dome]

Aragon could learn from this

[storm jungle]

[paper haven]

There was an idiot here? Say it isn't so.

[near wasp]

Gl don't go cyber psycho

[queen laurel]

just the average female custodes are not real grunt

nothing interesting

[celest dome]

I mean, we're all idiots

[celest dome]

That's advanced idiot

[storm jungle]

Its funny because we were just having a normal conversation about space marines lol

bait used to be believable

[celest dome]

Female Custodes are as real as male custodes

[queen laurel]

the orks custodes reply was so stupid i just had to kill an innocent man

[languid meadow]

Interesting

[queen laurel]

in game

[paper haven]

Back in my day, we put effort into our bait

[languid meadow]

We used to kill people with hammers for that

[near wasp]

Who wouldn't want 10 ft tall muscle clad women

[rose thorn]

hey what the hell does spiritual patriarch mean

[paper haven]

What's the context?

[rose thorn]

Though the history of the Sons of Orar has been lost, what is known is that they revere Orar, an Ultramarines Captain who won great renown in the wake of the Horus Heresy, and claim him as their spiritual patriarch.

[plush mason]

that is a blessing tbch

[celest dome]

Spiritual mentor ?

That is a dude

[rose thorn]

i imagine hes dead as hell

[celest dome]

Possibly, or ancient

[daring creek]

Would fnaf robos solo 40k...

shink abot it....

[queen laurel]

no

[daring creek]

y

[rose thorn]

https://tenor.com/view/freddy-fazbear-gif-24920204

[paper haven]

Everything can solo 40k

[queen laurel]

you wanna see freddy get his body get obliterated and crushed beneath this thing's foot?

[daring creek]

Redemptor dready spotted

happiness

also he would jumpscare him unfortnately 😔

js is ftl and boundless sorry

[near wasp]

He's not wearing purple therefore not a target of freddie

[green loom]

My fav part of this was them using modified sign language

[queen laurel]

i am moving your intelligence counter down by 2

[vital ginkgo]

Does anyone know what the helmet symbol means? Who is it for?

[daring creek]

Is that not a redemptor

[queen laurel]

i'm not moving it down because of that

i'm moving it down for something else

[daring creek]

Then what! I'm too intelligent to be called stoopid!

[near wasp]

[queen laurel]

i don't know figure it out yourself you're smart

[daring creek]

You are literally just mad Golden Freddy would sweep the Imperium

[queen laurel]

I am not the the inquisition called man they want me to lower down your intelligence counter I can't do anything about it

gonna have to do my job here

[storm jungle]

It generally signifies veteran status

the more decorated, the more senior you are

[vital ginkgo]

Oh ok thanks

[storm jungle]

🫡

[daring creek]

What if you fucking suck but only barely managed to stay alive in one piece

[median star]

like how commander goes back to near basic helmet

[near wasp]

Servitorization

[daring creek]

Fake it til you make it 💔

[wind canyon]

Wouldn't that be something. A world under the protection of a chapter puts out a call for help, one marine shows up and he's an absolute amateur

[storm jungle]

That kinda happens in Fall of Malvelion

its awful

[wind canyon]

So the exact opposite of Brothers of the Snake

[near wasp]

I know iron snakes just send one Marine sometimes but he's competent

[plush mason]

yes

[celest cedar]

https://www.rxddit.com/r/Grimdank/comments/1nm0ee8/erebussin_fr_no_cap/

[valid needle]

They would solo the emperor at least

[valid needle]

Their prime figure as the foundation of their chapters culture and a figure who leads them in spirit and religion.

[rose thorn]

Good point

[valid needle]

Like

Sigismund to the black Templars

Or alexus pollux to the crimson fists

Like BT love and revere Sigismund only exceeded by their love and respect for Rogal dorn and obviously the emperor. Same with alexus and his crimson fists and their primarch and emperor. Basically the same.

[daring creek]

Can

anyone tell me why House MD keeps fucking doing this

This is the second fucking time now

[valid needle]

Taking drugs?

He do love the drugs

[daring creek]

House belongs in jail

[valid needle]

Nah pimp cane daddy is based

[daring creek]

Nooo I think this guy will need a powerful lawyer in the future

[near wasp]

He does at one point

One of my favorite episodes

Also house has an entire section of the budget dedicated to his malpractice suits

[daring creek]

,

I'm actually gonna throw up

god.

This show is so fucking disgusting

why does he keep channeling epstein

[rocky gale]

Are you on season 2?

[languid meadow]

https://tenor.com/view/house-md-every-episode-of-house-md-medicine-drug-house-meme-gif-14671916867387513828

[rocky gale]

If I had to guess I would say you're on season 2

[vagrant fox]

Sounds like an early season

[daring creek]

I'm watching it in clips because I need noise

season 3

episode 4

[valid needle]

To be fair it’s a very old show

[daring creek]

wdym old

how old

[near wasp]

It's like 2004 or something

[vagrant fox]

It ended in like 2012

[valid needle]

House came out like 20 years ago lol

[rocky gale]

Oh yea that's a rough episode

[daring creek]

Did they not have standards in 2004

[rocky gale]

There's worse ones in Season 2 though

[vagrant fox]

no

[rocky gale]

It does get better though

[valid needle]

I don’t think epsteins stuff was out at that point I mean

[near wasp]

Yeah it gets batter

[daring creek]

I know objectification of women was much larger at the time but eugh.

Either way I don't really like the show. More than the pedo moments.

Literally just have it on because I'm bored and require noise

It's only entertaining when I watch it like this...I can't stand watching one episode lol

[near wasp]

House is an asshole that's his charcter

Of course he's a mysogist and a racist

[rocky gale]

Yea like he's a creep and an ass but they pretty much just acknowledge that he's an ass

He's an ass that they need

[near wasp]

Chase is a better house

[daring creek]

I don't know man it just makes my fucking skin crawl man.

Especially with the first one I saw

it wasn't just house being a piece of shit but the show itself glorifying it in a really nasty way

With a sound effect I can't exactly name

The second one made me physically cringe

other things I don't really like about the show is it's basically throw shit at the wall and see if something sticks but then pretend it's an intelligent strategy

I'm not sure if I'm missing something.

With how each resolution is reached, it doesn't feel satisfying at all. It feels like the plot is revolving around House very bluntly

[near wasp]

Patient comes in. House gives medicine paintent starts to die. House stops medicine patient seizes. Patient gets a bit better. Patient begins to die again, house gets a light bulb, house cures patient

[daring creek]

That is the sum of each episode

yeah

Maybe it's just funny

[languid meadow]

The show's strong suit isn't the medical cases it's the character drama around them

[near wasp]

^

[languid meadow]

Like idgaf about Timmy dying from super cancer

[daring creek]

lmfao

[languid meadow]

I care about house and his addiction getting worse

[daring creek]

His addiction to rat bites? Fair

[languid meadow]

One of the best episodes has no patients

[daring creek]

Painkillers*

rat bites

[near wasp]

Oh yeah those episodes where he was hallucinating were fucking great

[near wasp]

Which one?

[daring creek]

it's a character driven show I see....hm

[vagrant fox]

The medical drama is there at first but it takes a secondary role as I remember

[daring creek]

Focusing on the wrong thing ig

[languid meadow]

The one where ||Wilson's dead girlfriend haunts him that whole arc and final episode of it||

Also the final season and more house/Wilson stuff

[near wasp]

That's what I was talking about too

[vagrant fox]

The Wilson actor really sells it, he was great

[near wasp]

I liked taub

[languid meadow]

Genuinely I think all of the characters are great and their development is mostly good

[daring creek]

I may agree if I give..it another try and try to ignore the medical cases lmao.

They were just so fucking frustrating lmao

[queen laurel]

Yeah just ignore how this leukemia is caused by the Super virus of the green epidemic of the iron dragon

[near wasp]

Watch the full episodes not just the case clips

[vagrant fox]

They're occasionally interesting but they get very repetitive

[daring creek]

I will lol

The clips are just for noise

[near wasp]

Its never lupus

[daring creek]

Which I should stop doing because more slop is getting in...

[vagrant fox]

I ended up really liking Foreman for some reason

[near wasp]

Foreman's great

Him dealing with house in the last season is like trying to herd cats

[queen laurel]

for me house is a very complex guy that is surprisingly well done

like he appears as the surface level cunt but he saves people

and can be surprisingly quite nice

well nice relatively speaking

He will call you idiot five times before saying anything genuinely close to being nice

[young pecan]

My favorite part of Foreman's development was when House made him break into a patient's house like three episodes in a row

/j

[near wasp]

You mean every episode

[young pecan]

Well I mean that happened but that wasn't my favorite part

[near wasp]

I've watched far too much house

[vagrant fox]

His growth as a character is banging and the exploration as to why he's such an ass is pretty riveting. Then there's medical drama on the side with House and Cuddy being snarky whatever

[median star]

so how each company in a chapter is only allowed to have 100 members does that also count towards any members they might send to either deathwatch or the mechanicus to become a tech marine and they have to be slightly under strength untill or if they come back

[near wasp]

Specialists do not count

The chapter master the honor guard apothecary tech Marines and scouts do not count

[young pecan]

Cuddy making House stop saving patients because she doesn't like how he does it

||this is a gross exaggeration, he was making lawsuits for the hospital out of thin air||

I think it makes sense for an overly dedicated doctor to have a dedicated "break into their house" guy, because a lot of random shit can kill you

And doctors don't have many ways of finding out what those things are, especially with an uneducated or unconscious patient

[queen laurel]

yes those moments that show who he is

Is genuinely golden

[near wasp]

Congrats to Adolf Hitler on his successful election in Namibia

[queen laurel]

Oh yeah this guy is the one that played JoJo rabbit hitler

[languid meadow]

https://tenor.com/view/jojo-rabbit-sam-rockwell-gif-10033706604784648596

great movie

[opaque coyote]

fun fact

he's jewish

that's why he decided to play hitler in the first place

[rose thorn]

Deer in 24 hours

[languid meadow]

https://youtube.com/shorts/IP-hm9za-Do?si=XJ6LIS8qFUGV8sdQ that video reminded me of this

[median star]

i wonder why hes half health already

[valid needle]

I don’t think anyone’s ever at full health in NV

[opaque coyote]

"It's nothing personal. Really. It isn't. I already got mine."

"But him though? It's definitely personal."

Honestly, I think Fallout 4 handled companions better than the previous iterations.

Except for this.

Like Boone literally just shooting the first legionnaire he sees if you go to Camp Searchlight

It shows that they're human beings with their own agendas and goals.

Fallout 4 almost never does this.

I say almost, there is one instance, and it's with my boy Danse.

If you complete the quest where if you find out he's a synth. If you ended the quest with him exiled instead of shooting him or whatever.

Then everytime he goes near BoS territory, you and him both get shot on sight.

That is the only time where there's consequences for the company you bring with you.

[languid meadow]

Fo4 is hit or miss but when it hits it hits hard

[opaque coyote]

Danse is honestly one of my favorite companions.

Like he's basically Space Marine level of Autistic.

Except he can actually have sex so maybe not SM leve-

[valid needle]

Me downloading the multiple companions and going immediately for dogmeat and nick valentine every playthrough

[opaque coyote]

Jokes aside, he's characterized very well, and his SQ is actually one of the few times where I can genuinely say that there's good writing.

[languid meadow]

multiple companions is a required mod on every fallout game

[opaque coyote]

Nice taste lol

In terms of FO4 favorites

1. Danse
2. Nick
3. Curie
4. Dogmeat (best of boys)
5. Cait

Also I think it's weird that in Fallout NV and Fallout 4. The Super Mutant companion is underdeveloped in comparison to the rest.

Although for NV, it's mainly because of cut content.

The Nightkin Lily's companion quest is actually pretty fucking sad tbh.

[languid meadow]

while I like Strong... Lily is just better even if a bit underdeveloped

[opaque coyote]

True, it is a sad dilemma.

[near wasp]

Hancock is one of my favs

[opaque coyote]

On one hand, she needs to take her meds to be stable, and also not accidentally murder people.

But on the other hand, it makes her forget her past life.

Since she can occasionally play a tape. A birthday party with children, and her as an old lady.

Taking her meds fully does bring her stability, but it also makes her forget her past life fully.

It's honestly fucking sad.

It's a fucked up dilemma.

[languid meadow]

I really wish we had something like that with Nick

since he seems like a prime candidate for it

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[storm jungle]

And I just now banned this guy in gen-chat for being transphobic

literally clockwork, every time lol

[celest dome]

Wait what, no proof of Ork not being human ?

[unborn wadi]

ty mate

[daring creek]

Very good

[storm jungle]

No problem, the red flag was flying high I was just waiting

[unborn wadi]

just checked and they were arguing about female custodes

cant say im surprised

[storm jungle]

Always the first stepstone lol

[valid needle]

It’s more optional these days ngl

[storm jungle]

Codex compliance is also more of a reputation thing

you arent really forced to do it, you can just use it as a guide too

some more stick up the ass Chapters will just sometimes side-eye you

[celest dome]

We do have to welcome Female custodes as a "Canary in the mine", as it cause those to reveal themselves quite early

[storm jungle]

LMAO

[valid needle]

And a lot of the times no one really checks if chapters are it’s kind of just tell people “yeah we’re compliant”

[storm jungle]

Yeah stuff like Imperial Armor gets into it well

[valid needle]

What does that mean?

[celest dome]

Basically if you complain about Female Custodes it mostly is a sign that you're going to do other dumb thing

Sort of a red flag

[valid needle]

No I mean canary in a mine, I haven’t heard this saying.

[celest dome]

It's less of a saying and more of a historical fact

[arctic talon]

Basically miners in some parts of the world would bring a canary into a coal mine, if it stopped chirping or singing it means the mine had dangerous gas in it

And you’d die

[storm jungle]

^

[storm jungle]

Lmao there it is

fucking SAW contraption

[valid needle]

Oh I see

[daring creek]

Is that a cage for a bird underwater

[celest dome]

Then they'd use some bottled oxygen to revive it (birds are reusable -)

[daring creek]

.

Oh

[arctic talon]

Basically the goal wasn’t for the bird to die

[celest dome]

Mining

[arctic talon]

But if the bird started acting weird

[daring creek]

That's where the canary in the coal mine thing came from

[arctic talon]

You should just go

[daring creek]

Crazy

[arctic talon]

Because like

Bad stuff

lol

[daring creek]

We must consult the bird for vibes

The bird is not vibing...we must leave...

[arctic talon]

Yeah basically lol

[plush mason]

mining has a long history of very dangerous working conditions and fairly questionable attempts to make it safer

also a long history of not caring about safety at all lol

"hey there is this new explosive that is way more powerful than gunpowder!" "whats the catch?" "it blows up on impact" "perfect for the mines with all the rocks falling and heavy tools being used!"

[celest dome]

work safety was written in the blood of the workers

[plush mason]

yup

[celest dome]

And sometime, by the points of knives

[plush mason]

that kinda looks like the box they had the pigons in to guide the bombs in ww2 lol

[north perch]

Orck genders be like:

Gork/Mork 😏

[languid meadow]

Orc

https://tenor.com/view/three-glasses-gif-24249833

[storm jungle]

Lmfao

fucking grummz

[lament shoal]

@surreal nest also forgot to mention yesterday, but the night lords are gonna be one of the main antagonists of dark heresy, and owlcat hired the author of the night lords omnibus to be on the writing team so they could get the legion's representation as accurate as possible

[surreal nest]

Swell news

[paper haven]

I love that I'm gonna be fighting super powered turbo sadists in Dark heresy

[fervent gull]

What rank does sergeant major mean exactly? Below than major but higher than captain?

[opaque coyote]

to be fair, that's also like

almost every industry

like we literally only figured out that child labor was bad like 100-200 years ago

and even then we still use child labor

just not natively

Safety procedures often use blood as ink, and the pen is made out of bone.

[plush mason]

dark heresy just keeps getting better

[celest dome]

Doesn't the US want to reintroduce the possibility of child workers?

[opaque coyote]

florida

only florida so far

honestly part of the reason why child workers have phased out is that a lot of work needs somebody who's trained

[plush mason]

tbf the government has been trying to bring it back since they banned it

[opaque coyote]

so by a pure utilitarian pov

child workers are bad

because like

try teaching a kid how to do engineering

[paper haven]

Generally it's the highest enlisted Rank, after First Sergeant.
Not an officer but generally considered the most experienced person present.

[opaque coyote]

also the canary in the coal mine trick did actually work. Although since we have detectors now, it's been phased out.

But canaries got sick way before people. Less mass, higher rate of breathing, etc.

so you had enough time to run or put on a mask

[plush mason]

yeah hence "questionable" as some of them did work

others not so much

[near wasp]

How else are they gonna get the 5 years of experience they need for an entry level position

[valid needle]

Are you American?

[opaque coyote]

y'know

fair point

[opaque coyote]

don't fuck with america

we barely even know our states

seriously I cannot remember the middle area of america

[near wasp]

Wow

Ami the only person who paid attention In geography

[opaque coyote]

I did.

I just forgot

[near wasp]

Tbh I might of paid too much attention to maps

[opaque coyote]

tbf I consistently forget names

so that might just be because it hits a weak point

[plush mason]

from the owlcat discord lmao

[opaque coyote]

Imagining Alpharius and Omegon riding on a flying sleigh

[near wasp]

My dad taught me nav when I was like ten. So like I've been doing map reading forever

[opaque coyote]

Spreading presents.

[paper haven]

They're called fly-by states for a reason

[near wasp]

I was born in Wyoming so I'm used to people not knowing anything

[opaque coyote]

Fulgrim Pre-heresy would probably be the type to dress up as santa

Post-heresy, he would be one of

THOSE mall santas

...

wee all know the ones

[paper haven]

Horrifying

[valid needle]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-dancing-dancing-spongebob-spongebob-meme-spongebob-dancing-gif-3717772640009073571

[opaque coyote]

I know how to read a map, and have a decent sense of direction.

The problem is that apparently my directions are incomprehensible to other people

So

💀

Landmarks are pretty important

[paper haven]

People are terrible at following directions

[opaque coyote]

But not everyone knows the

"Walgreens close to the College which is from left, right, left from my house"

[near wasp]

I mean I had to be good at finding my way because I went hunting with my dad and he didn't want me to get lost so I learned the hard way.

Aka he took me into the woods with a map and I had to find my way back to camp. And he was nearby but was allowing me to pathfind my own way

[paper haven]

Yes, not getting lost is important in hunting.

It would be odd if you weren't taught that

[opaque coyote]

Yeah I would probably try to like

make some type of identifiable mark before going

but either way I never went hunting

I'm a city boy (tm)

https://tenor.com/view/uni-handshake-maxwell-cat-kitty-gif-522509285255605907

[near wasp]

You'd be surprised at how often people aren't taught.

[near wasp]

Get in the car we're gonna get us a turkey

[paper haven]

I don't think I would be. I've met hunters

[opaque coyote]

Also honestly for a sec. I expected that your dad was gonna like

throw you into a forest

"Here's a map son, find your way back"

and then just fucking drives away

[near wasp]

Nah he did that later

[opaque coyote]

A fun part of living in like

A valley area in california is that there's a ton of wild turkeys. Especially around fall

just

randomly walking around the neighborhood

no idea why they're there

hell i saw one up on a tree

chilling

It is a usual sight to literally see turkey's cross the road

A tiny part of me wants to just shoot one randomly

and be like

"Hey dad, we're having turkey for thanksgiving!"

💀

[paper haven]

I don't like how turkey tastes

[sturdy yarrow]

is this a pro-headcanon server

[near wasp]

I'd rather hunt deer but I just said turkey cause it's near season

[daring creek]

Live action darktide film written like a marvel movie.

[sturdy yarrow]

that sounds awful lol

daemonhost appears "erm... he's right behind me, isn't he?"

😭

[storm jungle]

Ideas are allowed so idk probably

[rocky gale]

Unless they're dumb, then we'll mock you

[daring creek]

Ideas relate to thought

Therefore

no it is not allowed.

Do not think.

[rocky gale]

Thought crime

[daring creek]

Was that an opinion?

[opaque coyote]

"The Emperor is kept alive because of Ork belief!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1"

[opaque coyote]

Doubleplus ungood

[rocky gale]

That idea gets you the chair

https://tenor.com/view/damian-priest-angry-mad-steel-chair-wwe-gif-24405159

[opaque coyote]

Imagine if like somebody in deathrow

They're sentenced to the chair

[sturdy yarrow]

yeah i dont do that kind of headcanon, thats dumb
it's such a gripe of mine when people flanderize the lore

[opaque coyote]

They're escorted out, expecting the electric chair.

[sturdy yarrow]

lemme open my sacred headcanon tome and post some of my yappage

[opaque coyote]

Only to find some man who looks like Absolute Bane

With a steel chair

Then door is immediately locked behind you

[lament shoal]

Is there any record of psykers becoming imperial saints?

[rocky gale]

A Dark Heresy book mentions Rybel Gorth, a psyker who was canonised after his death

[paper haven]

I kind of assumed all saints were psykers

Is that not the case?

[rocky gale]

He got lost in the warp on a ship full of Scholars and Ministorum officials who had lots of important information. When they started dieing he basically absorbed their minds into his own. Then after returning to realspace he ensured that all off the knowledge they had was safely transcribed before his mind unravelled and he died.

[rocky gale]

No

[paper haven]

Well shows how much I know. Tourist confirmed let me go post some Death Korps memes that highlight their shovels now

[rocky gale]

Saints are basically just figures who are canonised and revered in the Imperium, like in the Catholic church.

Living Saints are people who are empowered by Faith to gain special powers.

[paper haven]

Ok see I did not know there was a difference, I just thought Saint meant special Faith demon

[rocky gale]

Na those are the Living Saints

But they aren't really Psykers, they're something else

[paper haven]

Yeah I know, but splitting hairs on the use of warp powers is tedious.
I suppose it's closer to sorcery but at the end of the day they're flying and shooting beams out of their eyes

[lament shoal]

and are there any psykers who have become living saints?

[opaque coyote]

"I... can feel my mind unwinding... but before I die..."

"I must... I must write the FNAF lore..."

cough

"...it all started in the 1970's..."

[paper haven]

It was all FNAF fanfics

[opaque coyote]

William Afton X Reader ones

oh god

💀

[paper haven]

Kept safe through the age of strife

Millions have died to preserve it

Maybe billions

[lament shoal]

It baffles me how people can be horny over a character who murders children

[paper haven]

White women, I swear

[lament shoal]

Especially since we're never really shown what he looks like as well

[opaque coyote]

I already became numb when I saw there was a tumblr fandom for the Columbine school shooters

[lament shoal]

Before he gets spring locked I mean

[opaque coyote]

The FNAF movie technically

https://tenor.com/view/william-afton-steve-raglan-steve-raglan-explosion-steve-raglan-dies-william-afton-explosion-gif-5505651357237261164

[lament shoal]

[lament shoal]

Idk the movie kinda seems like its own thing separate from the games

[rocky gale]

Not that I know of

[paper haven]

I'm joking here. Being a degenerate is not limited to one race or people.

[opaque coyote]

It is but they're sorta connected.

William Afton as a name came from the books

transferred over to the games

[paper haven]

There are books?

Like, novels?

[opaque coyote]

The Movie, Books, and Games, are entirely separate canons

[paper haven]

Without pictures?

[opaque coyote]

Series of them.

[opaque coyote]

There is a comic adaptation fo those also

[paper haven]

See that's not surprising

[opaque coyote]

Although the art for the Silver Eyes comic adaptation is ass

so the book is better

[opaque coyote]

Yeah there's also a bunch of short fnaf themed horror stories

Some are good

Msot are mid

[paper haven]

Also not surprising.
What is there to write about?
It's a jump scare game

[opaque coyote]

and some are just

truly

special

Springtrap Mpreg

No

This is not a joke

[paper haven]

No, I believe you

[opaque coyote]

Springtrap Mpreg is technically canon in the books

[opaque coyote]

Basically, the books have their own separate lore only somewhat related.

In fact, some of the book lore transferred back over to the games,

[paper haven]

Completely in line with my preexisting prejudice

[opaque coyote]

With their own separate storyline

[paper haven]

And also justifying it

[opaque coyote]

There's the trilogy which is actually an alright read.

It's not perfect but it's actually not bad either

[paper haven]

I suppose if you throw enough mud at a wall some of it will stick

[opaque coyote]

Then there's the short stories. There are some freaky ones.

Like Baby replacing a little girl's limbs with robot parts.

Using illusion disks to trick her that she's become beautiful

[paper haven]

Is this more or less freaky than the My little pony torture fanfics?

[opaque coyote]

Or somebody being trapped in the FNAF 4 house in a constant loop.

With the system being entirely automated and William long gone.

And also Into the Pit came from the books as well, and got adapted into a game.

And the game is actually pretty good

[paper haven]

I actually met one of those writers in real life. She was exactly how you're picturing.

Extremely socially awkward

[opaque coyote]

Less freaky.

I think they even tried to tackle one of the missing children meeting their sibling as a ghost

and their sibling helping them pass on

The most disappointing part is that it's the first time they tried actually tackling the

grief that would come from a kid being murdered

and that they haven't done it before until that short story.

Still a good short story but personally they should've tackled it in a mainline game

Basically they're a neat series of

mixed bags.

If there is one guarantee, they're always at least somewhat entertaining.

You can either read a genuinely interesting story.

Or somebody raging after playtesting their OWN FUCKING GAME.

And then because he is such an absolute gamer

He birthed a baby springtrap

said springtrap also calls him daddy

💀

Like I said

Always at least somewhat entertaining

Absolute cinema

or absolute dogshit

[fervent gull]

No? Not knowing military ranks are signs of ignorance now?

[valid needle]

No no I just meant are you American so I could try convert it to one of your ranks but apparently it’s command sergeant major there too.

[storm jungle]

Also like

40k uses IRL ranks in an extremely "lol yeet" way

so as ever its not that deep really

[fervent gull]

Oh sory then, I'm turkish and english is my second language, I didnt ever think the major's meaning would be as in "minor-major" and my mind directly went for the major rank

[fervent gull]

Yeah, I always thought it was a different kind of rank, sometimes it surprises me how many things this franchise using from irl counterparts

[storm jungle]

Tbh its why I love turkish ranks

Binbaşı is literallly just "Head of a Thousand"

or Onbaşı is just "Head of a Ten"

its great

[fervent gull]

Simple to understand

[valid needle]

It’s basically the highest non officer rank

[paper haven]

American militaries have Sergeant major too. My understanding is that the rank as it is used in 40k is also pretty in line with the general vibe. Usually a super grizzled older soldier who leads men but isn't an officer

[sturdy yarrow]

oh what i cant even post images here

alright ill just post it as text

My silly head canon writings on the Space Marine recruitment process

**A Recruit’s Journey**
*“Through the tests of bravery, loyalty, competency and obedience, the best youth are chosen from amongst humanity. Young minds are good students. First they are taught to overcome suffering and anguish – but most importantly, they banish fear. Their language becomes that of action. Only through empowerment can he become capable of feats unthinkable by normal men. Second their bodies are made strong and resilient. With the physical tools his mind and body find parity; he becomes capable of manifesting his will into reality through force. Only then do they train as any ordinary man would: The conventional study of warfare; of melee fighting, marksmanship and battlefield tactics. The true difference between man and Space Marine is unbreakable mind and indefatigable body, not raw talent or skill.”*
   ***– Teachings of the Codex Astartes***

[storm jungle]

Yeah sounds about right

you did good enough making it sound like something glorious

and not what it is in reality aka cutting open a child who might die during operation

[sturdy yarrow]

I do get into that lol

And aside from the obvious risk of surgery, rejection, or mutation, there's the more human torture of social isolation.

   *“The Neophyte must be stripped of his past life. He must be isolated not just from his home-world, but also from any bonds that may persist amongst themselves. During his indoctrination, he must be freed of the burdens of past relations.  His mind is best moulded without the shackles of kinship. When he has been filled with new purpose, and his higher calling fully realized, only then he is permitted to be around familiars once more. Even so, he must be deprived of a mortal childhood and never be permitted to see his family; such primal connections threaten to reawaken his fragile humanity.”*
   ***– Teachings of the Codex Astartes***

   Between eating, sleeping and physical training, the neophytes are indoctrinated in the ways of the Chapter. The Chaplain separates neophytes by familiarity, careful to make sure none of the neophytes that knew one another in their past lives can socialize meaningfully. They dine and sleep in separate quarters. In training they are kept quiet by focus, physical exhaustion and corporal punishment. They must be isolated to guarantee no interference with their indoctrination. They memorize chapter hierarchy and come to believe the chapter’s values as their own. They come to understand their holy purpose, and what they will become. They learn of the mind-boggling vastness of the Imperium. They are shown aliens, heretics, technological abominations and great weapons of wonder and woe.

   Brains like sponges, the children absorb this new world, accepting it as their new reality.

[sacred bluff]

astartes were stolen from halo

[vital ginkgo]

Are there any irl guns that can be held by a normal human that can peirce power armor? Like a 50 cal or 20mm

[sacred ginkgo]

You can hold a recoiless rifle or grenade launcher

Yes

But seriously something like a modern anti material rifle could, you just have to aim for joints

Or all of those anti armor grenades they carry on a plate joint

[storm jungle]

or RPGs etc

marines are not incinvicle and ceramite can still be cracked by proper means

[rose thorn]

iiiiiiiii DID IT

I MADE MY SYLVANETH COLORSCHEEM

IT LOOKS FUCKING INSANE

BUT I DID IT

behold my desperate attempt at making a colroscheme wihtou a model

[rose thorn]

@arctic talon

its so alien coer

[sacred bluff]

auramite can NOT be cracked

[rose thorn]

biut but but, they can survive beng stepped on by a titan

[arctic talon]

I like it

[arctic talon]

exception is not the rule smh

[rose thorn]

Applying for jobs and handshake is like ‘what positions are you interested in’ what ever pays, put the jobs in the bag

People want cover letters in 2025

What is this

[opaque coyote]

Unfortunately I cannot say

"I know that there is a 50% chance you're gonna ghost me for a year and a 45% chance you're just gonna reject me. Please just give me a job."

[opaque coyote]

Death by a thousand scarabs

[surreal nest]

God my last 3 interviews got canceled last second and one of my 3 interviews for one company ended with them ghosting me after they fired the guy who interviewed me

[daring creek]

Would you say the "Imperium good" crowd are just ignorant or do you think they believe its for the greater good

[surreal nest]

Theyre media illiterate and functionally useless as fans

[opaque coyote]

Don't mention the greater good in front the Imperium crowd. They will immediately froth

Jokes aside, I believe they're just mostly ignorant

[daring creek]

Tau good tau is best yadda yadda blue alien man kill one zillion

[opaque coyote]

But some are definitely just actual Nazis

[surreal nest]

I've met too many imperium good posters who had black templar profile pictures and i could only assume their real politics

[arctic talon]

They’re either uninformed or. Really stupid

Or

The third option

https://tenor.com/view/wolfenstein-ss-ss-march-wolfenstein-ss-gif-19326165

[opaque coyote]

"Imperium Good"

[surreal nest]

These people would read the handmaid's tale and go "fr? Thats not too bad I can see why that happens"

[arctic talon]

Anyways

The imperium is (unfortunately) the best humanity has left

Because it killed all the other alternatives

Lmao

[opaque coyote]

...after they killed everything else

[arctic talon]

Yet another imperium W

but the imperium is literally called the most cruel and bloody regime imaginable by GW

In every imperium book ever

Ignore the fact we’ve had irl regimes with an even more comically evil killing their own people rate

[opaque coyote]

"I AM NOT A GOD." Said the glowing gigantic man wearing golden armor with a halo behind their head. "BUT YOU SHOULD FOLLOW MY DECREES TO THE LETTER OTHERWISE I WILL FUCKING KILL YOU."

[arctic talon]

But the imperium is meant to be

Extremely evil

[opaque coyote]

To be fair, at a certain point, they probably can't write what the Imperium would realistically do

[arctic talon]

Yes they can

They just do it in rulebooks

[opaque coyote]

Or well...

[arctic talon]

Not novels

[opaque coyote]

They can

But they can't do it without tanking sales

[arctic talon]

Yeah they xan

It just goes in rulebooks

Lol

[surreal nest]

The shit I've heard in America lowk sounds like word for word what happens in 40k books

[arctic talon]

Like the inqusition concentration camp in charadon lol

To dispose of people with

Point being GW doesn’t put this stuff in novels as often

Because it doesn’t sell as well comparatively

[surreal nest]

Didn't the new black templar rulebook also have a passage about how they raze and murder civilians

[arctic talon]

Yes

And it’s based

[daring creek]

What do you mean graphic torture of ppl doesn't sell well?

[arctic talon]

Yeah

Well

It sells well

[daring creek]

Why do they do this

[arctic talon]

But not for the imperium

lol

[surreal nest]

Not my black templars....they are my heroes.....never hurt a soul....

[opaque coyote]

And by realistically do. I mean make what Imperial Japan did to Nanking look like a book on safe procreation.

[daring creek]

I'm curious

[arctic talon]

The excerpt is due to xenos sympathy

[surreal nest]

Resources or they think the people arent obedient enough

Either or

[arctic talon]

For why the BT went apeshit

lol

And they were already in violation

Of the tithe being delivered

[daring creek]

[arctic talon]

They just decided to wipe the whole slate clean

By killing everyone

Since they weren’t paying the full tithe, were disobedient to the imperium to ramp up production and had xenos sympathy

[daring creek]

How barbaric are they

[arctic talon]

So they just killed everyone involved

[daring creek]

I mean how is the slaughter done

[arctic talon]

Pyre burning’s, orbital bombardment, mass killing

Depends

[opaque coyote]

Also because like

Although it is Grimdark. Having all the novels be extremely depressing would probably get old.

[daring creek]

Because I want to compare it to that of the Nightlords

[surreal nest]

Thats a good question actually

[arctic talon]

Orbital bombardment is the usual method

[daring creek]

AH, very normal

[arctic talon]

But if they have reason to

[daring creek]

mine?

[arctic talon]

They’ll just kill you in a normal imperial execution method

[surreal nest]

Yes

[arctic talon]

For like

[opaque coyote]

The Emperor's Peace?

[daring creek]

schweet

[arctic talon]

Imperial factions as bad as the night lords

The mechanicus

lol

And for marines

[daring creek]

Yeah true

[arctic talon]

Flesh tearers

[daring creek]

Aren't those traiters

[arctic talon]

No

[daring creek]

HWAT

HUH

LOL

[opaque coyote]

Everyone's first reaction upon hearing their existence

[arctic talon]

My guy we have a chapter called the gore golems

Who are loyalist

[opaque coyote]

They're fairly chill. Unless if you're a Xenos, mutant, or enemy

[arctic talon]

Also the flesh tearers just brutally kill people

[opaque coyote]

Then they'll eat you

[daring creek]

What the fuck do you mean they're not traitors

[arctic talon]

The Mortifactors literally Skin people alive

lol

[opaque coyote]

Probably alice

[daring creek]

[arctic talon]

The Mortifactors ritualistically skin and eat people

[opaque coyote]

Traitor just means that they're against the Imperium

[daring creek]

Yeah.......

[opaque coyote]

Not necessarily of any moral standing

[arctic talon]

The flesh tearers friendly fire rates were so bad they almost got expelled

[daring creek]

Hell no I mean I don't believe they're moral but like

[arctic talon]

But they reigned it in

But you’re correct

They almost got declared traitor lol

[opaque coyote]

Tbf I also literally have an extremely hard time telling between a Mechanicus and a Dark Mechanicus

[daring creek]

Jesus I guess the difference between loyalists and traitors can often be worshipping another god or none

[opaque coyote]

They look the exact same

[opaque coyote]

or four

or also one but it's a different one than the corpse emperor

[arctic talon]

You see the difference is for chaos one is even more comically evil

[daring creek]

You think they struggle with that in the imperium?

[daring creek]

Yeah

[arctic talon]

In terms of how they act yes

lol

Both are extremely psychopathic

The mechanicus encourages psychopathy

Within its ranks

[opaque coyote]

Also Chaos have much more spikes

[arctic talon]

With how it’s structured

[opaque coyote]

Imperium tends to keep the spikes at a minimum

[arctic talon]

The dark mechanicum uses less slaves then the adeptus mechanicus

[daring creek]

Isn't that the motivation behind a lot of neural augmentation

[arctic talon]

But that’s due to lack of availability

[daring creek]

[opaque coyote]

PFFTTT

[arctic talon]

That’s for sociopathy more so

Lack of emotions

Emotional regulation is a big thing in the mechanicus

Most tech priests can shut it off at will

[opaque coyote]

I remember an excerpt of like

A tech priest thinking about something

Firstly they think of it with zero emotions

Then they turn it on and think about it with emotions

[rose thorn]

[opaque coyote]

And then they compare

[arctic talon]

Ultimately emotion does drive their decisions at times

As much as they try to make it not

But tech priests are still psychopaths normally lol

[opaque coyote]

I mean if they weren't driven by emotion. Maybe they would actually invent some shit

[arctic talon]

They do

It’s just a religous and political clusterfuck whenever something does get invented

[opaque coyote]

Well. Officially invent stuff on a mass scale instead of individual efforts

[arctic talon]

Yeah

Well

[opaque coyote]

But invention is illegal

[arctic talon]

Anyways stuff like the thallax is proof the mechanicus is made up of psychopaths

@daring creek

Thallax are great

They’re in constant mental and emotional agony

The only relief they get is when they kill, they get a nice dose of painkillers and combat drugs that make them feel good

[daring creek]

Seen this. Still love it

[arctic talon]

It’s a great image lol

[daring creek]

Transition goals...

[arctic talon]

LOL

[sturdy yarrow]

50cal prob could to the thinner segments, think the gauntlets, vox grill, lenses

[opaque coyote]

retains independent human thought

"hmm... Thallax. What is your opinion on the current state of things."

"KILL ME. KILL ME NOW. AAAA-"

"Yup. Just about what I expected."

[arctic talon]

Thallax are basically admech space marines

lol

[daring creek]

So awesome

[arctic talon]

Both in terms of battlefield role

And the whole

Power armored shock troop

Thing

[daring creek]

any good introductory books on the admech

[arctic talon]

Still around in 40K

[opaque coyote]

Also the fact that they keep more of their individuality than the tech thralls is

Fucking funny

[arctic talon]

Forge of mars trilogy, mechanicum(Horus heresy stuff), Dominjon Genesis

[arctic talon]

Nah thralls are fully sentient and sapient

They just don’t get to control their movements or actions

They’re literally puppeted

[daring creek]

Servitors?

[arctic talon]

Nah

Tech thralls

The step below a servitor

[daring creek]

mm.

[arctic talon]

When you’re so worthless it’s not worth making a servitor out of you

You get your limbs hacked off and shoved into a suit that controls your movements

[daring creek]

who are they puppeted by

[sturdy yarrow]

They're "good" in the sense that they're justified. Their hatred for aliens comes from a place of aliens turning on them and being genocidal maniacs to them. Their fear of progress comes from their own technology turning on them and tried to destroy them. Doesn't mean they're morally virtuos, just that their savagery was learnt as a survival mechanism.

[arctic talon]

A tech priest of some rank

[surreal nest]

No

[arctic talon]

Okay but the whole all the xenos turned on humanity thing

Is literally false

In universe

Like explicitly

[daring creek]

Okay so humanity is used as a basis for the machine and a tech priest plays you like a drone

[sturdy yarrow]

Obviously not all, but true enough for cultural selection to weed out the humans that were too trusting.

[daring creek]

titan fall ass fate

[arctic talon]

Not even

There were plenty of human civilizations who lived alongside xenos during the great crusade as equals

The imperium just killed them all

[opaque coyote]

I think it was just like

Humanity overreacting to a couple of small empires deciding to take advantage of their weakened state and take lands.

[sturdy yarrow]

Fair. Still they were arguably the minority.

[arctic talon]

In terms of surviving humans yeah

[opaque coyote]

They weren't.

The Imperium just killed them all.

[arctic talon]

But even the surviving humans sometimes didn’t get along

[opaque coyote]

[sturdy yarrow]

source?

[arctic talon]

Nah

Anyways point being

[opaque coyote]

Oh really

Hm

[arctic talon]

The imperiums policy of total xenocide

Is literally wrong

It’s not like Earth or Mars got attacked by xenos

[sturdy yarrow]

"literally wrong" meaning what exactly?

[arctic talon]

They just imploded on their own

The imperium spawned on terra

The whole kill every xenos thing is something the emperor came up with

[surreal nest]

also not even to mention that the imperium is needlessly cruel and uncaring to their OWN population they are not justified in anything

[arctic talon]

^

[daring creek]

Terra isn't the og earth yeah?

neo earth?

[opaque coyote]

The Eldar once were about to kill Slaanesh. About to fix their biggest mistake that caused immense amounts of suffering . They were basically begging for the SMs nearby to hold back on killing them until after the ritual.

...

The SMs killed them all anyways because they couldn't hold back their sheer hatred and Slaanesh got to live another day.

[sturdy yarrow]

The Emperor was obviously ideologically motivated, yes. This ideology was based on a better safe than sorry mentality. Is it morally wrong? Yes. Is it practically wrong? Debatable.

There's also the question of if the Emperor would've actually been chill with some xenos like the Tau. It's hard to say.

[arctic talon]

It is

It’s irl earth

[arctic talon]

Imo he would have killed them

For one they’re an expansionist empire

[opaque coyote]

He would have killed them

Like

100%

[arctic talon]

And also the tau have their own brand of racism

[sturdy yarrow]

Probably yeah.

[arctic talon]

Well

Xenophobia

[opaque coyote]

The Emperor just fucking hates Xenos

[arctic talon]

So they’d be in his way

[sturdy yarrow]

no, no, and racism

[opaque coyote]

A lot

[sturdy yarrow]

their whole caste system is racism

[arctic talon]

They’re also xenophobic

Tbf

[sturdy yarrow]

i'm saying both

[arctic talon]

Yeah

[sturdy yarrow]

they're just benevolent xenophobes lol

[daring creek]

benevolent xenophobes

[opaque coyote]

The only reason why they get people still joining them

Is because being a human in the T'au empire. Is much better than the Imperium

[sturdy yarrow]

yes, it's a play on benevolent sexism

[arctic talon]

I mean yeah

You’re a second class citizen

You can’t rise to the same station as a tau

As any non tau

You can climb up in a high rank within your own pocket

But ultimately you’re limited

[opaque coyote]

But being a second class citizen in the T'au empire is much better than being sent to the Volcano camp.

[arctic talon]

Compared to a hive world I mean yeah

But it still sucks to live in the tau empire

In its own unique way

[sturdy yarrow]

Yeah

[opaque coyote]

At least you get to eat ramen

So

Not a full 0/10

[sturdy yarrow]

your best bet in 40K is to re-roll until you get to live on a paradise world

[opaque coyote]

Nah, Paradise worlds are similar to like

Tourist trap countries irl.

[sturdy yarrow]

sure even then you'll probably be a servant and get diddled by some pervy noble but hey it beats corpse starch and 14 hour shifts in the manufactorum

[opaque coyote]

Good for the visitors

Bad to live in and work

[sturdy yarrow]

better than a hive

[arctic talon]

Roll to live on a civilized world that isn’t shit