The Warhammer 40.000/Fantasy Discussion Thread Mk.II

[Nova Colombian Confederation]

Inventors are at a bigger risk for corruption from Chaos.

I think he's referring more to past inventors from humanity's history; from before Chaos.

You get my point. But how inventors can be corrupted by Chaos?.

[The Imperial Reach]

I think he's referring more to past inventors from humanity's history; from before Chaos.

You get my point. But how inventors can be corrupted by Chaos?.

I can't really say much about the AdMech or their doctrine tbh as I'm not as familiar with them as the other factions.

[The Biggles Syndicate]

Imperial Citizen: "Man, I feel bad for all those in Segmentum Solar. Thank the Emperor our colony is away from the Beast."

The Harlequin:

[The Imperial Reach]

[The Huskar Social Union]

(Image)

Brilliant.

[Tethys 13]

Imperial Citizen: "Man, I feel bad for all those in Segmentum Solar. Thank the Emperor our colony is away from the Beast."

The Harlequin:

The Beast Arises series is awesome, but the only way that incident works is if those Harlequins were the most powerful of their kind.

Otherwise, two of them killing dozens of Custodes would just be silly.

Oh, that reminds me of a theory I've been working on - I think the Orks as a race shape themselves after the dominant civilisation in the galaxy. Thus, the Orks the Emperor fought were little more than animals, because of the massive decline the Galaxy had experienced and the main thing they fought probably being Daemons. Then we have Waaagh! Beast, which was like the Imperium at the height of the Great Crusade. Right now, at the end of the 41st Millenium, we've got Orks who don't hold a candle to Waaagh! Beast but still pose a significant threat, even if they haven't advanced in thousands of years - just like the Imperium.

It still needs work as a theory, but there is one detail that gave me the idea and is, I feel, a vital piece of evidence - the Orks predate mankind's evolution by a very long time, and have been fighting wars against Necrons and Eldar etc for the vast majority of their time in the Galaxy, with the time they've spent fighting Humans still comparatively young. So why is it that so much of their language is built on Gothic loan words? There's the theory I came up with to explain it, at least.

[Baltenstein]

Imperial Citizen: "Man, I feel bad for all those in Segmentum Solar. Thank the Emperor our colony is away from the Beast."

The Harlequin:

The Beast Arises series is awesome, but the only way that incident works is if those Harlequins were the most powerful of their kind.

Otherwise, two of them killing dozens of Custodes would just be silly.

Oh, that reminds me of a theory I've been working on - I think the Orks as a race shape themselves after the dominant civilisation in the galaxy. Thus, the Orks the Emperor fought were little more than animals, because of the massive decline the Galaxy had experienced and the main thing they fought probably being Daemons. Then we have Waaagh! Beast, which was like the Imperium at the height of the Great Crusade. Right now, at the end of the 41st Millenium, we've got Orks who don't hold a candle to Waaagh! Beast but still pose a significant threat, even if they haven't advanced in thousands of years - just like the Imperium.

It still needs work as a theory, but there is one detail that gave me the idea and is, I feel, a vital piece of evidence - the Orks predate mankind's evolution by a very long time, and have been fighting wars against Necrons and Eldar etc for the vast majority of their time in the Galaxy, with the time they've spent fighting Humans still comparatively young. So why is it that so much of their language is built on Gothic loan words? There's the theory I came up with to explain it, at least.

Do Orks really use English-derived words like "humie", "teef" or "boyz" literally, complete with faux-Cockney accent? I was always under the impression that their actual language is completely alien to human ears.

[Chan Island]

The Beast Arises series is awesome, but the only way that incident works is if those Harlequins were the most powerful of their kind.

Otherwise, two of them killing dozens of Custodes would just be silly.

Oh, that reminds me of a theory I've been working on - I think the Orks as a race shape themselves after the dominant civilisation in the galaxy. Thus, the Orks the Emperor fought were little more than animals, because of the massive decline the Galaxy had experienced and the main thing they fought probably being Daemons. Then we have Waaagh! Beast, which was like the Imperium at the height of the Great Crusade. Right now, at the end of the 41st Millenium, we've got Orks who don't hold a candle to Waaagh! Beast but still pose a significant threat, even if they haven't advanced in thousands of years - just like the Imperium.

It still needs work as a theory, but there is one detail that gave me the idea and is, I feel, a vital piece of evidence - the Orks predate mankind's evolution by a very long time, and have been fighting wars against Necrons and Eldar etc for the vast majority of their time in the Galaxy, with the time they've spent fighting Humans still comparatively young. So why is it that so much of their language is built on Gothic loan words? There's the theory I came up with to explain it, at least.

Do Orks really use English-derived words like "humie", "teef" or "boyz" literally, complete with faux-Cockney accent? I was always under the impression that their actual language is completely alien to human ears.

It is. During the Beast series, the orks at one point send in an ambassador who speaks high gothic to the high lords. And the Imperium is completely stunned by both of these neigh-on inconceivable things.

I think he's referring more to past inventors from humanity's history; from before Chaos.

You get my point. But how inventors can be corrupted by Chaos?.

Inventors are often creative, curious people who seek knowledge for the sake of it. Given enough time, almost everyone with that sort of inclination eventually finds out about the creatures that live in their universe's warp, including the chaos gods. Considering the power they could give to an inventor (especially Tzeench), it would be almost inevitable that they would find themselves making deals, giving inches and accepting ideas from the demonic entities... to catastrophic result for everyone else.

[Tethys 13]

Do Orks really use English-derived words like "humie", "teef" or "boyz" literally, complete with faux-Cockney accent? I was always under the impression that their actual language is completely alien to human ears.

It is. During the Beast series, the orks at one point send in an ambassador who speaks high gothic to the high lords. And the Imperium is completely stunned by both of these neigh-on inconceivable things.

According to the Ciaphas Cain series, Orks really do call their weapons "Shootas" etc due to Gothic language influences. It also mentions an Orkish language, but apparently that's primarily composed of swearing and blows to the head.
Then there's things like the Ork Cruiser "Ardenuff" which supposedly means "Battle-ready" in Orkish, and its derivation is obvious.

However, it'd fit my theory if they only started adopting Gothic loan-words after Ullanor, which fits with it being unheard of before Waaagh! Beast.

[Baltenstein]

It is. During the Beast series, the orks at one point send in an ambassador who speaks high gothic to the high lords. And the Imperium is completely stunned by both of these neigh-on inconceivable things.

That't my point - the fact that the Ork ambassador speaks a human language is shocking to them. This would imply that the Orks' actual language which they speak among themselves is completely different.

According to the Ciaphas Cain series, Orks really do call their weapons "Shootas" etc due to Gothic language influences. It also mentions an Orkish language, but apparently that's primarily composed of swearing and blows to the head.

I've read the Ciaphas Cain book in question but to be fair I don't think the Ciaphas Cain series in general isn't the most valid of sources.

[The Imperial Reach]

It is. During the Beast series, the orks at one point send in an ambassador who speaks high gothic to the high lords. And the Imperium is completely stunned by both of these neigh-on inconceivable things.

According to the Ciaphas Cain series, Orks really do call their weapons "Shootas" etc due to Gothic language influences. It also mentions an Orkish language, but apparently that's primarily composed of swearing and blows to the head.
Then there's things like the Ork Cruiser "Ardenuff" which supposedly means "Battle-ready" in Orkish, and its derivation is obvious.

However, it'd fit my theory if they only started adopting Gothic loan-words after Ullanor, which fits with it being unheard of before Waaagh! Beast.

I'm pretty sure it was guttural bellowing, not swearing.

[Ameriganastan]

Yo, check this out.

[The Huskar Social Union]

Yo, check this out.

Beat you to it

[The Biggles Syndicate]

Yo, check this out.

Neat.

I bet you Guilliman was watching this aboard Macragge's Honour just to drown out Cato Sicarius's egotastical singing when he was flying back to Ultramar.

[Isvataan]

Does anyone know about the missing primarchs or is that still remain to be a mystery

[The Huskar Social Union]

Does anyone know about the missing primarchs or is that still remain to be a mystery

Mystery, probably will always stay that way.

Which i think is good.

[Hurdergaryp]

Does anyone know about the missing primarchs or is that still remain to be a mystery

Well, where did you last see them before they went missing?

[Maichuko]

Does anyone know about the missing primarchs or is that still remain to be a mystery

The II primarchs name is about as long as Alpharius, XI's name is about as long as Magnus the red. Some sort of genetic failure occurred, because Guilliman lists them as failures, and the other Nine as traitors. One of them encountered a Necron monument at some point.

[The Imperial Reach]

Does anyone know about the missing primarchs or is that still remain to be a mystery

The II primarchs name is about as long as Alpharius, XI's name is about as long as Magnus the red. Some sort of genetic failure occurred, because Guilliman lists them as failures, and the other Nine as traitors. One of them encountered a Necron monument at some point.

Also, at least one got NOM'd by the Space Corgis.

[Socialist Czechia]

btw. how did you spent holy taco friday?

[The Imperial Reach]

Does the Internet still exist in the 40k universe?

[Ameriganastan]

Does the Internet still exist in the 40k universe?

I doubt it. If it did, I imagine the average citizen wouldn't be allowed to use it.

[The Empire of Pretantia]

Does the Internet still exist in the 40k universe?

Maybe on some worlds.

[Nova Colombian Confederation]

Does the Internet still exist in the 40k universe?

I doubt it. If it did, I imagine the average citizen wouldn't be allowed to use it.

That reminds me of a worldbuilding thingy that i saw. Chaos could use it as a tool to screw the Imperium up, cursed images could be a serious problem, and don't get me started on 40k's Youtube.

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[The Empire of Pretantia]

I doubt it. If it did, I imagine the average citizen wouldn't be allowed to use it.

That reminds me of a worldbuilding thingy that i saw. Chaos could use it as a tool to screw the Imperium up, cursed images could be a serious problem.

Fact: The Emperor commissioned several rogue traders whose sole job was to explore the internet for rare Pepes.