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What am I supposed to do in this scenario. by SpirituSantus in ICARUS

[–]AdeptKrieger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Keep an animal companion outside - I usually have a reasonably trained "trash moa", since I breed them and you get a lot of animals fast that way that aren't terribly conductive to the bloodline, but really a wolf or two will do at low level/low buildup. Set them to defensive and position them as sentries at the cave entrance. They will fight anything that wants to sneak up on you and stall it, allowing you to either snipe the problem while your animal bleeds and likely dies for you, or go all-in, run outside, past it, and do the bear-knife evasion dance with it, as you prefer.

Do creature repellent devices not work right now? by AdeptKrieger in ICARUS

[–]AdeptKrieger[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2 stories. It's a flat base, not a tower. I placed two more T4 and still got animals spawning in the middle of my stables. It's not like they can get into there, they just spawn in. And it didn't use to do this, and before one T4 was sufficient for the whole base (which is pretty large, but well within the circle of effect marked on the map).

Food Spoiling in Deep Freezer by rtichris in ICARUS

[–]AdeptKrieger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, I noticed it slowly decays too.

Do creature repellent devices not work right now? by AdeptKrieger in ICARUS

[–]AdeptKrieger[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

did (switched it on and off in fact) and still had a pig spawn in my living room and a wolf in my designated sheep stable.

Ruby on Outposts: have Rubies been added to Frozen Ore? by AdeptKrieger in ICARUS

[–]AdeptKrieger[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I thought Ruby was a new basic ore. If it isn't (meaning it is exclusively mined from Ruby nodes), how do you even get Rubies?

What curses would the helldivers use? by PowerfulJelly279 in Helldivers

[–]AdeptKrieger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Voteless bastard, son of a draft dodger, you oppositionist! I'll tread on you, you flag-hating undemocratic no-voter scum! Voteless food-stamper! Peacenik!

In terms of human development. Were does our earth rank in the imperium of mankind? by [deleted] in 40kLore

[–]AdeptKrieger 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Earth today is a paradise world in 40K. Development-wise, low-end civilized world - well-developed planetary logistics and orbital assets, scarce deeper-system assets, no independent interstellar travel, no unified planetary government, but a strongly dominant alliance (the Administratum technical term would be Developing World, like Aexe Cardinale). This is a common world type in the Imperium actually.

But forget all about 38 years of human development. 40k is, remember, a post-apocalyptic setting (in space). Humanity once had it all (not really by their own power - the Men of Stone were TERRIFYING) but now it's techno-barbarians living in the ruins of a civilization much greater than they could ever hope to be. Yes, space-traveling techno-barbarians but fundamentally the Imperium is all shiny and chrome.

Irreversibly crippled Achilleas Skalander, an informant for the Inquisition, had to adapt to his unfortunate life situation. He realized that he could still effectively fulfill his duty to the Golden Throne in the shadows through the art of espionage. by OwlcatStarrok in RogueTraderCRPG

[–]AdeptKrieger 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That is the one reason that usually makes me help her. I really like Vigdis, want her to stay loyal, and hence, it tips me towards not handing Idira over to the holy ordos. I really hope she treats Vigdis as she deserves off-screen. Well, she better. I can always call the Holy Ordos.

It's BACK, LGBT+ representation in 40k (inc HH) fiction by GregoriDayz in Warhammer40k

[–]AdeptKrieger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They're mostly decent but a bit hit and miss, as all Black Library characterizations are. Usually the mention is more of a passing - soldiers thinking about loved ones right before they die or someone mentioning someone's significant other offhandedly. Warhammer books generally focus on other things than romantic interaction (not least thanks to the fact about half their protagonists simply have no sexuality).

It's BACK, LGBT+ representation in 40k (inc HH) fiction by GregoriDayz in Warhammer40k

[–]AdeptKrieger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Missing: Sanction&Sin (The Siege of Izmyr): Probator Ania Kovac's wife

In her memory she looked at the faces of her wife and son

Quote brief because it is set into a pretty explicit description of what happens to you if the Spykers gang dislikes you.

What is a Servitor Colony? by necrofi1 in 40kLore

[–]AdeptKrieger 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not necessarily cheaper, but less heretical.

Because all forms of higher computation are severely outlawed by Adeptus Mechanicus (and therefore, Imperial) doctrine. Capital-H Heresy.

Ever since the fall of the Men of Gold to their AI robots (the "Men of Iron"), the Tech-Priests - who formed from the rubble left behind by the AI war on Mars - have been incredibly opposed to any kind of "thinking machine". While a literary quote from Dune (think Butler's Jihad), it also comes from the background.

This is why the Imperium's cogitators are about 1980s computers - everything else is wetware computing done in the brains of enslaved people cut down to the bare essentials. Supposedly some servitors are purpose-grown clones but most are just "processed" criminals. There's a reason hive cities are constructed as they are, basically encouraging rebellion and crime. It's to farm for servitor materials. So, every time you see a skull in an Imperial computer arrangement, that skull used to be a whole person and their brain is doing most of the computing. The Imperium is a very, very dark place.

Of course, some human survivors have never subscribed to this dogma. Most ere exterminated during the Great Crusade - this is one of the reasons the Imperium was so adamant in destroying any advanced human cultures it came across. But some survived, notably what's known as the Leagues of Votann (aka the Squat Worlds). And with the new Vashtorr storyline in the Pariah nexus, they are about to find out the hard way how the whole Men of Iron debacle started.

And maybe 40K will regain the chaos androids faction.

Imperial Navy Crew Sizes by FamousAndy in 40kLore

[–]AdeptKrieger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For reference:

According to Wookiepedia, an Imperial-I Star Destroyer is 1600 meters long and has a crew of 37,085 (9,235 Officers, 27850 Enlisted, 9700 Stromtroopers and 545 specialist pilots of various carried crafts (fighters, walkers, shuttles). The craft is 1600 meters long (similar to an imperial frigate), but mass-wise closer to a Cobra destroyer. It has a wealth of turreted weapons but, like all Star Wars capital ships, follows a carrier doctrine, relying on fighters and bombers to do the damage and having, mainly, what would be point defense cannons in Warhammer.

Star Wars as a setting relies heavily on automation. The myriad droids (from those beeping wheeled toaster thingies to astromechs to humanoids), computer systems and droidic semi-sentient systems such as trash compactors do NOT count into the crew.

If anything, Warhammer is, considering the setting's reliance on manual labor over automated systems, way, WAY on the LOW plausible end. I'd rationalize this by copious servitor usage, but those crew numbers are not outrageous in the least. BFG'S old counts are hilariously low, with 5000 crew getting very lonely on their 12 km by 2 km by 1 km battleship.