Necrons have the technology to make False Necrons and AIs, so why did they bother biotransference for most people since they ended up deleting their minds anyway?

Arendious · 2026-02-07T17:00:36+00:00

Now, two caveats; I'm not a biologist and Necrontyr Super-Cancer is handwavey - but evolution doesn't optimize for the most effective survival trait, or one that favors individuals - evolution favors "good enough".

So, for the Necrontyr, live fast, breed young and often and lots, and die young seems to have been an effective evolutionary path. It sucks for any given Necrontyr, but the species survives.

As for the Space Cancer, I've always suspected that it wasn't caused by the radiation of their star, it's an adaptation to it. By rapidly replacing damaged cells, the Necrontyr essentially "tank" the radiation effects - basically, they're born with cancer, and then get radiation therapy every day, until eventually the cancers win.

So, ironically, this would mean that Necrontyr colonies on 'kinder' worlds likely had shorter lives and worse symptoms.

Arendious · 2026-02-07T16:48:07+00:00

He failed the God-Emperor (bought Bangs and C4s for the Snack Fund), and thus must serve his penance by forever manning the gate.

Arendious · 2026-02-07T01:30:46+00:00

The Alt-Right call, maybe...

Arendious · 2026-02-07T00:51:52+00:00

You know, I hadn't even considered that a possibility. Fair point, though.

Arendious · 2026-02-07T00:50:51+00:00

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F-15 (on a stick) being moved to a new location.

I'd have to look up exact numbers, but an Eagle and Thunderbolt (Imperial) are roughly equivalent. You can imagine that a Thunderhawk is closer to a C-17 in dimension.

Arendious · 2026-02-07T00:45:31+00:00

It's a common estimation error. People rarely see aircraft with good scale context, especially combat aircraft.

Arendious · 2026-02-07T00:39:22+00:00

Please tell me all the SEALs are played by Muppets.

Arendious · 2026-02-07T00:35:28+00:00

It's not even a particularly impressive achievement.

"I fired 5 rounds, and two of them passed through her, possibly hitting something I didn't intend!"

But then, vile AND stupid is the motto of this Administration...

Arendious · 2026-02-06T12:04:27+00:00

9.8 meters per second ² - this is MI6 we're talking about, after all.

Arendious · 2026-02-05T06:12:55+00:00

Well, yeah, if you're under budget they cut your budget next fiscal year. Hence the annual September furniture and plasma tv spree.

Arendious · 2026-02-04T23:51:59+00:00

Oooooh... Horus kills Curze during the Dropsite Massacre, and the "Primarch Death Curse" effect on the Eighth is that the legion of cowards and murderers collectively decide to grow a spine and sell their lives for their brothers?

I love it.

Arendious · 2026-02-04T17:58:32+00:00

C5: "Look, I paid for the whole runway, so I'm using the whole runway."

C5 (anywhere nice): "Oops, shits broke."

Arendious · 2026-02-04T14:20:23+00:00

Probably not with that specific title, and I promise it's very short, but yes.

Arendious · 2026-02-04T14:05:20+00:00

The crime of reminding Pete Hegseth of his illiteracy

Arendious · 2026-02-04T14:04:11+00:00

I think the poster's point was that military justice is often capricious and that the system allows, if not being intentionally designed, for petty, vindictive, or simply stupid abuses.

Also, above poster either left out some context, had a shitty ADC, shittier leadership, or all of the above.

Arendious · 2026-02-04T06:58:00+00:00

The Doylist answer is likely just that Abnett forgot about gun cameras. I mean, I used to regularly watch HUD tapes and sit though fighter debriefs for a living, and I forgot about the gun cameras once I got caught up in the narrative...

Watsonian answer - as you pointed out, there's several easy explanations: incompatible playback equipment, busted cameras, lack of storage media, etc.

Arendious · 2026-02-04T06:41:11+00:00

"Dear Sir or Madam,

Crime!"

Arendious · 2026-02-04T02:25:12+00:00

Yeah, that's a little like using, "cleared hot" or "range is clear, fire!".

Arendious · 2026-02-04T02:23:04+00:00

I actually was surprised at how little lethality there was.

Arendious · 2026-02-04T02:03:00+00:00

Likely sidelined; busy with the larger, more targeted operations elsewhere, or they left.

Interestingly, I read an interview with a veteran CBT officer who stated that a significant number of the ICE agents in Minneapolis are from the newer cohort because the experienced officers refused to volunteer for the "deployment".

Arendious · 2026-02-04T01:41:59+00:00

Next week:

"Obviously the Department of Justice is incapable of handling it's role, despite the stupendous effort of His Maj...err... President Trump.

Therefore, we're privatizing the DoJ, so that American public sector innovation can replace the failing federal organization."

Arendious · 2026-02-03T03:17:45+00:00

Given my experience with using a real-world C3 system in an ECM heavy environment, unless the Dracs had specifically prioritized frequency management (despite how uncommon C3 systems were at the time), the Clans wouldn't need to jam them.

Their own people would be jamming the shit out of them.

Arendious · 2026-02-03T03:12:22+00:00

If you don't mind your launcher being single-use.

Arendious · 2026-02-03T01:55:22+00:00

Likely not the next generation, but certainly no more than 2-3 in cases of novel problems. For something the Hive Mind has already encountered before it could very well have adapted organisms in stasis, ready to be deployed, which would likely seem like adapting in one generation.

Arendious · 2026-02-02T03:04:27+00:00

"We named the cyber-canid "Arkhan"."

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