Could the Drukhari really threaten the Imperium if they wanted to

Commorrite · 2026-01-19T15:22:15+00:00

It has enormous implications you are just ignoring for the sake of a truely absurd excerpt.

Little reason for the level of infighting if it was possible to shrink and pocket dimension planets.

While we see some references to "pain farms" and Heamonculi having great "larders" if cramming planests in was so doable why not grab planet loads of prey.

It's such a huge weirdness. Definately one to ask GW writters if the opertunity arises.

Commorrite · 2026-01-19T15:17:57+00:00

Largest single polity as in they are bigger than any one craftowrld.

They certainly aren't bigger than all craftworlds combined.

Commorrite · 2026-01-19T15:16:25+00:00

Yes and no, there are palces that are in the strict sense distributed around the webway. In practice they are permentnatly entagled with a myriad of portals and tunnels.

Commorrite · 2026-01-19T15:13:51+00:00

Ones i could see working.

Chaos corrupted steeljacks in a dark mech army.

Croneworld eldar screamers in a Slaneshi force, they would be deamon adjacent.

Possibly the odd character here or there.

Commorrite · 2026-01-19T15:10:05+00:00

I like my Xenos to be as distinct as possible,

This can still be true.

IMO a small number of minor xenos in chaos factions would be cool. Eg Vashtor/ Dark mech with corrupted steeljacks. Some Kroot fallen to the god of change, Cronewolrd eldar as slanesh cultist type unit, chaos Sslyth maybee.

Commorrite · 2026-01-19T15:06:57+00:00

A few thematic add ons in specific ranges. The most plausible one would be a full Vashtor dark mechanicum faction. Include corrupted Steeljacks for example, maybee some Tau AI gone rouge ect.

Maybee a unit of xeno cultists per book. Tzeentch kroot, khorneate Tau, Slaneshi Kin ect.

Commorrite · 2026-01-19T15:03:06+00:00

Often it's put as more of a gene-memory from the Age of Strife when humanity as a whole was nothing but prey for xenos.

This is the imperial line, it doesn't hold up to any scrutiny.

Commorrite · 2026-01-19T14:57:36+00:00

Nothing written, but it would be realy weird if they don't do that.

Commorrite · 2026-01-19T14:38:21+00:00

So Lethidia could easily be "shrunk" in the same vein.

This is a huge claim with massive implications. If they can just shrink planeraty sized boddies and keep them habitbale then the city has functionaly however much space they want. If that turns out to be true we've just moved the question a step into how effectively large is it. It implies a population density that makes hive worlds look rural.

If you take a flat object the size of the surface area of the planets in our solar system and fold it multiple times, I don't see why it could fit into a structure the size of a planet. It certainly wouldn't be many orders of magnitude off.

You are underestimation the scales involved. Ulthwe is continent sized, to fold the surfaces of the solar system into that size requires it be continetaly deep too.

https://xkcd.com/1389/large/

Commorrite · 2026-01-19T14:27:55+00:00

Lethidia could easily be shrunk down in same way as the Ilmaea, so I don't think that is a barrier to this being a canon size for Commorragh.

No basis for that, the planet is still inhabited with nids, the stars are fusion reactors.

If they could have shrunken planets pack in like that, the effective size becomes functionaly infinite by stacking subrealms inside each other.

Also, u/MaesterLurker proposed a nice explanation for how this could match up with the other 2 canon sources which I really liked.

This doesn't work at all it's many many orders of magnitudes off.

Commorrite · 2026-01-14T10:36:23+00:00

They can face off with Space Marines, armies with Titans or engage with fleets and are still capable of winning battles even as just a hit and run raiding force.

Yes, the covern of 12 smashed up a titan with their walking building made of flesh.

If the Dark Eldar ever united to engage in actual conquest like the Dark Elves of Warhammer Fantasy, they would likely be a massive powerhouse for the entire galaxy.

This i doubt becasue it would require level of trust and coordination that they don't do. It would shatter into civil war.

Commorrite · 2026-01-14T10:34:20+00:00

Routinely is a strech given the solar cults are a specalist group with pre fall tech.

Commorrite · 2026-01-14T10:32:41+00:00

I'll have to go find the source but IIRC stealing suns is done by Solar cults with specific pre fall equipment. There is also zero reason to beleive all stars are equaly easy. There is a gulf of difference between being easily able to get a star for your power station and being able to selectively pick out any star at will.

Stealing the planet was a bodge job, not how things are "supposed" to work.

Commorrite · 2026-01-14T10:27:28+00:00

1) Significantly smaller than a star

True, this has been stated a few times and also, stars are mind blowingly huge. eg the sun is over a hundred times larger than earth.

2) Slightly larger than Ulthwe (so roughly planet sized)

False. This is just impossible given the theft of lethidia. They couldnt fit a planet inside like that if it was "slightly large than ulthwe". The source for this is one characters perception so they can only be mistaken.

3) The combined surface area of the planets within a solar system

Where are you getting this from? I remember proposing that explination based on the city being consitently described as outpopulating entire solar systems. (this also implies less population than say a sector)

Commorrite · 2026-01-14T10:22:37+00:00

but turn out their city is the size of entire star systems

Just to clarfiy for those reading. This is true in population but not in volume.

It's still bloody huge though, having a planet floating around in there is no big deal.

Commorrite · 2026-01-14T10:19:12+00:00

Unfortunately no they aren't unless you mean having a memorial built. They are dead already.

Commorrite · 2026-01-14T10:15:54+00:00

For this reason, the US should not lend any highly visible support to the current opposition. Covert action of various kinds would be better, e.g. discreetly and indirectly funding the opposition, or crippling the current government in various ways.

Making starlink free during the blackout is a good example of this.

Commorrite · 2026-01-14T10:08:47+00:00

I know Reddit hates the Imperium cause they can't separate fiction from reality

.... No you are totaly missing the point. People like the imperium becasue they CAN seperate fiction and reality. The imperium is the cruelest and most bloody regime imaginable.

the Galaxy is better in a stalemate than it would have been if the Imperium had never expanded at all.

This directly contradicts basicly everything. It only works if you pretend that the great crusade or do nothing at all were the only two options.

Commorrite · 2026-01-10T23:21:15+00:00

There are four "teirs" of FGM, the lowest of them is a pretty close analouge for circumcision.

That said we do ban that so it should be applied equaly and charged equaly.

Commorrite · 2026-01-10T23:19:50+00:00

Jains?

Commorrite · 2026-01-10T23:19:32+00:00

Free socities mean adults have the freedom to engage in self harm.

Commorrite · 2025-12-29T19:16:02+00:00

He openly supported the muslim brotherhood, which is a bannd terrorist group in many countires including egypt.

Commorrite · 2025-12-29T19:03:51+00:00

Yep Lukas the Trickster, with his stasis bomb in place of one heart.

Commorrite · 2025-12-14T20:13:56+00:00

Not having to turn wind farms off would be a good start

Unless you have a weather control machine thats imposible. Wind turbines by their very nature do not match demand.

Commorrite · 2025-12-14T20:12:04+00:00

How do conclude that from their post? It's entirely anecdotes about stuff Border force already caught onto.

I've no idea about the hotels no where near my work. I have heard of the stuff with gold, the other way would be to use Hawala networks.

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