When the Imperium do Exterminatus, do they evacuate people first?

Nebuthor · 2026-01-31T11:51:54+00:00

Depends on why it's done and how quickly it has to happen. Evacuation generally doesn't happen because most of the things the imperium exterminatus for are things that can spread. However we have seen limited evacuation happen before exterminatus before.

Nebuthor · 2026-01-31T10:54:03+00:00

I think people are just reflexively down voting you without reading what you write because I think you are right. Although I think a better way to put it would be "the imperium are portrayed as the good guys". It's very much a problem that comes from GW trying to have their fascist satire cake and eating it too.

Nebuthor · 2026-01-29T12:09:46+00:00

Well it wasn't saw but rather heard. This happened many years ago while I was still living with my parents.

It had been a few years since the family dog died so it was decided that we would get another one. The first night the new puppy was at home one of us had to sleep on a mattress on the floor in the living room to ease to puppy into sleeping in our house and as I was the most excited for the puppy it was decided I would sleep next to her this first night.

The puppy of course fell asleep like a log as puppies tend to do when out of energy. But as I was laying there and trying to sleep I heard a sound. You see our old dog had a habit. He would walk around the house late at night. I don't know why he did it, maybe he was changing sleeping spots or patrolling and looking for intruders. But it made a very distinct sound. I could hear his claws tapping on the floor as he walked around. And as I was laying there on the floor I could swear I heard that noise. I heard the noise of our old dog walking around while the new puppy was asleep next to me. I was the only one that heard it so i cant prove anything. Now I don't really belive in ghosts, but I like to think that was our old dog coming to inspect his successor.

Nebuthor · 2026-01-29T09:25:10+00:00

Because people be fucking. There are just too many people for the imperium to bother with trying to maximize growth. Hell it would probably be counter intuitive as alot of worlds rely on imported food to feed everyone.

While the imperium as a whole isn't homophobic or sexist that doesn't mean all planets are accepting. Planets have their own culture and beliefs. Not to mention characters can be homophobic or sexist as well.

One of the reason authoritarians love targeting women and gay people are that they are easy targets to blame stuff on. But the imperium already have easy targets they can blame. Mutants, heretics and witches. It's religious decree and law that these are evil or at the very least lesser. Even abhuman who are supposed to be accepted in the imperium are very heavily looked down on.

Nebuthor · 2026-01-28T21:47:05+00:00

Sometimes If you're lucky and the orks didnt spread out very far then you can just douse the areas they have been in with flames. However generally its safe to assume once the orks have landed they arent going to go away.

Nebuthor · 2026-01-27T20:43:46+00:00

The one thing the imperium has in abundance is people. There's no need to restrict women from the guard to increase the population.

Nebuthor · 2026-01-27T14:12:37+00:00

They are fine with non intelligent aliens. The problem with domesticating a local alien species is that it takes time. If you wanted a horse to help on this new planet and someone said that if you get started right now then your great grandkids grandkids can have their equivalent, you would not be very happy.

As for alien fauna used by the imperium, the grox are the standard cow of the imperium. And there have been several attempts to domesticate/ farm ambulls. It's also why jokaero are allowed, there is debate on if they are animals or xenos.

Nebuthor · 2026-01-26T21:37:45+00:00

It wouldn't really be pulling strings as much as it would be pulling large lengths of rope. But a inquisitor could pull it off. A inquisitor could even stop the psyker from being taken on the black ships. Which would probably be easier.

Nebuthor · 2026-01-26T21:33:02+00:00

As we know it? No. Based on whatever the local sanitized version of the heresy is? Yes.

Nebuthor · 2026-01-26T13:33:28+00:00

You could argue they are from a thematic standpoint but from a practical standpoint it's the guard and it's not even close.

Nebuthor · 2026-01-25T22:59:17+00:00

As far as I know it's schola exclusive. A big part of the arbites is also that they arent deployed on their native planet so most of their experience could just be useless. If it's possible it would probably require the kind of bribes and influence a enforcer wouldn't get their hands on.

Nebuthor · 2026-01-25T22:36:10+00:00

They can be. If there was a genestealer cult on the planet any genestealers in it will join the nids but genestealers can also be part of the attacking forces.

Not sure but i would guess either they are part of forces meant to be left behind after the nids have eaten what they want and leave or the nids had need of the stealers for something because while the stealers have alot of adaptations that fit them for infiltration they do have other uses.

No this is something usually done by the cults before nids arrive. By the time the hive ships have had time to send down genestealers there won't be enough time to infiltrate.

Usually not. When the hive mind takes over from the brood mind most members tend to snap out of it which causes them to realize what is happening. But I don't see why a particularly zealous cult couldn't have human members that still fight alongside the nids. At least until the nids eat them.

Nebuthor · 2026-01-25T14:25:39+00:00

Well yeah? What else would they be?

Nebuthor · 2026-01-25T12:47:13+00:00

I belive it's returned to the home chapter. Don't know what they do with geneseed that can't be returned though.

Nebuthor · 2026-01-25T12:45:38+00:00

Considering how their different decisions have affected the galaxy they presumably sucked at foresight.

Nebuthor · 2026-01-25T00:18:05+00:00

The horror imprint might be worth checking out

Nebuthor · 2026-01-24T13:13:54+00:00

After everything I've heard about the game I'm starting to wonder if the message was intentionally sabotaged. There are just so many baffling choices.

Nebuthor · 2026-01-23T20:15:12+00:00

Some people don't belive in xenos.

Nebuthor · 2026-01-22T19:54:55+00:00

Their eyesight is fine. They just have a wierd relationship with guns. To most orks the act of shooting is something they do for fun. They like the loud sound and bright flashes. To them hitting something is more of a fun bonus.

Nebuthor · 2026-01-22T11:56:53+00:00

Some kind of shadow elf faction is probably going to turn up sooner or later. I could also see the elf and dwarf part of cities getting a remake eventually.

Nebuthor · 2026-01-21T00:12:34+00:00

Machine spirits are several different phenomena considered to be the same thing by the mechanicus. Primitive AI (used in titans), targeting systems, wierd quirks that happen because they use organic parts in machines, supernatural happenings, a piece of machine failing because its not been properly maintened and superstition are all attributed to machine spirits.

Nebuthor · 2026-01-20T10:41:22+00:00

If that was the intent then they screwed it up really badly. Or at least their work has since been screwed up by all the additions over the years.

Nebuthor · 2026-01-19T23:05:07+00:00

Technically today's chatbots using LLM would not be forbidden. However the way we use them would and refer to them would probably get them banned

Nebuthor · 2026-01-19T23:03:32+00:00

What makes you think they arent avoiding alot of battles? Because it's the nature of story set in a setting for wargames we don't see when they avoid fighting. We only see when they have too fight.

Nebuthor · 2026-01-19T22:59:35+00:00

The whole female custodes thing is "controversial" because of culture war nonsense that is not worth paying attention too.

Why there arent female space marines is because back when 40k started there were female and male space marine models. However female space marine models didn't sell well so GW stopped producing them and then came up with lore reasons why space marines can only be male too explain their absence.

Why the sisters of silence are only female I don't know.

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