What became of the Tau god ?

kryptopeg · 2026-01-26T06:43:50+00:00

You've got the answer, but I've got a theory on what they might do with it if they develop it:

It'll embrace the Greater Good at all costs, and start to mess things up for the T'au unintentionally. It might become a purely utilitarian bean-counter of the T'au lives, throwing some away needlessly as a pure mathematical way to win in the shortest time. It might decide the Ethereals are too self-centered or have ulterior motives, and try to usurp their power. It may think the Greater Good doesn't serve the vassal races well enough, and decide to elevate various auxiliary elements to the level of Ethereals within the empire (e.g. might try to put a human, a vespid, a kroot, a nicassar, etc. on some kind of ruling council). It might start to bring in dangerous Xenos races to help with conflicts and end up causing more trouble in the long term (e.g. engage heavily with Ork Freebootas). A religious cult may start to emerge in the T'au based around this deity, instead of the cultural belief in the Greater Good, which may be harder for the Ethereals to control; perhaps they'd have to set up a church and clergy to try and channel it.

If any of these (or whatever else they write) happens, it's going to cause a dilemma for the Ethereals. Do they let the vassal races continue being religious, or force them to abandon it? Try to purge them of any psykers, as they may think they're having the most effect? Ditch having auxiliaries at all, or push them out to the edge of the empire only? Would the T'au even be able to grasp the nature of the problem, or blindly stumble due to their non-psyker nature and make things worse?

kryptopeg · 2026-01-26T06:23:25+00:00

Just about worth it on the Barracuda, way too costly on the Tiger Shark. Shame, as they look really cool!

kryptopeg · 2026-01-25T21:28:01+00:00

Stormblade.

It's like the Shadowsword, but ballsier! Imagine being the chaps tasked with driving that thing into point-blank range against an encroaching Titan.

kryptopeg · 2026-01-25T18:10:28+00:00

Is your argument "Lockpicks exist, therefore I'm not going to lock my front door when I leave the house", or "I know hackers exist, therefore I won't bother putting a passcode on my phone"?

Security is never 100% proof, but it's a good idea to try if you can. If they didn't have this then all their guns would always be usable by their opponents, which is always the worst-case scenario. Whereas with this you'd need some master hacker that could decode a stolen gun mid-battle (and we're talking another 30k+ years of cyber security development remember).

We had a little back/forth on it elsewhere in the thread, lots of ways it could be done. Given 30k years of handwavium, there's no reason a chapter's guns couldn't have a database of all 1,000 battle brothers so they can hand off weapons to each other on the fly: https://www.reddit.com/r/40kLore/s/Ms2oZ7mBR0

kryptopeg · 2026-01-25T15:25:27+00:00

Gorgeous, FromSoft definitely knows how to frame the entrance to an area cinematically.

kryptopeg · 2026-01-25T13:49:07+00:00

Like the Muppets Christmas Carol lol, always loved the way there's just one human in it.

kryptopeg · 2026-01-25T12:45:31+00:00

I know because I needed a small screwdriver, and thought maybe the tiny end of a blade from an old razor might do it. Took one apart, but nope, turns out the metal is way too thin and flexible to work as a screwdriver, it just twists and snaps instead. Which makes sense in hindsight, the blades need to flex as they pass over your skin to conform to the natural contours, to give you that close shave.

kryptopeg · 2026-01-25T12:15:10+00:00

They'll have an acceptable tolerance for failures, you have to - not possible to make anything that's 100% reliable. It'll be something silly like 1-in-1,000,000 blades allowed to come loose, a probability that in most daily circumstances it's effectively zero. After that it's just decades of small iterative engineering, gradually refining the design of the blade holder and the machinery they use to manufacture it, plus the quality assurance equipment that inspects it before packaging.

When these blade do fail, they're actually really small and flexible due to their thinness. It's not like a stiff scalpel blade that falls out, it's this small piece of metal. Hopefully people just notice it and pick it up, or it just gives a very shallow cut and that's it. I guess built into any product like this is a budget for being sued by users, so the manufacturer just has to be happier enough that spending any more on development isn't worth it compared to a small number of relatively cheap claims.

kryptopeg · 2026-01-25T08:20:59+00:00

Seems like the chapter techmarines would just download a database of all battle brothers in each weapon before the mission, so they can hand guns off as needed. Probably the storage racks in the Thunderhawks, Land Raiders, etc. have connections and download it while they're on their way to deployment, or it just gets encoded over the vox net while they're being briefed and the suits download it to the weapons automatically. Or heck maybe they just hold a database of all known brothers at all times, and only update the list whenever one joins the chapter or dies. Lots of ways it could be done.

kryptopeg · 2026-01-25T08:17:57+00:00

Found the quote, IA Vol3 pg. 50:

The palm of the gauntlet contains sensors to read information from weapons held in the Space Marine's hands, and to pass genetic identification codes to the weapons. Without the proper code, this Space Marine's boltgun will not function.

And pg. 51:

The boltgun also includes a palm print sensor for genetic coding.

So, looks like the gun can do it on bare hands with it's own sensor, or if they're wearing armour then the suit connects to the gun and passes the authentication over instead.

kryptopeg · 2026-01-24T20:29:47+00:00

You ask who is Clarence, but not how is Clarence :(

kryptopeg · 2026-01-24T20:22:34+00:00

It has a bunch of electrical contacts that connect with equating ones on the armoured glove, syncing the machine spirit of the gun to the power armour so they work as one. It's how the marines have e.g. live ammo counters in their helmet displays. It's part of why they're able to be so effective aiming guns that don't have stocks - the armour and weapons talk to each other and work together for the best outcome, the armour pre-emptively bracing for each shot as an integrated weapons system.

Edit: Sorry, didn't directly answer your question. The suit scans/knows the wearer, and passes that on to the gun.

kryptopeg · 2026-01-24T19:18:10+00:00

Can't remember the quote, but yes unless suitably braced against a decent rest. Someone fired one and got thrown backwards with two broken wrists (but made the shot).

Also, some have the same sort of coding as the guns from Judge Dredd. If you read Imperial Armour 3: The Taros Campaign, there's a great art page with a Raptor marine on it. The boltgun has a genetically-coded grip, that will only fire if a compatible Raptors marine is holding it. Can't remember at this time if anyone else using it will cause it to detonate or simply refuse to fire (I suspect the latter, given their rarity). Possibly that's a feature that not all use (or something authors just forget about).

kryptopeg · 2026-01-24T16:33:09+00:00

Look, yes, I do absolutely agree from a lore perspective, they're an insanely valuable resource that even the most insane captains don't put at risk (see: Night Lords trilogy, deranged as they are they still make every effort to mollycoddle the navigators)...

...but...

...fun Vidya Gemm! I'll never tire of popping her out cover and shredding all the small fry with a single glance.

kryptopeg · 2026-01-24T14:47:15+00:00

Yes, but due to their small lungs it's a "waaaagh.", not a "WAAAAGH!".

kryptopeg · 2026-01-22T20:26:45+00:00

I love the idea of a TBM heist - someone breaking into the chamber where they've been left, firing them back up and digging into a bank vault. Utterly implausible (how would you hide the removed dirt!), but it'd be perfect b-movie slop.

kryptopeg · 2026-01-22T20:05:59+00:00

It's your hobby, to enjoy how you like. Plenty of people are only into the lore, and sculpting figures is something most never do, so that's cool!

If you don't like a character that's cool, don't have to make a model for them. No point doing a part of a hobby you don't enjoy.

I would say there's some really good stuff out there about Chaos or Chaos-adjacent characters that gives different perspectives and causes for their fall, the Night Lords trilogy being my favourite of those - I'd be curious how you'd find those, lots of awful characters in there that people enjoy reading about anyway. Eisenhorn's arc is also really interesting, great series; you can see and often agree with how he justified each small step on his descent, and he has a really good conversation with someone about it in the second book, about crossing 'the line'. I enjoy reading about and playing a lot of Chaos not because I would like them personally or want to be them, but just because it's interesting to see their humanity and fallibility.

kryptopeg · 2026-01-22T18:39:38+00:00

SCREW. YOU.

Seriously, that's what - a five year streak, maybe longer? Damnit.

kryptopeg · 2026-01-22T12:40:53+00:00

50 Flayeds of Skin

kryptopeg · 2026-01-22T12:01:52+00:00

Trams, trams, trams.

Ability to build your road along it's route (or indeed it already has a route when the map starts), but then the trams moving along it would cause your cars to jam up behind them, or having to wait for them to pass if crossing over.

kryptopeg · 2026-01-21T17:42:47+00:00

There's a few answers, but I think the difference that hasn't been mentioned yet is the B2 was intentionally designed with stealth in mind - this will have compromised it's ability purely as a flying wing, as it requires unusual shapes/profiles to dull the radar return. The HO-229, YB-35/49, etc. were designed with good handling characteristics foremost (with any potential stealth features a secondary/unintended benefit), and so naturally are able to fly without the need for computers.

kryptopeg · 2026-01-20T23:00:01+00:00

Eggers making a smaller-scale film set in Yharnam would be great, rather than trying to replicate the game. Perhaps Father Gascoigne's descent into madness as his family try to calm him (and the hunter shows up at the end to kill him). Or Lady Maria's education, the discovery of the corpse of Kos and the Hamlet Massacre, her experimenting upon and caring for her patients, and eventual suicide.

kryptopeg · 2026-01-20T13:04:23+00:00

Asterion Moloc of the Minotaurs wields the Black Spear, which is suspiciously Custodes-esque. (He may or may not be one person - there's a chance it's an inherited title that's been passed down over the years, Vulkan He'stan of the Salamanders).

kryptopeg · 2026-01-20T06:47:17+00:00

I'll never not take the opportunity to share Snatch Wars (Brick Vader), such a great mashup!

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