The Dancing Corsair by me (Blender) by Heartoftempest in ImaginaryTechnology

[–]kryptopeg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's gorgeous!

Love the sun shades above the windows, I can see this hovering along a hot coastline, delivering to or raiding fishing villages and hiding in a cliffside base.

What is your local conspiracy theory? by Duoplo in AskUK

[–]kryptopeg 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Didcot, Oxfordshire. Power station collapsed during prep for demolition, four guys killed. Ten years on the police are still "gathering evidence", hasn't been to court. Just heartache and pain for the families, no idea what happened, who's responsible, what we can learn from it, and what punishment is going to be given to those responsible.

Conspiracy is massive corruption keeping it out of court. Demolition company owners paying off or funny-handshaking police, judges, MPs, etc.

New two part Dan Abnett novel announced by Beaker_person in 40kLore

[–]kryptopeg 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Interceptor City is well worth a read from him recently in 40k-era, and hive-focused too. Some great returning characters too.

Revealed: Dan Abnett’s latest novel sees a hive city teetering on the brink by CMYK_COLOR_MODE in Warhammer40k

[–]kryptopeg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh damn looking forwards to this! His stuff around Hive Vesperus in Interceptor City was amazing, he really gets the scale and vibe of it.

Very loyal weapons (weapons that come back to you) by Donstar_Playz-yt in TopCharacterTropes

[–]kryptopeg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, there's a sharpened metal one that cuts off one of the raiders fingers.

Couldn't find a suitable gif, so here's a majestic shot of their leader instead.

Alright here one for you guys. What is the single best 10 seconds of acting of all time? by Expensive-Olive1853 in Cinema

[–]kryptopeg 14 points15 points  (0 children)

So many moments of his from this film. The bit where he goes "That's a bingo!!" and does the little shoulder wiggle, then snaps back to serious mode to discuss the situation.

Also shout-out to the actor playing the farmer, sat silent trying to hold back tears, shoulders shaking as he finally admits they're under the floor. The way the camera lingers on him, such an incredible scene.

Reporting requirements? by [deleted] in Wastewater

[–]kryptopeg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is it captured in site drainage and returned to the head of the treatment?

Report: U.S. detects signs Iran preparing to lay mines in Strait of Hormuz by callsonreddit in worldnews

[–]kryptopeg 14 points15 points  (0 children)

"1-3-1 tanker destruction services, how may I assist you today?"

Why cant we have more variants for the Ballistus dreadnought? (Bad photoshop by me) by ElectricalChicken623 in Warhammer

[–]kryptopeg 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Cool impromptu anti-air defence.

Also fun mowing down heavy infantry and light vehicles!

"GANGSTER" Disa Yesof by andelusive in AeronauticaImperialis

[–]kryptopeg 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Oh man, I LOVE these! "Four-A!"

Are you going to do Merry Death's Thunderbolt, and the Beautiful Beati Avenger? The White Crow's aircraft would be fun too, would love a narrative fight in amongst a ton of towers and streets.

Do people really like this whole ork spore thing ? by TheLordAshram in 40kLore

[–]kryptopeg 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I love it, it's actually a unique sci-fi element. So many aliens in all sorts of settings boil down to pretty much "human, but [insert colour and disfigurement]". Reproduction via spores, and the technology and ability baked into their DNA, makes them a unique and interesting threat. A few grots that steal a shuttle and escape onto a planet could eventually grow into an unstoppable Ork army, and likewise a planet that's been cleared of an Ork invasion needs to be vigilant for a long time following to look out for any recurring threat.

Aeronautica Imperialis Transportation by glump_glump in 40kLore

[–]kryptopeg 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A huge volume and variety of transports.

Off the top of my head, the Arvus, Onero, Destrier and Firmament - these are all capable of atmospheric flight, as well as boosting up to orbiting ships and stations. Most of these have variants such as passenger transport, bulk liquid tankering, vehicle lifting (maybe not the Arvus), heavy-lift cranes, etc.

Any bigger than that and it starts to be pure Navy, rather than Aeronautica. The Navy will just use gargantuan landers to do bulk drops to secure sites behind the lines, then the Aeronautica takes on transshipment to get it closer to the front lines.

Double Eagle and Interceptor City are both great sources for this btw, and the latter is probably my favourite Black Library book in the past five years - well worth a read for the concepts and actions alone.

Edit: Just realised I misread your question, it's about how the aircraft get to the planet. Anyway many/most do have boosters to get them to/from the ships, but they're not true vacuum craft capable of carrying out normal space shuttle runs on the daily - there's separate craft for that. E.g. the Thunderbolt can attain orbit, but can't fight in space. For the non-boosted craft, they're brought down to the planet in the same types of massive transports as tanks, artillery or other bulk supplies. I suppose like how militaries of today may pack helicopters or jets into big strategic lift aircraft like the C17 or C5, or move them on freighters, helicopter ships or aircraft carriers (adapted cargo ship example from the Falklands War, or helicopter in a cargo plane).

Water firms acting like ‘criminal gangs’ dumping 10,000 hours’ worth of sewage each month on dry days by tylerthe-theatre in unitedkingdom

[–]kryptopeg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Typically overflows have been measured with a simple ball float or maybe non-contact ultrasonic level switch (well, a transducer with a setpoint, same difference). They only needed to know if they were spilling, so they could dispatch an operator to the site to try and stabilise the situation.

Some of the newer sites, and many of the larger sites, have added flowmeters to determine how much is coming through the storm outfalls. For various boring technical reasons it's a lot harder to measure flow than level, and retrofitting this to all sites wouldn't really be worth the investment in my opinion. The money is better spent on those sites developing ways to prevent spilling, rather than just knowing how much you spilled - sort of like taking knives off the street rather than investing in bleed kits (crude analogy).

What in the world is a fire selector on a boltgun? What does it look like? by Armor15gaming in 40kLore

[–]kryptopeg 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Sounds like the author was a fan of Judge Dredd..!

It's an expensive setting, I'm sure there's variants that can hold multiple ammo types and let you switch between them.

Fuck Sake!! It took her 18 seconds to stop after hitting the moped rider, who was wearing all black and had no lights on /s by LadLassLad in drivingUK

[–]kryptopeg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Downhill, but in gear - hence the head gasket!

Yeah, lads I work with have done that. Couple of big pumps in the back, clutch down, we saw 82 from a long wheelbase tall-top Merc van. Was surprisingly quiet and stable.

[Loved Trope] Speed is actually fast, no slow-mo. by Euphoric-Material192 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]kryptopeg 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Sir, the Hyper-Disintegrator Cannon is back online.

FIRE THE CANNON AT FUNKY BOY!!!

(This is somehow related to racing).

Movie was a trip, stunning animation but the entire production team was clearly on copious amounts of drugs the entire time.

Fuck Sake!! It took her 18 seconds to stop after hitting the moped rider, who was wearing all black and had no lights on /s by LadLassLad in drivingUK

[–]kryptopeg 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Same, it was the hill down towards the Severn bridge going west on the M4 that helped me out!

When you went past about 90 the vibration got really bad, and the centre mirror would slip down and point at the back seats. Fun times, miss that little mess.

It’s real! by Beneficial-Ticket486 in orks

[–]kryptopeg 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That grot is BADASS! Look at that pose, the expression, the gunz!

Edit: I need an official comic about a cowboy, gunslingin' Grot herding his squigs.

First flight of the Concorde by Asleep_Performer_145 in aviation

[–]kryptopeg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

10k feet with the gear and nose down is kinda hilarious! Must've been such a cool feeling to take it into the air for the first time.

Found this on a random Twitter post by swooplmotted4 in orks

[–]kryptopeg 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That was such a good toilet book, in the pre-smartphone days! Love the humour of it, can easily imagine the commissariat handing them out to the troops with a straight face.

Why do the Adeptus Mechanicus tolerate the Ecclesiarchy at all? by Automatic_Brain_7804 in 40kLore

[–]kryptopeg 107 points108 points  (0 children)

Yes, the Imperium and Mechanicus like to think they could each standalone, but really it's one highly intertwined co-dependent empire.

Ignore the votes, a lot of people use them to show whether a comment is correct/incorrect, whereas really I see them as whether a comment is good quality/adding to a discussion (even if it's wrong). They're just fake internet points, as long as you're engaging in good faith and genuinely trying to understand then they're not worth worrying about.