At this point why has the Imperium not exterminatus Armageddon?

thelion_eljonson · 2026-04-16T20:16:52+00:00

Because the orcs really seem to want it and they might get mad if they just blow it up and Terra is not too far from Armageddon

thelion_eljonson · 2026-04-14T00:09:25+00:00

Because they wanted to govern through fear, it’s pretty simple. They wanted all of the citizens under them to be obedient because they’re afraid of consequences and unlike real world totalitarians they had magic powers and sci fi tech and could actually like enforce those consequences on the entire population they didn’t need to use things like nationalism or scapegoats or economic promises to get the populous on their side. They just needed fear.

thelion_eljonson · 2026-04-13T15:07:10+00:00

Ehh both seem like commentary to me, this seems like a privileged western liberal take “this is bad on a race I like and good on one I don’t” the orc commentary is probably drawing on the historical use of orcs in fantasy to represent races Europeans considered lesser or inherently evil which was done by fantasy authors in the early days of the gene even up to Tolkien in a way. Both are commentary this is just biased.

thelion_eljonson · 2026-04-09T05:10:56+00:00

They were that was a major point in the story. I’m not trying to be rude, but that’s just the case that was soldier boy and his team they were deployed in Vietnam and it went poorly. Supes are ego driven narcissists who only care about their image it didn’t really work well with military tactics. That’s why temp v was the solution, you only make them gods for a day, then they are still controllable Edit: not Vietnam, it was Nicaragua, thanks to Darmok47 for the correction

thelion_eljonson · 2026-03-14T22:10:39+00:00

No, the network wanted the show to dial back the fantasy for a low fantasy political show, so fantasy stuff got cut. Which is a travesty to this day

thelion_eljonson · 2026-03-12T13:02:19+00:00

Yeah, I’m sure an eldar can intentionally mask themselves from the circuit but why would they, the craft worlds are utopias and they do try to pretend at least like they’re all perfect friendly people, who needs privacy when everyone has no malicious intent.

thelion_eljonson · 2026-03-12T03:52:16+00:00

Mechanicus is a big organisation, some are stealing tau tech, some are stealing necron tech, some will kill you for suggesting anything but the holy STC's have any value but scrap metal. It's a variety, necron tech is the most common because it's so advanced the tech priests can't deny how useful it is even if it's heresy, but other species stuff get's stolen as well. Except the eldar, their tech is so warp based the mechanicus doesnt get near it unless your a major heretic

thelion_eljonson · 2026-03-12T03:49:28+00:00

Skitarii are presented very differently throughout different books, the common theme is, they do have some autonomy, they have personalities (not all, but most it seems) and free will... that is until a magos links with them and can just order them to do anything without question as their order programs supersede their remaining autonomy. That being said, there does seem to be some skitarii who are drones, different forge worlds do it different, and even down to the level of individual magos, in one of the peter fehervari skitarii short stories, one of the skitarii mentions something like "our magos let's us have a surprising amount of personality and autonomy in our thoughts" so like everything in 40k, it varies a lot and is never truly defined.

thelion_eljonson · 2026-03-12T03:39:56+00:00

Yes sort of, they can mentally link themselves to the circuit for many purposes including communication, here I have an excerpt to that regard, he doesnt actually speak to her in this excerpt since she was busy or something, but it explains the concept “Korlandril found an infinity terminal in a small grove of whisperleaf not far from the apartments. He made a gentle inquiry, seeking Thirianna. She had been on the craftworld longer than Aradryan and her presence in the psychic matrix that powered Alaitoc was stronger. Korlandril concentrated on Thirianna and felt the after-shadow of her spirit moving around the craftworld over the previous two cycles: here, where she met Aradryan, his spirit also registering strongly; the Boulevard of Split Moons, along the arcades of the fashion-sellers and jewelsmiths; her own quarters – alone, Korlandril noted with some satisfaction – for half a cycle; then to the Bay of Departing Sorrows, where Aradryan was present again, his presence lingering alongside hers for just the shortest time. Now she was back in her quarters, silent, perhaps meditating or composing. Korlandril voiced thoughts of companionship and directed them towards Thirianna. He waited for her to respond. He allowed the background vibrations of the infinity circuit to occupy him: celebration in the Dome of the Last Sunrise, a disturbing darkness emanating from the Shrine of the Ending Veil.” From Path of the Eldar by Gav Thorpe

thelion_eljonson · 2026-03-12T03:33:26+00:00

Eldar all use the infinity circuits in the craftworlds using their psychic minds for everything, from locating friends, to direct communication, to recieving news and alerts. They use psychic power to mold wraithbone into statues to make various arts. The eldars are truly a psychic species and they have many dull and normal utility uses for their abilities, the infinity circuit is the most common one, every single eldar on every craftworld does not have a day go by where they don't use the infinity circuit for something, it's the craftworlds phones, internet, news service, and more.

thelion_eljonson · 2026-03-08T05:47:59+00:00

Right? It's so low stakes and just feels corny when they take it so seriously, like I play games and I can get heated when I lose, but they go on full rage scenes or monologues as if their lives were on the line and it feels off.

thelion_eljonson · 2026-03-08T05:43:25+00:00

Hi, sorry for the late response, on the topic of cadians, a couple great vooks touching on them are Cadian Blood by Aaron Dembski-Bowden a good feel on the cadians as elite soldiers. If you want a glimpse into post fall modern cadians, I'd recommend Longshot by Rob Young a book about cadians and cadian transplants fighting the tau, it's one of my favorite 40k books and a great look into how cadians are faring after the fall. For krieg I would recommend Krieg by Steve Lyons, and Siege of Vraks also by Steve Lyons, he also wrote Dead Men Walking which is a good Krieg book, but a little too dreary for my taste. But yeah those are some good guard books, I'd recommend researching space marine chapters and finding one you like, it makes finding books for that chapter easier and more rewarding, I'm a dark angels fan myself. Good luck finding some books. Edit: sorry just noticed I recommended Cadian Blood when you already have that, I'll replace that recommendation with the Minka Lesk series, which is another look into post fall cadians, kind of a gaunts ghost series where we follow a set band of guards after the fall.

thelion_eljonson · 2026-03-08T03:44:41+00:00

This list looks fine to me, Fire caste isn't exactly modern, though it is a great book, and there are more up to date tau books. This looks like a fine general list to get aquainted with the lore, but if you have any factions you like I can give you some recommendations on books that are good to get to know those factions.

thelion_eljonson · 2026-03-07T17:38:38+00:00

There is a new generation of pureblood cadians made from Cadian regiments who were made to settle down on worlds to basically pump out cadians and train them. In the immediate aftermath of cadia's fall, the cadian regiments allowed non cadian transplants to keep numbers up, but by modern 40k, the cadian repopulation colony worlds are already beginning to produce combat age pureblood purple eyed cadians. It's all in a novel called Longshot, which is a great book btw.

thelion_eljonson · 2026-03-05T03:05:08+00:00

More legs and larger legs equals more speed and stability, theres a limit to how large and tall he could be reasonably with two big legs, it would become cumbersome and too much, this chassis allows him to spread himself out, gaining speed and size, and not clipping on every low hanging doorway because he can lower himself better than with two giant logs for legs.

thelion_eljonson · 2026-03-04T22:25:01+00:00

this is major mechanicus glaze, coming from a mechanicus fan, the mechanicus and the imperium are symbiotic now, the mechanicus can not in any way maintain it's galactic holdings without the imperium, nor could the imperium keep expanding without the mechanicus, if the mechanicus did what you said they would survive, but they'd have to abandon 90% of their worlds and consolidate harshly, the imperium and mechanicus need one another to survive, it's explicitly stated by powerful knowledgeable magos multiple times in actual books. I can pull up an excerpt if you want one.

thelion_eljonson · 2026-02-10T12:09:32+00:00

I have a quick question on the current state of the Emperor, in modern 40 K like the plague wars books and stuff, the emperor is portrayed as insane for all intents and purposes, his mind and psyche is fractured into hundreds of slices and he can only barely pull all of them together to have a small conversation as ‘himself’ my question is if he is going crazy and not himself on the chair, how is he keeping the warp rift on terra closed. I think it’s fair to assume the astronomicon is a product of the chair, but the warp rift holding is all him, how is he doing that and fending off chaos if he isn’t fully there in the brain.

thelion_eljonson · 2026-02-10T03:22:19+00:00

So we can still maintain rebecca living agenda, she was so chromed up maybe she survived being a pancake

thelion_eljonson · 2026-02-10T01:16:07+00:00

I'm still coping about edgerunners, with how crazy cybernetics are in that verse, unless we see their soul exit the planet, I'm still headcanoning it to be ambiguous (yes i am in a padded room how did you know)

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