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I thought I'd make a thread for the sharing of some obscure facts in the fluff. Mostly because I like learning them .


I'll start with the fact the a single charge pack provides abut ~50 shots for a pulse rifle or carbine.

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Yes, indeed. What a terrible piece of cultural imperialism it is for me to say that a country shouldn't murder its own citizens
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Basically they went from a carrot and stick to a smaller carrot and flanged mace.
 
   
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The Land Raider/Speeder were not named for the terrain they cross, but for the man who discovered them.

Before he went evil, Horus was a really nice guy!

Everyone is Alpharius, except Alpharius, who is Marbo in disguise!

 
   
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Bees, specifically drones.

They are not tied to one hive they can go in and out of any hive they choose. When looking for some fun (also known as doing their job) they fly into a certain area in the sky and wait for an unmated queen to fly past. How they decide where to hang ( it's always with other drones) I'm not sure.
Apparently bees are happier when they have more drones in the hive- this may be BS
Bees wont make a queen without having their own drones in their hive- which is kind of weird and incesty really , but when winter comes drones have their wings chewed off and are thrown out to die.
There is also something strange about their DNA.

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Not exactly Warhammer specific, but they call Earth "Terra" in 40k because Terra is the Latin word for Earth, and 40k has a huge Christian church theme, which back in the Knights and Glory days used Latin as the main religion of the bible.

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Catskills in NYS

That's pretty interesting, but I ment about 40k.

I probably should have specified (Damn you Recent Topics!).

Edit: That's to Bullocklist., I got ninjed.

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Yes, indeed. What a terrible piece of cultural imperialism it is for me to say that a country shouldn't murder its own citizens
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Basically they went from a carrot and stick to a smaller carrot and flanged mace.
 
   
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This 40k thread seems pretty On-Topic to me.

   
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Alpharius, and not Guilliman, is encased in Guilliman's tomb.

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Arthas Moloch, the planet where Farsight fought off daemons and found his dawn blade, has been inhabited by many different civilizations including Humans and Dark Eldar. While there on the trail of Commander Farsight, Aun'shi accidentally activated an inactive webway portal and got captured by Dark Eldar who now force him to fight in the fighting pits of Commoragh.

D'know if that's a worthy fact but I find it interesting.


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 kronk wrote:
Alpharius, and not Guilliman, is encased in Guilliman's tomb.

[Citation Needed]

Moving on, back in RT part of the Inquisition (Ordo Chronos) was chasing the Doctor who would pop up and muck with things now and then.
   
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For some reason, Tzeench hates Necrons more than any other god (even Nurgle: WTF???) if the Tome of Fate is to be trusted.

The most poisonous recored creature in the 40K universe is the Catachan Great Barking Toad, who when startled emits a poison which can kill every living creature within a kilometer (including the Toad itself) Luckily they are rare.

Catachans kill their own commissars if they aren't badass enough (Grimdark is too mainstream)

The Slann had full rules for warbands in Rogue Trader and came armed to the teeth carrying anything from crossbows to Las-cannons

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The Boltgun was not actually something devised by Mechanicum. It was actually a product of then contemporary Terra.

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The Fire Lords invented the Land Raider Redeemer variant, and originally wanted to name it the Land Raider Prometheus. But alas, the Salamanders had already used the name Prometheus for one of their designs. So they settled on Redeemer.

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Catskills in NYS

 ClockworkZion wrote:
 kronk wrote:
Alpharius, and not Guilliman, is encased in Guilliman's tomb.

[Citation Needed]

Moving on, back in RT part of the Inquisition (Ordo Chronos) was chasing the Doctor who would pop up and muck with things now and then.

Aren't those the guys that erased themselves from time?

Homosexuality is the #1 cause of gay marriage.
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Every pizza is a personal sized pizza if you try hard enough and believe in yourself.
 sebster wrote:
Yes, indeed. What a terrible piece of cultural imperialism it is for me to say that a country shouldn't murder its own citizens
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Basically they went from a carrot and stick to a smaller carrot and flanged mace.
 
   
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 Co'tor Shas wrote:
 ClockworkZion wrote:
 kronk wrote:
Alpharius, and not Guilliman, is encased in Guilliman's tomb.

[Citation Needed]

Moving on, back in RT part of the Inquisition (Ordo Chronos) was chasing the Doctor who would pop up and muck with things now and then.

Aren't those the guys that erased themselves from time?

Considering the fluff it's more likely the Doctor erased them.

Actually no one really knows what happened to them. They're just gone. They could be deep undercover or they could be all dead or missing. No one knows.
   
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Vampires are actually a thing in the 40k universe. I'm not talking Blood Angels or Night Lords that act sort of vampiric but actually vampires as a race of xenos.

Rouge Trader Rulebook (1st ed), pg 205-06.

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 Gordon Shumway wrote:
Vampires are actually a thing in the 40k universe. I'm not talking Blood Angels or Night Lords that act sort of vampiric but actually vampires as a race of xenos.

Rouge Trader Rulebook (1st ed), pg 205-06.



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The emporer isnt powering the astronomican hes off playing cards with the other gods and betting on fights.
   
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In the last GK codex psybolts were made from the emperor's poo gross as that is. Remember that next time you play an inquisition army that uses them.

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 buddha wrote:
In the last GK codex psybolts were made from the emperor's poo gross as that is. Remember that next time you play an inquisition army that uses them.


That's why Grey Knights stopped using them because they found that out
   
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 kronk wrote:
Alpharius, and not Guilliman, is encased in Guilliman's tomb.



this thread is titled [b]facts[/b,] that isn't.

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 badguyshaveallthefun wrote:
 Gordon Shumway wrote:
Vampires are actually a thing in the 40k universe. I'm not talking Blood Angels or Night Lords that act sort of vampiric but actually vampires as a race of xenos.

Rouge Trader Rulebook (1st ed), pg 205-06.


What a Rouge Trader? Fancy name for a Mary Kay consultant?

I assume you're joking but just in case:

Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader was 40k's 1st Edition. In the setting they're people who carry written permission to conduct certain missions (like transporting goods, charting new regions, ect) by the Imperium. A rare few even have contracts signed by the Emperor himself.


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 buddha wrote:
In the last GK codex psybolts were made from the emperor's poo gross as that is. Remember that next time you play an inquisition army that uses them.

I don't think the Emperor has had a poop in a long time. It's a biological waste product, sure, but that could be all sorts of things (like flakes of his dead skin).

Thinking of poop, Space Marine Power Armor recycles everything for re-consumption during long missions so that the wearer won't starve. So yeah, your favorite Marines have at some point eaten their own (recycled) poop.

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 ClockworkZion wrote:
 badguyshaveallthefun wrote:
 Gordon Shumway wrote:
Vampires are actually a thing in the 40k universe. I'm not talking Blood Angels or Night Lords that act sort of vampiric but actually vampires as a race of xenos.

Rouge Trader Rulebook (1st ed), pg 205-06.


What a Rouge Trader? Fancy name for a Mary Kay consultant?

I assume you're joking but just in case:

Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader was 40k's 1st Edition. In the setting they're people who carry written permission to conduct certain missions (like transporting goods, charting new regions, ect) by the Imperium. A rare few even have contracts signed by the Emperor himself.


Why are you defining Rogue Trader? The source cited in the original comment was Rouge Trader.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rouge

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 Icculus wrote:
 ClockworkZion wrote:
 badguyshaveallthefun wrote:
 Gordon Shumway wrote:
Vampires are actually a thing in the 40k universe. I'm not talking Blood Angels or Night Lords that act sort of vampiric but actually vampires as a race of xenos.

Rouge Trader Rulebook (1st ed), pg 205-06.


What a Rouge Trader? Fancy name for a Mary Kay consultant?

I assume you're joking but just in case:

Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader was 40k's 1st Edition. In the setting they're people who carry written permission to conduct certain missions (like transporting goods, charting new regions, ect) by the Imperium. A rare few even have contracts signed by the Emperor himself.


Why are you defining Rogue Trader? The source cited in the original comment was Rouge Trader.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rouge

It's a common typo caused by transposing letters. There is not reason to be an ass about it.
   
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 ClockworkZion wrote:
 Icculus wrote:
 ClockworkZion wrote:
 badguyshaveallthefun wrote:
 Gordon Shumway wrote:
Vampires are actually a thing in the 40k universe. I'm not talking Blood Angels or Night Lords that act sort of vampiric but actually vampires as a race of xenos.

Rouge Trader Rulebook (1st ed), pg 205-06.


What a Rouge Trader? Fancy name for a Mary Kay consultant?

I assume you're joking but just in case:

Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader was 40k's 1st Edition. In the setting they're people who carry written permission to conduct certain missions (like transporting goods, charting new regions, ect) by the Imperium. A rare few even have contracts signed by the Emperor himself.


Why are you defining Rogue Trader? The source cited in the original comment was Rouge Trader.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rouge

It's a common typo caused by transposing letters. There is not reason to be an ass about it.


But its so funny every time!

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 Happyjew wrote:
Commissars are assigned to Krieg Corps to keep them from running. Towards the enemy. Kriegmen don't run away.

I always thought that that should be a rule, if they fail their test they fall back towards the enemy table edge instead of their own.
   
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 kronk wrote:
Alpharius, and not Guilliman, is encased in Guilliman's tomb.
And Guilliman is secretly Calgar, having been reinventing himself every few hundred years like Christopher Lambert in Highlander so nobody knew there was still a primarch out there.

Marneus Calgar is referred to as "one of the Imperium's greatest tacticians" and he treats the Codex like it's the War Bible. If the Codex is garbage, then how bad is everyone else?

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