Posted: 2026-03-22 12:59:07
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By Mothsniper
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Posted: 2026-03-22 11:59:07
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By Anung Un Rama
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Posted: 2026-03-22 10:59:07
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By RAFF
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Posted: 2026-03-22 09:59:07
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Posted: 2026-03-21 09:59:07
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Posted: 2026-03-20 09:59:07
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Posted: 2026-03-19 16:59:07
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Forum post by Mad Doc Grotsnik, 36 responses at time of this post.
How do!
So here goes. Whilst somewhat controversial, things working because Orks believe they will has been memed into drivel. To the point low rent memes will claim an Ork can make a rock a pistol, just by belief. And from there the whole thing gets overstated, confusion ensues and the more interesting nitty gritty falls into the cracks.
It’s also from a single source. An Adeptus Mechanicus report. In a world of unreliable narrators, that source is particularly unreliable. After all, few of the Mechanicus even properly understand their own tech. The rest is reduced to ritual and superstition which may or may not be entirely necessary. There’s also the trait of a science denying conspiracy theorist. That anything they don’t personally understand must be A) Wrong B) A lie C) Inherently Unknowable.
Now, let’s consider this from our more rational minds. That you are I don’t know how something works, doesn’t make the answer Magic. I mean, I’m typing this on my iPad. I’ve a very rough understanding of how this device works, but if the internal gubbins were shown to me, I most likely couldn’t tell you what’s what. But I do know that its designers will have that information, and should I care to? I could learn much more.
The Mechanicus however strictly hordes information, and even then strictly rations it within its own ranks. So, we can’t trust that just because a given Adept can’t explain how a piece of Xenotech Works, that the answer is therefore essentially magic.
We’re also somewhat stymied by the report not telling us why the items apparently shouldn’t work. Is the trigger mechanism not obviously linked to the firing pin? Have they properly ruled out the rounds are set off by electrical impulse? And whilst on the surface it might seem overly exotic for Orks? This is a setting with psychically activated weapons and mechanisms, not to mention things like ...
Post continues at https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/818586.page
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Posted: 2026-03-19 15:59:07
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Taken with a SAMSUNG GT-I9300
By Koenbeest
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Posted: 2026-03-19 14:59:07
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By Nevelon
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Posted: 2026-03-19 13:59:07
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By Olthannon
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Posted: 2026-03-19 12:59:07
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By Captain Brown
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Posted: 2026-03-19 10:59:07
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By RAFF
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Posted: 2026-03-19 09:59:07
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Posted: 2026-03-18 10:59:07
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Taken with a FUJIFILM FinePix S1000fd
By terribletrygon
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Posted: 2026-03-18 09:59:07
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Posted: 2026-03-17 09:59:07
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Posted: 2026-03-16 10:59:07
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By RAFF
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Posted: 2026-03-16 09:59:07
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