So, what army would you like to be a part of in 40k? why?

Tau - Farsight Enclaves.... because they seem to be the only ones who get it.

woot, vote for the mind controlling

Tough question... I give you that. Is the idea that we aren't allowed to choose heritage? Like to choose caste or family to gain better ranks in army (for example being an Ethereal?). If we can then it would be Tau. If not, then most likely Slaaneish cultist. It might be fun to help leading a faction that is fueled with pure idealism and propaganda and as an ideology "For greater good" is kinda lovely. I doubt that I'd need to explain the other option.

assume you are a warrior/diplomat not the lowest, but nor are you highest ranking people. that make sense? (being a lord general or some other form is fine if you want that )

What's so bad about picking Eldar?

oh nothing really lol.

i woul be an eldar pirate less regimented then the craftworld but not as debauched as the DE, either than or a radical inquisitor!

As much as I like Tau, being a Space Marine would be awesome. If I was to pick a particular chapter, I would say Imperial fists or Black Templars.

Has to be Eldar, in a universe of war i could sit inside a beautiful craftworld and study art, ahhh ignorance is bliss

I'd be angry marine becuase they talk just like me.

Adeptus Astartes - to the grave (unless dreadnought'd, the service continues).
Even though the training would suck hard, having a risk of one or more implant failures that might kill you, free time is limited (or none at all), discipline is tough, and enemies even tougher, I'd still pick the life of an Astartes. A guaranteed heroic grave, and an ultimate respect of the Imperial citizens.

...As a good second choice, it must be the gunner/loader of Basilisk battery. Far away from frontlines, commissars won't dare to shoot you too eagerly due to special training and importance of the artillery fire.

I'd be a Sister of Battle. They are "normal" gals rocking the power armour. Of course I would have to undergo *major* surgery to even be allowed in...

Tau, I soooo freaking want my own mini gundam.

Dark Eldar. In a universe with no real promise of an afterlife, they are the army that offers the best balance of A) quasi-immortality and B) my own free will.

true, but it involves a lot of pain O.o

I carry the words of Logar to the oppresed masses! Let the servants of the false carrion lord of mankind tremble in fear!
( A Word Bearer if someone did not understand)

Tau Commander in XV22 Stealth Armour like Shas'O Kais.

Although I would be brain washed at least I would be the lesser of all the evils in the universe.

Also Fusion Blasters go fwoooooosh ;-)

ITS STILL DEBATED ABOUT THE MIND CONTROL! lol. but I wouldn't care, I am in my own f*^#^%(g Gundam!

I never mentioned mind control but you can't deny they are fed propaganda about the greater good, just like space marines zealotry towards The Emperor.

true, but its more like the stuff fed to the IG about the emperor, most chapters of SM do not worship the emperor as a god. They revere him, but not as a god :3.

Dark Eldar, because they are the only race that is truly about freedom (Ironically). Every other race fights because they have to (By law or by nature) and only Dark Eldar fight because they think they deserve to. They are also the *possible* longest lived creatures that aren't gods or Quasi gods like C'tan. They also have the best promotion system where even a slave can rise to the highest perches of society (look at Vect!) simply by being smart enough to get their.

I find it ironic that its the slavers and pirates that offer the best career advancement in the universe, the best medical/dental care, the best 'after work' benefits and the most freedom to choose how they live. I guess pirates have always been about freedom.

I'd want to be a Space Marine. It would be awesome.

Orks.A burn a bomma pilot.Why?Because fire from da skies!

 raiden wrote:
true, but it involves a lot of pain O.o

Yeah, but I'd LIKE it, so it's be okay. For the same reason, Nurgle is my second option.

 Jimsolo wrote:

 raiden wrote:
true, but it involves a lot of pain O.o

Yeah, but I'd LIKE it, so it's be okay. For the same reason, Nurgle is my second option.

DOUBLE HERESY!!BLAM!

Space Marine
Probably a Space Wolf. Nothing beats super strength, speed, durability, theoretical immortality, and Vikings.

Definitely Orks. A life of fighting just sounds like way too much fun in the 40k universe. If not Orks then 'nids.

orks have the most stable economy eva, just gotta get sum teef

Definitely Space Marines and preferably one of the more belligerent chapters. Purging all manner of xenos and heretics with your battle-brothers just sounds like a grand time.

An IG Commissar would be my 40k life. The right to shoot on sight any cowardness, or gross incompetence. Yup a fanatic at heart, but a simple mortal human in the end.

After reading what everybody has said. I still gotta go with the Sisters.

Chaos...as in a renegade space marine rather than one who actually worships Chaos.

Freedom to do whatever the heck I want without mutations and the risk of turning into a chaos spawn? Hell yes!

'Nids

I love the idea of never really dying, and if you managed to distinguish yourself you would be reborn for real.


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'Nids

I love the idea of never really dying, and if you managed to distinguish yourself you would be reborn for real.

Chaos, as a Daemon. Any Daemon except a Fury or Soul Grinder. Furies are too weak and I don't like the idea of being bound to a machine like a Soul Grinder is.

I would say Tau, probably the Farsight Enclaves if I had a deeper choice.

It just kinda makes sense. Not actively trying to start wars, but still be competently strong enough to win them when people attack us. The stuff about the Tau being mind controlled is debatable. I think it to be more like intense propaganda like the Imperial Guard is given, since it's obvious that there is still a lot of dissent in the ranks of the Tau (like the Farsight Enclaves and the supposedly numerous supporters).

Maybe it has to do with my consumption level right now..

But somewhere between sisters and orks.. if not both I couldn't decide.. Sisters aren't fighting right now because nobody plays them.. so I could be gawkin.. and orks are all the glory houndin awesome die for a cause excuse I need to sound like a soldier.

Space marine duh. Probably an ultramarine or a black templar. Or even a chaplain like the one in damnation crusade. Did you see his face?

The guard obviously.

 Guardsmen Bob wrote:
The guard obviously.

I feel like I've seen your name on a server named Coilfang in WoW

Orks have life figured out in an open galaxy, in contact with dozens of other races. No other sentient race has managed that in their own self-contained environments.

ANUVVA WIN FER DA ORKS!
WAAAAAAAGH!

The Inquisition (so I guess GK).

You disagree? Kiss your planet goodbye.

 Jimsolo wrote:
Dark Eldar. In a universe with no real promise of an afterlife, they are the army that offers the best balance of A) quasi-immortality and B) my own free will.

Seconded. Plus, guns that fire tiny shards of poison infused crystal.

And black holes in boxes.

And if you get bored of being a Warrior, you can always get some wings attached to you. Or go ride jetbikes/skyboards.

And if you do get killed, you can usually just respawn back at base later.

I thought only eldar could respawn

I thought the typical Dark Eldar's goal is to live as long as possible and sow as much carnage as they can without dying.

IG, so I'd get away from that terrible universe­

I would say a space marine. A Blood Angel or a Crimson Fist!

ORKS!!
Mostly because when you die you'll come back, just in a new body!

No Necron option?

Who doesn't want to be a faint echo of a soul trapped inside a unrelenting immortal 9 foot robotic body, armed with the galaxies most advanced weaponry, filled with insane hatred for all living organisms on a endless quest to purge all life.

Sounds tip top to me.

raiden wrote:I thought only eldar could respawn

The Phoenix Lords kind of do I believe. Their soul lives on in their armour/spirit stones. When they 'die', a new eldar wears the armour/stones, and the phoenix lords consciousness assimilates and overrides them. Normal eldar just get their soul transfered from their spirit stone into the infinity circuit of their craftworld. Or into the world spirit if they're an exodite.

Dark Eldar can be completely regenerated. If even a scrap of their flesh is recovered, they can be brought back to a haemonculus, who tortures victims in front of their sarcophagus, and they absorb the pain and suffering which regens them.

Wilytank wrote:I thought the typical Dark Eldar's goal is to live as long as possible and sow as much carnage as they can without dying.

Its mainly jsut to live. And do whatever they want. And gain more power, mainly I guess. They love to inflict pain, and thats in no small part due to the fact that causing pain and suffering is what regenerates them and causes them to stop ageing, and even grow more youthful.

Aspect Warrior. Eldar.

Considering that none of the Inquisition's military resources are listed, nor the Ecclesiarchy's, I went with Orks. Because Orks are also awesome.

 HerbaciousT wrote:

Dark Eldar can be completely regenerated. If even a scrap of their flesh is recovered, they can be brought back to a haemonculus, who tortures victims in front of their sarcophagus, and they absorb the pain and suffering which regens them.

I'm bending my head to try and make sense of this. At what point of their apparent death does the Dark Eldar's soul finally get claimed by Slaanesh?

Imperial Guard plasma gunner - whats the worst that could happen?

barring that Orks do seem to have a good time regardless of rank...

 Wilytank wrote:

 HerbaciousT wrote:

Dark Eldar can be completely regenerated. If even a scrap of their flesh is recovered, they can be brought back to a haemonculus, who tortures victims in front of their sarcophagus, and they absorb the pain and suffering which regens them.

I'm bending my head to try and make sense of this. At what point of their apparent death does the Dark Eldar's soul finally get claimed by Slaanesh?

Well the Dark Eldar in questions needs to have an agreement with a Haemonculus to regenerate him if he dies. And he needs his kin to be behind him enough to rely on them recovering what they can of him/her. If the body is too risky to get, and the dead eldar in question is not important enough, then its unlikely any of his comrades will risk their own neck trying to get him.
The contract for regeneration can either be part of the Haemonculus service to the Archon (so includes the Archon himself, and anyone else he deigns to include in that contract), or the Dark Eldar in questions may have to pay some for of price or tribute to the Haemonculus in return for the promis of regeneration. They may also have made a specific pact with the Haemonculus previously.

As long as a scrap of flesh remains, they can be regenerated. Even just a few strands of tissue, sometimes just a few cells. The less that is recovered, the longer the regeneration takes, the more difficult it is, and the more suffering must be exacted upon any victims to aid the eldar's regeneration.

If the eldar has been dead for too long (usually no more than a day) then the process will not work. This threshold can be longer in extreme circumstances, but generally after more than a day the eldar is beyond recovery.

Also, sometimes there is nothing left to collect. The body is destroyed completely. Or there is no way to recover the body.

If this is the case, the Dark Eldar experiences True Death (as they call it) and their soul is claimed by Slaanesh.

Guard,

Give me a house sized tank to command, a good crew, and a bunch of things to blow up and I would be happy.

'Nids.

I like food.

Guard because I would want to be a Commissar... or a tank captain.

I'm still curious as to why not all the armies are in the poll.

No Grey Knights (or at least Inquisitors), no Necrons, no Sisters...

I could see myself happily living out the life of a Mek boy, it would be just one big long episode of Junkyard Wars.

Considering that im human, probability dictates that I (and all of you as well for hat matter) would be a lowly Imperial Guardsman.;

 Wilytank wrote:

 HerbaciousT wrote:

Dark Eldar can be completely regenerated. If even a scrap of their flesh is recovered, they can be brought back to a haemonculus, who tortures victims in front of their sarcophagus, and they absorb the pain and suffering which regens them.

I'm bending my head to try and make sense of this. At what point of their apparent death does the Dark Eldar's soul finally get claimed by Slaanesh?

Only Eldar get claimed by Slaanesh, normally. DE specifically try to avoid this.
If that bit of flesh goes on for too long, or the regeneration goes too long the pansy is gonna die.
It just takes a while for the wimpiest Chaos God to get a hold of their souls.

Tzeentch sorcerer. i would basically have a legion of 1k sons to protect me and gather whatever resources necessary for whatever catches my fancy

Ork.

Ideally a Big Mek in a Speed Freeks cult.

Fast, red and obscenely loud!


Failing that DE razorwing jetfighter pilot or ork fighta pilot.

World Eaters Bezerker, Whoop whoop!

Eldar souls can be deathly persistent. If they have the will power some of their soul can remain with their remains for quite a long time, and with the right catalyst (Read path of the renegade) people can be regenerated from thousands of years ago. But the shorter the time between death and rebirth the easier it will be, and the more sure you will be that you are reviving exactly what you want to revive (Daemons can hitch a lift on the rebirthing train).

Synapse creatures enjoy basically eternal life too. Not that they're sophisticated enough to appreciate it.

 gossipmeng wrote:
Tau - Farsight Enclaves.... because they seem to be the only ones who get it.

Dang I should have read your post before I voted. Because you are totally right.

INTO THE FIRES OF BATTLE!!! UNTO THE ANVIL OF WAR! I would be a proud captain of the Salamanders, one day becoming Forgefather, to find the primarch's gifts!

Librarian of a loyal Marine chapter.

well even though you havent mentioned then id want to a be a necron flayed on lord. controlling vast crazed flesh hungry robots to just tear aprt the enemy while doing the same myself. causing fear and terror and watching the enemy squirm at the site of me and my flayed ones tearing there allies to shreds

For the Tau, and the Greater Good.

Of all the factions they are by far the universe best chance for peace.

Well, I would like to be a member of the Space Marines, ideally a chapter thats a bit more compassionate towards humanity so either salamanders or Space Wolves (wait, Space Wolves drink, SPACE WOLVES!). But since the question is what would you be, it would either be a servitor for lipping off, or some guardsmen cowering in a hole.

Thunderwolf cavalry definitely. Armed with a thunder hammer and storm shield. Back by a wave of comrades and fen wolves. Modern technology meets barbarian warfare. I'm in

Slaneesh, killing, raping, torturing in any arbitrary order!
Gwar! Scumdogs of the universe

Would have to be a member of the Elysian Drop Troops, dropping from the skies with trusty lasgun in hand to bring death to the enemies of the Imperium!

 Jehan-reznor wrote:
Slaneesh, killing, raping, torturing in any arbitrary order!
Gwar! Scumdogs of the universe

And it's guys like you that keep me employed!

THE IMPERIAL GUARD!!! SO I CAN DIE A HORRIBLE BLOODY DEATH AND NEVER SEE MY CHILDREN AGAIN!!!

 ThunderFury 2575 wrote:
THE IMPERIAL GUARD!!! SO I CAN DIE A HORRIBLE BLOODY DEATH AND NEVER SEE MY CHILDREN AGAIN!!!

It's OK. They will end up at the Schola Progenium where they will die training to be Commissars.

Being an Imperial Fist Sternguard Veteran screaming to the surface in a Drop Pod Combi-melta in hand would amazing.

I'd like to volunteer to join the forces of the Necrons. Obviously since we're positing ideal scenarios, I'd like to be given the premium biotransference treatment so I can occupy a body from the high-end courts of the Necron dynasties. One where my mind and personality are perfectly preserved.

Flesh is a relic, a mere vessel. I'll hand over my flesh, as a new future awaits me. Many millions of years of traipsing around the galaxy seeing wondrous things, and laying eyes on the awesome power of the celestial orrery. I would literally wait thousands of years for the crypteks to make the calculations when deciding to snuff out a single star, just to witness the event when they swipe it from existence.

If I had my choice I would join the bolter bit...I mean Adepta Sororitas. What can I say, there is something about a gal in heavy armour who always has a light.

Most likely I'd be a member of Chaos Cultists. More specifically a Plague Zombie.

of chaos i would either go Malal or nurgle.
Also i like the idea of being a spess mahrine, probably go renegade after a few hours due to boredom.

chaos0xomega wrote:
Considering that im human, probability dictates that I (and all of you as well for hat matter) would be a lowly Imperial Guardsman.;

Hell yeah.

While you guys want to be space marines. I want to be a lowly imperial guardman who took out a space marine with a lasgun.

I would fight for Tzeentch, because there is no greater cause than the spark that motivates me each day to keep living, to fight for my goals, to enjoy even times of struggle because of the hopes and aspirations I nurse deep within my being.

I would like to be a pilot of the Marauder Destroyer.
Overgrowth version of A-10 Thunderbolt, the tank nutcracker.
If not pilot, then stealthy spec.ops with biiiiiig sniper rifle (and my trusty pet, stealthy wolf).

Green iz best!

Well if you were born into the universe of WH40K, around 70% chance you would be a hard toiling, oppressed, brainwashed, emperor-fearing citizen of one of the hive planets.
15% chance, you would be an ork.
14% chance, you would become bio-degradable material for one of the tyranid hive fleets (so basically, tyranid).

And 1% chance you could be one of the above list. With a higher chance for IG cannon fodder than anything else.

FOR THE GREATER GOOD!!

I'd want to fight on the front lines of the most technologically advanced species in the galaxy. Pulse rifle in hand gunning down the multitudes of ignorant races and species denying the greater good when it's obvious that its the one true path. I'd want to be a Shas'nel (Cadre Fireblade). The very best at the Fire Warrior's art of combat. Brutally efficient. I'd still get to be in the heart of the fighting; directing those under me and greatly respected for giving up the prestige of a combat suit. Die for the Tau'va or die for nothing

No 'Crons? Necrons!

Brutal Viking wrote:
FOR THE GREATER GOOD!!

I'd want to fight on the front lines of the most technologically advanced species in the galaxy. Pulse rifle in hand gunning down the multitudes of ignorant races and species denying the greater good when it's obvious that its the one true path. I'd want to be a Shas'nel (Cadre Fireblade). The very best at the Fire Warrior's art of combat. Brutally efficient. I'd still get to be in the heart of the fighting; directing those under me and greatly respected for giving up the prestige of a combat suit. Die for the Tau'va or die for nothing

...except the Tau aren't the most technologically advanced in the galaxy.

Who did I forget?

necrons


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which I actually forgot to add as a poll option

They're not a race or species; they just are

Tau for sure, they have the nicest lives out of all the races

Plague Marine of the Great Grandfather Nurgle.

Near Immortality is nice but the real plus is that you get to make zombies using nasty viruses and such yay!!

I would want to be a necrotyr who was transformed into a necron, either as a Phaeron or Destroyer Lord, then I can have an excuse for hating everything

I would say Space Marines first, but then I remembered...



Looks rather icky. So, no thanks.

Eldar civilian I suppose (How long that will last...), or Slaaneshi cultist.

nids.
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