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Imagine this. You could put any sci-fi faction or race into warhammer 40k.

What would it be? Why?

A predator type species for sure. Could do it like C:Inquisition as a mercenary type army or asa full stand alone.

I''d put in the Daleks, because it'd be rather comical to see them rage about how ineffective the'll be in the 40k universe

 Selym wrote:
I''d put in the Daleks, because it'd be rather comical to see them rage about how ineffective the'll be in the 40k universe

Depends.

The daleks range from completely incompetent to universe-busting.

Klingons would be cool. Either that or reavers.

Kuat Drive Yards.

A separate human faction would be cool. Maybe the Earth Alliance from B5, keeping a lot of old tech and seeing themselves as the true inheritors of the legacy of the human race. Or if they arent dark enough, how about the shadows or the Vorlons, masters of technology and absolutely ruthless when it comes to dealing with lesser races. Shadow clouds or Vorlon Planet killers anyone?

Possibly the EVAs from Neon Genesis Evangelion. Gigantic cyborg-mechas could wreck almost any race - barring the Orks of course.

Zerg, definitely Zerg....oh wait.

Vorlons or failing that Id toss in the Krogans

Andalites from Animorphs (the books not that cruddy attempt at a tv series). The Yerks wouldn't be a bad shout either since they are parasites who have taken over the taxxons, hork baj'ir, gedd and humans amongst other races.

The Combine from half-life 2. They are pretty much more advanced tau.

Wookiees. Definitely Wookiees. How has no one said Wookiees yet?

Kryptonians or X-Men

 Selym wrote:
I''d put in the Daleks, because it'd be rather comical to see them rage about how ineffective the'll be in the 40k universe

They might still have the moulds (from where they used to make the models in plastic) laying around in a warehouse somewhere.
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X-men? I'm sure mutants would go over real well. "WAIT, We are the GOOD guys!"
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I would like to see the armies of Granbreton come into play. I know they used to make the Hawkmoon model, but I always loved the whole granbreton imagery. Gonna make a unit of Baron Malaidious's wolf knights using the wolf helms from the pups set.

I would like to see the Scourge from DZC thrown into the mix. Parasitic body-snatching aliens with insectile skimmers armed with virulent plasma weaponry and powerful active countermeasures.

 Rippy wrote:
Wookiees. Definitely Wookiees. How has no one said Wookiees yet?

Definitely

I'd love to see Predators, Xenomorphs, Wookies, HALO (to settle the SM vs Spartan debate), the bugs from Starship Troopers and many others.

The Marine vs Spartan debate was pretty conclusively settled by an article (Which half an hour's searching has failed to turn up now :() that went through their respective enhancements and pointed out that while both are powerful, the Spartan is basically "human but with tougher bones and better recover", while a Space Marine is not only tougher, he has a built-in chestplate (which the spartan lacks) and not only recovers from anaerobic exercise faster than a human, but can stave off becoming anaerobic for longer because of having super-effective blood and two hearts (as opposed to the Spartan's normal blood and one heart).

 Furyou Miko wrote:
The Marine vs Spartan debate was pretty conclusively settled by an article (Which half an hour's searching has failed to turn up now :() that went through their respective enhancements and pointed out that while both are powerful, the Spartan is basically "human but with tougher bones and better recover", while a Space Marine is not only tougher, he has a built-in chestplate (which the spartan lacks) and not only recovers from anaerobic exercise faster than a human, but can stave off becoming anaerobic for longer because of having super-effective blood and two hearts (as opposed to the Spartan's normal blood and one heart).

They did say that Spartans don't have the entire pride thing going on though, and are entirely willing to do sneaky sabotage type actions, so that was like, 1 point for spartans who aren't going up against raptors.

 ADustyMan wrote:


They did say that Spartans don't have the entire pride thing going on though, and are entirely willing to do sneaky sabotage type actions, so that was like, 1 point for spartans who aren't going up against raptors.

Or any other Chapter with Scouts.

I think Geth would be cool.


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 Zweischneid wrote:

 ADustyMan wrote:


They did say that Spartans don't have the entire pride thing going on though, and are entirely willing to do sneaky sabotage type actions, so that was like, 1 point for spartans who aren't going up against raptors.

Or any other Chapter with Scouts.

Well scouts are actually killable with conventional firearms a spartan would have. Add on the fact they're super veterans fighting new guys, Spartans probably have a serious edge on scouts.

Id like to see a non tau alien alliance added.

E.g lots of diffrent races who huddle togeather to not be whiped out by the rest of the universe/ us. who dont buy into the tau's greater good or who arnt wanted by the tau.

On that line something like the Covenant from halo, combine from half life or council races from mass effect.

As long as furries arnt added thats fine

Tribbles. 40k needs more Tribbles.
Just don't let them get near the quadrotriticale.

 Iron_Captain wrote:
Tribbles. 40k needs more Tribbles.
Just don't let them get near the quadrotriticale.

I can see it now. Swarms of Tribbles, EVERYWHERE.

And my mom would be like, "No, I don't wanna kill the Tribbles, they're too cute!"

Did you know that in the Star Trek MMO, Tribbles make cute little purring noises when you get close to them? : D

For my personal vote, some sort of faction of anthropomorphic animals. Foxxies preferably.

Turians from Mass Effect, could be good allies for Tau.

I think the Dominion from Star Trek: Deep Space 9 could be interesting. Even if you don't include their servant races, the shapeshifting Founders alone would make for an interesting dynamic.

I'd like to see the shadows also, and kudos to all the b5 fans out there, keeping the hope alive

The Shadows. To show all the stupid GW "bad guys" what true power is.

How about just throwing Dr. Manhattan in there?