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Exactly as it says on the tin.

I'd say Haemonculi for matters of biology and the soul, but Crypteks for everything else.

For sheer level of technical understanding and execution - DE haemies/scientists.

For innovation and experimentation - Ork Meks.

I was tempted to pick Meks for their creativity but in all honesty, no one does science like Crypteks... I mean, seeing how Necrons defeated the Old Ones without psychic powers...

Mekboyz for innovation and industry. Crypteks for technological level. But nothing really has anything on just all the crazy stuff a Mekboy can cook up out of scrap metal.

Playing devils advocate here but nobody really explores science the way the Dark Mechanicum does.

I feel CWE should be on this list but since they're not I'll go with DE, they've mastered their own tech to the point where physical death can only be a temporary setback and after a short period of time be back up like nothing happened.plus flesh sculptors can literally give you wings. TAKE THAT REDBULL!

Orks Iz da bests, those uvvers don't make em metal boxes go fasta. We Iz the clever ones we paints em red!

I say the Dark Mechanicum, because the laws of physics can go feth themselves.

Jokaero

Haemonculi and the Dark Mechanicum.

Perturabo is master of technology and once he's stopped thinking about things he'll be back!!!

I'd have to say it depends on the area of expertise we're considering here.

'Hard' Sciences: Crypteks. As others have said, they beat the old ones using just science&technology, no warp powers
Biological Sciences: Haemonculi for certain.
Warp Studies: Dark Mechanicum (Crypteks obviously don't know how warp stuff works to the extent that someone actually working for Chaos does)
Rate of Advancement: Earth Caste. Orks are good at making things where they shouldn't be made, but they didn't go from nothing to advanced in a few hundred years.

The Tau are the only ones that actually seem to advance anywhere.

Necron tech is so far away that it seems like magic, but they're not coming up with anything new - they've literally hit the edge of where they can go. There's no new minds to come up with new thoughts, just the same old tired crypteks.

You don't need to improve perfection.

The Cryptek's level of technical know-how is such that they function as psykers on the battlefield.

Crypteks and Haemoculi takes the this title. one for bio related stuff and the other for other scary things that makes you die horribly

The Emperor probably was better than the Haemonculi.

 Void__Dragon wrote:
The Emperor probably was better than the Haemonculi.

Indeed. I am sure the Emperor could have made Grotesques if he wanted to, but for obvious reasons he went for more intelligent and aesthetically pleasing, as well as less malevolently created, Astartes.

Haemonculi. They've engineered immortality. The Imperium never figured that one out (barring a couple of lone exceptions that couldn't be repeated), the Tau don't have it, and the Necrons had to get a couple of wanna be gods to do it for them. No other advancement matters if you aren't around to see it. Other scientists may have figured out other, more advanced things, but the hammies figured out the most important thing.

 Jimsolo wrote:
Haemonculi. They've engineered immortality. The Imperium never figured that one out (barring a couple of lone exceptions that couldn't be repeated), the Tau don't have it, and the Necrons had to get a couple of wanna be gods to do it for them. No other advancement matters if you aren't around to see it. Other scientists may have figured out other, more advanced things, but the hammies figured out the most important thing.

The Dark Mechanicum can become immortal via daemonhood, and the Ad Mech use cybernetic replacements, until they're pretty much just a robot with human thought processes.

 Jimsolo wrote:
Haemonculi. They've engineered immortality. The Imperium never figured that one out (barring a couple of lone exceptions that couldn't be repeated), the Tau don't have it, and the Necrons had to get a couple of wanna be gods to do it for them. No other advancement matters if you aren't around to see it. Other scientists may have figured out other, more advanced things, but the hammies figured out the most important thing.

Bio-transference was the brain-child of the C'tan, but Szeras' technical know-how is what made it a reality.

Haemonculi and Crypteks, no one else really comes close. Both are functionally immortal, both enjoy 'fresh' specimens and both create new an exciting ways to bring death to less races. Haemonculi understand biological science and Warp science (Yes, the soul and reincarnation are things of the warp) far over the Crypteks but I would think Crypteks understand the universe 'as is' better then the Haemonculi.

If I had to choose who is cooler, Haemonculi would have it because they aren't too far behind Crypteks in physics but are way ahead in biology. Also, the created a mirror which shatters YOU, who even does that!

Tech Marines. They are so much better because they can maintain the holy designs of the emperor with utter perfection. They can mate older marks of power armor to newer ones for crying out loud!

 TheCustomLime wrote:
Tech Marines. They are so much better because they can maintain the holy designs of the emperor with utter perfection. They can mate older marks of power armor to newer ones for crying out loud!

Sounds good, give us a shout when they discover how to transform themselves into living beams of light that can travel interstellar distances to wage terror wars across the galaxy. The Dark Eldar can do that.

 TheCustomLime wrote:
Tech Marines. They are so much better because they can maintain the holy designs of the emperor with utter perfection. They can mate older marks of power armor to newer ones for crying out loud!

"Oh look! I can get this mechanic to put an old mechanism into this new machine!" - Most people with such a request.

Give me a shout when the Dark Eldar can entomb a man inside of a machine and have him fight willingly. And unjam poor Brother Pyle's Boltgun.

 TheCustomLime wrote:
Tech Marines. They are so much better because they can maintain the holy designs of the emperor with utter perfection. They can mate older marks of power armor to newer ones for crying out loud!

That's not remotely impressive compared to Ork Mekboyz or Crypteks. Or the Dark Mechnicum either for that matter.

 Wyzilla wrote:

 TheCustomLime wrote:
Tech Marines. They are so much better because they can maintain the holy designs of the emperor with utter perfection. They can mate older marks of power armor to newer ones for crying out loud!

That's not remotely impressive compared to Ork Mekboyz or Crypteks. Or the Dark Mechnicum either for that matter.

I think he was joking.

 BrotherHaraldus wrote:

 Wyzilla wrote:

 TheCustomLime wrote:
Tech Marines. They are so much better because they can maintain the holy designs of the emperor with utter perfection. They can mate older marks of power armor to newer ones for crying out loud!

That's not remotely impressive compared to Ork Mekboyz or Crypteks. Or the Dark Mechnicum either for that matter.

I think he was joking.

I was. I thought the "Poor Brother Pyle's boltgun" part gave it away.

On a serious note I am going to say... it depends. That's like asking who is the best scientist on earth. Most people would respond "In what field?" since science is just a method of finding out more about how the universe functions. So, in terms of research I would say Tau Earth Caste scientists are the best since they are probably one of the few groups that are actually innovating anymore. In terms of applied physics Crypetks are the best in this field and in terms of biology Dark Eldar are superior.

The Crypteks and Heamonculi both, but in different areas.
Those two are lightyears beyond all others.