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2011/11/23 00:16:17
Subject: What is your favourite weapon in Warhammer 40k?
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Tadashi wrote:HumeyKillar wrote:looks like someones got faith in the emprah^^
Is that so wrong?
Faith in a rotting corpse on a throne you'll never see, hear, or affect in any way?
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2011/11/23 00:19:57
Subject: What is your favourite weapon in Warhammer 40k?
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Ancient Venerable Dreadnought
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im2randomghgh wrote:Tadashi wrote:HumeyKillar wrote:looks like someones got faith in the emprah^^
Is that so wrong?
Faith in a rotting corpse on a throne you'll never see, hear, or affect in any way?
It seems that you're uninformed. The highest ranking Inquisitors are granted the right to direct audience with the Emperor. The High Lords may govern the Imperium visibly, but the Emperor continues to rule the Imperium directly from the shadows. And the Emperor's psychic might grows every year thanks to Mankind's faith in Him. He can affect events in the galaxy, ever heard of the Storm of the Emperor's Wrath?
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I should have left him there. He had served his purpose. He owed me nothing - yet he gave himself to me willingly. Why? I know not. He is nothing more than a pathetic human. An inferior race. A mon-keigh. But still I broke off my wings so that I might carry him easier. I took him from that place, into the snowstorm where our tracks will not be found. He is heavy. And he is dying. And he is slowing me down. But I will save him. Why? I know not. He is still warm. I can feel his blood ebbing across me. For every beat of his heart, another, slight spill of heat. The heat blows away on the winter wind. His blood is still warm. But fading. And I have spilled scarlet myself. The snow laps greedily at our footsteps and our lifeblood, covering them without a trace as we fade away.
'She sat on the corner, gulping the soup down, uncaring of the heat of it. They had grown more watery as of late she noted, but she wasn't about to beggar food from the Imperials or the "Bearers of the Word." Tau, despite their faults at least didn't have a kill policy for her race.' |
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2011/11/23 00:20:03
Subject: What is your favourite weapon in Warhammer 40k?
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Tadashi wrote:HumeyKillar wrote:looks like someones got faith in the emprah^^
Is that so wrong?
Yes, it goes against the Imperial Truth the Emperor himself told you to follow.
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2011/11/23 00:27:46
Subject: What is your favourite weapon in Warhammer 40k?
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Ancient Venerable Dreadnought
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However, the Emperor recognized His own miscalculation regarding faith and religion towards the end of the Heresy. That's why even with control of the leaders of the Inquisition, He didn't make any effort to stop the rise of the Imperial Church after the Heresy. Mankind needed the psychic root of belief to stand against Chaos, until the Emperor can be reborn anew, like what is hinted in the recent Golden Throne failing fluff.
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I should have left him there. He had served his purpose. He owed me nothing - yet he gave himself to me willingly. Why? I know not. He is nothing more than a pathetic human. An inferior race. A mon-keigh. But still I broke off my wings so that I might carry him easier. I took him from that place, into the snowstorm where our tracks will not be found. He is heavy. And he is dying. And he is slowing me down. But I will save him. Why? I know not. He is still warm. I can feel his blood ebbing across me. For every beat of his heart, another, slight spill of heat. The heat blows away on the winter wind. His blood is still warm. But fading. And I have spilled scarlet myself. The snow laps greedily at our footsteps and our lifeblood, covering them without a trace as we fade away.
'She sat on the corner, gulping the soup down, uncaring of the heat of it. They had grown more watery as of late she noted, but she wasn't about to beggar food from the Imperials or the "Bearers of the Word." Tau, despite their faults at least didn't have a kill policy for her race.' |
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2011/11/23 00:29:59
Subject: What is your favourite weapon in Warhammer 40k?
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2011/11/23 00:32:23
Subject: What is your favourite weapon in Warhammer 40k?
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Tadashi wrote:im2randomghgh wrote:Tadashi wrote:HumeyKillar wrote:looks like someones got faith in the emprah^^
Is that so wrong?
Faith in a rotting corpse on a throne you'll never see, hear, or affect in any way?
It seems that you're uninformed. The highest ranking Inquisitors are granted the right to direct audience with the Emperor. The High Lords may govern the Imperium visibly, but the Emperor continues to rule the Imperium directly from the shadows. And the Emperor's psychic might grows every year thanks to Mankind's faith in Him. He can affect events in the galaxy, ever heard of the Storm of the Emperor's Wrath?
The highest ranking inquisitors enter a chamber and stare at a corpse while the companions hold they spears leveled at their face, yes.
And the Emperor continues to power the astronomican, with the help of 1000 psykers every single day.
His life fades. That's why he started his contingency "feth, maybe I should just build another me in the warp while I'm sitting here?" plan. Automatically Appended Next Post: Castiel wrote:Tadashi wrote:HumeyKillar wrote:looks like someones got faith in the emprah^^
Is that so wrong?
Yes, it goes against the Imperial Truth the Emperor himself told you to follow.
(un)faith inception?
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2011/11/23 00:34:23
Subject: What is your favourite weapon in Warhammer 40k?
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Tadashi wrote:However, the Emperor recognized His own miscalculation regarding faith and religion towards the end of the Heresy. That's why even with control of the leaders of the Inquisition, He didn't make any effort to stop the rise of the Imperial Church after the Heresy. Mankind needed the psychic root of belief to stand against Chaos, until the Emperor can be reborn anew, like what is hinted in the recent Golden Throne failing fluff.
I haven't got an arguement for that.
Well played, sir, well played! 
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2011/11/23 00:35:51
Subject: What is your favourite weapon in Warhammer 40k?
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Ancient Venerable Dreadnought
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The highest ranking inquisitors enter a chamber and stare at a corpse while the companions hold they spears leveled at their face, yes.
And the Emperor continues to power the astronomican, with the help of 1000 psykers every single day.
His life fades. That's why he started his contingency "feth, maybe I should just build another me in the warp while I'm sitting here?" plan.
That's right. Better that listening to some robed philosopher tell you one thing and ask you to do something else entirely. Faith can do things that would otherwise be impossible. Farseers and the Dark Gods are often unpleasantly surprised to find Humans breaking out of prepared fates thanks to Mankind's reinforced belief that through the Emperor, their destiny is what they make it.
Automatically Appended Next Post:
I'd rather die or bow before Chaos rather that listen to those fools in the Ethereal Caste...
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I should have left him there. He had served his purpose. He owed me nothing - yet he gave himself to me willingly. Why? I know not. He is nothing more than a pathetic human. An inferior race. A mon-keigh. But still I broke off my wings so that I might carry him easier. I took him from that place, into the snowstorm where our tracks will not be found. He is heavy. And he is dying. And he is slowing me down. But I will save him. Why? I know not. He is still warm. I can feel his blood ebbing across me. For every beat of his heart, another, slight spill of heat. The heat blows away on the winter wind. His blood is still warm. But fading. And I have spilled scarlet myself. The snow laps greedily at our footsteps and our lifeblood, covering them without a trace as we fade away.
'She sat on the corner, gulping the soup down, uncaring of the heat of it. They had grown more watery as of late she noted, but she wasn't about to beggar food from the Imperials or the "Bearers of the Word." Tau, despite their faults at least didn't have a kill policy for her race.' |
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2011/11/23 00:57:04
Subject: What is your favourite weapon in Warhammer 40k?
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Stealthy Warhound Titan Princeps
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Tadashi wrote:That's right. Better that listening to some robed philosopher tell you one thing and ask you you to do something else entirely. Faith can do things that would otherwise be impossible. Farseers and the Dark Gods are unpleasantly surprised to find Humans breaking out of prepared fates thanks to Mankind's belief that under the Emperor, their destiny is what they make it.
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I'd rather die or bow before Chaos rather that listen to those fools in the Ethereal Caste...
The Ethereal caste, you mean the leaders of the only faction in all of 40k with a high standard of living (except maybe craftworlders), higher even than earth today?
Where they do stuff that makes sense? And use camouflage instead of going to battle in red and yellow and white and purple like SM?
Where they evacuate the citizens when under attack?
Where they keep population density at manageable levels?
Where they don't use harsh physical labour/slavery?
Where their first instinct isn't slavery?
Where they realize swords have no places in gunfight?
Where they equip their soldiers with decent armour, in the hopes of them NOT dying?
Where they don't use meat grinder tactics, ever?
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2011/11/23 01:02:13
Subject: What is your favourite weapon in Warhammer 40k?
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Ancient Venerable Dreadnought
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im2randomghgh wrote:Tadashi wrote:That's right. Better that listening to some robed philosopher tell you one thing and ask you you to do something else entirely. Faith can do things that would otherwise be impossible. Farseers and the Dark Gods are unpleasantly surprised to find Humans breaking out of prepared fates thanks to Mankind's belief that under the Emperor, their destiny is what they make it.
Automatically Appended Next Post:
I'd rather die or bow before Chaos rather that listen to those fools in the Ethereal Caste...
The Ethereal caste, you mean the leaders of the only faction in all of 40k with a high standard of living (except maybe craftworlders), higher even than earth today?
Where they do stuff that makes sense? And use camouflage instead of going to battle in red and yellow and white and purple like SM?
Where they evacuate the citizens when under attack?
Where they keep population density at manageable levels?
Where they don't use harsh physical labour/slavery?
Where their first instinct isn't slavery?
Where they realize swords have no places in gunfight?
Where they equip their soldiers with decent armour, in the hopes of them NOT dying?
Where they don't use meat grinder tactics, ever?
Yeah, and those Ethereals make use of subliminal messaging to control other Tau. And what makes you think the Imperium doesn't give a damn about the civilians? You don't know about the Salamanders Chapter's (and many other Chapters) dislike of collateral damage do you? Or the concentration/re-education camps that non-cooperative individuals in the Empire end up in? And no wonder they get slaughtered in close-combat, they're no good up close.
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I should have left him there. He had served his purpose. He owed me nothing - yet he gave himself to me willingly. Why? I know not. He is nothing more than a pathetic human. An inferior race. A mon-keigh. But still I broke off my wings so that I might carry him easier. I took him from that place, into the snowstorm where our tracks will not be found. He is heavy. And he is dying. And he is slowing me down. But I will save him. Why? I know not. He is still warm. I can feel his blood ebbing across me. For every beat of his heart, another, slight spill of heat. The heat blows away on the winter wind. His blood is still warm. But fading. And I have spilled scarlet myself. The snow laps greedily at our footsteps and our lifeblood, covering them without a trace as we fade away.
'She sat on the corner, gulping the soup down, uncaring of the heat of it. They had grown more watery as of late she noted, but she wasn't about to beggar food from the Imperials or the "Bearers of the Word." Tau, despite their faults at least didn't have a kill policy for her race.' |
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2011/11/23 01:19:27
Subject: What is your favourite weapon in Warhammer 40k?
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Tadashi wrote:im2randomghgh wrote:Tadashi wrote:That's right. Better that listening to some robed philosopher tell you one thing and ask you you to do something else entirely. Faith can do things that would otherwise be impossible. Farseers and the Dark Gods are unpleasantly surprised to find Humans breaking out of prepared fates thanks to Mankind's belief that under the Emperor, their destiny is what they make it.
Automatically Appended Next Post:
I'd rather die or bow before Chaos rather that listen to those fools in the Ethereal Caste...
The Ethereal caste, you mean the leaders of the only faction in all of 40k with a high standard of living (except maybe craftworlders), higher even than earth today?
Where they do stuff that makes sense? And use camouflage instead of going to battle in red and yellow and white and purple like SM?
Where they evacuate the citizens when under attack?
Where they keep population density at manageable levels?
Where they don't use harsh physical labour/slavery?
Where their first instinct isn't slavery?
Where they realize swords have no places in gunfight?
Where they equip their soldiers with decent armour, in the hopes of them NOT dying?
Where they don't use meat grinder tactics, ever?
Yeah, and those Ethereals make use of subliminal messaging to control other Tau. And what makes you think the Imperium doesn't give a damn about the civilians? You don't know about the Salamanders Chapter's (and many other Chapters) dislike of collateral damage do you? Or the concentration/re-education camps that non-cooperative individuals in the Empire end up in? And no wonder they get slaughtered in close-combat, they're no good up close.
First of all, the Ethereals controlling tau through anything other than loyalty is supposition on the part of imperial observers.
And the Salamanders are a rarity, with exterminatus and commissars accounting for more deaths than any one battle ever could.
And the Inquisition...don't get me started on the Inquisition.
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2011/11/23 01:24:02
Subject: What is your favourite weapon in Warhammer 40k?
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Ancient Venerable Dreadnought
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im2randomghgh wrote:Tadashi wrote:im2randomghgh wrote:Tadashi wrote:That's right. Better that listening to some robed philosopher tell you one thing and ask you you to do something else entirely. Faith can do things that would otherwise be impossible. Farseers and the Dark Gods are unpleasantly surprised to find Humans breaking out of prepared fates thanks to Mankind's belief that under the Emperor, their destiny is what they make it.
Automatically Appended Next Post:
I'd rather die or bow before Chaos rather that listen to those fools in the Ethereal Caste...
The Ethereal caste, you mean the leaders of the only faction in all of 40k with a high standard of living (except maybe craftworlders), higher even than earth today?
Where they do stuff that makes sense? And use camouflage instead of going to battle in red and yellow and white and purple like SM?
Where they evacuate the citizens when under attack?
Where they keep population density at manageable levels?
Where they don't use harsh physical labour/slavery?
Where their first instinct isn't slavery?
Where they realize swords have no places in gunfight?
Where they equip their soldiers with decent armour, in the hopes of them NOT dying?
Where they don't use meat grinder tactics, ever?
Yeah, and those Ethereals make use of subliminal messaging to control other Tau. And what makes you think the Imperium doesn't give a damn about the civilians? You don't know about the Salamanders Chapter's (and many other Chapters) dislike of collateral damage do you? Or the concentration/re-education camps that non-cooperative individuals in the Empire end up in? And no wonder they get slaughtered in close-combat, they're no good up close.
First of all, the Ethereals controlling tau through anything other than loyalty is supposition on the part of imperial observers.
And the Salamanders are a rarity, with exterminatus and commissars accounting for more deaths than any one battle ever could.
And the Inquisition...don't get me started on the Inquisition.
Actually a lot Imperial officers and Space Marines try to avoid collateral damage. And if there is, what makes you think they don't try to address it? Part of the Imperial Guard's duty is to oversee and assist in reconstruction after a war. And the re-education (*cough* concentration *cough*) camps are still there.
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I should have left him there. He had served his purpose. He owed me nothing - yet he gave himself to me willingly. Why? I know not. He is nothing more than a pathetic human. An inferior race. A mon-keigh. But still I broke off my wings so that I might carry him easier. I took him from that place, into the snowstorm where our tracks will not be found. He is heavy. And he is dying. And he is slowing me down. But I will save him. Why? I know not. He is still warm. I can feel his blood ebbing across me. For every beat of his heart, another, slight spill of heat. The heat blows away on the winter wind. His blood is still warm. But fading. And I have spilled scarlet myself. The snow laps greedily at our footsteps and our lifeblood, covering them without a trace as we fade away.
'She sat on the corner, gulping the soup down, uncaring of the heat of it. They had grown more watery as of late she noted, but she wasn't about to beggar food from the Imperials or the "Bearers of the Word." Tau, despite their faults at least didn't have a kill policy for her race.' |
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2011/11/23 02:51:44
Subject: Re:What is your favourite weapon in Warhammer 40k?
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"Kill one man, it is a tragedy."
"Kill a million? It is merely a statistic."
-Stalin
Granted, Imperial Commanders have little respect for the lives of those they command. But in an age where sometimes the ONLY WAY to halt the advance of darkness is to sacrifice six regiments of Guard, or three companies of Space Marines, or an entire battlefleet, what other choices do they have? If they save a hive city, but the planet falls, is that sound strategy? Space Marines don't assault a Chaos bastion because the traitors will kill the slaves they have taken. Instead, the traitors butcher the civilians anyway and summon a demon that destroys the sector. War is all about choices. Inquisitor's understand that the Enemy will use whatever it can to get a foothold in reality, so they purge anything and everything that can be used as said foothold. Space Marines understand that they cannot save everyone, but they will save those they can, with whatever they can. The Imperial Guard marches across battlefields inumerable, fighting in trenches with traitors, Chaos marines, and worse not because they want to (but let's face it some of those badasses enjoy their jobs) but because they need to.
In war, people die. The innocent, the guilty, the soldier, the civilian, the wicked, the righteous. It just happens. That's what makes the Imperium strong, so strong that even when surrounded by enemies so foul, so dangerously heinous, the men and women who serve the Imperium merely rack the slide on their bolters, load a fresh lasgun clip, or ready another missile. There are always a few bad eggs that ruin it for everyone, the same could be said for all those wonderfully Communist Tau, the haughty and arrogant Eldar, or the savage Orks (although funny, they might ALL be donkey-caves.).
How do we compare the Tau Empire, which is only a few systems, to the Imperium, something that is older than the entire Tau race?
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2011/11/23 02:54:31
Subject: What is your favourite weapon in Warhammer 40k?
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Wicked Canoptek Wraith
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now, that is a speach
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 Death is for quitters
and Jaws of the World Wolf is for pansies 
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2011/11/23 03:02:28
Subject: What is your favourite weapon in Warhammer 40k?
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Jealous that Horus is Warmaster
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Smack down....+1.
Those upstart Tau don't know a thing about the Galaxy. (Crotchety old man face)
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2011/11/23 03:07:09
Subject: What is your favourite weapon in Warhammer 40k?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Sorry.
Too soon?
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2011/11/23 03:09:33
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Tadashi wrote:im2randomghgh wrote:Tadashi wrote:im2randomghgh wrote:Tadashi wrote:That's right. Better that listening to some robed philosopher tell you one thing and ask you you to do something else entirely. Faith can do things that would otherwise be impossible. Farseers and the Dark Gods are unpleasantly surprised to find Humans breaking out of prepared fates thanks to Mankind's belief that under the Emperor, their destiny is what they make it.
Automatically Appended Next Post:
I'd rather die or bow before Chaos rather that listen to those fools in the Ethereal Caste...
The Ethereal caste, you mean the leaders of the only faction in all of 40k with a high standard of living (except maybe craftworlders), higher even than earth today?
Where they do stuff that makes sense? And use camouflage instead of going to battle in red and yellow and white and purple like SM?
Where they evacuate the citizens when under attack?
Where they keep population density at manageable levels?
Where they don't use harsh physical labour/slavery?
Where their first instinct isn't slavery?
Where they realize swords have no places in gunfight?
Where they equip their soldiers with decent armour, in the hopes of them NOT dying?
Where they don't use meat grinder tactics, ever?
Yeah, and those Ethereals make use of subliminal messaging to control other Tau. And what makes you think the Imperium doesn't give a damn about the civilians? You don't know about the Salamanders Chapter's (and many other Chapters) dislike of collateral damage do you? Or the concentration/re-education camps that non-cooperative individuals in the Empire end up in? And no wonder they get slaughtered in close-combat, they're no good up close.
First of all, the Ethereals controlling tau through anything other than loyalty is supposition on the part of imperial observers.
And the Salamanders are a rarity, with exterminatus and commissars accounting for more deaths than any one battle ever could.
And the Inquisition...don't get me started on the Inquisition.
Actually a lot Imperial officers and Space Marines try to avoid collateral damage. And if there is, what makes you think they don't try to address it? Part of the Imperial Guard's duty is to oversee and assist in reconstruction after a war. And the re-education (*cough* concentration *cough*) camps are still there.
preferring low collateral and making civilian evacuation of a plaet absolute #1 priority are different. did you read savage scars?
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2011/11/23 03:43:34
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Ancient Venerable Dreadnought
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The Eldar say to Humans: What do your kind know? We have sung songs of lament long before your ancestors crawled on their bellies out of the sea. Then I say to the Tau: What do you know? We have fought wars and sacrificed compassion and mercy to protect the galaxy from the touch of Chaos long before your kind aspired to the stars.
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I should have left him there. He had served his purpose. He owed me nothing - yet he gave himself to me willingly. Why? I know not. He is nothing more than a pathetic human. An inferior race. A mon-keigh. But still I broke off my wings so that I might carry him easier. I took him from that place, into the snowstorm where our tracks will not be found. He is heavy. And he is dying. And he is slowing me down. But I will save him. Why? I know not. He is still warm. I can feel his blood ebbing across me. For every beat of his heart, another, slight spill of heat. The heat blows away on the winter wind. His blood is still warm. But fading. And I have spilled scarlet myself. The snow laps greedily at our footsteps and our lifeblood, covering them without a trace as we fade away.
'She sat on the corner, gulping the soup down, uncaring of the heat of it. They had grown more watery as of late she noted, but she wasn't about to beggar food from the Imperials or the "Bearers of the Word." Tau, despite their faults at least didn't have a kill policy for her race.' |
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2011/11/23 04:26:59
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Tadashi wrote:The Eldar say to Humans: What do your kind know? We have sung songs of lament long before your ancestors crawled on their bellies out of the sea. Then I say to the Tau: What do you know? We have fought wars and sacrificed compassion and mercy to protect the galaxy from the touch of Chaos long before your kind aspired to the stars.
i think i've made my poiint
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2011/11/23 04:29:56
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Ancient Venerable Dreadnought
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im2randomghgh wrote:Tadashi wrote:The Eldar say to Humans: What do your kind know? We have sung songs of lament long before your ancestors crawled on their bellies out of the sea. Then I say to the Tau: What do you know? We have fought wars and sacrificed compassion and mercy to protect the galaxy from the touch of Chaos long before your kind aspired to the stars.
i think i've made my poiint
...to protect the galaxy from the touch of Chaos...you upstart aliens know nothing! Even Terra burned at the hands of Chaos! Maybe when daemons march through T'au and your effete cities burn, and madness descends on your septs then maybe you'd understand the burden the Imperium of Man bears.
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I should have left him there. He had served his purpose. He owed me nothing - yet he gave himself to me willingly. Why? I know not. He is nothing more than a pathetic human. An inferior race. A mon-keigh. But still I broke off my wings so that I might carry him easier. I took him from that place, into the snowstorm where our tracks will not be found. He is heavy. And he is dying. And he is slowing me down. But I will save him. Why? I know not. He is still warm. I can feel his blood ebbing across me. For every beat of his heart, another, slight spill of heat. The heat blows away on the winter wind. His blood is still warm. But fading. And I have spilled scarlet myself. The snow laps greedily at our footsteps and our lifeblood, covering them without a trace as we fade away.
'She sat on the corner, gulping the soup down, uncaring of the heat of it. They had grown more watery as of late she noted, but she wasn't about to beggar food from the Imperials or the "Bearers of the Word." Tau, despite their faults at least didn't have a kill policy for her race.' |
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2011/11/23 04:46:39
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Pulsating Possessed Chaos Marine
In Firenze kicking Templar arse.
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NEMESIS FORCE SWORD OR WITCHBLADE!!!!!
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2011/11/23 06:10:08
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Earth burned at the hands of chaos because the Emperor was too fething dumb to notice that all four chaos gods were riding horus like a bicycle..
If Humanity wasn't so Gung-ho, morbidy curious and into knowledge that they shouldn't have, perhaps Chaos would be less of a threat.
In any case the smack-talk is far far off-topic 
On-topic - Grot Bomb
V2 rockets guided by grots.. gotta love it
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The Viletide: Daemons of Nurgle/Deathguard: 7400 pts
Disclples of the Dragon - Ad Mech - about 2000 pts
GSC - about 2000 Pts
Rhulic Mercs - um...many...
Circle Oroboros - 300 Pts or so
Menoth - 300+ pts
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2011/11/23 06:15:16
Subject: What is your favourite weapon in Warhammer 40k?
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Ancient Venerable Dreadnought
Thousand Sons Battleship wandering the galaxy...
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Ascalam wrote:Earth burned at the hands of chaos because the Emperor was too fething dumb to notice that all four chaos gods were riding horus like a bicycle..
If Humanity wasn't so Gung-ho, morbidy curious and into knowledge that they shouldn't have, perhaps Chaos would be less of a threat.
In any case the smack-talk is far far off-topic
On-topic - Grot Bomb
V2 rockets guided by grots.. gotta love it
The same goes for the Eldar...if they weren't so curious about the limits of sensation, then the Fall of the Eldar wouldn't have happened.
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I should have left him there. He had served his purpose. He owed me nothing - yet he gave himself to me willingly. Why? I know not. He is nothing more than a pathetic human. An inferior race. A mon-keigh. But still I broke off my wings so that I might carry him easier. I took him from that place, into the snowstorm where our tracks will not be found. He is heavy. And he is dying. And he is slowing me down. But I will save him. Why? I know not. He is still warm. I can feel his blood ebbing across me. For every beat of his heart, another, slight spill of heat. The heat blows away on the winter wind. His blood is still warm. But fading. And I have spilled scarlet myself. The snow laps greedily at our footsteps and our lifeblood, covering them without a trace as we fade away.
'She sat on the corner, gulping the soup down, uncaring of the heat of it. They had grown more watery as of late she noted, but she wasn't about to beggar food from the Imperials or the "Bearers of the Word." Tau, despite their faults at least didn't have a kill policy for her race.' |
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2011/11/23 06:19:30
Subject: What is your favourite weapon in Warhammer 40k?
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Insect-Infested Nurgle Chaos Lord
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True enough.
That said, at least some of them cottoned on BEFORE the gakstorm fell. A significant proportion of their civilization (though a relatively small percentile, as the emoire spanned the galaxy..) left before things turned really bad, or deliberately chose to be far away from those kinky city-folk well before they descended into depravity.
The eldar were speaking from experience when they warned Humanity, after all..
*edit for clarity*
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The Viletide: Daemons of Nurgle/Deathguard: 7400 pts
Disclples of the Dragon - Ad Mech - about 2000 pts
GSC - about 2000 Pts
Rhulic Mercs - um...many...
Circle Oroboros - 300 Pts or so
Menoth - 300+ pts
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2011/11/23 07:45:02
Subject: What is your favourite weapon in Warhammer 40k?
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Ancient Venerable Dreadnought
Thousand Sons Battleship wandering the galaxy...
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Then considering Mankind's experiences, the Imperium's (and most other races) view of the Tau being naive is entirely justified.
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I should have left him there. He had served his purpose. He owed me nothing - yet he gave himself to me willingly. Why? I know not. He is nothing more than a pathetic human. An inferior race. A mon-keigh. But still I broke off my wings so that I might carry him easier. I took him from that place, into the snowstorm where our tracks will not be found. He is heavy. And he is dying. And he is slowing me down. But I will save him. Why? I know not. He is still warm. I can feel his blood ebbing across me. For every beat of his heart, another, slight spill of heat. The heat blows away on the winter wind. His blood is still warm. But fading. And I have spilled scarlet myself. The snow laps greedily at our footsteps and our lifeblood, covering them without a trace as we fade away.
'She sat on the corner, gulping the soup down, uncaring of the heat of it. They had grown more watery as of late she noted, but she wasn't about to beggar food from the Imperials or the "Bearers of the Word." Tau, despite their faults at least didn't have a kill policy for her race.' |
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2011/11/23 08:46:00
Subject: Re:What is your favourite weapon in Warhammer 40k?
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Mutilatin' Mad Dok
Out in the country in Denmark. Zealand
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2011/11/23 08:58:25
Subject: What is your favourite weapon in Warhammer 40k?
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Pulsating Possessed Chaos Marine
In Firenze kicking Templar arse.
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*GROAN*
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2011/11/23 15:05:08
Subject: What is your favourite weapon in Warhammer 40k?
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Sinewy Scourge
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im2randomghgh wrote:Tadashi wrote:im2randomghgh wrote:Tadashi wrote:im2randomghgh wrote:Tadashi wrote:That's right. Better that listening to some robed philosopher tell you one thing and ask you you to do something else entirely. Faith can do things that would otherwise be impossible. Farseers and the Dark Gods are unpleasantly surprised to find Humans breaking out of prepared fates thanks to Mankind's belief that under the Emperor, their destiny is what they make it.
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I'd rather die or bow before Chaos rather that listen to those fools in the Ethereal Caste...
Where they don't use meat grinder tactics, ever?
Yeah, and those Ethereals make use of subliminal messaging to control other Tau. And what makes you think the Imperium doesn't give a damn about the civilians? You don't know about the Salamanders Chapter's (and many other Chapters) dislike of collateral damage do you? Or the concentration/re-education camps that non-cooperative individuals in the Empire end up in? And no wonder they get slaughtered in close-combat, they're no good up close.
First of all, the Ethereals controlling tau through anything other than loyalty is supposition on the part of imperial observers.
And the Salamanders are a rarity, with exterminatus and commissars accounting for more deaths than any one battle ever could.
And the Inquisition...don't get me started on the Inquisition.
Actually a lot Imperial officers and Space Marines try to avoid collateral damage. And if there is, what makes you think they don't try to address it? Part of the Imperial Guard's duty is to oversee and assist in reconstruction after a war. And the re-education (*cough* concentration *cough*) camps are still there.
preferring low collateral and making civilian evacuation of a plaet absolute #1 priority are different. did you read savage scars?
I dont think you understand the gravity of the Imperiums situation. Do you know how many worlds at a time are under attack at every moment? How much manpower you would need to divert from greater threats, such as Tyranids and Chaos in order to evacuate said worlds every moment? How many more casualties the Imperium would sustain just doing that for every world out there?
The Tau can only manage this because theyre tiny. They dont have to worry of the some tens of thousands of worlds under their protection, nor do they have the problem of being continuously attacked from all sides at the same time.
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"Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons."
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2011/11/23 21:47:14
Subject: What is your favourite weapon in Warhammer 40k?
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Stealthy Warhound Titan Princeps
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Tadashi wrote:im2randomghgh wrote:Tadashi wrote:The Eldar say to Humans: What do your kind know? We have sung songs of lament long before your ancestors crawled on their bellies out of the sea. Then I say to the Tau: What do you know? We have fought wars and sacrificed compassion and mercy to protect the galaxy from the touch of Chaos long before your kind aspired to the stars.
i think i've made my poiint
...to protect the galaxy from the touch of Chaos...you upstart aliens know nothing! Even Terra burned at the hands of Chaos! Maybe when daemons march through T'au and your effete cities burn, and madness descends on your septs then maybe you'd understand the burden the Imperium of Man bears.
And which race, might I ask, provides most of the mortal servants and psychic fuel to chaos? Humanity. Which race has almost zero effect on strengthening chaos? Tau.
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2011/11/23 21:49:24
Subject: What is your favourite weapon in Warhammer 40k?
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Stone Bonkers Fabricator General
A garden grove on Citadel Station
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Which race has almost zero effect on anything? Tau.
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ph34r's Forgeworld Phobos blog, current WIP: Iron Warriors and Skaven Tau
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The Polito form is dead, insect. Are you afraid? What is it you fear? The end of your trivial existence?
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Then he got trampled in the incoming stampede! 
