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2013/03/19 00:51:00
Subject: Could ferrus still be "alive" or in a "repair mode"
Avatar 720 wrote: We can rebuild him. We have the technology. We can make him better than he was. Better...stronger...faster.
They can rebuild him, sure (or could have, 10,000 years ago)... but cybernetic resurrection is not a pretty picture. You're stronger, sure... definitely not faster. Stealth goes right out. You can't swim. You need a mechanic, not a doctor, for any combat injuries.... the list goes on!
I'm gunna go ahead and hope you got the reference and this isn't a serious reply...
Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation
2013/03/19 01:01:18
Subject: Could ferrus still be "alive" or in a "repair mode"
Avatar 720 wrote: We can rebuild him. We have the technology. We can make him better than he was. Better...stronger...faster.
They can rebuild him, sure (or could have, 10,000 years ago)... but cybernetic resurrection is not a pretty picture. You're stronger, sure... definitely not faster. Stealth goes right out. You can't swim. You need a mechanic, not a doctor, for any combat injuries.... the list goes on!
I'm gunna go ahead and hope you got the reference and this isn't a serious reply...
Yeah, I get the Six Million Dollar Man reference... but I'm also referencing Cybernetic Resurrection out of Dark Heresy. It ain't pretty.
Also, to drive the reference a bit further... Robot Chicken!
It is best to be a pessimist. You are usually right and, when you're wrong, you're pleasantly surprised.
2013/03/21 03:12:31
Subject: Could ferrus still be "alive" or in a "repair mode"
ADB: I showed the Wolves revealing the key weakness at the heart of the World Eaters; showing Angron that his Legion was broken and worthless compared to the others; that he was the one primarch who couldn't trust his own warriors, and that they didn't care if he lived or died; showing that loyalty to brothers and sons is the heart of success for the Legiones Astartes, to the point even Lorgar makes a big deal out of saying the World Eaters and their primarch were massively outclassed by Russ, and Angron was too stupid to see the lesson Russ had sacrificed time, sweat, and blood, to teach. We're talking about a battle the Wolves won, by isolating the enemy general through pack tactics, and threatening to kill him, without a hope of defending himself. It was a balance, 50/50 - Angron overpowered Russ, and the Wolves were losing ground to the World Eaters; but Russ and his warriors had Angron by the balls, and barely broke a sweat. They won, no question. Lorgar even says: "The Wolves won, meathead."
Dorn won’t help you either. He’s too busy being the Emperor’s groundskeeper, hiding behind the palace walls. The Wolf is too busy cutting off heads as our father’s executioner, while the Lion holds on to his secrets, and has no special fondness for you. Who else will come? Not Ferrus, certainly. Nor Corax either. Even as we speak, I suspect he flees for Deliverance. Sanguinius?’ Curze laughed cruelly. ‘The angel is more cursed than I. The Khan? He does not wish to be found. So who is left? No one, Vulkan. None of them will come. You are simply not that important. You are alone.’ Konrad Curze to Vulkan
Your honor is your life, let non dispute it! 