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 Furyou Miko wrote:
I see my thread is being taken as seriously as it deserves.

Personally, I think that assuming that an 'Orbital Bombardment' only consists of one lance strike is rather silly. THat's not a Bombardment, that's not even a salvo!

It is rare that we see the happyface icon. The conclave has yet to decide whether it is more or less disturbing than the black-eyed, Alma-face.

It should be noted, though, that the Orbital Bombardment in DoW is a good salvo of half-a-dozen lance strikes over a good section of the screen... but is not as insta-gibbing as one might expect.

It is also not that good against single targets.

 Furyou Miko wrote:
I see my thread is being taken as seriously as it deserves.

Personally, I think that assuming that an 'Orbital Bombardment' only consists of one lance strike is rather silly. THat's not a Bombardment, that's not even a salvo!

W-what... what is this heresy (and I'm chaos! Oooop hope the inquisition didn't hear me)... I.... Somebody please hug me I am afraid... COME ON MIKO BLACK EYES OF DOOM! Black eyes of doom.... *shudders and curls up in terror*

 Wyzilla wrote:
Angron loses by virtue of being one of the weaker Primarchs.

lol

Anyway, Angron obviously has no real way to combat an orbital bombardment (Unless he was a Daemon, maybe), only Magnus and maybe Lorgar do, but for what it's worth, Horus actually held off on continuing his glassing of Istvaan III's atmosphere because he was worried Angron might survive, and be very pissed at Horus.

I can see it now. Angron swimming through space furiously to hit Horus.

Reminds me of the Juggernaut from Marvel comics.

He could actually do stuff like that.

That's because he's the Juggernaut, b***h.

 lcmiracle wrote:

 flamingkillamajig wrote:

 lcmiracle wrote:

 Bobthehero wrote:
The SOB with a Melta gun wins.

Obviously, without question... I mean what's more OP than melta?

Multiple D-cannons?

Huh, point taken; I'm eh... just gonna rub my multi-lascannon mounted on a tri-pod then...

What about a vibrator cannon? I hear its growing in popularity. (JK)

In all seriousness in a unserious thread, we all know that the planet loses in this case.

 Asherian Command wrote:

In all seriousness in a unserious thread, we all know that the planet loses in this case.

But the loser is also the one who happened to manned the bombardment


We don't just do that for lolz, you do that because there are no other options; that is, unless, you are ordered by Umberco Eto, whose mind is not bothered by such vague articles...

 AlmightyWalrus wrote:
Yeah, you just have to fool the wife of the Primarch to... oh, wait.

I am pretty sure legions are all-masculine. You need to fool the boyfriend of the Primarch . Should not be too hard, they are no really renowned for wits.

Nothing to say the Primarch has to get together with an Astartes.

Magnus was quite close to his Remembrancer, after all.

 lcmiracle wrote:

 Asherian Command wrote:

In all seriousness in a unserious thread, we all know that the planet loses in this case.

Spoiler:

But the loser is also the one who happened to manned the bombardment

We don't just do that for lolz, you do that because there are no other options; that is, unless, you are ordered by Umberco Eto, whose mind is not bothered by such vague articles...

Huh, the Imperium uses Hydrogen Peroxide as fuel. I guess their medical ships should have no problem cleaning wounds.

As for the main topic, at some point the planet will erupt and Angron will be surrounded by molten rock. Nothing that lives can survive that.

 TheCustomLime wrote:


Huh, the Imperium uses Hydrogen Peroxide as fuel. I guess their medical ships should have no problem cleaning wounds.

As for the main topic, at some point the planet will erupt and Angron will be surrounded by molten rock. Nothing that lives can survive that.

Well... being the classie contrarier that I am


-- "Bringers of Darkness: The Night Lords Space Marine Chapter", Index Astartes II, Kelly, Phil.

And Konrad died from allowing a Callidus Assassin to do it, probably knowing is unlike some of his brothers (e.g. Vulkan), and still he managed to live through both the initial impact and swimming in larva. So fluff-wise, Primarchs can shrug off any wounds until the plots says they must die.

I... I... The.. Im done. There can be no logic applied here. The primarchs have plot armor as a magic power and thats all I got.

 lcmiracle wrote:
And Konrad died from allowing a Callidus Assassin to do it

Or did he ? Maybe someone wants you to think he did .

 TheCustomLime wrote:
I... I... The.. Im done. There can be no logic applied here. The primarchs have plot armor as a magic power and thats all I got.

(Poorly imitating a Russian accent) Lime! Dearest of all my internet non-friends, just for you, I've compiled a list of things that you might not have known about the primarchs from Index Astartes.

1. Did you know that, five of eighteen (in-universely) recorded Primarchs arrived on their homeworlds in a form of a meteor?
Fulgrim, whose cradle is that of the "hot white remains of a stasis capsule";
Ferrus Manus, who slammed into the highest ice mountain of Karaashi on Medusa, shattering the mountain top, and, basking in the glorious explosion of steam, "toppled mountains", his arrival was felt "the world over". Unscathed, he casually walked off the Ice Pinnacle he crushed into as a fully grown ma -- I mean, eh, Primarch.
Magnus, as a "portentous comet", he came to rest in the central plaza of the City of Light. "The vulnerability of their sanctuary to approach from above was something the adepts of Prospero failed to recognize; and failure for which they would suffer greatly in times to come." ("Masters of Forbidden Knowledge: The Thousand Sons Space Marine Legion", Index Astartes IV, Christopher Allan, Westmoreland, Hoare)
Vulkan, "a mighty comet blazing a trail of fire across the skies of the world of Nocturne during the Time of Trial..." ("Promethean Warriors: The Salamanders Space Marine Chapter", Index Astartes IV, Graham McNeil. Thorpe, Gav)
And of course, Konrad.

2. Did you know that, amongst the legends and tales concerning Corax's arrival on Lycaeus, one of which is of a fiery comet breaking apart a mountain of Iron? And other tales mentioned are of a life-consuming caving-in on a glacier, which revealed the chamber containing the Infant primarch? Or the tale of a dying old warrior begging the slaves to protect the unnatural infant?

3. Did you know, the nude infant Sanguinus survived in a land of deadly dose of radiation upon his discovery? Did you know that baby Mortarion breathed the lethal poison gas of the Barbarus Mountain Peaks? Did you know a child Perturabo was discovered while climbing the sheer cliffs of Olympia? Or that an non-PA-wearing Alpharius (or maybe Omegan) weathered multiple shots, at least one of which a bolter-round to the shoulder by Horus himslef, struck his hand inches from Horus' throat before coming to a halt (presumably coming to admire a shiny balding head that he had dreamt of for decades... oh wait, you there my good sir, who is so silent despite clad in that ridiculously cumbersome armor and appeared so suddenly right outside my apartment window just now, how may I hel--)

The Primarchs are literally demigods, while some might disagree on just how "mighty" Rogal Dorn, Horus, and Roboute Guilliman actually is in comparison to the deeds of the other Primarchs, their relatively null feats in strength or personal combat are likely the result of the comparably tranquil worlds they came to be on. An each and every single one of them can withstand any lethal wound short of literally magically designed to kill them (Anathame to Horus, The Daemon-possesed blade of Laer to Ferrus Manus, Daemon-Fulgrim to Guilliman and... eh, somehow Konrad chose a much more "mundane" death -- sheesh, he died a death of his choosing, who am I to judge?).

So hypothetically, each traitor primarch is an army of his own right, and fluffy-wise, non-daemon primarchs are, being unbounded from the limits of the wrap, neigh untouchable by mortal weapons (then again, there is Gilliman and those two erased Primarchs...) Urggh, sometimes, I just wanna shut down part of my brain to enjoy the fluff.

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:

 lcmiracle wrote:
And Konrad died from allowing a Callidus Assassin to do it

Or did he ? Maybe someone wants you to think he did .

And here I was wondering if all of the Horus Heresy was real... well, I mean, not literally real, but story-wise... pffffffffffffffff, brain shut-down protocol initiated, please stand by... 3... 2... 1...

If the orbital bombardments cracks the planet apart and angron survives, he can jump from one asteroid into another to reach whichever ship targeted him

 TheCustomLime wrote:
I... I... The.. Im done. There can be no logic applied here. The primarchs have plot armor as a magic power and thats all I got.

You came into Warhammer 40k expecting there to be logic? It's a "science" fantasy epic. Logic is crying in a corner and sanity's unconsciousness on the floor from a hangover.

Logic is a fuzzy fish.

 Wyzilla wrote:

 TheCustomLime wrote:
I... I... The.. Im done. There can be no logic applied here. The primarchs have plot armor as a magic power and thats all I got.

You came into Warhammer 40k expecting there to be logic? It's a "science" fantasy epic. Logic is crying in a corner and sanity's unconsciousness on the floor from a hangover.

I understand that this is a space fantasy but there is usually something called "Suspension of Disbelief" for this sort of thing. I can believe that someone would actually use slaves instead of auto loaders to load a cannon aboard a ship. I can overlook dumb little things like how close space ships are in formation. But I, as a learned scientistic man, cannot swallow someone being able to survive going into the mantle. That's a loooong time of being exposed to a lot of pressure and heat.

@Icmiracle

I'm just gonna ignore the Primarchs and focus on the purdy Mk. 4 and Spartan Assault tanks kthnx.

I suspended my disbelief from the ceiling by its neck.

 TheCustomLime wrote:

 Wyzilla wrote:

 TheCustomLime wrote:
I... I... The.. Im done. There can be no logic applied here. The primarchs have plot armor as a magic power and thats all I got.

You came into Warhammer 40k expecting there to be logic? It's a "science" fantasy epic. Logic is crying in a corner and sanity's unconsciousness on the floor from a hangover.

I understand that this is a space fantasy but there is usually something called "Suspension of Disbelief" for this sort of thing. I can believe that someone would actually use slaves instead of auto loaders to load a cannon aboard a ship. I can overlook dumb little things like how close space ships are in formation. But I, as a learned scientistic man, cannot swallow someone being able to survive going into the mantle. That's a loooong time of being exposed to a lot of pressure and heat.

@Icmiracle

I'm just gonna ignore the Primarchs and focus on the purdy Mk. 4 and Spartan Assault tanks kthnx.

I would like to quickly point out this is a world where the solar system has plot armor. The necrons have a weapon that can destroy any star in the galaxy. Why do they not use it? Because nonsensical answer Gibbering blobs of emotion charge at you, close combat is reall popular despite the fact that such a tactic is suicidal in our own world, there are only 1,000,000 or so SM (probably a bit more but no clue what exact number), oh and in certain books 5 SM can kill 1,000 or more enemies and maybe just lose a single marine . Welcome to 40k, where you must surrender any capability of suspending your disbelief and just accept the utter nonsense that is 40k

 TheCustomLime wrote:

 Wyzilla wrote:

 TheCustomLime wrote:
I... I... The.. Im done. There can be no logic applied here. The primarchs have plot armor as a magic power and thats all I got.

You came into Warhammer 40k expecting there to be logic? It's a "science" fantasy epic. Logic is crying in a corner and sanity's unconsciousness on the floor from a hangover.

I understand that this is a space fantasy but there is usually something called "Suspension of Disbelief" for this sort of thing. I can believe that someone would actually use slaves instead of auto loaders to load a cannon aboard a ship. I can overlook dumb little things like how close space ships are in formation. But I, as a learned scientistic man, cannot swallow someone being able to survive going into the mantle. That's a loooong time of being exposed to a lot of pressure and heat.

@Icmiracle

I'm just gonna ignore the Primarchs and focus on the purdy Mk. 4 and Spartan Assault tanks kthnx.

You're making a massive mistake as well. Primarchs aren't human. It's no different than the "humans" mutants in Marvel or DC.
(It's not even just comic books, Primarchs are just the old heroes of our mythos like Beowulf and Hercules, taken up to eleven and gifted reality warping superpowers.)

 Wyzilla wrote:

 TheCustomLime wrote:

 Wyzilla wrote:

 TheCustomLime wrote:
I... I... The.. Im done. There can be no logic applied here. The primarchs have plot armor as a magic power and thats all I got.

You came into Warhammer 40k expecting there to be logic? It's a "science" fantasy epic. Logic is crying in a corner and sanity's unconsciousness on the floor from a hangover.

I understand that this is a space fantasy but there is usually something called "Suspension of Disbelief" for this sort of thing. I can believe that someone would actually use slaves instead of auto loaders to load a cannon aboard a ship. I can overlook dumb little things like how close space ships are in formation. But I, as a learned scientistic man, cannot swallow someone being able to survive going into the mantle. That's a loooong time of being exposed to a lot of pressure and heat.

@Icmiracle

I'm just gonna ignore the Primarchs and focus on the purdy Mk. 4 and Spartan Assault tanks kthnx.

You're making a massive mistake as well. Primarchs aren't human. It's no different than the "humans" mutants in Marvel or DC.
(It's not even just comic books, Primarchs are just the old heroes of our mythos like Beowulf and Hercules, taken up to eleven and gifted reality warping superpowers.)

And I don't care for those either but I understand what you are saying. I prefer stories of fallible Imperial Guardsmen taking on impossible odds and winning through sheer grit rather than some intrinsic magical powers. I think stories of ultra powerful men doing ultra powerful things are dull and predictable but that's just me.

@Star Trotter
I think there is some Hand Waving about causing stars to explode upsets the balance of the universe or something. Which is stupid in of itself but that's Ward for you. I understand your point, though. I guess I should stop thinking about the fluff to really enjoy it. Except for the Forge World books; those are awesome. Relatively speaking of course

However, I do think that eventually Angron will fall to the Orbital bombardment. If Primarchs can fall to blades they can fall to sustained explosions.

 Furyou Miko wrote:
I suspended my disbelief from the ceiling by its neck.

This.

If I want to suspend my disbelief the normal way I have World of Warcraft RP.

I have 40K for when I want flying rodent gak crazy stuff.

 BrotherHaraldus wrote:

 Furyou Miko wrote:
I suspended my disbelief from the ceiling by its neck.

This.

If I want to suspend my disbelief the normal way I have World of Warcraft RP.

I have 40K for when I want flying rodent gak crazy stuff.

To be fair, it's not as flying rodent gak as some of the crazy gak our ancestors cooked up in the wee hours of the morning (probably while tripping) while writing their mythos. Gilgamesh and Co. and any fable from Scandinavia comes to mind.
Oddly though, western entertainment has been making a steady shift to the crazy realm of extremely powerful protagonists and villains of most Eastern mythos and religions, Hinduism being a good example.

To get back OT, it depends.

Is the story in Codex: Angron or Codex: SPESS LAZARS?

 liquidjoshi wrote:
To get back OT, it depends.

Is the story in Codex: Angron or Codex: SPESS LAZARS?

I totally want a Codex: Spehss Lazors now

But in any way, Angron is so angry that his rage will deflect the orbital bombardment back to its source.

To be honest I prefer the story of the standard guardsman. Then again, I love the stories where they are fighting superior foes. CSM, Tyranids, Chaos Daemons, and Orks. Primarchs are the type of characters I enjoy if I turn my mind partially off

Wow.
I'm seeing the word logic being used in he same thread as Angron. What happened to the world?