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Do (dark) Eldar or tau have pets? Orks have squigs, don't they?

Eldar are known to have pets. A gyrinx is a large cat like creature that existed in rouge trader and played the role of familiar to eldar and human characters - one was featured in the 4th edition rulebook standing next to a warlock. I haven't heard anything about tau owning pets, it might not mesh with the greater good.

Tau would have a future version ofthose robot dogs that everyone had in the 90's, y'know the ones that do backflips and fall over all the time?

Drones are like pets right? They're so adorable and they have guns.

Eldar have Kitties, and the Savage ones(exodites) keep lizardy mounts.

Dark Eldar keep Warp beasts(and several nasty critters for fighting in the arenas,I am sure their keepers "love" them much like the Rancor keeper in Jedi)

Tau probably just se drones as sort-of pets.

Kroot keep their uncles and aunts that "evolve" into Kroothounds, and Kroot oxes.

Orks keep Squigs and Snotlings(occasionally Grots as well)

The Hrud do not keep anything as it would age, decay, and die.

Higher Tyranid life forms keep lower tyranid Life forms.

Necorns do not keep any pets, unless you see Scarab swarms like pets to them.

I think Nurgleings are like pets to Plauge bearers and Great unclean ones .

And snack food too...so useful.

Humans would just shoot a xeno at first, and then they eat them.

Tau use Kroot hounds...

Not to be too rude here, but who cares?

Or, I guess a bit nicer, why do you want to know?

Is there some 40K Pet Fan Fiction in your near future?

Alpharius wrote:Not to be too rude here, but who cares?

Or, I guess a bit nicer, why do you want to know?

Is there some 40K Pet Fan Fiction in your near future?

you know! just for fun!

What?!? this is 40k! 40k is serious business no fun allowed. HERITIC!


Pretty good question. I think all the bases have been covered really. I imagine the eldar would and the DE but prolly for very different reason. I figure that humans still have cats and dogs and fish and all that. Tau? why not they seem human enuff.

I imagine chaos has pets to. Prolly some very exotic pets as well as lil demons. There are familiers those are sorta like pets?

I think Dark eldar not only have warp beasts, but also captured slaves. Look at the asdrubael Vect model. he caries 2 female slaves with him ---> pets.

Grunt13 wrote: I haven't heard anything about tau owning pets, it might not mesh with the greater good.

They do keep other pets. They're called Gue'la.

Tau? Cat Girls of course

dark eldar keep human females as pets

^
just as I said.

Space Marines have pets too...

They're called 'Well maintained Bolters!'

I dont think thats correct SMs would treat their bolters better than a good pet owner treats their pets

Are you saying there are pet owners out there that don't strip down and oil their pets after every use?

yes there are many pet owners who dont do that

Then what happens when their pets jam?

omgnowaiii wrote:Then what happens when their pets jam?

They die.

Grunt13 wrote:rouge trader

Why do people have such a problem spelling Rogue?

omgnowaiii wrote:Then what happens when their pets jam?

Laxatives, thats the best way to clear a pet jam. At least that's what I heard...

@Melissia, I'd figured that had to be some sort of running gag, I've seen it way too often to be coincidence. 'Rouge Trader' sounds like some kind of Avon style make-up company.

GMR wrote:

omgnowaiii wrote:Then what happens when their pets jam?

Laxatives, thats the best way to clear a pet jam. At least that's what I heard...

I'm not sure that method is approved by the adeptus mechanicus.

GMR wrote:

omgnowaiii wrote:Then what happens when their pets jam?

Laxatives, thats the best way to clear a pet jam. At least that's what I heard...

@Melissia, I'd figured that had to be some sort of running gag, I've seen it way too often to be coincidence. 'Rouge Trader' sounds like some kind of Avon style make-up company.

No, too many people do it and don't seem to realize they're doing it. It's the same with there, their, and they're I suppose, only rouge and rogue don't even sound alike so it's even more confusing as to why you'd confuse the two.

@Melissia, I'd figured that had to be some sort of running gag, I've seen it way too often to be coincidence. 'Rouge Trader' sounds like some kind of Avon style make-up company.