why do servitor models have bulging muscles?

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**jordanis**

they are slaves, they are lobotomized, why would they have enough of a brain left to be able to work out and build such bulging muscles...

**SmackCakes**

jordanis wrote:they are slaves, they are lobotomized, why would they have enough of a brain left to be able to work out and build such bulging muscles...

I don't think slaves usually need a gym membership in order to lift heavy weights all day... On account of them being slaves.

**MechaEmperor7000**

Servitors are either vat-grown or made from inmates from imperial prisons. In both cases they would have had muscle to begin with (the former being genetically "programmed' to promote muscle growth, the latter evidently having trained in prison). Some are made from failed Astartes too, so it's evident that they would have alot of muscles. It's also needed, since they carry quite the heavy weight around.

**jordanis**

ok thanks for the clarification...i guess i havent read enough fluff

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either that or i myself am a servitor who got a little more than a lobotomy

**Sabatine**

i prefer to think of them as misguided children from oz that ate from the wicked witches hand and were blessed with unfathomable loyalty to the greatest Hacker of all time...

**jordanis**

for having a username named after a [fictional] saint, you sure are messed up in the head LOL jk

**Tabletoptitan**

People who fail the test of iron become servitors. (Space Marines who want to become iron priests.)

**Sabatine**

Sabatine is a Chapter Planet my friend.... Home of 2 Chapters... Black Consuls and White Consuls... but servitors are just cannon fodder with the annoying chance of doing good in a game...

**jordanis**

sabbat was also a saint from the gaunts ghosts novels

**MechaEmperor7000**

Alot of marine chapters use failed initiates for this. Dark Angels in particular, since it's hinted that they use Chaplains who know too much o.0

**jordanis**

im talking about guard, and in fluff...but cool

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also, why dont you usually see more in the game? i mean, there are "untold billions" of servitors...wouldnt they be a little more prevalent in battle?

**Sabatine**

well guard servitors suck in general but fluff wise they kill marines good if a tech priest is near by.

**chromedog**

Sabbat is also a mediocre English thrash metal band from the 80s.

**SlaveToDorkness**

jordanis wrote:im talking about guard, and in fluff...but cool

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also, why dont you usually see more in the game? i mean, there are "untold billions" of servitors...wouldnt they be a little more prevalent in battle?

Most of them aren't "Battle Servitors" they are "Dusting the Drapes" Servitors, which are notoriously horrible in a battle.

**necrongod**

jordanis wrote:they are slaves, they are lobotomized, why would they have enough of a brain left to be able to work out and build such bulging muscles...

they are space mareens! everything and anything to do with space marines have bulging muscles. well except for those slowed 'old marines" in the new ultramarines movie

**jordanis**

where does it ever mention that combat servitors were once spess mahreens? i cant find a mention of that in any fluff (i may be slightly dumb though...)

**necrongod**

jordanis wrote:where does it ever mention that combat servitors were once spess mahreens? i cant find a mention of that in any fluff (i may be slightly dumb though...)

i actually ment that they are in the SMN codex and there is (not that i can think of (and i dont own the codex)) that doesnt have bulging muscles

**jordanis**

guard have servitors for their techpriests too, and the mechanicum uses servitors on their titans (fw i think actually models them, not sure though, if osmeone wasted the money on one and can clarify please do) i could see a servitor that lugs around a hb for a right arm would have a really strong right leg, but thats about it, his left arm would just be a shrivelled mass...

**MechaEmperor7000**

jordanis wrote:guard have servitors for their techpriests too, and the mechanicum uses servitors on their titans (fw i think actually models them, not sure though, if osmeone wasted the money on one and can clarify please do) i could see a servitor that lugs around a hb for a right arm would have a really strong right leg, but thats about it, his left arm would just be a shrivelled mass...

lol CHARGER!

And servitors are not sent into the front lines due to needing a Techpriest or Techmarine to keep them going, otherwise they'll mindlock and go inert.

**Zed**

jordanis wrote:they are slaves, they are lobotomized, why would they have enough of a brain left to be able to work out and build such bulging muscles...

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You'd get big muscles from carrying bits of tank around all day, and they're probably tweaked to have them.

**AlmightyWalrus**

jordanis wrote:guard have servitors for their techpriests too, and the mechanicum uses servitors on their titans (fw i think actually models them, not sure though, if osmeone wasted the money on one and can clarify please do) i could see a servitor that lugs around a hb for a right arm would have a really strong right leg, but thats about it, his left arm would just be a shrivelled mass...

I wasted the money, and yes, they do produce them. I had to get something to represent Cenobyte Servitors for my chaplain though, and I didn't feel like getting another Grimaldus...

**alexwars1**

I just asume it's all the delicous mechanical implants they stuff into them.

**tedstea**

in the space wolve codex it says if yah fail some test yah get served (turned into a servitor)

**kill dem stunties**

Because their adept in charge of them initiates the exercise.exe protocol on a regular basis?

**Gorskar.da.Lost**

Also, because lobotomy doesn't stop protein synthesis in the cells due to exercise.

Seriously, though, as long as the Servitor is given tasks to do it's muscles will strengthen due to the strenuousness of the task.

**Scott-S6**

It would also make sense to implant electro-stimulators directly into the muscles (like those "tone-your-whatever" pads) so that a servitor not doing heavy labour doesn't become weak.

He can work out just by sitting there twitching when he's not needed.

**Element206**

I think slavery and physical labor have a close association...so why wouldnt they be muscular? They dont have to have a membership to 24hr fitness to look ripped. Have you seen the mechanics attached to their body? Heavy bolters? they are beasts, I think the muscles are appropriate on the models

**Dexterium**

They do have servitors in the Titans from Forgeworld, at least in my Lucius Pattern one anyways.

**SagesStone**

Easy answer is steroids and that there are many ways to create Servitors and many forms of Servitor as well. Some are made with the chance of combat in mind, others (like types of scribes) wouldn't need the muscle mass at all. Each is made with only one task in mind, it can do that task well but not much else. Combat Servitors are made usually to provide cover to the Tech Priests so they will have increased muscle mass and perhaps a ranged weapons. There are also fun ones like the Praetorians (although in some cases they aren't servitors) which are more tank like.

Mars even has some stray Servitors or at least did.

**Brother Hestapheus**

Its probably down to how much they work as slaves to the Imperium