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2019/05/28 09:52:55
Subject: Orks, Squigs and Squiggoths - how are they related?
some bloke wrote: Are they another "option" for a spore to grow into?
Basically yes - you'll get yoofs, grots & squgs from spores. Some squigs/squiggoths will just grow, whereas others will need special conditions - hence Runtherds and Snakebites.
2019/05/29 11:03:49
Subject: Re:Orks, Squigs and Squiggoths - how are they related?
Da Butcha wrote: To further illustrate weird ork naming conventions, despite naming all sorts of beasties 'squigs', including things that have wings, 2 and 4 legs, and no legs, Orks have a name for snakes. It's never been clear to me if Snakebite 'snakes' are limbless, venomous squigs, actual Terran snakes, or (most probably) just any bitey, venomous legless squiggly thingamabob.
Or if Snakebite is a human mis-translation of their actual name...
2019/06/03 13:59:37
Subject: Orks, Squigs and Squiggoths - how are they related?
DontEatRawHagis wrote: Blood Axes always got me. Visually they are more Humie than other Ork clans. Which would mean its the newest clan to form, because prior to humans they couldn't have picked up the camouflage and terran military style.
The Blood Axes mindset might have existed, but had no clan formed yet.
Or Blood Axes did exist, but they were using other Xenos tactics. Such as Blood Axes who stole the military trappings of Eldar.
It's been suggested that the Ork clans as we know them didn't evolve until the War of the Beast.
2019/06/03 15:47:06
Subject: Re:Orks, Squigs and Squiggoths - how are they related?
Talizvar wrote: Funny, I did not know earlier that they were an off-shoot creation by the Tyranids using Ork DNA as a precursor to Ripper Swarms.
Makes sense since they seem to perform a similar function: to digest local biomass for more advanced organism use.
