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laughing at it is heresy, fool. withdraw the statment.

The bit on Titanicus where

Emperors Faithful wrote:

IvanTih wrote:I wonder why no one has mentioned the Uplifting Primer,always good for a laugh.

Mind explainging yourself, Guardsman? I see nothing humourous to be find in the most vital piece of equipment a soldier of the Imperium can carry.

Part about punishments.Hint:suicide IIRC.

That part made me laugh...

More like the fluff that made you rage, but the stuff about hive fleet leviathan destroying Forgefane. I've never read the codex but stilll... There are only unbeatable aliens...

WARORK wrote:
I just remembered another part in Blood Pact where Rawne and his collaborators are thrown in prison, there's a drunk guy already there and he starts to shout at them and call em names and such (you know the usual thing drunk people slur at anyone in particular). Rawne is in the next cell over and beckons the drunk to come over, Rawne whispers something in the belligerent's ear which makes the guy cringe and crawl into a corner. He doesn't say another word for the rest of the book.

Major Rawne cracks me up.

He does, just as the blood pact sirdar blows of his head (Basicllay he said wtf)
The later piece in that scene is also hilarious when the sirdar squares up the rawne only for rawne to start a conversation in chaos and them catch him off guard and shoot him only of are the opnly belladon there to get told 'Its not the tiome for that conversation.

generally larkin going crazy is good for a giggle as is the hagian priest and the the tour guide gaunt gets on Balhut

The stroy of how the Lion and the wolf came to blows only for Fenris to start laughing after a day and the lion to KO with one punch

The brawl between the two Valhallan regiments ina Caphias Cain novel over plates with flowers on them.

oh and the fact Black Templars can ahve Holy Hand Grenades of Antioch (Monty Python ones)

IMO, everything about the Orks. But that is why I love them

Fluff-related, but more of a question: Does the Emperor poop?

DickBandit wrote:Fluff-related, but more of a question: Does the Emperor poop?

He doesn't seem to eat, so I'd say no.

Emperors Faithful wrote:

DickBandit wrote:Fluff-related, but more of a question: Does the Emperor poop?

He doesn't seem to eat, so I'd say no.

Except for the souls of psykers.

Any conversation between Ragnar and Sven

Lexx wrote:

Emperors Faithful wrote:

DickBandit wrote:Fluff-related, but more of a question: Does the Emperor poop?

He doesn't seem to eat, so I'd say no.

Except for the souls of psykers.

Would that be digested? Would it come out as poo? How would it be digested?

He eats the souls of his psykers and craps out Deamons!

When Corax says "Never More." At that moment I knew that the Index Astartes articles were soon to end.

snake wrote:In describing the vastness of the Imperium, the 5th ed. rulebook says that it can take centuries for orders to make its way through the administrative process and reach the right officer or bureaucrat. How could any organization function with that kind of delay? Made me lol

In the ciaphas cain novels he is reported dead when a section of the ship he's on hull is breached, but he makes it to an escape pod. When he finds his way back to his troops (after gathering a force of PDF that were left behind and accidently killing the ork warboss) it takes over 6 months fr him to be listed as alive again. Its then explained it becomes policy never to list him as dead, so even after he dies over a century later he is still listed on active duty.

After he allegedly dies. I believe it's stated several times that there's no actual evidence of his death, as tales of his it are essentially hearsay even to the Inquisition. The only concrete part is that he's no longer where he was supposed to be, some people said that he "totally died and stuff," and his memoirs were handed over to the Inquisitor.

Sir Pseudonymous wrote:After he allegedly dies. I believe it's stated several times that there's no actual evidence of his death, as tales of his it are essentially hearsay even to the Inquisition. The only concrete part is that he's no longer where he was supposed to be, some people said that he "totally died and stuff," and his memoirs were handed over to the Inquisitor.

There is evidence, in the bit where it says
"The only soldier to still be on active duty despite being buried with full military honours"
Someone as prestigous as Cain would have had one hell of a funeral.
Anyway the point was he went MIA so often the Munitorum eventually made a standing order to keep him on the Alive and well list.

purplefood wrote:

Sir Pseudonymous wrote:After he allegedly dies. I believe it's stated several times that there's no actual evidence of his death, as tales of his it are essentially hearsay even to the Inquisition. The only concrete part is that he's no longer where he was supposed to be, some people said that he "totally died and stuff," and his memoirs were handed over to the Inquisitor.

There is evidence, in the bit where it says
"The only soldier to still be on active duty despite being buried with full military honours"
Someone as prestigous as Cain would have had one hell of a funeral.
Anyway the point was he went MIA so often the Munitorum eventually made a standing order to keep him on the Alive and well list.

yeah "buried with full military honours" doesent leave much to be doubted, and its more likely he just died of old age.

Gibbsey wrote:

purplefood wrote:

Sir Pseudonymous wrote:After he allegedly dies. I believe it's stated several times that there's no actual evidence of his death, as tales of his it are essentially hearsay even to the Inquisition. The only concrete part is that he's no longer where he was supposed to be, some people said that he "totally died and stuff," and his memoirs were handed over to the Inquisitor.

There is evidence, in the bit where it says
"The only soldier to still be on active duty despite being buried with full military honours"
Someone as prestigous as Cain would have had one hell of a funeral.
Anyway the point was he went MIA so often the Munitorum eventually made a standing order to keep him on the Alive and well list.

yeah "buried with full military honours" doesent leave much to be doubted, and its more likely he just died of old age.

Considering his genius at escaping from danger it is very likely he died from old age.

I could have sworn that some of the Inquisitor's commentary left it up in the air. Considering high ranking and otherwise important officials tend to receive the absolute best in medical care, he would have died rather young, comparatively.

The blood angels codex.
To name a few specific examples:
Deep striking land raiders
BA + Necrons = BFF
Mephistons entire section

Sir Pseudonymous wrote:I could have sworn that some of the Inquisitor's commentary left it up in the air. Considering high ranking and otherwise important officials tend to receive the absolute best in medical care, he would have died rather young, comparatively.

I thought he was at least over 200

Gibbsey wrote:

Sir Pseudonymous wrote:I could have sworn that some of the Inquisitor's commentary left it up in the air. Considering high ranking and otherwise important officials tend to receive the absolute best in medical care, he would have died rather young, comparatively.

I thought he was at least over 200

If you haven't read Cain's Last Stand don't look

Deep striking land raiders

Im surprised noones said this, It's the year 40000, there are aliens with various gauss weaponry mass hordes etc. yet there are human(arguably) groups that still prefer goin toe to toe with an enemy

Bolters. They work under the principles of gyrojet weaponary-each round's self propelled-, yet they have ejecting ports and shell casings.¬¬

Its been god knows how many thousand years, but why are there no significant cultural changes depicted in the mainstream of planets- bugger all's changed in the 10,000+ years on Cadia's since its been in the Imperium, sept they armour they wear...a little.

How backward the technology of the supposed high age of science really is. Is a Leman Russ in any way a practical tank design by today's standards? Why the hell did it take so long for humanity to progress to the stage where it could travel outside of its own sytem? bs really just to fill in the years leading up to the big 41,000 really.¬¬

The overall incompatence of the Imperium. Dan Abnett tries to make it all a bit more realistic with his novels...but no amount of common sence can blot out the amount of poor writing out there.

Wyrmalla wrote:Bolters. They work under the principles of gyrojet weaponary-each round's self propelled-, yet they have ejecting ports and shell casings.¬¬

Its been god knows how many thousand years, but why are there no significant cultural changes depicted in the mainstream of planets- bugger all's changed in the 10,000+ years on Cadia's since its been in the Imperium, sept they armour they wear...a little.

How backward the technology of the supposed high age of science really is. Is a Leman Russ in any way a practical tank design by today's standards? Why the hell did it take so long for humanity to progress to the stage where it could travel outside of its own sytem? bs really just to fill in the years leading up to the big 41,000 really.¬¬

The overall incompatence of the Imperium. Dan Abnett tries to make it all a bit more realistic with his novels...but no amount of common sence can blot out the amount of poor writing out there.

(one thing you are missing is that swords are still being used)
I'm not a Tau fanboy, but I do have to give it to them in 5000 years they went from Stone Age to well beyond humans

Wyrmalla wrote:Bolters. They work under the principles of gyrojet weaponary-each round's self propelled-, yet they have ejecting ports and shell casings.¬¬

Its been god knows how many thousand years, but why are there no significant cultural changes depicted in the mainstream of planets- bugger all's changed in the 10,000+ years on Cadia's since its been in the Imperium, sept they armour they wear...a little.

How backward the technology of the supposed high age of science really is. Is a Leman Russ in any way a practical tank design by today's standards? Why the hell did it take so long for humanity to progress to the stage where it could travel outside of its own sytem? bs really just to fill in the years leading up to the big 41,000 really.¬¬

The overall incompatence of the Imperium. Dan Abnett tries to make it all a bit more realistic with his novels...but no amount of common sence can blot out the amount of poor writing out there.

40k isn't science fiction it's science fantasy it's ridiculous in both scale and writing.
And please don't bring the bolter gyrojet/shell into this there have been too many arguments over that already.

Gibbsey wrote:

Sir Pseudonymous wrote:I could have sworn that some of the Inquisitor's commentary left it up in the air. Considering high ranking and otherwise important officials tend to receive the absolute best in medical care, he would have died rather young, comparatively.

I thought he was at least over 200

I said comparatively. In Important Imperial Figure terms, that's like dying in your thirties.

But, his "death" provides a convenient excuse for why his "treasonous" memoirs have been handed off to the inquisition (who naturally find it familiar to their own outlook and operating procedures, generally being the Only Sane Man faction of the Imperium and all).

purplefood wrote:

Wyrmalla wrote:Bolters. They work under the principles of gyrojet weaponary-each round's self propelled-, yet they have ejecting ports and shell casings.¬¬

Its been god knows how many thousand years, but why are there no significant cultural changes depicted in the mainstream of planets- bugger all's changed in the 10,000+ years on Cadia's since its been in the Imperium, sept they armour they wear...a little.

How backward the technology of the supposed high age of science really is. Is a Leman Russ in any way a practical tank design by today's standards? Why the hell did it take so long for humanity to progress to the stage where it could travel outside of its own sytem? bs really just to fill in the years leading up to the big 41,000 really.¬¬

The overall incompatence of the Imperium. Dan Abnett tries to make it all a bit more realistic with his novels...but no amount of common sence can blot out the amount of poor writing out there.

40k isn't science fiction it's science fantasy it's ridiculous in both scale and writing.
And please don't bring the bolter gyrojet/shell into this there have been too many arguments over that already.

not meaning to start a debate here but i always thought bolter shells were a hybrid of conventional bullets and gyrojet. Gyrojet being inacurate just after it comes out of the barrel, so the initial shell gives it speed and then the gyrojets kick in making it even faster. So bolter shot = conventional bullet + gyrojet + explosive which if you could get it working would be a good bullet.....