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Why do orks speak english... If they did, all the quotes in the codex would be translated into English.

they arn't speaking english.


no one in 40k is speaking "English"


the Imperium uses "Gothic" and all the non-human quotes are presumed to have either been translated or spoken by a xeno that could speak gothic.


Orks would learn to speak a rough form of gothic so they could communicate with humans if needed.

Got to rack up a body count somehow As long as massive casualties happened I don't think that the leaders care who suffered them

Besides in IOM the tanks are harder to replace than the troops, especially if your leader's name is Chernkov (sp?)

How is it a chainsword keeps functioning despite the large amounts of debris crapping up the motor? Or how a Space Marine has a full range of movement with those massive pauldrons?

the pauldrons wouldnt hinder movement if you look at them properly, we only have a narrow view of the way they work from our modelling however, if you take into account fibre bundles that can shift thier angle to allow for movement then the marines would stil have the full range, and on the chainswords, have you ever seen an ordainary chainsaw get clogged? simply because of their nature the centrifugal force of the chain fligs gore of and so it will never get clogged.

And also the chainswords have a reverse clutch mechanism which allows them to churn any debris out of the system.

There you go

Oh... oops

yeah, all good

Valkyrie wrote:And also the chainswords have a reverse clutch mechanism which allows them to churn any debris out of the system.

Why would they need it? Why with mono-filiment and molecular edges and materials stronger than diamond nothing man-made would stan... oh, wait, I'm making crap up again...

mono-filiment and molecular edges

only on power swords mate

actually, Chainsword blades are said to have Monomolecular edges.



and the only things in a normal body that could possably jam the roters would be bits of bone(and a quick reversal of the moter would fix that) blood wouldn't clot fast enough to block it and even if it did, clotted blood isn't exactly super hard stuff.


that said, cleaning the bloody thing will be a chore.

Tyranic Marta wrote:mono-filiment and molecular edges

only on power swords mate

I remember seeing somewhere that some chainswords have monomolecular edges.


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http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Chainsword Found it!

huh, who knew

Why all races technology resembles other races tech. E.G an ork truk looks a lot like a human truck and why all races cover up the same areas and why Eldar look exactly the same as humans, besides the pointy ears.

AFAIK Eldar and Humans were both made by the same race...
Humans were supposedly the trade off between Orks and Eldar.

because imagination is for people who dont work for gw

purplefood wrote:AFAIK Eldar and Humans were both made by the same race...
Humans were supposedly the trade off between Orks and Eldar.

Old Fluff that was true at one time.


the Old Ones have all but been retconned out.

the correct answer is "I don't know"

Star Trek syndrome

Everything looked humanesque there too.

Body paint and prosthetics are less expensive than full-on CGI

Aside from the nids almost everything in the game is humanesque. Some of the daemons and a few other things like squigs and beastmaster beasties aren't., but the system is a tad humanoform-centric. It's also humanocentric, which might explain why

It would be nice to have another new race that looks nothing like human, but i doubt it would happen.

Unfortunately there is so much fluff out there written over the span of 20+ years that GW had to reign some of it in.

A GW staffer of note did say that all of the fluff is technically still viable as everything is a mix of rumor, inuendo or outright lies all based on the vaguest nugget of truth... er, sometimes.

A way for them to keep all options open. The last thing they want to do is dig themselves a hole when the franchise still sells.

I think this is why the Heresy thread to the history was created as they didn't want to open the future, much better to fill in the past. Making all previous miniatures and kits and fluff relevant to some degree.

Why doesn't GW advance the story and rename the game Warhammer 41,000?

cause that would be gay
imagine it now
"hey mate you wanna play a game of 40K?"

"whats that?"

"y'know the game with little models n stuff, y;know warhammer"

"oh you mean 41K"

.... nuff said

it'll still be 40k, its just with a new name and millennium and story progression! Although I think some people are a little resistant to change. Its just a problem I have with it, not everyone has the same problem. The stalemate has to end IMO

stale mate brings innovation, victory brings decay

Nothing brings innovation in the Imperium of Man...


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Alright, I don't want to get into a flame war with anyone, so I'm going to drop it.

Shayden wrote:it'll still be 40k, its just with a new name and millennium and story progression! Although I think some people are a little resistant to change. Its just a problem I have with it, not everyone has the same problem. The stalemate has to end IMO

I don't think it's GWs best interest to bother trying to advance the story; doubt that there would be increased sales if they did.
Also, it allows people to come up with whatever reason they want for their armies to meet and to do battle; why restrict people from doing what they want and just allow them to be creative with their own armies.

Redeemer31 wrote:I don't think it's GWs best interest to bother trying to advance the story; doubt that there would be increased sales if they did.
Also, it allows people to come up with whatever reason they want for their armies to meet and to do battle; why restrict people from doing what they want and just allow them to be creative with their own armies.

Lets leave it at that aye?

There are plenty of non-humanoid xeno races in the galaxy. Just because *some* of the enemies of the Imperium are humanoid in appearance doesn't mean *all* xeno are humanoid.

The Tyranid, the Rak'Gol and the Loxatl are just three non-humanoid xeno species that pose a threat to the worlds of the Imperium.

...last I checked, in the Imperium 'innovation' and 'progress' had another name... 'heresy'

Psienesis wrote:There are plenty of non-humanoid xeno races in the galaxy. Just because *some* of the enemies of the Imperium are humanoid in appearance doesn't mean *all* xeno are humanoid.

The Tyranid, the Rak'Gol and the Loxatl are just three non-humanoid xeno species that pose a threat to the worlds of the Imperium.

that said this is from our perspective, maybe there are som eldar deep in the galaxy somwhere wondering why the guardsmen models look like them.....