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Back to the kastelans, maybe they somehow breached the webway, due to the omnissiahs will (dolmen gates maybe?) they got in, which should be cannon if only for rule of cool.

 john27 wrote:
Back to the kastelans, maybe they somehow breached the webway, due to the omnissiahs will (dolmen gates maybe?) they got in, which should be cannon if only for rule of cool.

The Webway would just kill them or seal them in. Although Dolmen Gates are incredibly stupid.

chyron wrote:

And btw while Carftworlds should had blueprints and workshops - Webway settlements would have actual 'industrial' base far above their actual demands - and libraries/databases too (if Aeldari still used something non-psychic by that time for knowledge storage - but proto-Drukhari would be as psychic as craftworlders for some time before it became taboo).

I suspect that immediately post-fall, the Eldar equivalents of our steam museums today suddenly became immensely popular; as the various survivors scavenged their ancient tech base for items they could adopt and develop in a post-Fall world.

Some strange Eldar hybrid mix of Fallout and Necromunda probably ensued in the Webway.

Yeah I prefer the option, if they must be changed, that they're intelligent enough to problem solve effectively but not intelligent enough (or programmed to) formulate their own commands (which fits with their rules as well).

Thus, if someone programmed a 'x person is designated target, exterminate with prejudice', and that person fled the system then they will walk onto the next Imperial vessel trvelling in that direction (discovered because being old tech they're probably capable of speaking to each other), and flying there themselves.

Who's going to try and stop a 30ft death robot if they want to board your ship?

The Kastellan is a machine smart enough to know they'll let you go anywhere if you act like you belong there. There is nothing so stealthy in the universe as a bored expression, a glance at the watch and a heavy sigh.


"Sir, the 30m death robot says it doesn't have all day."

"Just let it aboard and we'll find the paperwork later."

Haha! Have an exalt for that

Reminds me of an excerpt in a Pratchett novel where it posits that you can basically get anywhere you want if you march somewhere with purpose, visibly clutching an important looking piece of paper in your hands...

IN my university days, we always brought a bag of takeout Chinese food or some bagels. No one questioned.

The secret to bypassing any security is to walk fast, carry a clipboard, frown at it, and have a facial expression that looks like you’ll fire anyone who questions you.

For added power, wear a high-vis vest or white (always white, contractors wear white usually) hard hat.

 Verviedi wrote:
The secret to bypassing any security is to walk fast, carry a clipboard, frown at it, and have a facial expression that looks like you’ll fire anyone who questions you.

For added power, wear a high-vis vest or white (always white, contractors wear white usually) hard hat.

Conversely, put on your best vacant expression, sweep the floor with a broom and just edge your way to wherever it is you need to go. If anyone stops you, simply smile at them in bemused benevolence in an attempt to convince them that even if you do wander somewhere you're not meant to you're too thick to actually notice anything. Floors have to get swept in restricted areas after all

 Ynneadwraith wrote:

 Verviedi wrote:
The secret to bypassing any security is to walk fast, carry a clipboard, frown at it, and have a facial expression that looks like you’ll fire anyone who questions you.

For added power, wear a high-vis vest or white (always white, contractors wear white usually) hard hat.

Conversely, put on your best vacant expression, sweep the floor with a broom and just edge your way to wherever it is you need to go. If anyone stops you, simply smile at them in bemused benevolence in an attempt to convince them that even if you do wander somewhere you're not meant to you're too thick to actually notice anything. Floors have to get swept in restricted areas after all

That or master Deja Fu.