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The thing about the Orks is that they are all, technically, psykers. While only the Weirdboyz can consciously tap into the WAAAGH, all Orks are attuned to it and can use it on a subconscious level. Design-wise there's no reason an Ork gun can't work, but thanks to it's crude design and the manhandling it receives from it's user it shouldn't work as well as it does. Because the Ork thinks the gun should work, he subconsciously uses the WAAGH to ensure that it does, hence why it never jams or misfires. This is why the red ones go faster. The Orks think it should, so it gets a boost from the WAAAGH. This is also why Ork ships don't need Geller's Fields to safely enter the Warp. The Orks think the scary sigils, glyphs and totems covering the ship keep the Daemons at bay, so the WAAAGH creates a protective field around the ship.

 Lord-Captain Cepinari wrote:
This is also why Ork ships don't need Geller's Fields to safely enter the Warp. The Orks think the scary sigils, glyphs and totems covering the ship keep the Daemons at bay, so the WAAAGH creates a protective field around the ship.

Or, those sigils, glyphs and totems actually work because the deamons are scared of them. That would make sense. I mean, if you see those, you know that this ship contains orks, tons of orks, which is a pretty scary thought even for a daemon .

Daemons (at least the big 4's) don't really feel fear. Also, knowing that there are tons Orks in a ship would probably be a big draw for Daemons of Khorne, since it means a good fight, which Khorne is all about as much as Orks are. Remember Tuska, the Ork warboss who led a WAAAGH against Daemons of Khorne, and Khorne was so pleased with his bloodshed that he resurrects him to fight over and over again?

Another possibility is that those sigils, glyphs, and totems are actually part of the Mekboy technology that protects Ork ships in the Warp, which the Mechanicus doesn't understand and uses the "it's magic" excuse, because there's no way Orks could have tech beyond their understanding.

As I recall Orks actually enjoy being attacked by Daemons in the Warp.

Yea, it gives them something to do during the long space voyages. It's mentioned in a fluff paragraph+ long quote on the subject as an ork muses on Space Travel being boring then decides it's not due to all the things that can attack you in space.

..on topic, those sigls and wards do work, but most faith-based things have some effect in the warp. I believe it's implied that the various Imperial gargoyles and statues on their ships has an effect too, doesn't it? So it's not just ork-exclusive for that. ....I could be wrong though and am not sure it's explicitly stated as such.

There's an upgrade in FFG's Rogue Trader for Ork Vessels, called "Really Big Teef" that acts as a Gellar Field.

 fallinq wrote:
Daemons (at least the big 4's) don't really feel fear.

That is because they do not yet know the humiliation an ork can inflict to them. But they learn fast .

Is this where I am supposed to step in with accusations of 'Ork fanboyism'?

Ah, Hari has finally learned her place...

I adapt.

Women...

Men who quote Vandire should know to fear the righteous wrath of women.

 the shrouded lord wrote:
Women...

I can assure you that those aren't a misconception. They appear regularly within 40K's fluff.

 Troike wrote:

 the shrouded lord wrote:
Women...

I can assure you that those aren't a misconception. They appear regularly within 40K's fluff.

ok, I lolled.

 Furyou Miko wrote:

 n0t_u wrote:

This reminded me to add this if it had been missed so far.

Being corrupted by chaos =/= falling to chaos.
One is being twisted and warped by a force out of your control while the other is willingly surrendering that control to the chaotic energies. I see it come up now and then.

Sometimes, n0t, it feels like the only ones who care about this are Sisters players...

Nobody ever argues that Grey Knights are corruptible, even though they're immune to corruption but not falling, but dare to try and suggest a Sister is incorruptible? Ooooh, the arguments. Even though they're explicitly stated to never fall, people insist on using examples of corrupted (as in mutated and warped by exterior forces) sisters in Daemonifuge to prove that Sisters willingly fall left and right...

Exactly, a lot of people have difficulty with basic reading comprehension. Falling and giving into to it is much different to it grabbing you. In much the way walking down the street with someone is not the same as being dragged by them.

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:

 fallinq wrote:
Daemons (at least the big 4's) don't really feel fear.

That is because they do not yet know the humiliation an ork can inflict to them. But they learn fast .

As I recall, an Ork WHAAAGH is the whipping boy of a bunch of Khorne daemons on a Daemon World in the Eye of Terror.

 BrotherHaraldus wrote:
Is this where I am supposed to step in with accusations of 'Ork fanboyism'?

You can, but it is going to be a quite difficult case to argue. You would be more successful for saying my humor is lame .

 the shrouded lord wrote:
Women...

Who is a woman here ?

 Wyzilla wrote:
As I recall, an Ork WHAAAGH is the whipping boy of a bunch of Khorne daemons on a Daemon World in the Eye of Terror.

You call them whipping boy ? Well, maybe. When you see a crack addict and a dose of cocaine, do you also says that the cocaine is the crack addict's whipping boy ?

Uh, Hari and I are both women. :p

 Furyou Miko wrote:
Uh, Hari and I are both women. :p

I already knew about "brother" heraldus, and had my "suspicions?" about you too.
Huh, women on the Internet. This makes way for so many jokes.

Well, I don't exactly go out of my way to hide it, do I? But so what?

 the shrouded lord wrote:

 Furyou Miko wrote:
Uh, Hari and I are both women. :p

I already knew about "brother" heraldus, and had my "suspicions?" about you too.
Huh, women on the Internet. This makes way for so many jokes.

Only for 14 year olds like yourself.

 Sasori wrote:

 the shrouded lord wrote:

 Furyou Miko wrote:
Uh, Hari and I are both women. :p

I already knew about "brother" heraldus, and had my "suspicions?" about you too.
Huh, women on the Internet. This makes way for so many jokes.

Only for 14 year olds like yourself.

Meh, it's a living. Wait, no it's not...

 the shrouded lord wrote:

 Sasori wrote:

 the shrouded lord wrote:

 Furyou Miko wrote:
Uh, Hari and I are both women. :p

I already knew about "brother" heraldus, and had my "suspicions?" about you too.
Huh, women on the Internet. This makes way for so many jokes.

Only for 14 year olds like yourself.

Meh, it's a living. Wait, no it's not...

Watch out Robin Williams, there's a new comedian in town, and he's looking for your job.

I dont get it...
I'l stop now.

One misconception that always comes up whenever there are threads of people asking about different ethnicities in the 40k universe is that humanity all homogenized into one kind of peoples (The white kind of course).

Its not really a big thing, but it seems to always come up in those threads and people just take it as fact that that's what is going to happen. It's a little creepy.

Also the fact that people try and say that Nocturne, the planet the Salamanders are from, is full of lighter skinned people. There are lighter people living in the underground caverns of Nocturne yes, but that is not the majority.

 the shrouded lord wrote:

 Furyou Miko wrote:
Uh, Hari and I are both women. :p

I already knew about "brother" heraldus, and had my "suspicions?" about you too.
Huh, women on the Internet. This makes way for so many jokes.

Brother Haraldus is a Marine OC of mine.

Maybe it was not the best idea to use it as my name on Dakka.

I have considered trying to change my name but it doesn't seem like it is possible (And even then, people around here know me as Haraldus already).

 Furyou Miko wrote:
Uh, Hari and I are both women. :p

Oh ? Brother Haraldus is a woman ? I sure did not expect that. I mean, I used to point at the son in my username at people that mistook me for a woman when I used a female avatar.
No need to change your username though, we are all genderless disincarnate entities of pure thoughts on the internet anyway !

 Wyzilla wrote:

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:

 fallinq wrote:
Daemons (at least the big 4's) don't really feel fear.

That is because they do not yet know the humiliation an ork can inflict to them. But they learn fast .

As I recall, an Ork WHAAAGH is the whipping boy of a bunch of Khorne daemons on a Daemon World in the Eye of Terror.

Actually those very orks got a one way ticket to Khorne's Throne he loved them so much, he sends his Heralds to fight them and they all love it, an endless brawl with strong enemies.

Lies. There are no women on the internet, or even men. There are only cats.

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Lies. There are no women on the internet, or even men. There are only cats.

Sure ?

May the weiner legions be with you...