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The Galaxy is Flood, Not Food

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lazyrobot87 said:
It's also funny how much ellain does not want to use tide. It kinda started out as " okay this might be beneficial but better safe than sorry." To "Everyone's lying that thing is the greatest threat here! I can't trust anyone! Oh if I only had my exterminaughtis button on me!" Because of her paranoia she is actually getting closer to the truth than anyone else which is super funny to me.
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She's an inquisitor. Her job is to be a professional paranoid.
Plus, I would not be surprised if a Tzeenchian demon is sitting on her metaphorical shoulder, and pushing her paranoia.
But yeah- in 40k anything that seems completely beneficial and good for people either is Xenos (and sabotauged to high warp), corrupted by chaos (because why not), and/or an anient relic hiding a dark secret (a complete STC would have an AI in it, so.... yeah).

Edit: Almost forgot about the few things that are inherently good! Those attract Chaos, Xenos, Orks and Tyranids as if the thing was a psychic beacon ringing the dinner bell.
 
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Upon reading this chapter the only thing going through my mind was

Crab bucket, crab bucket, crab bucket, crab bucket


So that tells you my perspective about how the situation's gonna go
 
From what I remember about Orks being infected by tyranids it only ever work with Orks from the freebooters and their more primitive tribal brethren as most orks were able to subconsciously detect when other Orks were acting strange or as they say "unorky" so most infestations ended long before they could even start I can't remember the exact details but I believe it had to do with the gestalt psychic field they all produce so with that in mind I believe Tide should be able to infect Orks but with the Orks able to know when their are infected among them the process should take quite awhile to take ahold of few let alone all of them
 
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SirSlaps said:
Tide should be able to infect Orks
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Imagine if Tide somehow unlock their Krork heritage.

Krork: "Would you like some tea and biscuits, Master Tide? They're quite scrumptious."

Tide: "Sure, why not? ... So this is the Krorks made by the Old Ones. A race of Space British Warrior Gentlemen who made physics cry in the corner with Proper Use of WAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHHH power."
 
Warmachine375 said:
Imagine if Tide somehow unlock their Krork heritage.

Krork: "Would you like some tea and biscuits, Master Tide? They're quite scrumptious."

Tide: "Sure, why not? ... So this is the Krorks made by the Old Ones. A race of Space British Warrior Gentlemen who made physics cry in the corner with Proper Use of WAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHHH power."
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All I can imagine is this for Tide!Orks now.

View: https://imgur.com/H0akq5k
 
Jackson Fox said:
"Dey got ate, boss!" Another grot exclaimed. Annoyingly, it had backed away from Grinhide far enough that he COULD reach down and crush the critter without rising from his kommand throne. "The warpy gitz got 'em!"
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Bolded word should be couldn't.

Jackson Fox said:
The Order of the Cleansing Rains only had a thousand Sisters of Battle, but they were even more well-trained and better equipped than the Guard.
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Second half of the sentence is weirdly written, I suggest
"but they were better trained and equipped then even the Guard"
Or
"But they were better trained and equipped then the Guard"

Overall another great chapter, I only wish it was longer.
 
SirSlaps said:
From what I remember about Orks being infected by tyranids it only ever work with Orks from the freebooters and their more primitive tribal brethren as most orks were able to subconsciously detect when other Orks were acting strange or as they say "unorky" so most infestations ended long before they could even start I can't remember the exact details but I believe it had to do with the gestalt psychic field they all produce so with that in mind I believe Tide should be able to infect Orks but with the Orks able to know when their are infected among them the process should take quite awhile to take ahold of few let alone all of them
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The thing is Genestealer infestations are prepared to infiltrate "normal" societies so a behaviour that wouldn't stand out among a normal civilization would stand out in incredibly amongst what the Orks are, cause I refuse to call what they have a civilization, they're something more among the lines of the cooperation between the different pieces that form a gun than a proper civilization.

So as long Tide doesn't influence the Ork's behaviour, he should fly below the radar given he has no Warp presence whatsoever.
 
lazyrobot87 said:
The one thing I worry about though is the rubric space marines. They are kinda a perfect counter to tides forces. They are merciless killing machines powered by a space marine soul. Kinda like promethan knights actually.
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Do we have any idea how many Rubrics the dude has? Unless he's got a pretty sizeable army, it should be manageable.
 
How many factions does that make now? Imperium, Flood, Orks, Chaos, Genestealers... I think that's five. I'd be willing to bet that another faction shows up at some point, too.
 
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'Ere We Go by Saurian96
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    • Tide's been more than ready
    Preppin' heavy
    For this day to come
    Bet that if you let him
    Keep it steady
    You gon' know who won
    Tide don't take it easy
    Nothin' easy 'cept for givin up
    He don't do no waitin'
    'Cept these Corpse's that Tide's liftin up
    Got no fear in his body
    Yes he needs more bodies
    He know everything that got him
    And so now nothing can stop him
    He just grind and work
    Yeah yeah, you know the motto
    You know Tide's goin' hard else he might never see tomorrow

    He keep his eyes on the fakes and got real from it
    Mastered patience and free will from it
    That's the real motivation and The Tide killed for it
    The Flood's reachin' for greatness because it's built for it!
    'ERE WE GO!

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeF2g0rNz38
     
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    • Warmachine375 said:
    Imagine if Tide somehow unlock their Krork heritage.

    Krork: "Would you like some tea and biscuits, Master Tide? They're quite scrumptious."

    Tide: "Sure, why not? ... So this is the Krorks made by the Old Ones. A race of Space British Warrior Gentlemen who made physics cry in the corner with Proper Use of WAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHHH power."
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    You don't even need full Krork for that; Prime Orks (or Primorks) are already capable of sending diplomats who can speak clear and fluent Gothic, and Orks are inherently British in nature, so it shouldn't take too much effort to convince Prime Orks to sit down and have a nice cuppa. (At least for a short while.)
     
    Neruz said:
    You don't even need full Krork for that; Prime Orks (or Primorks) are already capable of sending diplomats who can speak clear and fluent Gothic, and Orks are inherently British in nature, so it shouldn't take too much effort to convince Prime Orks to sit down and have a nice cuppa. (At least for a short while.)
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    Problem is they are worse than normal orks. If orks are hooligans who are just trying to have fun and have a good brawl after having some beers than prime orks and Krorks are British Empire at the height of its power looking at the galaxy and going "Everywhere our foot steps is our kingdom".

    They do diplomacy only to get into a better position to hit you later.
     
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    ZhaWarudo said:
    MC should spend some time on aesthetics, so his monsters aren't so damn ugly. Better PR too, for what it's worth in 40k.
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    .. gonna be honest i feel like that takes away from the inherent horror of the flood. I dont think a giant fuzzy pink teddy bear creature would really sell to anyone who sees it. also in 40k people are already going to be shooting at tide no matter what he looks like. also a giant corpse wyrm creature that speaks in poetry is fire as hell.
     
    lazyrobot87 said:
    .. gonna be honest i feel like that takes away from the inherent horror of the flood. I dont think a giant fuzzy pink teddy bear creature would really sell to anyone who sees it. also in 40k people are already going to be shooting at tide no matter what he looks like. also a giant corpse wyrm creature that speaks in poetry is fire as hell.
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    Fair, but I was thinking about taking inspiration from dragons, rhinos, tigers... They can be functional, yet not look like Fallout mutants. That shit is not even balanced, with massive claw on an end and regular on the other.
    Also a biological version of Space Marines, maybe a bit Daedra looking, though maybe not coz of literal demons existing...
    Hell even xenomorphs would be an improvement, they're badass but in a good way, not that disgusting.
     
    ZhaWarudo said:
    Fair, but I was thinking about taking inspiration from dragons, rhinos, tigers... They can be functional, yet not look like Fallout mutants. That shit is not even balanced, with massive claw on an end and regular on the other.
    Also a biological version of Space Marines, maybe a bit Daedra looking, though maybe not coz of literal demons existing...
    Hell even xenomorphs would be an improvement, they're badass but in a good way, not that disgusting.
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    Like i get having xenomorphs would be cool but i feel like that ascetic has been takin by tyrranids. plus thats what the flood is. a sentient hateful plague that twists the flesh into terrifying nightmare monsters.

    also like it was said above. he has the elites for a version of the pure form that isnt nightmare inducing and he has the Altered for living soliders and puppets that can act like normal combat forms that are not as grotesque. hell besides the begining when he was first introduced i dont think he actually had any normal combat forms through out this entire time. just the puppets and elites.

    if your uncomfortable with body horror and living plagues and john carpenters the thing esque monsters then this might not be your cup of tea mate.
     
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