dude, this is 40k. the parts about shit not making sense don't just apply to stuff like melee combat being viable and strategic weapons below the scale of world killers just not being a thing.
I actually kind of get the melee combat justifications, though I think people in setting aren't trying hard enough to get around them. (Setups like a commander controlling/commanding a bunch of robots, drones, and artillery/missile/micromissile strikes from inside their power armor just behind the front lines should be more common, and should include melee robots so they can engage in melee at range,
and I bet the Tau are doing that right now)
But this is what I'm not sure about. do we actually know this?
Or are we just assuming that this is the case for this quest.
Humans here can be kind of odd in their thought processes, even kind of psychotic themselves, what if the (mentally)humanoid 40k aliens can be much odder than that?
Now I want to create some really alien aliens for omakes. Hmmm.
But this is what I'm not sure about. do we actually know this?
Or are we just assuming that this is the case for this quest.
Humans here can be kind of odd in their thought processes, even kind of psychotic themselves, what if the (mentally)humanoid 40k aliens can be much odder than that?
Now I want to create some really alien aliens for omakes. Hmmm.
well look at orks, eldar, and tau. Ork and eldar are both close enough to human that we can at least understand their thought processes. the tau are honestly closer to modern humans than 40k humans are mentaly, and most of the species they have in their empire are also at least humanish mentally. The Necrons are the same way, alien but not so alien as to be incomprehensible, at least the sane ones.
In a universe with souls and metaphysics, it's possible souls would tend towards convergent evolution resulting in a lot more species being mentally close to each other than you'd expect. That's not to say there are not super aliean souls out there, there are. they just tend to end up wiped out because they can't really cut deals or understand and anticipate at all any of the major powers.
But this is what I'm not sure about. do we actually know this?
Or are we just assuming that this is the case for this quest.
Humans here can be kind of odd in their thought processes, even kind of psychotic themselves, what if the (mentally)humanoid 40k aliens can be much odder than that?
Now I want to create some really alien aliens for omakes. Hmmm.
The problem with a lot of races in 40K is that we're pretty much never given a base line for how alien they are since only a handful ever get expanded on (Eldar, Tau, Crons and that's it) and they're all fairly human in thought process probably for easy marketing.
There are others that are much more inhuman mostly in the Tau sphere of influence and of them the Kroot are probably the most inhuman.
However, saying that all major species are like humans in thought processes is a very wrong assumption to make, the Eldar for instance do not think like humans at all what with the whole burning emotions thing. It's why they fluctuate from mad as a bag of ferrets to cold calculating emotionless fucks with very few hitting the mid point (and even they can go up and down)
The problem with a lot of races in 40K is that we're pretty much never given a base line for how alien they are since only a handful ever get expanded on (Eldar, Tau, Crons and that's it) and they're all fairly human in thought process probably for easy marketing.
There are others that are much more inhuman mostly in the Tau sphere of influence and of them the Kroot are probably the most inhuman.
However, saying that all major species are like humans in thought processes is a very wrong assumption to make, the Eldar for instance do not think like humans at all what with the whole burning emotions thing. It's why they fluctuate from mad as a bag of ferrets to cold calculating emotionless fucks with very few hitting the mid point (and even they can go up and down)
From what I've seen the minor races in 40k general fall into a couple of categories. The completely insane murder machines who may not even have a culture, the mustache twirling evil slavers who do all sorts of evil stuff and probably worship chaos, and the sane and weak xenos who are trod on by the Imperium to make them look bad.
From what I've seen the minor races in 40k general fall into a couple of categories. The completely insane murder machines who may not even have a culture, the mustache twirling evil slavers who do all sorts of evil stuff and probably worship chaos, and the sane and weak xenos who are trod on by the Imperium to make them look bad.
Annnn according to tg the writers of the dark eldar hint at human and eldar hybrids due to the bdsm leading into...adult stuff.
To me i dont see why not have human edlar hybrids since the bodies are basically very humanoid with the exception that the Eldar are always white porcelain greeks.
I mean the hybrid would die or be cast off due to being a product of alien two species that hate one half but ya know.
To me i dont see why not have human edlar hybrids since the bodies are basically very humanoid with the exception that the Eldar are always white porcelain greeks.
Eldar are aliens. Their similarity to humans begins and ends at appearance. They are as alien to humans as any other alien species in the galaxy. Possibly moreso considering the weird structure of their DNA. Hybrids are extremely impossible.
EDIT: Look at it this way, humans cannot breed with primates even though we share something like 99% of DNA with them. Eldar and humans share 0% DNA with each other. Eldar don't even have DNA.
Not really. The more likely explanation is that a Haemonculus decided to make it happen (for a particularly depraved client, on a bet, because he was bored, or whatever other reason) and fucked with the biology of an unfortunate Dark Eldar or Human victim to allow them to bear viable offfspring with the other species. Cross-breeding without intervention disgusting enough to repulse Fabius Bile is likely impossible, however.
Annnn according to tg the writers of the dark eldar hint at human and eldar hybrids due to the bdsm leading into...adult stuff.
To me i dont see why not have human edlar hybrids since the bodies are basically very humanoid with the exception that the Eldar are always white porcelain greeks.
I mean the hybrid would die or be cast off due to being a product of alien two species that hate one half but ya know.
1. Hint yes confirmed no probably a Homunculus's experiment for the lolz if it happened.
2. Despite looking similar in recent years GW has been making a bit more of an effort to emphasise that looks do not equal actual similarities, as there's very little in the Eldar at resembles humans further than the skin level and even that's a stretch as from writer to writer they can go from Tolkien esque elves (so basically really tall pretty humans) to Discworld esque (proportions are all off, just enough to be disturbing ect.) Presumably this should extend to the reproductive level as well.
So yeah I can't think of any reason for GW not making up a reason to put one in (I'm probably up for it), but given the amount of community backlash they'd probably get don't count on it.
Eh if they wanted they could probably BS out a reason ranging from psyker BS to it just magically being possible because reasons, but I find it unlikely.
Don't the Eldar have triple or even quadruple helix DNA, that requires multiple fertilisation steps to induce pregnancy? That sounds extremely incompatible with human double helix DNA.
Don't the Eldar have triple or even quadruple helix DNA, that requires multiple fertilisation steps to induce pregnancy? That sounds extremely incompatible with human double helix DNA.
Something like that, though I think I read somewhere that the third strand works more like a checker correcting errors in the two main ones because it's so finely tuned that if anything went wrong the Eldar would die instantly.
On the other and it's so effective they're immune to mutations.
On the third tentacle it's also why they tend not to evolve much.
Annnn according to tg the writers of the dark eldar hint at human and eldar hybrids due to the bdsm leading into...adult stuff.
To me i dont see why not have human edlar hybrids since the bodies are basically very humanoid with the exception that the Eldar are always white porcelain greeks.
I mean the hybrid would die or be cast off due to being a product of alien two species that hate one half but ya know.
On one hand, sure both the dark Eldar and the regular ones are advanced enough to make hybrids on purpose, either out of sadism or for individual reasons,
on the other hand Eldar shit crystals.
Within the Void between galaxies a war of a scale not seen in the greater galaxy for sixty million years was taking place. To most hidden and unseen, but terrifying to those that knew. The battle between cold metal and all-consuming flesh.
Trillions of warriors had marched to their doom upon tendons larger than solar systems only to be dissolved beyond recovery to make even minor progress, entire Nintoku worlds had been sacrificed to blunt the march of the Devourer. Shards of God's revelled and danced upon the exposed skin of the mighty beast.
Aboard his flagship, a mighty vessel larger than Supergiant star crafted for him as a gift from Mag'ladroth itself, rested the Silent King. Sazrekh, mightiest and most accursed. Around his ship was the massive form of the Devourer, untold numbers of its organisms dying every nano second attempting to breach shields that had withstood the wrath of Krork War Gods and Blackstone Fortresses.
It would take the Beast minutes to redivert an Ischemic class war form that could even begin to harm his vessel, never mind the Leishmaniasis that would be needed to stop what he had set in motion even now. All he needed to do was wait and then strike when the time was ripe.
He directed a delicate battle across an area larger than the Galaxy itself, for a single containment breach, a single hive ship of the main Devourer reaching the galaxy proper would be difficult, if not impossible to fully contain. But despite the scale, despite the difficulties, despite the casualties, he was winning.
The weapons of the Necrontyr were uniquely suited for destroying the Devourer, they could permanently remove the biomass they needed to function. The Eldar would have certainly fallen, though the King could not help, but run simulations on the potential effectiveness of the Krork against the New Devourer. So far, half the galaxy had been annihilated in the latest simulation with no end possible for the next four hundred years.
Noiseless communications came to him, humble askance for an audience, brought with the highest priority from one who respected only him. The Silent King acquiesced to the demand and with but the briefest flicker of power, created an act of grotesque might as a small worm hole deposited a kneeling one eyed Necrontyr in front of him. Orikan the Diviner.
No sound emanated in the room, for its inhabitants had moved beyond the need for such mortal things, but the news that was transmitted there shook the mind of the Ancient Lord. The Stars wrote tales of doom, of a Green Tide sweeping the galaxy to nothing, guided by foolish rage. He questioned him severely before standing, giving orders to his Overlords to stand ready as he brought up the access codes to a device hidden behind lock and key.
Thanatos had grown since the awakening, dedicated entirely to the defence of the device it guarded, disguised, hidden and walled off from all save the King, for it held the power to destroy all of creation itself should any one person misuse it.
But now, it's power would serve a different purpose.
Innumerable defences parted way as time, space, dimension and energy all unravelled to give him and his companion access until finally they stood before the Celestial Orrery, it's care takers retreating, but watching Orikan suspiciously. They had taken to their charge with gusto and indeed the King too watched his court astronomer for the slightest hint of destruction. He knew all too well the seductive power of the Orrery.
But he had nothing to fear, not this time. Orikan stood at the centre of the room and opened his eye to its widest extent. For the first time in millennia he could all the stars of the galaxy at once. And he saw the future. He saw the Stars burn with Red with Blood, the Beast that arises in might Return, the destruction of all things.
And then he stopped.
Within seconds the King was gone, cursing within his thoughts. The warning the primitives had given the Atum now made more sense. He could not sustain a war of this scale on two fronts. Preparations would have to be made.
He returned to his ship and without any pause ordered it to fire the weapon it had been charging. It was one of the devices that was created to slay the Gods of Reality a weapon that set the space around it for lightyears to nothing, burning it to the point that nothing, not in reality or the sea of souls would be left. Time, Space, Matter and Warp all would burn for light hours around himself, as he sat shielded by protections even stronger than the weapon.
Already he commanded his Pharos to assemble before him, messages to be sent to the Creations of his old enemies. He might even have to consider sending a party to the primitives who warned his Overlord.
Pacing into his almost unused private chambers the Silent King placed his hand on a device he prised. A hand drawn portrait, so old that statis emitters were constantly in place to preserve it.
It depicted a family that died long, long ago. This is kind of a big deal and I wanted to try and show off both the power of the Necrons and the Grand Devourer (for reference when I try to scale the Devourer
Obviously this is the main fleet, not Leviathan as that's a bit too large for Leviathan IMO
This on the other hand
Should hopefully give the full scale of what the Silent King's been holding back
I also wanted to try and show that the Silent King was more than just the Necron's Lord. He wasn't always the instigator of the War in Heaven after all.
Please we literally sold people their own shit (as in we literally did a scam where we acquired a large amount of Agriworld doo doos and sold it back to them as fertilisers. Got us a nice quick buck)
And there was the time we sold people bits of animals we had killed as collectors items including a literal skunk butt equivalent rug.
Doesn't really work unfortunately. "Formic" works because it translates to the broad definition of "ant", but "ponera" is too specific in referring to a species. Nor can I use "paraformic" or "dinoformic" because the former doesn't sound very titan-y and the latter sounds a bit silly.
Doesn't really work. "Formic" works because it translates to the broad definition of "ant" but "ponera" is too specific in referring to a species. Nor can I use "paraformic" or "dinoformic" because the former doesn't sound very titan-y and the latter sounds a bit silly.
I get why a rational person wold be xenophobic with regards to aliens now, it's because you(or anyone else interacting with them that really should know better)
can understand their culture, but still make assumptions about their instincts in line with how you are conditioned to interact with a human, then when they hit a point of opportunity and react unexpectedly in the whole cooperation/competition brownian motion of society they can throw everything out of whack.
To preempt this an evolutionary psychologist should really take a look at them, and do a detailed study.
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