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I figure this is the correct thread for this question: Is there anything else like Titanicus, and are there any more books with Knights in? Knights seem dumb, and I don't like single-person mechs in general but a combination of Master of Mankind and Freeblade for Android make me want to give them a shot. But in novel form. Titans on the other hand are cool because they have crews. Alternately, is there anything like Eisenhorn/Ravenor/Cain/Gaunt starring some other vocation like Techpriests?
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Thanks for the great OP, I've never read anything from BL so off I go to start Xenos. I noticed in the recommendations that I didn't see anything with a Dark Angels flavor. Do they have any good books or are they pretty terrible? Asking for a friend.
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Feb 28, 2017 01:31
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Vengeful Spirits has knights in it, and the book on the mechanicum civil war in the horus humblebug has knights AND titans galore!
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Feb 28, 2017 01:32
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Polyseme posted:I figure this is the correct thread for this question: Is there anything else like Titanicus, and are there any more books with Knights in? Knights seem dumb, and I don't like single-person mechs in general but a combination of Master of Mankind and Freeblade for Android make me want to give them a shot. But in novel form. Titans on the other hand are cool because they have crews. Alternately, is there anything like Eisenhorn/Ravenor/Cain/Gaunt starring some other vocation like Techpriests? Vengeful spirit has a pretty decent subplot on a knight house that may or may not be traitorous. Some decent titan combat happens in Helsreach, and betrayer- but it's not as front and center as it is in Titanicus. That said, the "Of Mars" trilogy should be your one stop Mechanicum shop.
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Feb 28, 2017 01:33
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Cop Porn Popper posted:Vengeful Spirits has knights in it, and the book on the mechanicum civil war in the horus humblebug has knights AND titans galore! Immanentized posted:Vengeful spirit has a pretty decent subplot on a knight house that may or may not be traitorous. Some decent titan combat happens in Helsreach, and betrayer- but it's not as front and center as it is in Titanicus. Vengeful Spirit and "of Mars" trilogy it is then. Thanks.
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Feb 28, 2017 01:35
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AndyElusive posted:Isn't Terra considered the "Throne World of the Imperium" even during the Great Crusade and into the Horus Heresy eras? If so, it would make sense to utter "throne" under your breath during a particularly dire moment in the 30th millennium. They're actually talking about the Emp's solid gold toilet.
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Feb 28, 2017 01:41
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Polyseme posted:I figure this is the correct thread for this question: Is there anything else like Titanicus, and are there any more books with Knights in? Knights seem dumb, and I don't like single-person mechs in general but a combination of Master of Mankind and Freeblade for Android make me want to give them a shot. But in novel form. Titans on the other hand are cool because they have crews. 30k-wise Mechanicum by thread favorite Graham McNeill has hella Knights and Titan action in it. Technowolf posted:They're actually talking about the Emp's solid gold toilet. Only the Custodes and The Sigillite know about that, so this doesn't add up. 
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Feb 28, 2017 02:20
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AndyElusive posted:30k-wise Mechanicum by thread favorite Graham McNeill has hella Knights and Titan action in it. Legio Tempestus owns bones all the way through.
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Feb 28, 2017 02:55
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AndyElusive posted:30k-wise Mechanicum by thread favorite Graham McNeill has hella Knights and Titan action in it. This is the book I was trying to think of! Both it and vengeful spirit also have the bonus of being pretty damned enjoyable.
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Feb 28, 2017 03:34
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What was the DA books where it kicks off with torturing a fallen angel an they gently caress it all up, give Cypher a bunch of geneseed and have to commit suicide. I remember that one being a satisfying read.
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Feb 28, 2017 07:13
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Polyseme posted:Vengeful Spirit and "of Mars" trilogy it is then. Thanks. Master of Mankind has a Knights subplot with members of a disgraced house that (minor spoiler) had initially pledged fealty to a traitor legion before figuring out they'd been fed propaganda.
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Feb 28, 2017 13:27
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I finished up Red Tithe last night, that Space Sharks vs. Night Lords book. It was a premise that had a lot of potential, but it was really just kind of bland. There were some interesting elements in there; the author tried to do something with a "young" chaos marine warband and the Space Sharks' mindset and structure as a nomad fleet. I can't really recommend it though.
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Feb 28, 2017 21:40
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Shbobdb posted:What was the DA books where it kicks off with torturing a fallen angel an they gently caress it all up, give Cypher a bunch of geneseed and have to commit suicide. I remember that one being a satisfying read. Angels of Death? That was the one from the mid 2000s right?
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Feb 28, 2017 21:43
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Polyseme posted:I figure this is the correct thread for this question: Is there anything else like Titanicus, and are there any more books with Knights in? Knights seem dumb, and I don't like single-person mechs in general but a combination of Master of Mankind and Freeblade for Android make me want to give them a shot. But in novel form. Titans on the other hand are cool because they have crews. Alternately, is there anything like Eisenhorn/Ravenor/Cain/Gaunt starring some other vocation like Techpriests? Knights of the Imperium by Graham McNeil is a pretty fun read. A bit of Mechanicus and Knight household politics and lots of Knight vs Tyranids fighting.
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Feb 28, 2017 22:59
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Safety Factor posted:I finished up Red Tithe last night, that Space Sharks vs. Night Lords book. It was a premise that had a lot of potential, but it was really just kind of bland. There were some interesting elements in there; the author tried to do something with a "young" chaos marine warband and the Space Sharks' mindset and structure as a nomad fleet. I can't really recommend it though. It's pretty much Blue Balls: The Book. All that set up for a showdown between the chapter and legion and its hardly resolved. A connection between librarians that went nowhere. Hints at the Carcharadon origin but left entirely ambiguous.
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Polyseme posted:Alternately, is there anything like Eisenhorn/Ravenor/Cain/Gaunt starring some other vocation like Techpriests? There is the Shira Calpurnia books about the Adeptus Arbites, the crazy adventures of a space FBI agent.
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Mar 1, 2017 21:58
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Theres an unfinished Inquistion trilogy called like The Dark heresy series? By Sandy Mitchell? Its good and probably in the vein of what you are looking for Scrouge the Heretic Innocence Proves Nothing Really good. Get blue balls at the end though
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Mar 1, 2017 22:35
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Has anyone read the books about the Battlefleet Gothic Imperial Navy books? Reading about colossal grim dark spaceships sounds amazing, but I'm pretty sure that the trilogy they are in is unfinished/dead in the water...
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Hot Dog Day #82 posted:Has anyone read the books about the Battlefleet Gothic Imperial Navy books? Reading about colossal grim dark spaceships sounds amazing, but I'm pretty sure that the trilogy they are in is unfinished/dead in the water... It's unfinished and is another case of narrative blue balls (happens a lot with 40k I'm finding) but it's pretty well written and has great characters.
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Hot Dog Day #82 posted:Has anyone read the books about the Battlefleet Gothic Imperial Navy books? Reading about colossal grim dark spaceships sounds amazing, but I'm pretty sure that the trilogy they are in is unfinished/dead in the water... They're decent if unspectacular. The spaceship combat is good though, and frankly that's what you read it for.
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Mar 2, 2017 02:36
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Mar 3, 2017 13:43
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gently caress yes. Guilliman Heresy gonna be amazing.
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Mar 3, 2017 13:57
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I, for one, welcome our new secular Emprah.
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Mar 3, 2017 14:13
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Um am I the only one seeing the mutant immediately next to Lord Smurf? Also, maybe papa smurf gods traitor???!! Or like unaligned? Not chas, not imperial, just independent do my own thing
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Mar 3, 2017 14:23
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Waroduce posted:Um am I the only one seeing the mutant immediately next to Lord Smurf? To the left or right of frame? The former is a Custodian, the latter is that Eldar god thingie from the last campaign book.
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Waroduce posted:Also, maybe papa smurf gods traitor???!! Or like unaligned? Not chas, not imperial, just independent do my own thing Gulliman is a Daemon Prince of Malal 
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Mar 3, 2017 17:41
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From the rumours I've be reading....... Papa Smurf and Cypher are buddy cop taking down the imperium.
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Mar 3, 2017 17:43
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That is rad as gently caress if it actually happens. Hurry up and release some novels about this, GW, I don't want to buy rulebooks for my lame and gay grimdark lore 
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Mar 3, 2017 17:45
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Random question: is there any information about the two unknown Legions and their Primarchs?
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Mar 3, 2017 18:32
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pubic works project posted:Random question: is there any information about the two unknown Legions and their Primarchs? They are there so you can homebrew your own chapter. They were purged, possibly by the Space Wolves for unspecified reasons.
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And the Legions that were theirs were apparently given over to Papa Smurf.
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Mar 3, 2017 18:36
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Immanentized posted:Angels of Death? That was the one from the mid 2000s right? Probably. Mid-to-early 2000s would be around the right time. The Dark Angels were still Knights in redface as opposed to straight up Germanic knights.
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Mar 3, 2017 18:39
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Imperium Secundus 2.0
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Mar 3, 2017 18:40
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Arcsquad12 posted:Imperium Secundus 2.0 Imperium 
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Duzzy Funlop posted:Imperium Tertius, except the Latin grammar is too good for Imperial standards
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Arcsquad12 posted:Tertius, except the Latin grammar is too good for Imperial standards That's kinda the joke I was going for there, bud 
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I'm happy they're taking the "gently caress all this bullshit, how have you hosed things up so bad" route with Guilliman. (beast arises spoiler) Vulkan's near complete lack of giving a poo poo or even mentioning how badly they'd already started to gently caress things up was so dumb in that series, but him being in the series at all was dumb as hell. Now a direct comparison can't be drawn at TBA is set only a thousand years after the heresy rather than 12,000. I look forward to GW bringing more the primarchs back and hamfisting the end of times storyline it's rumored they're going for.
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Isn't Vulkan kinda not all right in the head?
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Telsa Cola posted:Isn't Vulkan kinda not all right in the head? Nope. Not even close to right. Horribly dying and regenerating from a pile of ash a few times will do that to even a primarch.
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Biplane posted:That is rad as gently caress if it actually happens. Hurry up and release some novels about this, GW, I don't want to buy rulebooks for my lame and gay grimdark lore
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