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Perhaps Mechs function in Battletech due to the sheer amount of belief that they do work? Mechs are basically worshipped by everyone, so why not go with the explanation that they work because like magic because Mechs as a whole function like some fantasy settings' gods?
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Trundel posted:Perhaps Mechs function in Battletech due to the sheer amount of belief that they do work? Mechs are basically worshipped by everyone, so why not go with the explanation that they work because like magic because Mechs as a whole function like some fantasy settings' gods? Does that mean red mechs have more firepower and yellow mechs go faster? 
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Soylent Pudding posted:Does that mean red mechs have more firepower and yellow mechs go faster? Wrong way round there, Soylent.
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apostateCourier posted:Wrong way round there, Soylent. I can never remember. I make a horrible ork.
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Soylent Pudding posted:I can never remember. I make a horrible ork. How can you not remember RED GO FASTA? I haven't even played the game and I know that. RED WUNZ GO FASTA. It helps that our game store, when it existed, stocked GW paints and I was always delighted by the existence of bottoles of "Go Fasta Red".
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Trundel posted:Perhaps Mechs function in Battletech due to the sheer amount of belief that they do work? Mechs are basically worshipped by everyone, so why not go with the explanation that they work because like magic because Mechs as a whole function like some fantasy settings' gods? Because that's dumb.
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Because if you need to explain things like mech fusion reactors or warp drive in physics terms, you have autism.
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DivineCoffeeBinge posted:How can you not remember RED GO FASTA? I haven't even played the game and I know that. RED WUNZ GO FASTA. I've never played 40K. Everything I know about it is from watching an LP of that space marine game.
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Soylent Pudding posted:I've never played 40K. Everything I know about it is from watching an LP of that space marine game. It's okay, neither have I. All you need to remember is Da Red Wunz Go Fasta and that everything, everything, Needs More Dakka.
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I don't know much, but I know all my critseeker 'mechs are painted blue. 'cos blue iz lucky.
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Cease to Hope posted:Because that's dumb. Perfect!
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Trundel posted:Perhaps Mechs function in Battletech due to the sheer amount of belief that they do work? Mechs are basically worshipped by everyone, so why not go with the explanation that they work because like magic because Mechs as a whole function like some fantasy settings' gods? "Clap your hands if you believe in Amaris!"
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Trast posted:This last scenario really needs to be pitched to the powers that be and made into an officially sold product. It's not quite the same thing, but Chroma Squad is sort of getting at the 'superteam fighting evil'-as-TV show theme.
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Cease to Hope posted:Because that's dumb. Well, so is 40K and yet here we have people suggesting painting mechs red, sooooooooooo
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Maybe they want them red so that they're three times faster. A bright red Atlas doing 9/14 would be terrifying.
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Psion posted:Well, so is 40K and yet here we have people suggesting painting mechs red, sooooooooooo In fairness, the reason red things go faster for Orks is because they're psychic and their entire race believing it to be true makes it true. It is magic in-universe.
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Didn't that turn out to just be the word of a frustrated techpriest who was mad about not being able to figure out how ork shootaz work?
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dis astranagant posted:Didn't that turn out to just be the word of a frustrated techpriest who was mad about not being able to figure out how ork shootaz work? That's the in-universe explanation for why stuff doesn't work for the Imperium that way. As far as I'm aware, Ork fluff goes with the same general idea.
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Malachite_Dragon posted:So the only reason the universe doesn't work like that for the Imperium is... they believe it doesn't, so it doesn't? Nah, I think the Orks were genetically engineered that way, so that their gigantic psychic gestalt makes whatever they believe in true. The power of the WAAAAGH! is so massive because the Orks are the most populous species in the universe, and since all of them believe that, for example, red wuns go fasta, the WAAAGH! makes it actually happen. Or something like that.
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GhostStalker posted:Nah, I think the Orks were genetically engineered that way, so that their gigantic psychic gestalt makes whatever they believe in true. The power of the WAAAAGH! is so massive because the Orks are the most populous species in the universe, and since all of them believe that, for example, red wuns go fasta, the WAAAGH! makes it actually happen. Or something like that. Basically this. They were created by the Old Ones to be living weapons, and powerfully psychic ones at that. For whatever reason, orks end up passively channeling their psychic energy into making their 'tech' work. The few orks that can actively use their psychic potential, well, they end up overloading on the stuff pretty quickly.
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Pussy Cartel posted:...they end up overloading on the stuff pretty quickly. Pussy Cartel posted:They were created... to be living weapons, and powerfully psychic ones at that
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Pussy Cartel posted:Basically this. They were created by the Old Ones to be living weapons, and powerfully psychic ones at that. For whatever reason, orks end up passively channeling their psychic energy into making their 'tech' work. The few orks that can actively use their psychic potential, well, they end up overloading on the stuff pretty quickly. And the ones who don't overload become the scariest orks, because they start learning how to think, plan, and plot
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Endomorphic posted:Does this also apply to the Tyranid? Quite possibly a bunch of other 40k races too - the Necron spring to mind. Tyranids are from outside of the galaxy, so  , but the Necron are 'living' weapons of the star gods; the orks were created to fight them.
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Endomorphic posted:This is the general theme for 40k, right? The Tyranids apparently evolved to eat everything in the universe, and the Necrons (at least post-retcon) made themselves into robots to live forever, but the process was flawed and they took revenge on the beings that taught them how to do it. fool_of_sound posted:Tyranids are from outside of the galaxy, so Yeah, pre-retcon the Necrons were just living weapons made by the C'tan, but with the latest codex they've been retconned to still have free will and to have blasted the C'Tan to pieces, literally. Now the star gods (or what's left of them) are -their- living weapons. Pussy Cartel fucked around with this message at 03:23 on Aug 1, 2013 |
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Hey, let's get back to the awesome stompy robots. whatever universe they're from
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e: this is not the 40k thread what on earth was this doing here
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Teledahn posted:Hey, let's get back to the awesome stompy robots. I was sure this was the 40k thread..
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Teledahn posted:Hey, let's get back to the awesome stompy robots. Technically necrons are awesome stompy robots 
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Affi posted:I was sure this was the 40k thread.. It's all my fault, I brought up something dumb and it spiralled into ork discussion. So let's get this feebly back on track! How 'bout them Taurian fellas? Think we'll get another shot at playing as the space texans?
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Trundel posted:It's all my fault, I brought up something dumb and it spiralled into ork discussion. What this LP needs is more Amaris.
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Trundel posted:It's all my fault, I brought up something dumb and it spiralled into ork discussion. Bah, the most memorable Taurian stuff is just them acting like Death Commandos atrocity-wise but not being nearly as cool (especially since they do it out of paranoia; what's cool about terrified lunatics?). Sure, they aren't always like that, but isn't this during the reign of one of the more paranoid Protectors? Or did he get knocked out already; can't remember this thread's BT canon too well on the Periphery. Pussy Cartel posted:What this LP needs is more Amaris. See, now THERE'S a name if you want BT atrocities with style. If he murders a friend to gain power, he has the awesomeness to shoot them in the head himself.
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I'd like to see Canopians and their Ebon Magistrate even more, but apparently the new RWR replaced them in this timeline so I'm gonna take what I can get. More evil space communist dictatorship would also be nice.
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Seeing as how I think I'm up next this is an official request to Vote FWL often.
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I think it is about time we vote Draconis Suns. Unleash the Mackie.
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Clan Death Race. Insanely fast 'mechs ramming into each other at top speed.
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KnoxZone posted:I think it is about time we vote Draconis Suns. Unleash the Mackie. Going Davion is going Full Retard. You just never do it.
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Defiance Industries posted:Going Davion is going Full Retard. You just never do it. AH, but when going Davion is also going Kurita? With ADVANCED MACKIES? I think you need to reconsider that opinion, friend.
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Defiance Industries posted:going Full Retard Clan Jade Falcon.
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