[OOC] Warhammer 40,000 - Chasing Chaos

[ClocktowerEchos]

@RithyI know that much about the techies, I'm wondering about the Skitarii.

Also, have any good guard pics? :3

[Skyrte]

I really don't know very much about 40K. Can I join as a xeno?

@Wraithblade6

Depends on what kinda Xeno.

[Rithy]

@RithyI know that much about the techies, I'm wondering about the Skitarii.

Also, have any good guard pics? :3

@ClocktowerEchos

wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Skitarii

I found a page with a whole buttload of information about them should you need :D

I can totally see a Skitarii in the Inquisitior's retinue. An Inquisitor can pretty much put dibs on almost anything he wants(few people really say no to them!).

[ClocktowerEchos]

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wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Skitarii

I found a page with a whole buttload of information about them should you need :D

I can totally see a Skitarii in the Inquisitior's retinue. An Inquisitor can pretty much put dibs on almost anything he wants(few people really say no to them!).

@Rithy

Thanks, but I'll still have too sleep on this subject.
Would it be possible for a Guadsmen to come across a Skitarii lasgun and claim it as his own or use a heavy bolter as a deployable MG of sorts?

[Rithy]

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Thanks, but I'll still have too sleep on this subject.
Would it be possible for a Guadsmen to come across a Skitarii lasgun and claim it as his own or use a heavy bolter as a deployable MG of sorts?

@ClocktowerEchos

Yeh, I guess. You might catch some dirty looks from our resident Tech Priestess, but otherwise you should be fine :P

For a deployable Heavy Bolter, you would need some serious vat grown muscles, mutations, power armor, cybernetic enhancements, psychic powers or a squad of goonies to help you carry it around though!

[ClocktowerEchos]

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Yeh, I guess. You might catch some dirty looks from our resident Tech Priestess, but otherwise you should be fine :P

For a deployable Heavy Bolter, you would need some serious vat grown muscles, mutations, power armor, cybernetic enhancements, psychic powers or a squad of goonies to help you carry it around though!

@Rithy

Can I just say my guy smokes obsessive amounts of grimdark crack? :3
Srsly tho, I think I'll go for the 1st option and say he managed to befriend a Skitarii during a deployment with them and ended up carrying the Skitarri's rifle back after he was KIA.
Can I ask for help with finding some good guard pics tho?

[WardenCelestine]

Can I ask for help with finding some good guard pics tho?

I would be more than happy to help you. ^__^

[ClocktowerEchos]

Coming up with character concepts now. Thinking of a penal veteran who managed to survive and equipment can only be described as "orky"; there's little bit of everything on him in one way or another.

[Rithy]

I did a quick search and got a couple of Imp images, @ClocktowerEchos, in case you were interested ^^

My Hider

My Hider

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My Hider

My Hider

My Hider

[Antediluvixen]

@ClocktowerEchos

You might have to ward off a grumpy Techpriestess, yes.

Esp. considering how my char specializes in two things: Weapons and cybernetics.

So she'll be even grumpier about him having AdMech tech.

[ClocktowerEchos]

@ClocktowerEchos

You might have to ward off a grumpy Techpriestess, yes.

Esp. considering how my char specializes in two things: Weapons and cybernetics.

So she'll be even grumpier about him having AdMech tech.

@Monochromatic Rainbow

The only AdMech tech he'll be having his his rifle, the rest of his stuff is either looted or scavenged off of other IG or the enemy. So far I'm thinking of him boosting a Tau shoulder guard thingy, a bit of ork metal around his torso for "armor" and maybe some bits from some other IG units.

Of course this means I'll be stuck with having to use words as I doubt there's picture that could fit him. @RithyThanks for trying tho. ^^

[Antediluvixen]

Tau shoulder guard thingy

@ClocktowerEchos

XENOS TECH

HAND IT OVER

>Racks charging handles on bolt pistols

[ClocktowerEchos]

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XENOS TECH

HAND IT OVER

>Racks charging handles on bolt pistols

@Monochromatic Rainbow

Isn't the shoulder pad mostly a decorative thingy and lacking any real tech? o.O
I thought that it was the helmet and actual suit itself with the most tech.
Also not actually going to be worth much since its cracked and bruised to hell with a crude Imperium symbol on it painted by your's truly.
Good thing I didn't mention anything with the Chaos symbol on it that may or may not be a part of Mr. Ork's outfit which may or may not have bits on Tyranid chitin on it.

[Antediluvixen]

@ClocktowerEchos

My char actually doesn't give a fuck about a little chaos here and there.

Just hand over all tech.

ALL YOUR TECH ARE BELONG TO THE ADMECH.

WE WILL STORE IT IN BIG VAULTS.

AND NO, WE WON'T SHARE.

[ClocktowerEchos]

@ClocktowerEchos

My char actually doesn't give a fuck about a little chaos here and there.

Just hand over all tech.

ALL YOUR TECH ARE BELONG TO THE ADMECH.

WE WILL STORE IT IN BIG VAULTS.

AND NO, WE WON'T SHARE.

@Monochromatic Rainbow

... :<

Nu plz...

I like my shiny Tau pauldrons ;-;

[Antediluvixen]

@ClocktowerEchos

Nein.

Unhand eet naow.

[ClocktowerEchos]

@ClocktowerEchos

Nein.

Unhand eet naow.

@Monochromatic Rainbow

:<

Its just metal tho... can't you get some more from teh other dead Tau?

[Jb]

Hola! I was wondering if I could get in on the action, here's my character sheet/application. Feel free to ask questions, or whatever you like really.

Genetor Lartius Natta

Name: Lartius "Shredder" Natta

Age: 87

Class: Magos Biologis (Genetor)

Equipment: Lartius much prefers live subjects for his 'research', and to this end his choice of weapons reflects this quite well.

- An Imperial Web Gun or 'Webber'.

- A Shock Maul

- 2x Choke Grenades.

- He armours himself in a suit of carapace plating which covers all the more 'exposed' areas, such as arms, thighs, shins, the torso and so on. As well as this, he protects his head with a pair of goggles, a triangular metal mask, and a covers all of it in the common crimson robes of the Adeptus Mechanicus.

- Medicae Mechadendrite; as useful for torture as it is for healing.

Notable Deeds: Classified (WIP)

Time with Inquisitor: Within the Inquisition, quite some time, over three decades in fact; with Inquisitor Zhevron, only recently transferred to his retinue.

Appearance: The oddest thing about the way Lartius looks, unlike most of his more machine-like brethren, is that he looks perfectly human for all intents and purposes. Some could, and do, even say he looks a little too perfect; indeed, if one were to take a look at the 'person' that is behind the suit of carapace armour, the face behind the triangular mask and goggles which obscure his features, and beneath the fluttering red and hooded robes of the Adeptus Mechanicus, then they would find a being not only much like them but also superior in most respects.

Everything about the way that the one nicknamed 'Shredder' - due to his methods of dissecting his research subjects - looks is to emulate and mimic those of the humans around him. Everything, save the mechadendrite that writhes about beneath his robes, and is connected directly to his spine and nervous system, is in imitation of the Emperor's favoured children.

We begin with a head of chestnut brown hair, short in length and superficially no different from human hair, but within each strand of hair is a neural feed that acts much like the quills of the Kroot species; it gathers information from his surroundings - smells, vibrations, etc - constantly gathering data that is transformed into easily read binary-cant for his later analysis. Beneath his hair, and his eyebrows of similar colour, are two eyes of deep hazel - once again, these look for all purposes like perfect human eyes...they are of course not. Inside these eyes, long ago replacing his organic eyes, is a world of data, measurements, biometric readings and all manner of things which would swiftly overload the sensory organs of any average human. His mouth, with evenly set and brilliantly white teeth, is wholly organic, with only his tongue being full of tiny sensors; should he stick anything in his mouth, everything about it would be revealed. The slightly hooked nose...well...it's just a nose.

Moving down from his unerringly symmetrical face, layered with snow-white flesh - as is the rest of his body - we come to the torso and the most important parts of the Genetor. It is within this fleshy mould that he holds transplanted, grafted and exchanged organs, not unlike those of an Astartes but far weaker. For example, he would not be able to wear power armour as he does not possess a black carapace, nor can he spit acid, nor can he read the memories of others by eating them.

What he can do is digest most things, put himself or portions of his brain into a form of 'sleep/recharge' mode, endure substantial punishment to his 6' 2" frame because of his reinforced skeletal structure and that fact that both his arms and legs are bionic replacements covered in unmarred and living tissue. He can bleed, and he can even feel pain - although it registers more as a series of alerts and numbers than an actual feeling.

@Jbcool

Okay, let's try this again...

@Andromedai@Rithy

The boss-man told me to ask what you thought, as Co-GMs and such.

[WardenCelestine]

@Jbcool Looks good to me ^_^

[ClocktowerEchos]

Here's my CS, please do tell me if I need to change anything; I'm worried I might have made him too powerful some how >_>

Aleph

Name:
Aleph Dalet

Age:
44

Class:
Ex-Penal Legion Guardsman?

Psyker Powers:
N/A

Equipment:

Hestia Pattern Skitarii Lasgun - The lasrifle of a fallen Skitarii soldier who had become somewhat close "friends" (relatively speaking) with a Aleph during the siege of the Forge World of Hestia. Aleph keeps this gun and the Skitarii's red cloak as mementoes from his first battle and states that it keeps him lucky. Some may argue that it's just BS, but given how far he's come, you can't help but say that there's something watching over him, Emperor or luck or otherwise.

Evil Sunz Ork Choppa - After breaking leaving his combat knife on a battlefield, Aleph uses a choppa that has been slightly modified for human use, the emblem of the Evil Sunz still visible as is the blood of the people and soldiers Aleph has killed with it.

Urulli Pattern Bolt Pistol - A weapon obtained through "questionable" means. Aleph will insist that he found it on an unfortunate commissar who was killed in the line of duty and decided to use it himself. Rumors within the 225th state that Aleph actually hunted down and killed said commissar for the bolt pistol. The Urulli Pattern version as more manageable recoil than normal but is only used by Aleph in the act of breaking locks and such due to his limited ammo supply for it.

Frag & Krak Grenades - (Two of each, self explanatory)

Notable Deeds:

Penal Legion Veteran - He survived his sentence in a Penal Legion, need I say more? Aleph lived out his sentence of being in the 225th Penal Battalion facing more suicide mission and impossible odds than almost anyone else. He lacks any formal military training but clearly after his time he doesn't need any. He's charged more trenches, heretics, Ork and Tau than some Imperial Guardsmen will do in a life time. Needless to say, it changed him quite a bit.

Recklessly Brave - Stemming from his time in the 225th, Aleph is... reckless to say the least; combined with his cynical outlook on life and general empathetic attitude towards it, it leads him to do some pretty spectacular things and has an empathy of perceived "danger" on par with some Cachacan Jungle Fighters. Aleph is fearless with an iron resolve; many within the 225th state that Aleph would be the only man to ever run towards Tyranids if ever given the chance.

Bravely Reckless - While he will never openly or direct rebel against an order, don't expect him to do it the commander's way; at best he'll follow the general idea and a few steps. As stated above, his has an incredible apathy to "danger"; Aleph has no problem using a Flamer in heavy winds or powerful explosives in close quarters. One of his favorite stories involve him and a group of penals having to stop a wave of explosive squigs by literally tackling them and do what can only be described as a very, very violent cuddling exercise to force them into submission them, all done without orders. While these actions caused a number of casualities, Aleph attributes this event and its following Squig BBQ to the reason why he has a certain taste for Squiggly Bits.

Resourceful - Almost all of Aleph's equipment has been taken from somewhere, be it looted, salvaged, stolen or "borrowed". Some in the 225th have called him "Orky" given how his entire appearance looks like something an Ork would come up with but yet have it still be functional. His armor has bits from Imperial, Tau, Orks, and even a bit of Squigs.

Do or Die - Hardened from his time in the 225th, Aleph is willing to do anything to accomplish his own ends; on occasion they line up exactly with the orders of his superiors. Killing friendlies is just an "acceptable loss", using their bodies as a shield from enemy fire is simply "being creative" and letting 100 in one place die so 200 can live is "just business".

Time with Inquisitor:
Recently joined

Appearance:
Aleph's outfit gives something reminiscent of an Imperial Guardsmen but clearly its not. His left shoulder sports a Tau Fire Warrior's pauldron, spray painted yellow and now wearing a stencil air-brushed Imperial Eagle on it. His right is a bit more mundane with a standard Guardsmen pauldron albeit reinforced with some checker patterned metal curtsey of an Ork who didn't need it anymore; same could be said for his shin guards which are just crudely extended from bits of Ork metal and even metal stripped from Imperial armor.

The standard issue flak armor has a layer of Squig leather to bolster it in a banded armor fashion. In terms of head wear, Aleph either doesn't wear any or uses whatever can fit on his head meaning it can range from Guardsmen helmets to pots with additional metal plates for protection although he does seem to have acquired a Steel Legion gas mask which he usually has one him. One story he tells is how he actually ended up using the empty head of a Tyranid as a helmet but like most his stories, are just narcissistic rumors at best. On occasion, he will don the tattered red robe of a Skitarii he once knew.

Behind the armor is a man with hollowed eyes and a hardened heart, Aleph has been through more fights, bloodbaths, one-sided slaughters and last stands to give even the toughest Guardsmen nightmares, yet Aleph himself rarely suffers from such manners. His body as a whole however, should his wounds as a myriad of scars, cuts, bruises and holes are all about his body, shared with several prison and wartime tattoos. The prisoner branding bar code is still on the back of his neck. Standing at about 6ft 1in with broad shoulders with long dark brown hair and a brooding aura, you can imdiately tell that Aleph has seen some shit without ever really getting to know him.

40K Knowledge Question:
-What are the origins of the Orks? The Old Ones who created them to fight their wars against the Necrons I think; turns out their soldiers lived longer than their masters. The Eldar were also of this category.