Subject: Diverting Tyranids
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Posted on: 2017-10-26 23:55:00 UTC
That is an Imperium Specialty by this point. More than a few Inquisitors have done so in the past.
Subject: Diverting Tyranids
Author:
Posted on: 2017-10-26 23:55:00 UTC
That is an Imperium Specialty by this point. More than a few Inquisitors have done so in the past.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/15LUQJJ6c54vmzBUsfqSgajRdURooz3pvD5yzUmlXU0/edit?usp=sharing
So, this is copied from #recsand_plugs on the Discord, after I proceeded to go into WAYYY too much spammy detail for the channel regarding an awesome (at least I hope) crossover concept my sister and I have been working on. Compiled to a doc and presented for any who want to check it out. Feel free to leave comments here since they're disabled on the doc itself.
It now runs through to Palpatine's escape and Vader's fall. I haven't yet got round to putting in the Black Crusade, but it's coming.
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Is better than Rakghouls anyways. And Mara infiltrating Tau-Republic Alliance is definitely within her skill set. And there is a non-zero chance she becomes the mask.
Also glad Mara is being let in. She's probably my favorite pure legends character
I was trying to tie it all together in one place, rather than spicing two or three chunks of the thread with it.
That said, I think nobody except me is all that fond of Darth 'Nids, so perhaps they should just go away. Tyranids are terrifying enough by themselves.
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One thing though, the Chiss probably would have sent an Agent to Jakku to disable the Observatory to prevent anyone from easily finding a route through the Unknown Regions.
The New Republic after there problems might remember how Thrawn was beating them badly in years past, and might actually try to ask for his aid/Chiss Aid.
Alternatively in desperation and in need of troops, they seek to reactivate the Separatist Droid Army. You also have the Concord Dawn Protectors and Remaining Mandalorians out in play as well.
I think there is at least some potential in the comparation of Ways and the Force-using traditions. Dark Eldars could also try to see if this cloning tech is better than the one they use to create the bulk of their Warrior (up to the point of 'Trueborn' Dark Eldars being their own units, elite ones). ithout talking about the Dark Side, the fact their souls aare slowly munched by Slaanesh unless they feed off pain and similar emotions...
And there are the stone souls, Ynnead...
Isha's still alive. She's trapped in Nurgle's garden, being used as a test subject for Nurgle's diseases. She's also the reason cures exist, as she whispers them to mortal minds while Nurgle does his thing. He knows she's thwarting him, but he loves her so he doesn't care.
The Ork Big Boss of that one considered Demons as the best enemies ever. After much rampage, his Waagh ended when he invaded a Demon World of Khorne, and succombed to the numbers... Except on this particular world, they resurrect every day after being killed, so basically Ork Walhalla (and since Orks get bigger as they fight more, they could potentially 'win' someday, and nobody will be ever to defeat that Waagh).
So yeah, Vader's Orks are going to repeat that effort, only bigger. I don't think Vader's /plan/ was to use them to get Khorne's attention, but he'll settle for it.
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That is an Imperium Specialty by this point. More than a few Inquisitors have done so in the past.
An Inquisitor managed to divert a Tyranid Hive Fleet in the direction of a Waagh. Sure, the two are still fighting it, but the act the fight attracted allways more Orks and Tyranids from outsde, killing their way to the planet, and knowing that Orks get stronger through conflict, and Tyranids too, the winner...
Let's say the Inquisitor who had this wonderful idea got his thank you card from the Officio Assassinorum, and everyone agree that was a stupid idea.
Inquisitor Kryptman was declared Excommunicate Traitoris, yes, but he was never killed. The general consensus was that he was right because it bought the Imperium time it didn't otherwise have to prepare. And he was declared Traitoris in response to his burning of dozens of Imperial worlds that were being fed on by Tyranid fleets, not the redirection.
I mean, I don't mind in the least that Palpy messed up - he is the villain, after all - but what's the data behind 'pumping the entire energy of a star into a daemonworld will have no effect'?
As for giving them ideas: they have the Fist, plus the GFFA's preeminent Force user (assuming they can twist him, which... isn't necessarily a given, and probably depends on Plot). What do you think they'll do next?
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Slaanesh would act to restore it because the destruction is a blight on his realm. The god of Perfection wouldn't want that kind of blemish. Also, the Slaaneshi legions would be the ones most likely to capture Palpatine in this case, because they'd be gunning for him in revenge. He dared to attack their realm.
Tzeench has more careful plans than just sow chaos. I wouldn't be surprised if he planted some kind of ward in Palpatine's mind so that he could be brought to heel the instant he does something that Tzeench doesn't like.
Tyranids have no souls, or sufficient minds to house a soul. There are no daemon possessed Tyranids, and if one were to attempt it, it would have to do battle with the entire Hive Mind. To put that in perspective: The Chaos Gods are afraid of directly challenging the Hive Mind. And since it's been proven in the lore repeatedly that the only thing that can even momentarily disrupt the Hive Mind are blanks, which have anti-souls, it is likely that the possessing force ghost would be consumed by the Hive Mind's influence.
Everything you just described about them is Legends, not canon. Pulling only from Canon sources, the Muur Talisman was last seen in deep space, in a research station belonging to the Sith empire. It most likely wouldn't be anywhere near Korriban.
Tyranids are redirected because they find targets using Genestealer cults. When the Imperium redirected them, they captured a cult and dropped it in Ork space.
Taubacca and Tau Clone Trooper.
I'm assuming that at least the first generation of clones are human, and are in fact using the Fett template. Whether that's because the technology isn't easy to adapt to Tau, or because the Tau aren't too happy about cloning themselves, I couldn't say.
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No sooner do I post the above than I come across the Tau word for clone (Ron'nim). Sod. Oh well, I like my one better. =]
Seriously, this is an amazing plot and it works really well and now I want to write it but there is so much other writing to do and also there is so much cool stuff that I know about the Tau but I know substantially less cool stuff about Star Wars and also I might be flailing a bit because this is SO COOL AAAAAAAA-Also the dates you mention mean that this takes the place of the Fourth Sphere Expansion, which is now extremely successful instead of being lost in warp storms. Timelines R Fun! =]
The implication is that the Dawn Blade is a Daemonweapon, not a Necron one.
Closest thing that the 'nids have to that is the Genestealers and their cults. Almost the same kind of idea--except then when you reproduce, you have baby 'stealers.
Welcome to Round Two
^_^
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I always enjoy those. Plus, I really loved how much the Doctor was just dicking around with the tournament. =]
And their whole problem about facing extinction... Then I remembered many Dark Eldars soldiers are actually clones or vat-grown, so if Craftworld Eldars are not using that, they wouldn't go for clones either.
Although to see how Force-Users would interact with Eldar and their Ways, or Sith confronted to Dark Eldars make for an interesting idea too.
Thanks so much. It's really helping me refine things. Keep in mind that my sister and I have come up with a lot more specific vignettes in between; what I'd written was more a broad overview. Yeah, we had a funny dynamic in the relationship between Mariel and Kiska's worldviews for a while--one being a pretty optimistic foot soldier, the other being...well...a Battle Sister. They nearly came to blows about things when they first met. (Remind me to tell you about the holy bone...) Anyway, I'll add more later, because it's time for me to head to class. Again, thanks so much.