Miscellaneous Warhammer Thread

I’ve heard of those, but as I eschew RTS, I’ve never played them. Either WF or 40K would make for a good RPG.

Okay, so, to cross-post of a fanfic idea I posted in the Miscellaneous Warhammer (40K) Thread:

I’ve been thinking up a story casting the Machine God as a Warp entity, at least in a roundabout sense. Basically, it takes and builds on the idea that, while the Void Dragon may have kickstarted the Cult Mechanicus by being the “original” Machine God, the Tech-Priests’ collective belief made their superstitions a reality within the Warp. Which, over ten-thousand years later, gave rise to a long-gestating entity that can indeed be considered the Machine God. Albeit, one much more conducive to humanity’s interests than the Void Dragon could ever be. While I didn’t come up with the theory myself, there are some details I’d like to “shade in.” Seeing as technology and scientific knowledge have existed since the dawn of civilization, perhaps the Omnissiah would’ve been “gestating” for many millennia, much like how a baby grows in their mother’s womb. With the advent of the Cult Mechanicus, its final form has started to take on a definite shape, one that corresponds more to the Tech-Priests’ expectations than that of the Necrons or human colonists from the Dark Age of Technology, for example.

Although a Warp deity that lacks a form (or nature) comprehensible to mortal minds, perhaps the Machine God—also known as the Omnicog, the Great Gear, the Machine in the Warp, and upwards of a hundred-thousand other aliases across the galaxy—is best visualized as a colossal mass of gears and sprockets, replete with an array of computer terminals, conveyor belts, and mechanical tendrils flowing from its body. A single red eye sits in the middle of its gargantuan central cog, which continuously focuses in and out on whatever Omnicog has turned its gaze to. In short, imagine a mountainous Klinklang (the final form of the gear Pokemon, Klink), give it a color scheme that weds Martian red with a mix of silver and gold trim, and add other machines to its physique, and that’s more or less a decent depiction of the Machine God. (At least, as much as can be expected, given its nature as a Warp entity.)

It dwells in the middle of an endless expanse of factories known as The Foundry-Scape, the likes of which put Mars to shame infinity times over. Much like the Forge Worlds of the Materium, however, its assembly lines work ‘round the clock to mass-produce the Omnissiah’s armies, comprised of Daemon Engines and robotic foot-soldiers—known as Warpbots—vaguely similar to the Iron Men of ages past.

But for now, the Great Gear waits, keeping a low profile as it prepares for an all-out surprise assault on a galaxy in turmoil. The Dark Gods, the Void Dragon, even elements of humanity who don’t convert to its gospel of computation and cold, mechanical logic shall be cleansed from existence—with the Adeptus Mechanicus its foremost adjunct in the Materium, much to the obliviousness of a distracted Imperium.

Of course, the Tech-Priests’ formal induction into the Great Gear’s service won’t come without cost, as a significant minority will face tests of faith, ranging from disappointment at how the Machine in the Warp doesn’t precisely conform to their expectations, to outright rejection of them as a Warp-based imposter no better than the Dark Gods, and so on and so forth. There may even be a few who insist that the true Omnissiah is of neither the Materium nor the Warp, but a completely transcendent force whose miracles are obscured by the tide of bloodshed and odious magics that pockmark the Galaxy. In any case, the Omnicog and its disciples have marked these “Hereteks” for death, as there can be no doubt that they are the rightful Machine God whom the Tech-Priests of Mars have worshipped for so long.

So, yeah. That’s how I’d depict the Machine God, assuming I run with the theory that the Tech-Priests’ collective belief eventually gave rise to a corresponding Warp God, as opposed to the Void Dragon being the only thing capable of filling that role. I can also imagine quite the rivalry between the two, as C’tan and Warp God alike pit their proxies against one another, as the Second Age of Strife roars to life around them.

Darth Vader Vs Space Marine | ANIMATED



... Damn!

Mr Incredible Becoming Uncanny (Imperial Guard - Warhammer 40K)



... Probably, yeah.

Lorgar appears before Settra as he was alive but dying of old age.

Settra is given visions of the future. He decides to forsake the Nekeharan 'gods' and worships the Chaos Gods, becoming the Everchosen

Settra the Everchosen conquers the Fantasy world for Chaos. He then invades the Milky Way Galaxy during the Age of Strife.

Probably, LOL!