Adeptus Ridiculous - FORGE WORLDS: IN THE SHADOW OF THE OMNISSIAH | Warhammer 40k Lore

Episode Date: May 18, 2022

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And that's about it. That's normally only the two things I say. Yeah, that's it. That's good. Well done. Thank you. I am known for being very on point when it comes to the things that I say and do. Yeah, very succinct. Very nice. Very nice. Sucinct. Yeah. Look at me using those big words. That's an enormous word. That has a whole, like, what, seven letters?

I know. I got a word a day calendar for Christmas and I have been putting it to good use. That's a joke. I am so proud of you. Thank you. Thank you. You're very welcome. Thanks, Dad. Now get on with the episode. All right. Fuck you. I'm going. All right. So, the episode, uh, succinct. So the episode we got going on today is going to be another fun one. very similar to the prior episode we did on the Tyrannids

and for the quote to give you this one and this will be very obvious what don't worry DK this will be just as obvious as a lot actually you know what let me let me flip through this book real quick let me see if I make it easy or a harder let's see if I make it harder for you have the book eh I own the codex that we will be discussing today sisters sisters it's the sisters

I own that codex It is not the only Fucking codex I own I just assume if you're flipping through a book It's gotta be sisters Why would it why? I have many I have many armies

Yeah but you're a goddamn simp I know Well Me too actually so like you I think you're worse Me? Yes How do you figure?

Good sir Listen dude you're the one advertising the cat boy fucking Katie and I was the one who was who had that show up on my doorstep and and and and spray it with a fucking spray bottle wait till you see the next one I've seen the whip of the oh it's it's class man it is class I am fucking terrified of whatever the hell you are bringing to the table I think you're gonna actually like it unironically maybe unironically so how about that quote huh yeah

quote. Uh-huh. Those who dawn the blinkers of willful ignorance may no longer bear witness to the true illumination of the Omnisiah. Even amidst the deepest shadows,

we bathe in that holy light. That sounds pretty admec. It's sisters. Let's go. Is it actually sister? Of course. Not you fuck. I was gonna say, did you just jabat me into thinking it was admec just so you could

180 it to not be sisters because I guess sisters for me flipping through a book? That requires me far to think far too ahead. That requires me to be, to assume that I have any brain right now. And come on, my friend, we all know that's not the case. Yeah. Yeah. No one on this recording has much brain power to use. So yeah, you're right.

You're right. It's too tough. So, Admec. So Admec. Admec. Admec. Admec. All right, Admec.

So, in the good old days of the admec, we are talking about the similar thing that we did in the Tiernitz episode, because apparently shy as it for me that we haven't done an admec episode since our first. Um, oh, wow. I think you're right. I mean, we go pretty in depth in that episode. It's one of my favorite ones we've done. but yeah, we haven't really talked about them since then,

which is too bad because Admec are a top three best designed looking factions in Warhammer. They are super cool. They have a totally unique and amazing spin on techno-pheticistic, like body horror augmentation cults of religious zealotry, like a very like cyberpunk thing it's super specific kind of you know kind of monks and priesthood robes like such a fascinating combination of weird shit going on with these guys it's it's really fun yeah they have a great combat because like usually when you think of like sort of futuristic cyberpunk body modification stuff you don't really think like religious zealotry

but I kind of love the fact they took a very human sort of a zealous religious fanaticism and made it applicable to people that want to be robots. But not just that, but they also slapped on

like the monk kind of thing. Like a little bit of like you know with the incense and the robes and stuff. So not only are they religious zealots, but the religious zealots taken from a different type. Instead of just like our old like crusaders and stuff like knights and shit.

It's great. And and they're so like, they're so stringent and misguided and like not wanting to like invent anything and having these very specific rules that you wouldn't think like this cyber machine cult would have. It's actually really cool. I love the meshing. They're massive hypocrites and it's a lot of fun. Oh, absolutely.

Yeah. So we're talking. Similarly like we did with the last episode. we discussed the Tiernan High Fleets. Today we are talking about the various forge worlds and we're gonna do the same thing we did last time which is talk mainly about the ones that are playable in game because I actually got a lot of comments from the Tiernan one in my stream later where they said like like obviously some of them want us to talk about some more unknown high fleets and all that but

it was helpful because they didn't know what army they wanted to play as and so it was like oh we made a lot of Gorgon fans which is great because I like Gorgon. Yes. Justice for Gorgon. Justice for Gorgon-Born. Gorgon-Born. I love that.

Gorgon-Born sounds so good. Gorg-Born. Sounds like a soup. Gorg-N-Born-Pee soup. Yeah. Oh, no, it's not P. It's... It's not P. It's AIDS.

Oh, no. Get your Gorgon-Born. Hot, steamy Gorgon-Born. HIV-Bositive. So after the Gorgamborn, so we're talking about Forge Worlds here. And we're talking about all the main ones, and maybe we'll cover the other ones, but there's quite a lot of main ones in this one. They have lots of interesting lore.

So a reminder, of course, you already know what a Forge World is, but for everyone that may have forgotten, a forge world is, in fact, a gigantic planet and or other various types that aren't planets, depending on the Forge World. But it's a big military industrial complex made by the Admec. It is covered in giant years of buildup, like a toxic buildup, machine factories, production centers, furnaces of volcanoes. These like, it just like quarries. Like it is a gigantic fucking military, like industrial, industrial revolution complex. Hives cities that go so high you break atmosphere, shit like that.

And is entirely dedicated to the machine. gods and the Omnesiah. I always remember it as it's a world dedicated to like forging stuff, like Titans or weaponry or something. It's just the whole world that is dedicated to the forging of like weapons for the Imperium. Not just weapons, though. It is all production.

Oh, it's everything. It's not just like weapons and Titans and spaceships and, oh, okay. I mean, in the grim, dark universe of the 41st millennium, there is only war as the phrase goes. So a lot of it is war. But no, the mechanicists make like fucking everything. They help like make your tools and your cars and your rations and stuff. Like you have to imagine them. Do you remember back in the World War II?

was it was it Ford that stopped making cars and started making like Sherman tanks Oh yeah yeah yeah Something like that I don't know the specifics And I know chat always Or comments always get mad at me for it

But I haven't been to high school In like a long time I've forgotten my basic history guys I am so sorry that I'm so smart brain That's totally fine Half of our fan base of Warhammer No our fan base is Warhammer fans Which means that they are

That they are hard military nerds nerds. You know, they're going to get into an argument about the Sherman and the Tiger Tank, I'm sure. But this isn't a guard episode. But I think some car companies started making tanks back in World War. Absolutely. I think that was a pretty common thing, sure. So you need to imagine the Mechanicus a lot like Amazon, except now Amazon has an entire monopoly

and a monopoly on war manufacturing. So they make. everything. It's just in the 41st millennium. We care a lot more about guns because guns sell the products. I don't buy a mini that has a can of tuna.

I buy a mini that has an assault rifle that fires grenades. Yeah, I'd buy a Warhammer 40K can of tuna mini. Yeah. Sure. Why not? That sounds cool. I'm going to replace my, I'm going to replace like the fist weapon from a dreadnought

with like a can opener. Nice. You can tune a piano, but you can't tune a fish. Wow. Yeah. Wow. Yeah, that's old Dragon Ball meme, too, that joke. I'm angry. Old Dragon Ball.

But, so, yeah, they have, it's all dedicated, of course, with the MachineGa and the Omnisiah's will. And another big reminder, the MachineGun and Omnisaya are not the same. the machine god is their belief that there is a god that permeates through all machines and that's why you need to pray to it in order for your shit to work the omnisaiah is their prophet which they believe to be the emperor gotcha gotcha gotcha yeah there's a big distinction i guess i thought the forge worlds were dedicated to like making super specific weaponry because like every time a forge world is brought up usually it's like whoa we can't let the forge world fall, that's where we make Titans, and that's like all they care about.

So, I guess that would be the higher priority. That would be the higher priority thing, but I guess it never crossed my mind that they would be making other stuff in these forge worlds too. I mean, you are right. Most forge worlds are dedicated to a very specific export. I mean, because remember, the Imperium has a million worlds. That scope is always lost on me. Yeah.

A million planets. Underneath the Imperials rule, these, we're talking about the seven, there's it six, no, seven forge worlds that are the most prominent and popular. Because there are many, many, many forge worlds. But they normally do have a dedicated export,

but they also make other stuff. But, yeah, there is dedicated one. Like, we'll talk about, I think it's Stidgeys at some point. Oh, no, no, Lucius? Shit. Riza, it's Riza. Like, Riza is really big into plasma. You know?

And we'll kind of like figure about that. Anyway, let's start off with the first major forged world, the forge world of Mars. And by the way, they all have a little logo. Their logos are dope as shit. Okay. I know, I don't know why that image isn't loading, but you can click on it. Yeah, I'll click on it. All of their logos are just really cool looking.

Now, Mars, of course, is in Mars. We all know where Mars is. Mars is kind of the boring one Only because it's the basic one It's like the ultramarines of You know stuff It's got this giant It's known as the red planets

It's got this gigantic ring Of forged spires that surround it It had its big issue With the dark Mechanicus During the heresy And of course I had all their major stuff Going on with the Age of Strife We discussed most of Mars

In the Admec episode Because Mars is kind of the birth Of the cult Mechanicus give or take. Terraform by humans in the early 22nd century, which is actually quite soon. And during the age of strife, they were cut off from the warp storms. And because of the warp storms and the weird requiring for technology to keep them alive in the thousands of years, they worshipped the Omnisayas.

They believed that that was the way to keep the machines running, to keep them all alive because their atmosphere was destroyed and they had to live underground. hence why their robes are red because it was camouflage on the Martian soil and it stuck Yeah and it stuck as their culture I love that that's why they wear red robes so that they could just camouflage on Mars

Which is obviously predominantly red Also it's a really fun idea Oh yeah Mars looks really cool when it's all admec'd Like with the man-made spires around it and like the, I don't know, is that, is that a city in the middle that's shaped like a skull? I believe that's, that's simply just, oh, you didn't show like a skull, that's fucking cool. Those are just like hive cities, like just giant hive industrial complexes.

That looks so cool that it's kind of shape like the, the ad mech skull. I love that. It's such a cool-looking, futuristic, grim, dark-looking planet. Like, that is the most 40K planet I've ever seen. Man, we're going to get to see some crazier 40K. planets coming up too, but yeah, it is a, yeah, the, the cog of Mars is just, it literally said they stamped the fucking cog seal of Mars right there. It's super fun.

Now, Mars in particular is known for their excessive dedication towards the machine god, and that's the Omnisius grace in general. If you had to choose, maybe, maybe it's not number one, but if I, if you force to be like, who is the most religious of all the forged worlds? probably say Mars. Oh yeah, because that's like their, essentially that's their Mecca, right? Because that's where their culture

and all of their beliefs started, yeah? Yeah, it's the, it is the birthplace of the, I have the book in my hands here, and there's always like a subtext for all of these Forge Worlds, and theirs is literally the birthplace of the cult Mechanicus. It is the holiest ground.

It is their Jerusalem. You know, it's their mecca. It is their spot. Mars, the place. They still wear. the red robes in other areas to dedicate themselves to it. And it is also

home to arch, like, Belisarius call, Archmegos, dominus, prime conduit of the Omnisiah. Wow. These fucking words, dude. What a name.

Arcanologist and fabricator, tyranist, Mechanicum, and Janitor Majoras. Belisarius call augments and supersedes, his numerous achievements as his demanding mind dictates. So, Call is, of course, the funky one,

who's probably been alive longer than the Horace heresy, but most definitely has a small AI with him. Most definitely, even though it's a little heretical, it's call. I feel like call gets a little bit of leeway, right? Call entirely gets a pass because Gilliman gives him a pass. The reason Call has... so much, right? Because, yeah,

call was the one who created the Primaris Marines. All those grav tanks we saw in the Kierath episode, all call. That's all him. And so Gilliman is like, buddy, I like the shit you're making.

You're a fucking weirdo. I like the stuff you're making, though. It's really helpful. I can't give you much, though, because if I try to promote you, Mars is going to go into Civil War. So... So what you're saying is,

Bellasarius found his calling. Calling. Ah, he's so funny. He thinks he's so fucking funny. He thinks he's so cool. I live for these reactions. He thinks he's such a fucking funny man. Funny guy right here.

God damn. He wants to call you on his telephone. Wow. All right. So anyway, in terms of the actual like gameplay of Mars, The whole idea is that when you actually play the army, there are two separate things you get to use for your army. You get something called canticles of the Omnisiah. And you also get something known as Doctrina Imperatives.

And what it does is allows these canticles, these blessings of the machine god to be present practically across your entire army. And they have... They have fun things. It's like their flavor text says, The favor of the machine god can be seen in the powerful optimization granted by every static-ridden zolm encanted by its most faithful followers. This is manifest also in Mars

its ultimate mastery of manufacture and the excellence of its craftsmanship. It's good. They have a, they have a, They have a, the stratium is known as wrath of Mars. None can smite the blasphemer like those from Mars. For theirs is the most righteous of zeal. All praise the glory of the machine God.

Wow. You know, it's Marlottry is just, it's dripping with it. It is the Jerusalem of the Omnisiah, you know, a big place. It's fun. Damn. All right. All right. It's a good time

Mars is a simple one But Mars is a lot of fun at the same time Yeah you can't talk about forge worlds Without talking about Mars It is the most important one It's the starting point It's yeah like you said It's their Mecca, it's their Jerusalem

It is it is the It is the forgiest world of forge worlds It's the forgiest forge world The forgeous forge world yeah The forgeous forge world Next up we have Forge World Metallica Oh, yeah.

Yeah. Obey your master. Anyway, sorry, yeah, go ahead. No, no, I appreciate that. What's the really famous Metallica song? Is that one or? Oh, man, there's so many. There's Master of Puppets is pretty popular.

Throw some names out there. Keep going. Enter Sandman. Uh-huh. Shit, I'm drawing a blank on other popular ones. What's the one that Avenge Sevenfold? copy by making buried alive. Oh shit, I don't remember.

Because I specifically remember Master of Puppets, Enter Sam, and then it's like, uh-oh, I can't think of anything. And then it's like, oh, yeah, they had that St. Anger album that everybody just loved. It's called one. It's just called one. The song is just called one. That's the one. I believe you.

I like it. I like the song a lot, actually. I think it's pretty, I think it's really good. Anywho, Metallica. Metallica! The under subtext is the gleaming giant of Ultima Segmentum. Quote, quote from them,

iron over flesh, cogitation over thought, information over conjecture. Thus is purity and victory assured. Oh, so they really lean into wanting to be robots. huh? Metallica. They're like heavily. Well, I guess that's part of the name, right?

Metallica, metal. Exactly. Metallica is almost in a planet entirely made of metal. Ooh. Is there a picture of this thing? I need to find one because there is no flora or fauna on the entire planet. The atmosphere barely accepts life. It wasn't always this way, but with a lot of time and effort,

like the Metallica industrial complex has fully turned this planet into like 95% flat out fucking metal whoa that is so metal dude I can't take today

I can't take today anymore I I can't I can't do this so can you only so you said it barely accepts life right So do you have to be like ultra heavily augmented Mechanicus to like be able to even thrive on this planet? Or you possibly might just be like one of the various people that lives like lives in the hive cities that probably have their own maybe some kind of.

Oh like an atmospheric bubble that lets them survive. Yeah. I don't know if this is the right image, but I would not be surprised if it was. Oh wow Yeah that that that city is Covered in just like Spires and cities And it does look like there's some kind of ad mech logo right smack dab in the middle in that circle

There's a couple of them There's one of the bottom left in the middle and the bottom right Oh shit you're right I don't know why I was just completely drawn to that one kind of in the middle Damn Yeah that that seems that seems about right That seems like a Metallica world yeah Yeah it is a world of a pure

metal. And what's interesting about them in particular is that it's actually located in the Carradon sector which is where they've recently had these Warzone Caradon books. So they're kind of having to deal with a big orc with a bunch of orc fuckers right now. Oof. That's no...

The way they were able to actually survive the age of strife way back in the day was using their massive Metallica Titan legions. And they fended off 32 Zenos invasions. And it had formed a giant empire with a bunch of neighboring systems,

and originally they were hostile to the Imperium when they arrived, but the tech priests saw their STCs down there and like, oh, wait, oh, wait, you guys are cool. Hold on, hold on, and they started doing diplomacy, and then things got worked out. I mean, the age of strife was a crazy time, so I don't necessarily blame them for just immediately being like, it's another invasion, kill them.

So, I get that. they're definitely known for their optimized mechanical output. They are big into the perfection of the craft of creation. You know, like they make sure that they are their relentless, not only in their movement, but also in their industry. That makes sense. That's the most important thing to think about is that, like, the mechanical sterility, like organic purity is bad.

Like, not only is it about, obviously you want to remove a lot of your body, because that's what Admec likes to do. Yep. But Metallica, like their planet, really want that kind of stuff. Yeah, they, even by Admec standards, they seem to go, like, above and beyond the whole, like, everything must be metal, everything must be machine. Like, they turn the whole fucking planet machine. Like, I imagine if you roll up on someone from Metallica, they have, like, no skin. and they've just grafted everything over. They begrudgingly don't like Mars as well

because they believe that their entire dedication of the machine god is theirs alone, and them pushing so hard into their industrial complex and their own body augmentation makes them better. And so, and so often, and they hate outside rule. Like, there's some good things here. the cacophony of thundering pistons roaring generatora clattering assembly lines and endless binaic plane song roll across the artificial landscape like sonic tidal waves the racket booms along ironclad canyons like the bellow of the machine god itself

it's literally like their level of industry means that we are number one and outside rule is unacceptable Damn. So how do they feel about the Imperium if they don't like outside rule? Like, because they're obviously under, I mean, they're essentially under the rule of the Imperium kind of sort of, even though the Imperium kind of lets them do what they want and worship what they want. That's still an outsider kind of telling them what to do, right? No, not quite. It's more like, it's more like if you work for a company, like you're for the company, you're for the company. But if a different. branch is trying to adjust how you do things, you're like, what the hell? Like, this is my, my office, not your office. What are you doing? Fair. That kind of thing. Like, they're still dedicated to the Imperium, of course, but they just don't like it when people tell them what to do in other ways. Fair enough. Fair enough. Fair enough. Next up is Riza. Riza. R-Y-Z-A. R-Y-Z-A. Riza is known for plasma. They are known as the Furn. The Furness

of shackled stars. Ooh, that's a really cool name. The furnace of shackled stars. Sounds like the faction that Redan would be a part of. Riton. The, uh,

the scourge of the Redawn Festival. Festival. Yeah. Iron fist Alexander. He shatling stars, didn't he? Yeah, he was a scourge of the Scroars the Stars, yeah. Star Scroars Redaer's Reda. You have to kill him so that

so that Ronnie can get free and the stars can start moving again. Yep. I always forget that Redonda's optional as a boss. It's just so weird. He really shouldn't be optional. He really shouldn't be. That's such a cool fight. Anywho, Riza was settled back through the Dark Age technology, which is why

it's generally well liked in its terms of plasma. They clung to faith with something known as the Omnisaiah Ig Vita, or life blood of the Omnisiah, which they believed to be plasma. So tons of plasma plasma, plasma reactors, plasma fuel, plasma weapons. They love their plasma manufacturing. And they also, like, they basically stood, like, were number two compared to Mars for a while

during the Great Crusade, which was good and handy because they also, during the Horacea reiser became this massive bastion of loyalists, despite being assaulted by the dark Mechanicus. They lost like four-fits of their planet infrastructure due to the Horacee stuff, but I think they generally see themselves as better than Mars because Mars had a dark Mechanicum problem during the Horus Heresy, and Riza stayed fiercely loyal. And they were like, kind of like how the sisters don't always see space marines as overly great

because half of them turn to chaos. Yeah, yeah. Also, is that picture of one of the Riza Mechanicus? Because they are freaky-looking. Yeah, actually, that's what most of them. skittari look like. That's, uh, well, even with like the glowing eyes and shit? Yeah, they have that stuff normally.

I mean, you know, there's like a bit of an artistic rendition of course. Maybe the plasma helps with the eyes a little bit, but whatever the reason. I don't know, I don't know why, but those glowing eyes in that one, uh, picture, fan art, whatever, are freaky. Like, that's like, that's like a horror poster. Yeah, it's, it's got good, like, um, I don't know the exact term for it, but the, like, the, the, the machine, the evil term. Terminator machines. Mm-hmm.

Definitely. The RISAs, besides liking plasma, a lot, are also very big on their melee. They often have incredibly high-level, like, honed blades. Very, very powerful, like transonic razors

and crap like this. Their quote is, let our enemies come. Let their blood be the un-unguent. Oh, shit. That... How you say, it? Un-G-U-E-N-T.

I don't know. I ain't ever heard that word before. I've actually have, I never know how to pronounce that one. I'm going to type it in. Okay, this didn't help. Wait. Unguint. There we go. Unguint. A soft or a soft greasy or viscous substance used as oint for a lubrication. Let their blood be the unguint

that greases the wheels of our endless blessed artifice. So, Anguant sounds like a word that you use when you're trying to sound hoity-toity and you're just, you're trying to sound better than everybody else and you're like, oh, should I say that it just oils or lubricates? No, no. It is the unguent of our hogs.

Yes, very indeed. Fuck you, GW. They do enjoy their relic weapons in close range combats, obviously. and like their dogma is really cool sounding it's called red in cog and claw so it's very bloody murder their warlord trait is called citation in savagery they're fun they're very fun i like risa and also you know risa would obviously think that they're better and hoity-toity because they see themselves as better than fucking mars

Oh, that's right they do So of course they're hoity-toity, yeah Yeah, it works out Hashtag Riza up Right Dude, every fucking one I can't get away It's right there! It's right there!

It's literally not, you have to make these puns They're right there, man! Come on Shai also said Riza had no moon So they said fuck it and built themselves A Metal Moon? Is that, is that one? They just built them

the moon because why not? Rise up. Rise up, yeah. Hashtag rise up. Stupid. All right. The next one we have is actually one of my favorite ones.

This is Stidgee's 8. Stigies 8, okay. Stigies 8 is a Forge World Moon. It's the eighth in a row, hence the Stigies 8. Stigies 8. was almost felt in a rebel,

a rebellion during the Horace heresy, and it was saved by the intervention of the Eldar. Wow, really? The Eldar came to the Admex rescue? I guess the dark, I guess they, maybe their seers saw something in the future or had a reason to or whatever. But because of that,

this made Stygis 8 have their own sect known as the Xenorites, who are entirely dead. to the study and exploitation of Xenos technology, which is a big no-no for many people. Yeah, I was going to say, that sounds a little on the heretical side if you're stuttering, if you're stuttering,

if you're studying Xenos tech and trying to repurpose it. And, uh, it likes that. I know the Mechanicum don't like that. They do not. Um, it is not unusual for them to set, out expeditions that will come under, in order to get more Xenos technology, and they will come under attack by other Zenos populations and possibly other imperial forces. And because of these

inner conflicts, the Zenerites have been forced deeper and deeper underground, both in physical terms and also in terms of in their like political sect. So this forge world has an infamous and suspicious reputation in the Imperium, but it is far too vital as a forge world to be interfered with. However,

the Ordo Xenos felt differently. And they launched a bunch of Death Watch Space Marine kill teams to invade the forge world and purge

them of their Zenos tech. And Stygies 8 did not take this very well. And they attacked them back. Oh, boy, civil war, huh? Uh-huh, by the Death Watch. Yeah, which is, ooh. So in the aftermath, the tech priest grew really fearful of the record of violations against them. So they launched a bunch of stealth attacks with viral programming,

machine canticles, and infiltration against the Adeptus administratum, documentarians in order to remove any and all data stacks that might contain information about Stygies 8. Wow. So they're just trying to wipe themselves clean from the record so that they can't be, so that they can't be like convicted. They constantly use an amount of, like, they have an untrustworthy reputation by having stealth screens and aspects befouling technologies to confuse their presence.

wherever they are and keep any and all knowledge of their equipment completely denied. They are, they are a problem child. Oh, I love it. I love it. Surely there must be some sort of book on the Stigies 8 Mechanicus, right? Because like, there's just, there's so much Civil War possibilities, and they're doing so much heresy, it sounds like the perfect setting for any number of admec central books. So, God, I like them a lot.

I like him a whole lot. They, I wouldn't be surprised if they were the main faction of the Mechanicus game. I don't think they were, but it wouldn't surprise me because they were talking here that they're big on seeking something known as Blackstone, which is something that, a large amount of necrons tend to have. And so they've been trying to wrestle away blackstone deposits from Necron Tomb Worlds because of that. Yeah, we talked about Blackstone a little bit in an episode, didn't we?

Well, the Blackstone Fortress is what Abadon Yeed at Acadia. Oh, that's probably what I was thinking. Okay. They're very bizarre. Their subtitle is The Ever Staring Cyclone. because they're always like kind of watching. They're always just figuring out crap. And so in game they play very stealthfully.

They have shroud protocols, veiled hunters, or some of their names. And it's cool because they use like stealth screen projectors and blurring out like their codes. So they look like little on, I was like screens or infrared or whatever to look at them. They might look like a jumbled munch, a static, you know, because of all their crap. It's pretty interesting.

Oh, man, I love it. I love everything about it. They sound so cool. They're really fun. I like them. I'm surprised. So, does their Ford World have a specific export that makes them super valuable to the Imperium? Because it seems like if they didn't export something really amazing,

the Imperium might just exterminate us the fuck out of Stygies 8. That depends. I will tell you as soon as I sneeze. Okay. God damn it went away. I can't sneeze. Oh, no. No, I hate that feeling.

Oh, God. So I mentioned that a bunch of Stigies once fucked around with some wild Zeno's tech as usual and woke up a Nekron Tomb World. While they managed to say the civilians, Trayson eventually showed up and put a bunch of tech priests in his museum. Of course he did. But they woke up a tomb world on accident? People do that a lot.

The admec in particular do that a lot. They really like to wake up tomb worlds accidentally. Yeah, and that's, you, oh, boy, you really don't want to wake up tomb worlds, especially if you're ad mech. You probably really don't want to see the necrons. Oof. So the, um, so yeah, the cities are a little bit bizarre in that way.

The next one we have, though, is Lucius. The hollow forge. Quote, basque the alloys in sacred light, ensure their scorched form be tempered with the blazing heat that which burns shall be ever blessed. It is the solar invocation.

These guys have the blessings of solar power because their forge world is hollow. Oh, is it, is it a, is it a, Dyson sphere? No, actually not. They have a, they have a hollow world, which means they build a bunch of shit on the inside as well of this hollow world. But on the center, they have an artificial sun. So it's like a Dyson sphere, but it's not a real sun.

Right. So it's the same, wow, it's literally a man, well, I guess I shouldn't say manmade because it's the Admec, but they made their own, they made an artificial star so they could build a world around it and have the same concept as a Dyson sphere? I think they had the hollow world first. And then they built a Titanic fusion reactor as like a mini sun in the center of their planet. Oh, that's, that's actually really cool. I like that a lot.

It is a giant, yeah, it's a giant hollow planet with a, uh, a, uh, a, uh, a giant, uh, a, a giant hollow planet with a, uh, a, a, uh, a, a, a giant, uh, a, a giant, artificial fusion reactor as a mini sun in the center. And this gives them an unimaginable power supply. Because no one knows where this mini star came from. No one knows. Oh, really? A bunch of tech priests take credit for it because they can because they're dicks.

But no one knows. No one knows what tech came from. Probably some old lost-to-time tech or maybe some Necron shit that they won't admit. Damn, that's so cool. I love the idea that they've made an artificial Dyson sphere. I fucking love that shit. That's rad. I love it.

Even the letter of Lucius itself is actually burned directly into the planet from that actual star thing. Oh, really? Yeah, it says the illuminated letter that forms Lucius the icon is burnt into the surface of the planet each detail a dozen miles from top to bottom. Damn. They're particularly known for forging and supplying weapons to their neighboring planet of Dada-da-da-da-da, Krieg. Oh, Krieg!

Many Death Corps regiments are supplied entirely from Lucius. Oh, okay, cool. Good for you, Krieg. I guess. I guess it's one of the good things that happen to create. No, there's not many. Lucius, of course, their main idea in dogma is the, like, the blessings of the sun, the solar forge. So they have a thing called solar blessing or luminescent blessing or the solar flare, that kind of stuff. It's very much dedicated for a, what is it?

is dedicated entirely for the idea that the solar power supply they have makes their armor, like, very unique by solar blessed ores that are used in their forges for their excellent craftsmanship. Like, dazzling consecration and their fancy flare, like engines, shit like that. Yeah, that makes sense that they would be all about solar, the power of the sun, and stuff like that. Because, you know, when you're in an artifice, when you're in a hollow sphere,

that has a giant radiating sun thing in the middle of it. Yeah. Yeah, I could see that. A radiating sun that powers most of your shit, too. Oh, yeah, yeah. So it literally gives you all everything that you've got. You know, it powers everything. Not only that, but it's also like,

it's also the fact that these damn bastards have a, what's the time I'm looking for? Wait, wait, what the hell shy? I was distracted because I saw Shai's message in the chat that said their battle him is walking on sunshine Whoa And don't feel good I forget what I was going with this shit it's fine David Shai

Yeah you've ruined the whole episode Shai with your Where's your pun DK I mean I think You know this is shy's walking on sunshine has got to be the pun for this planet. Whoa. Yeah. Definitely.

I gotta feel good. It's gotta feel good. Next planet. Next next one. Next one is a fun one. It's known as Agropina, the orb of a million scars.

I hate that I giggled like a fucking two-year-old and I was like that sounds kind of like penis. Agri-penes. Agripea. What are they grow up for dicks? Nice cock. Agripp, anyway. Nice cock. Yeah, I have the mentality of a 12 year old. Sorry, everyone. Yes, you do. But it's okay. So does, do I.

Agropina is a forge where that exists upon the threshold of the eye of terror. Which is why it was one of the main suppliers, or at least was, for the defenses of the Acadian system. And if it were not for the defenses of the Cadian system and their... Ah, crap. What's the term when two things work together? Symbiotic relationship. Yep. Symbiotic relationship between the Cadians being supplied stuff from Agrippina and Agrippina being protected by the Cadians, both would have eventually died. This horrible chaos invasion, though, because they're so close to the Eye of Terror,

for a long time many warpsmiths especially the iron warriors really really liked to raid the planet because they wanted their shit this has left the planet's atmosphere and appearance to be very scarred lots of cracks and slices all across hence the world orb of a million scars oh wow that's a cool name but ooh that sucks yeah it's uh it's often made it's that a lot of their indes industrial slaves and the like are all underground. And they use the assistance of the Cadians in order for protection in order for weaponry, the usual type of stuff. They also support a lot of them stuff with agricultural worlds as well, lots of food around

there and these plants called Yeor, Dentor, and Uthor that all provide food. And then they, with their slaves, they use that food to, you know, go around here and there. It's the usual kind of stuff, you know. Agrippina to me is not particularly, you know, I don't find them overly fascinating personally. Yeah. They're okay. However, they are known to be really cool in terms of this one of their abilities.

They're all about defense. Staunch defenders. They have a thing called the verse of vengeance, which is kind of funny. Cool name. There's some cool names. Agrippina also loves its slaves. That's, it does sound like it, yeah. like it, yeah.

Yikes. It is, they enjoy, like, servitors and, like, the cataphrons. They're the ones that have, like, tank treads for their bottom half. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's shit like that that makes them a lot, really powerful or a lot, like, stronger. It's using that kind of stuff.

So, how is, how's Agrippina doing now that the, you know, now that Kadia has fallen and had a fortress thrown at it and is just, you know, destroyed. and the, the, what is it, the eye of terror just, like, because they're right there. Attacks from chaos have increased tenfold, and things are getting difficult. Oh, so it's not great for Agrippina.

It could, it could be doing a little better, yeah. Yeah, that's, yeah, I'm kind of surprised that Agrippina wasn't just, you know, just, swallowed by chaos and just completely overrun and just taken over. Yeah, it's, um, it's a, it's a little bizarre in order to, to properly, like, like, they're, it's a little bizarre with Agrippina.

They're, um, they're still, I think it's like, because KFalkadia was so recent lore, never quite caught up. So that kind of what's going on with that thing. But yeah, Agrippina is having a bit of a harder time, which is why they rely so heavily on slaves and so heavily on their slave mechanicus, gentlemen. Agapena actually does look kind of cool.

I think their robes look really dope. They've got like dark black and red robes. They also have a fun quote. Thou shalt not suffer to live those who practice auto idolatry or false worship of illogical deities in the sight of the Omnisiah. Cleanse forever the galactic new sphere of their datacrosive taint and thus know his blessing. Damn, Agrippina.

Okay. Okay, they're a supply world. They're a strong supply world. I actually find their gameplay to be really fun. Just like, just as these names, like the verse of vengeance. It's just really cool. But they also have this arc mechanic I'm called the Eye of Z. Lexum, which is a legend of acropina, a servo skull made from the cranium of a fallen tech priest.

And so that even in death, its withering gaze can reveal the weakness of every foe. just some weird shit like that, you know? Damn. So if they're mostly a supply world, how exactly do they play in game? Well, because they're constantly being defending from Terra, they're often as defense characters. Oh, okay, you're right. That makes sense.

Yeah, so like whenever they get attacked like a charge, they can do this thing called like saying to defend. If they make a range to attack within half range, they get extra AP because they're closer. Their warlord trait, which is the verse of vengeance, makes so that if something dies on like a four-up, they can shoot on death, which is really handy. Oh, yeah.

And they can, like, increase their toughness, like, with a strategy. Shit like that. Cool, cool, cool, cool. So they're tanky. Yeah, it's tanky. Last one, and this is my favorites of the Forge World, Stigi's was my number two. This is Grya.

Grya. Gaya. I don't even know if you roll the R, but I think it's cool if you roll the R. G-R-A-I-A-A. Grya, the crown of miracles. Ooh, okay. Just as the blessed industry of the Omnisayas never, or is ever an, is ever unending. So too must be the devotion of his servants.

With motion, do we offer him worship and with toil and with toil and with tireless labor? I don't know why that was hard to read. Sorry. Grya is known for being undomitable They refuse to yield in battle Their army is nothing but Like ironclad control

They're so hardwired in their lodge They can shield themselves even from enemy's psychers Because of their power and their head But what makes Grya awesome What makes Grya so fucking cool is the fact that it is not a forge world, so to speak. It is known as the Gryan crown, an entire belt of iron that surrounds their planets.

So Grya is a planet, but it has this thing known as the Gryan crown, which is an independent giant network entirely surrounding Grya that can jump into the warp. Oh. And it can then travel to a separate planet attach itself as a giant ring around it and then start using the, and then start deploying like resources in order to take,

or like resource gathering in order to take the planet's resources, and then go back in the warp and leave again. Oh, that's so fucking cool. Cool. So it's like an actual like crown around the plant that can just warp to other planets and just take all the resources, warp back and just give it all the Grya. Okay, I made a slight mistake. Grya is the name of the world. The world is known as Grya.

It has the Gryan crown, which is a section of it that surrounds it. Okay, cool. And yes, that entire crown of star stations can then go into the warp, go to a different planet, set up their own ring, and then immediately get a bunch of like just people to go and sap the planet dry of resources and then send them back to Grya. Oh, that's so cool. Oh, my God. That is really fucking cool. It is, uh, it is interesting because the Gryans Guitari acting. more like automata than beings. They will walk straight forward into giant chaos demons or literal hails of gunfire and bombs

and they will just be in lockstep, almost like necrons. With this unflinching, bright, blinking eyes of the Skatari, like their mindless determination is paramount. Grine soldierly is the idea that unless the, the, the stain of blood covers their mechanical feet, they have not done their job.

Whoa. So is that just because they have, they're so far gone from flesh and they've replaced so much with metal and computers and tech that they're just basically robots that just are autonomous, I guess. And they're not necessarily,

a bit more like necrons. Yeah. where the lower soldiers are a little more mindless. Yeah, so they're way more like robots. Like they've just completely gotten rid of anything human and just basically, they're like an ad mech wet dream where they're just robos. I mean, most ad mech are robos to begin with.

That's just kind of what they are is they tend to have the similar necron vibe. But Grya is much more in the idea, like we will refuse to yield. their warlord trade is mantra of discipline stratagem steel mind iron logic like it's it's just dedicated machine god here there everywhere

there there there there's no going out going back like this is what we are damn oh shh said the space brain game takes place on Grya yep they're known for a ton of Titan legions as well oh shit I didn't I didn't realize the space bring game took place on Grya that's cool

yep yep The whole Space Spring game is all on Grya. I can see why they would be so dead set on keeping Grya, though. You probably don't want to lose Grya, if at all possible. Especially not to the Zeno Scum. Yeah, those stupid ass orcs. And then it goes chaos after that, too. Yeah, the chaos part of that game is where it really falls flat.

Like, it just turns into a bunch of, hey, look, here's a tanky thing. Yeah, that stuff isn't that great. Yeah. There's some, there's like a couple other ones. Like, in the book, they have, uh, Oh, so real quick, sorry. Drya is definitely like, yeah, it's my favorite from a lore perspective. They're not very good on the game, on the tabletop, unfortunately, which makes me real upset.

It's just not that good. But they're really cool. Like, the cold logic is really fun. Yeah. There's a couple other ones. There's a, yeah, Gryon crown is badass. So cool. Oh, my God.

There's a couple other ones out there. There's a Voss Prime. They're known as the right hand of Mars. Griffin the fourth, which is the Lost Forge, Triplex Fowl, the Forge of the Eastern Front. And I like Forge World Damos, which is the gift of the Sigelite. Malcador, the Sigelite, in fact.

Yeah. It's upon the inception of the Grey Knights. This one, they had to supply the Grey Knights with stuff. So, Damos was the one that they used in order to, in order to, you know, give them their stuff. Cool. Good for them. Yeah, it's a secretive subsect of the Mechanicus, but, you know, they have to give the Grey Knights their fancy-pancy shit, so...

Of course, yeah. I assume most Space Marine chapters would probably want to have their own, like, admec sponsor, right? That's like, oh, yeah, we will exclusively provide you with fancy-smancy weaponry and armor and whatever. They often do. They often do have their own, like, Vangish Manchi Armour, as you say. Because it just helps a lot in order for them to get what they need. Yeah, on mass and... On mass and...

Yeah, often Admec have their own worlds for Space Marines. If you remember in Blood River, they had Ganji Station, which was meant for supplying the Marines' errands, which they then... took and stole, you know. Yeah. The Marines' errant don't actually exist anymore, right? They just got totally wiped out. I actually don't know. I feel like that actually, they talked about that in the book where like, well, it didn't, it was something like that. Either the night lords got rid of the last of them

or something, something like that. I don't. I believe you. Oh, boy, that's a risky endeavor, my friend. Believing you? Yeah, that's, that's a coin flip. That's a coin flip. That's a, sir. Sir, you do not realize what you have done. You do not realize what you have done. Every comment's going to be like, um, you know,

TK's wrong and the night's Aaron is still around. I didn't, wow, they, that, I'm not sure how I feel about that last part, but you know what? All right.

I was consumed by Cthulah for a second there. Sorry. It didn't sound like Cotho was consuming. You were you consuming Cthuloo. I mean, that Cuthusi, right? Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. I wish I had more to talk about so I can get off of this fucking conversation, but unfortunately I'm stuck here.

The ride never ends. The ride never ends. I hate it.