Oh look, the completely predictable thing everyone predicted was actually happening happened right under the MC's nose.
Provably untrue given we know from the last few years of Codex's that they actually have begun to go through the internal reform needed to fix their problems.
"How do we integrate humans" would require destroying both Chaos and the Imperium.
The Imperium isn't fascist. it's actually very medieval, with a hereditary aristocracy bound together by feudal obligations and a few shared institutions.
Mr Zoat said it was "basically incapable" showing it is in fact capable contradicts that.
Which they can't do with the Imperium and Chaos around.
"To be fair, I actually did have some success getting various factions in the Vega system to turn into Totally Legitimate Businessmen. Yes, I needed to wipe out a clone army there, but that was mostly unrelated."
'feels' here.
Really, the true secret of Chaos recruitment ties into the Warp itself: the reason they can just steal your soul is because the Warp IS your soul.
I would argue that "the Imperium is only capable of change if its god or one of his demigod sons is the one pushing the change, and even then it will be a slow, torturous process" does in fact line up with "basically incapable" of change, given the way the term "basically" is typically used in this context. ie: a roughly accurate account of a more complex situation.
You uh, don't really understand chaos or the imperium do you?
Thank you, corrected.
Some sort of pulsed pressure drive effect, maybe. Condensing and pushing masses of water so quickly that it looks like a continuous effect. Or just some 'solid' spots around him that he's hauling, like picking yourself up by your bootstraps... Which with magic is entirely possible.
At worst, they'd have become general thugs, doing minor crimes and maybe getting locked up when they turned eighteen.
Honestly, he might be completely serious. He's never really played the secret identity game. And he's always been about reform over punishment.
Circumstance, and the need to fight a true evil.
No more having to kill unreasonable amounts of soldiers in space wars, certainly. Much nicer to drag humanity into uplift programs.
Because you're a shark, and they aren't, for a start.
In other words, they aren't just swimming really fast.
I'm guessing something like a giant whale-shark, engineered to carry vast amounts of material in internal pouches.
And at any significant depth, light is basically useless. More likely to have sonar guidance. Or some exotic magical navigation.
True, his entirely-human appearance might look out of place in a city being used as a dumping ground for piscine-anthropomorphs.
An amusing model for OL to use as a basis. Presumably with some colouration adjustments, though.
Hopefully no-one notices the odd manta-man out.
'Refugees', eh? Cast out of the 'pretty' cities because of perceived 'impurity'. Gee, not looking any better for Ahri'ahn, is it?
Though a little conspicuous, if it's mammalian. The typical piscine Atlantean is fish, not aquatic mammal - no dolphin or whale folk, for example, what with the whole air-breathing thing.
Presumably they'll be taken as folks moving of their own accord ahead of 'enforced relocation'.
It could be all three, given the nature of aquatic cities. Especially since anything coming in doesn't necessarily have to set down on the ground.
Mixing in with the rest of the displaced mass, eh? As long as they didn't do a head count beforehand...
Patience, young shark. It isn't entirely safe to leave just yet, but once you do, you'll get your cash.
An unpleasant comparison, but an apt one, given Ahri'ahn's segregation.
And there was no military guard around the borders of the city that they could see. Unless it's closer in.
Man, Ahri'ahn didn't really pay much attention to modern history, did he?
That is a good point, but I suspect the shallower cities are seeing a lot less piscine-Atlanteans on the street these days.
Definitely refugee transportation, then. surprised no guards, unless any mind-control makes them go along with directions even after an extended period.
Ah, one of Superman's old girlfriends, at least in the Silver Age. The local one is a minor student alongside Kaldur, Garth and Tula. But she's met OL, so...
And hopefully no-one takes note of the three teleporting sea-folk...
Conditioning or simply beat-down after several months of Ahri'ahn's rule, I wonder?
A risky move. If there's an ongoing loyalty effect, she could have started screaming about enemies of the state or the like.
Ha, I get it. She's a student, so she offers prayers to Metis to aid her learning.
I would have expected someone of less lofty rank than the King himself. Presumably things are upset enough the authority is needed to keep the peace.
GW literally just released an animated short showing what the Custodes do to ensure the Psyker Tithe even on doomed worlds.
No, because because people would still want Power, Immortality, Forbidden Knowledge, and Depraved Sex.
No? It's becoming really clear you don't know much about the setting outside of the wikia and fan fiction.
If only Paul had a power ring capable of miracles that could wake that Demigod early... Oh wait...
That is a recent thing, prior to the Era Indomitus and Rowboat's revival the Custodes had not left the Imperial Palace since the Horus Heresy, and the Black Ships were run exclusively by the Sisters of Silence.
That bit could potentially be explained by Guilliman just using the resources they have in a more intelligent and effective way and not throwing them away in pointless and self-destructive endeavors like the previous leaders.
For reference:
There's a tendency for naming in DC to be implausibly on-the-nose. Paul has remarked upon it out loud at least once. See Ways and Means (part 4)
I wouldn't be surprised if it had come up in the Ambush Bug sequence, but I wasn't able to find a reference quickly.