Within 40K I think its fair to say many of the things that can happen while youre still alive far worse than simply the ways to die. If you have idea for other list videos please drop them below - this wont be super regular content but fun to throw these in from time to time. Like the vid? Hit the Like 👍
Maybe the worst fate could be the emperor himself stuck perpetually in a state between life and death feeding off his own people for psychic energy that his followers around him are all to eager to provide knowing that his imperium has possibly strayed from the path he originally intended for them unable to speak move or even breathe intergrated to the golden throne unable to recover and lead mankind to its destiny.
To be honest, LT (though this may not be a most popular idea) I'd love an in-depth look at the Silent Sisters/Sisters of Battle, from their inception through to their current place in the ranks of the Imperium. It's a subject that isn't saturated and I'm sure you, of all 40k creators, would make it a fantastic and exceptional experience. Edit: I realise it's not a "list" but still, something to consider for a future piece? Thanks.
@@marcopolo9549 Yeah, I saw a clever comment on another video that said, "Star Wars and Star Trek fans are like 'I wish I could live there' and 40k fans are like "nah, I'm fine.'" :P
The true most terrifying thing in the entire WH40k universe is still the latina mothers and their chanclas. Except this time, they no longer have flip flops. They have cybernetic enhancements
@@Xo-3130 More like, someone needed to fill a form so the planet *wouldn't* be glassed and the Inquisitor thought the sector governor would do it and the Governor thought the Inquisitor would.
I love how 40k has managed to pinpoint such a vast variety of suffering. Not just the scale, but the amount and the diversity; it's like a roulette table and every number is a totally different terror you can land on.
40k universe deciding your fate: okay Let's spin the wheel of suffering... aaaaaand... congratulations you are soul trapped into the living skin of a starship that uses suffering as a power source.
eh, if you're one of those necrons who're still sentient you're immortal, nearly unkillable, have the best technology in the galaxy, and even the tyranids are scared of you, not sure even the dark eldar would bother with trying to mess with you unless you've done something to mess with them, but even then you're still more powerful than them
I'd say a particularly bad time would be for a human on one of the worlds that joined the T'au right before the Damocles Gulf Crusade. Feeling like the Imperium forgot/abandoned you and joining with these nice Xenos even though in the back of your mind you know the Empire may come back. Then a short bit later the imperium Comes in guns blazing
just take off the damn uniform lul you were spying and changed your name to alpharius, The info i have gathered.... they are filthy commie xeno's from Asia
The love of the God-Emperor of Mankind, so often promised, is curiously lacking. Yet the moment you stop believing that the God-Emperor loves you, the God-Emperor's seething, raging wrath is shockingly forthcoming. The Imperium you are "part of" doesn't care to help you. It only watches and waits for you to step out of line so it can almost eagerly throttle you and disembowel your children and decry your entire people as vile scum.
@@naughtybear2187 no probably the most realistic. A very big part of our planet is suffering. And with more war, religious fanaticism, xenophobia and tyrannical rule. Everything being shit sounds about right and realistic
@@lars7747 Not to presume or anything but when I hear someone say something along the lines of this I immediately think "This person has no experience with other places outside his home country". Just to be clear I had this same type of thinking as you do, but that is before I went to these supposed "armpits" of the world. The people there are some of the best and genuine company I have ever met. These people were true christians (I went on missions) and had a deep sense of community you don't see back in the states. In reality the world isn't as bleak as some might think is all I'm trying to say.
@@naughtybear2187 ive visited every continent except Antarctica and have been to many very poor countries. My experience was a lot, lot different from yours it seems. A starving family wint give their last scraps to feed a guest like travel blogs like to suggest. They'd sooner kill you
@@lars7747 that Is not what I suggest. Please tell me about these experiences you've had. How did you afford to go to all these places? Sounds interesting!
"All we ever wished, was to be left alone..." Imagine being the primordial Marine hearing this and then many years later running into the Horus Heresy. If this doesn't mentally mess with you I don't know what does because you basically wiped out a race that would've helped you against other factions because you were given orders down the chain to do so.
I heard about a short story today about the Custodes and the Sisters of Silence that killed several Marines because they were part of a heretical chapter, even though they were new to the chapter and didn't know about their brother's heresies.
@@Grabthar191 that's not exactly what happens tho. If I remember correctly they told the primaris marines to stand down and that they would be kept in check while their heretical chapter would be purge. And the primaris flat out refused, stating that their chapter (that they've never even seen at this point) couldn't be heretical. Usually, when the big guns tell you to stand down or it means you side with the enemy, you listen to them
@@hasunoushasu9710 Space marines were never known for their great reasonableness. I guess Belisarius forgot to add that into the primaris along with his other improvements.
*Pre-Heresy Emperor:* "If we don't destroy your miracle-tech civilization and replace with grimy diesel-punk hoopla and slavery, then Chaos wins.........Don't look at me that way. It just works."
Although I heard that the afterlife in 40k for humans is better in the sense that the souls just become part of the warp again with no actual suffering The Eldar on the other had... let just say they value their soul stones for a reason... ...Slaneesh.
@@fullmetalalkami6466 Facing the Orks is the biggest relief a human can have in Warhammer universe. You can atleast being murdered/eaten instead of any other fuckeries. And that's guaranteed.
Worst time to be alive...? Me dakka's broke, I've lost me choppa, and some complete BASTARD 'as signed a groggin' peace treaty... Fuck this shit. I'm goin' down the pub.
Loved hearing about the poor guardsman chosen by Nurgle. It seems the humble guardsman is the first shield against any foe from hordes of ravenous Tyranids to Horus himself
If you're a normal human, the good news is that, upon dying, you'll be spared the warp's torments since your soul would simply dissipate in its currents. Just don't be a psyker or draw a daemon's attention.
the more and more I learn about the emperors deeds, the less and less I feel sorry for him being on the golden throne and realizing that the khans thought of his father the emperor was right that he was nothing more than a tyrant and really no better than the people he deemed evil.
He is indeed a tyrant. But he is a well informed tyrant. That's why he did what he did, because if he had succeed, the chaos gods would have fall, and humanity dominance over the galaxy would have succeed. Sadly, it goes how it usually goes, humans being asses against one another, and the emperor being too much of a tyrant.
@@manhphuc4335 The entire assumption of religion being superstitious nonsense and the sole cause for humanity's quarrelsome nature and disunity is pretty much bullshit. Humans spread out, develop different mannerism formed by their environment which become moral guidelines and later on rules can be useful. It is simply part of nature that people are different, and so are nations. And finally planets. By trying to create a realm with a single ethical guideline, a single ruler, a single army, etc, the Emperor of Mankind has done the dumbest mistake anyone could have made and pretty much doomed humanity. Well informed my ass. He is a pretentious idiot with the ability to understand the complexity of human nature and religion commonly found in a three year old.
When living as a psyker in WH40k's universe your forced to put up with the galaxy's/Imperiums' shenanigans to the point that you'd wish you'd die...only to find out your soul goes to the warp and is subjected to the shenanigans of the Chaos gods and their kinks. So you choose to live with the galaxy's shenanigans.....until Chaos invades, then you get the best of both shenanigans!
@@awakeandwatching953 Codex Chaos Demons 8th edition, page 7, first paragraph. "When devotees of Chaos die, their souls do not fade in the warp and disappear like the spirits of others." This doesn't change the fact GW is notorious for changing their lore, but they do spell it out in this codex at least... until they change the lore again.
@@TheBard1999 when your privileged in the west yes, but don't forget alot of the current human population don't have access to basic food, water and shelter. Trust me current humanity isn't nearly as good as you think it is, especially if your born at the bottom of society
@@MagikarpMan It is infinitely better than 40k. I've been to plenty of 3rd world countries, and honestly a lot of the people there are way more grounded and happier than in the US, UK, and other Western countries I've spent time in. Sure they have problems, but they also see the simple joys in life. There's zero comparison, 40k is absolutely worse than the vast majority of people's current experience in life.
“See this ‘ere sarge? This ‘ere me holy hand grenade. If I’m bout to get taken, I just pull the pin.” ‘Private, that is against Guard regulations! Grenades are expensive, you slit your throat to escape a terrible death like a good Imperial Guard!’
Man that sucks. I’ve been out at the range, hiking, going to lunch with friends, barbecuing, haven’t caught it or know anyone who’s caught it. You know you can like, step outside for some fresh air right?
Thanks for making 40k lore so accessible to people who don't play the ttg! Your videos got me into it a couple of months ago and now I'm hyped to get my first miniatures soon.
@@casiocfx I'm currently stuck between either getting a little starter kit with 1 necron and 1 space marine or a small unit of space marines. Gonna need to get some brushes and colors as well, so I'll probably just take the necron and marine first to try it out.
@@AnimeFan9833 for the start this seems like a good idea. Starting with a smalller amount of standard models, trying a few things out and gather some experience sounds cool. Much joy and effort with your new models! Have a great time and all the best! Listening to Luetin‘s Videos while painting makes much fun.
There is something so cathartic about hearing such a calm voice describing the atrocities and shenanigans of the sharpest edge of the world. Sweet dreams!
I started painting miniatures last year and just started reading the Horus Heresy novels (I am now at book 8). The Diasporex captains last words were indeed truly tragic and made me reconsider switching to making a xenos army instead of going on with my space marines xD
It's always interesting to hear about the various budding successful human civilizations before the crusade - I agree it'd be really interesting to see where one stood in the modern age contrasted with the imperium.
The night lords trilogy description of the screaming gallery is forever burned in my mind. The night lords are the most damnable chaos legion to me. They we're always the very worst humanity had to offer and you can't even blame their nature on chaos manipulation. "We were murderers first, last, and always!" -Jago Sevatarion
A Night Lord and an Emperor's Children spot each other on the battlefield, both draped in skin and grisly trophies from countless battlefields. Their fields of vision narrow in reciprocal condemnation. One of them is going to have to go home and change.
@@sunburst8810 Just find a local space marine, get hopped up on morphine to attempt to null pain then say the Emperor is not a God then hope the bolter is aimed for your head
Internet article: “if you could be any character in your favorite franchise what would you be?” Me, a Space Marine enthusiast: “Do I have to live in that universe?” Internet article: “Yes” Me, no longer a Space Marine enthusiast: “Guess I’ll be a Jedi in the Old Republic”
While it's not exactly in line with everything you've covered so far, I'd love it if you made a small mention of those living on Holy Terra in the next part. I vaguely recall reading a piece of lore that the population of pilgrims was in the trillions. Entire generations come and gone, waiting in orbit for a chance to even set foot on the surface. They all believe it's worth the deaths so at least one part of their family at some point will make it, such is their devotion.
Dont you have some timmys to be killing from a bush or a trap base to build? Oh wait , you're the guy with the memorable intro song and sick rust comeback stories.
@@JudicialBrat They merely exploited an opourtunity created by the Emperor. Had the Primarchs been made aware of the Primordial Annihlator and the Emperor not horribly mishandled Lorgar,, Kor Pharoah and Erebus would have had no opourtunity to exploit.
already 3 armies into this game. with 3 more waiting in the wings. mind says buy more models, wallet says not gonna happen. this, is the worst time to be alive.
I’m a lover of 40k novels and an avid painter of minis purchased from my local game store. It all started after i started watching your videos last summer. Cheers, friend!
In the Grim Dark Future there is only waiting a few Millennia for Luetin to upload videos. But here in the present, we are blessed with numerous videos! The Emperor be praised!
I personally would've liked to see an Emperor that would've been like "Doing fine? Dope, Would you like to open democratic and trade negotiations? Perhaps allow volunteers from your populace into our military? Share tech knowledge?" Just open business relations. You'll be able to field and launch armies from yet another planet to boot.
@@AwankO No, it wouldn't. The entire point of the great crusade was to wipe out all worship and religiosity in order to kill the chaos gods. Doing that requires all human cultures to be completely dominated and reformed by the imperium.
@@jimmehjiimmeehh9748 to be fair it would be a lot easier to do that after swooping in, chatting up the locals, and coaxing their STC knowledge out of them before you turn their planet into a glass parking lot.
@@joevenespineli6389 Look up Traveller if you want a "post apoc, dark age" sci-fi with multiple human empires and also aliens. Look up Battletech if you want one without aliens. I mean there's plenty others (ie Dune), but those are ones that have full fledged games attached to them.
Being made into a servitor is my absolute nightmare. Just alive enough to know you've been made into a drooling almost mindless machine, but can't do anything about it.
Pretty sure being born to royalty is also pretty shit. It is basically a forced +100 modifier to falling to Tzeentch. If you don't do the whole plotting&scheming thing then you won't be royalty for long.
Eh royalty have people to help them out with every single thing anyway and have private armies and bodyguards, so they’d do just fine unless they are stupid enough to commit heresy without a thought over the consequences.
@@Stephen-tq1jh So what in human history has ever proved something like the Federation could ever be run successfully and not immediately turn in to a genocidal shitfest?
I feel like a human faction being discovered that still uses super advanced DAoT tech and AI (allowing it to stand up to the imperium) would be a really interesting direction to take the lore
Thank you for all these shiver-down-to-your-blood videos. If you feel like a break in this type of content, I'd like to see a list of something along the lines of "things or people you would want to be in 40K" Not that I'm sure there is much xD
There was one fucked up thing I remember reading but I wasn't sure if it was canon. Basically it was humans on a Chaos ship hanging from the walls completely flayed. Chaos was using their blood for some ritual I think and the humans were definitely alive during and after the flaying.
The Assyrians were experts at that kind of thing. You lived long enough to witness your skin being nailed up on the wall next to your skinless body. Great people, those Assyrians.
I don't know if I'm alone in this but I love to just lean back and space out (no pun intended) listening to Warhammer lore. Sometimes I even end up falling alseep. I used to do the same with OneMindSyndicate but his vids lately are just 5 mins of general trivia and the rest is painting his minis.
The emperor's proghet is back ,praise luetin praise the emperor , luetin you are the only youtuber i watch fanatically. Wish you all the best. Ps how is your voice, is it better
God Is it wrong i laughed so hard when I read the headline and seen the picture for the video 🤣 can't wait to listen to it, looking forward to the next one man 👍👍👍
Hey o/ just want to say thank you for brining me into 40k..... a year ago i didnt know much about 40k, now im reading a ton of books (totally love the "Horus Heresy") and today i painted my first Space Marine ^^ so thank you really much, keep up the awesome work
Imagine, dude ; An STC- DaoT tech moon like the Phalanx ; that had endeavored to travel to the next galaxy, and comes back to the IoM ; but still with state of the art tech. There was that mini story when it had been one ship ; but imagine it on a larger scale... the shock for the IoM at large ! Otherwise : there, inquisitor ! At 17:51 timecode, i distinctively hear a sarcastic tone in favor of heresy ! ^^
I would love to have another human faction in 40k that is not part of the inperium or worships chaos, just a civilization that was somehow able to resist the emperium. Maybe a small part of the interex surviving the attacks and going into hiding, where they grew more powerful and are ready to strike back now
Just imagine if the imperium was a little bit more willing to adopt additional species as protectorate races. It's a thing which is already done, but imagine if the diasporics were put in such position rather than going to war with them, or if the craft worlds were offered the opportunity to do so or at the very least a mutual non-aggression pact was forged like fulgrim intended originally. Just think of the unimaginable advantage it would be to have information gathered from craftworld farseers about slaneshi forces or dark eldar
I feel like the emperor himself must feel terrible. Hes slowly dying on his chair, has to constantly fight the warp with his mind and around him him legacy is slowly being destroyed.
There are very few universes i would want to live in. Most people pick them on the assumption that you will be the hero. Take Skyrim. If you are not the dragonborn, it is pretty horrible (of cause not 40K horrible, but compared to our world, yea)
@@And-ur6ol I really dislike these comments, please don't start comparing either of the two, it makes no sense. reee its so bad. I'm fairly certain there is enough people in this comment section fine with being a conduit for Chaos and would have no regents. You could say it would be horrible but eh guess what? It ain't you though ^^ Plus happy is subjective bias and doesn't fit for everyone never forget that (apparently you and Ali forget this). It's not going to discourage me from taking the options of Justice League/Teen Titans, Hunter X Hunter or even Stargate/Star Trek, Riddick verse and that's not even my "terrible list" (as my terrible list has other things on there not just 40k), it's much longer however I wouldn't have selected either Skyrim or 40k as such as choices in the first place so... seriously come on guys, Skyrim, really? lol Quite frankly, this is stating the obvious which you should already know but no one could survive 40k from coming here because of the amount of psykers across the board -- who will just detect you from the ground up... and that's it. It's over even the bounty hunters would likely find this out easily and your done so forget Chaos or "the warp", the pskyers are the most likely thing to occur due to the fact that they have many implanted on Hive Worlds, on vessels everywhere to me, it seems meaningless as any amount of deviation from the "Linear path of the Imperium of Man" rules out survival to me. Additionally, there are NOT few universes you can live in, there's plethora of fictional ones out there to consider the options, it's still asinine to suggest such otherwise -- so don't complain if the world you live in is not that interesting/boring or limited still and in scope either. ^^
@@FriezaReturns00001 I did read your comment but I think either I'm being stupid or your wording was a little confusing. Do you mean to say that just because I don't want to live in 40k doesn't mean others have the same opinion? I know that lol. I'm just speaking on my own behalf. I wouldn't actually mind living in the Elder Scrolls though.
Hey, Luetin. Great video, looking forward to this one, as to all others. But I would like to ask you if you could do another episode detailing the lore of the Hive Luetin Necropolis? Canon lore is great, and a fan work written by someone such as you with a comprehensive idea on the matter (of WH40K) strikes me as being more intriguing somehow. Maybe it's just because your voice is so great. Maybe it's because I'm also actively looking for further inspiration in my works. Whichever the reason, your work is more than appreciated.
There is this one Necron lord I can't remember but he is in a short Deathwatch story, he has the ability to freeze living beings in a state of conscious stasis, and then he reposes them into scenes in a giant living museum
His exhibits include another Tanith Regiment and Catachan Jungle Fighters. He also used to have a Tyranid life-form but it kept escaping stasis containment and attacking other exhibits so he exterminated it
So I've read all of "The Beast Arises" series, and I think I would love to hear your input and narration on the subject. It's easily the most Grimdark I've seen in WH40K literature so far, and I've read a decent amount of the HH.
How about 10 times the Mechanimus made it worse. Mineral surveys that uncover Necron Tomb Worlds, Missions to recover some ancient tech that caused entire worlds to fall to Chaos, or Sectors of the Imperium that burned because the Mechanimus just had to preserve that one ancient cruiser and refused to fight.
Within 40K I think its fair to say many of the things that can happen while youre still alive far worse than simply the ways to die. If you have idea for other list videos please drop them below - this wont be super regular content but fun to throw these in from time to time. Like the vid? Hit the Like 👍
FINALLY THE OMNISSIAH RETURNS!!!
Maybe the worst fate could be the emperor himself stuck perpetually in a state between life and death feeding off his own people for psychic energy that his followers around him are all to eager to provide knowing that his imperium has possibly strayed from the path he originally intended for them unable to speak move or even breathe intergrated to the golden throne unable to recover and lead mankind to its destiny.
The title: 40ks worst times to be alive.
Me: Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down to?
Lutein please make an indepth study about how the imperium feed it's people.
To be honest, LT (though this may not be a most popular idea) I'd love an in-depth look at the Silent Sisters/Sisters of Battle, from their inception through to their current place in the ranks of the Imperium. It's a subject that isn't saturated and I'm sure you, of all 40k creators, would make it a fantastic and exceptional experience.
Edit: I realise it's not a "list" but still, something to consider for a future piece? Thanks.
My favorite thing about 40k is that I don't live in it.
A lot of times I'll watch Luetin09's videos to keep things in perspective for real life.
depends, maybe by 40k we will be in a similar perdciment
Yah I’m fine just painting miniatures
This comment is what sets our universe apart, to every other fictional universe 😂
@@marcopolo9549 Yeah, I saw a clever comment on another video that said, "Star Wars and Star Trek fans are like 'I wish I could live there' and 40k fans are like "nah, I'm fine.'" :P
"It's me!!"
"Who?"
"The most terrifing thing in the WH40K Galaxy"
"Do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down"
Lol good meme
The true most terrifying thing in the entire WH40k universe is still the latina mothers and their chanclas. Except this time, they no longer have flip flops. They have cybernetic enhancements
@@Vikingcatbro the latina wife of konrad curze
@@bluedog843 what crack are you on?
"What if I told you that I was a Tyranid NornQueen? "
" Okay. That is scary. "
Imperium:”Join or die”
World:”ok, we’ll join”
Imperium:”Die anyway!”
World: Why?!
Imperium: Oh, the paper guy filed the form to destroy the planet.
Your enthusiasm reeks of treachery, heretic!
Gotta love the Imperium and the Emperor being a major twat.
It's more like "Join us to die for our god Emperor and his cause or die a heretic"
@@Xo-3130 More like, someone needed to fill a form so the planet *wouldn't* be glassed and the Inquisitor thought the sector governor would do it and the Governor thought the Inquisitor would.
I love how 40k has managed to pinpoint such a vast variety of suffering. Not just the scale, but the amount and the diversity; it's like a roulette table and every number is a totally different terror you can land on.
Yeah, we reached a point where even Typus is like "I'm not even mad, that is actually amazing..."
Frankly, it all comes down to the same thing for the most part, absolute unending agony. The only real difference is who is administering it.
40k universe deciding your fate: okay Let's spin the wheel of suffering... aaaaaand... congratulations you are soul trapped into the living skin of a starship that uses suffering as a power source.
@@15firekid Atleast you didn't end up with worms burrowing into your flesh and eating your nervous system. That was on number 15 black.
it's like russian roulette only you are using an automatic weapon
Being an Orc is defiantly the best option in this universe, everyone else is just not having a good time at all.
Meanwhile orks are literally just vibing.
eh, if you're one of those necrons who're still sentient you're immortal, nearly unkillable, have the best technology in the galaxy, and even the tyranids are scared of you, not sure even the dark eldar would bother with trying to mess with you unless you've done something to mess with them, but even then you're still more powerful than them
@@AsbestosMuffins yeah but it seems like a lot of waiting around.
@@edday4093 way to good a response, add another cycle to your dormant time
@@okramoffacebook1381 dammit
Humans in 40k: "I don't much care for this."
This is less than ideal
Straight up, not having a good time.
rather sub-optimal if I do say so myself
and I do say so myself
Join our heresy brother.
“Today just isn’t my day”
I’m surprised this isn’t a five second video where you say “all of it.”
It'll be hilarious if he actually did that
Like at the end
I'd say M15 to M19 were pretty sweet, other than that, NOPE!
Rather what I thought.
I'm definitely expecting the time the guy called fucking GOGE VANDIRE ruled the entire imperium.
In the beggining the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.
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We apologize for the inconvenience.
Don't panic and bring a towel
So long, and thanks for all the fish!
Beware of the leopard.
I'd say a particularly bad time would be for a human on one of the worlds that joined the T'au right before the Damocles Gulf Crusade. Feeling like the Imperium forgot/abandoned you and joining with these nice Xenos even though in the back of your mind you know the Empire may come back. Then a short bit later the imperium Comes in guns blazing
just take off the damn uniform lul you were spying and changed your name to alpharius, The info i have gathered.... they are filthy commie xeno's from Asia
The love of the God-Emperor of Mankind, so often promised, is curiously lacking.
Yet the moment you stop believing that the God-Emperor loves you, the God-Emperor's seething, raging wrath is shockingly forthcoming.
The Imperium you are "part of" doesn't care to help you. It only watches and waits for you to step out of line so it can almost eagerly throttle you and disembowel your children and decry your entire people as vile scum.
@@furiousfinch1587 heresy. Reported.
Heresy
Better to die now loyal to the Emperor than burn later as a heretic.
In a universe created by authors trying to out-edge each other, everything is simultaneously the most and least terrible thing to exist.
Major flaw I think
@@naughtybear2187 no probably the most realistic. A very big part of our planet is suffering. And with more war, religious fanaticism, xenophobia and tyrannical rule. Everything being shit sounds about right and realistic
@@lars7747 Not to presume or anything but when I hear someone say something along the lines of this I immediately think "This person has no experience with other places outside his home country". Just to be clear I had this same type of thinking as you do, but that is before I went to these supposed "armpits" of the world. The people there are some of the best and genuine company I have ever met. These people were true christians (I went on missions) and had a deep sense of community you don't see back in the states. In reality the world isn't as bleak as some might think is all I'm trying to say.
@@naughtybear2187 ive visited every continent except Antarctica and have been to many very poor countries. My experience was a lot, lot different from yours it seems. A starving family wint give their last scraps to feed a guest like travel blogs like to suggest. They'd sooner kill you
@@lars7747 that Is not what I suggest. Please tell me about these experiences you've had. How did you afford to go to all these places? Sounds interesting!
"All we ever wished, was to be left alone..."
Imagine being the primordial Marine hearing this and then many years later running into the Horus Heresy. If this doesn't mentally mess with you I don't know what does because you basically wiped out a race that would've helped you against other factions because you were given orders down the chain to do so.
That...sounds tragic. Where is the from, I don't have any of the books since I'm broke.
I heard about a short story today about the Custodes and the Sisters of Silence that killed several Marines because they were part of a heretical chapter, even though they were new to the chapter and didn't know about their brother's heresies.
@@essex3777 Fulgrim by Graham McNeill, that part is pretty short though.
@@Grabthar191 that's not exactly what happens tho.
If I remember correctly they told the primaris marines to stand down and that they would be kept in check while their heretical chapter would be purge. And the primaris flat out refused, stating that their chapter (that they've never even seen at this point) couldn't be heretical.
Usually, when the big guns tell you to stand down or it means you side with the enemy, you listen to them
@@hasunoushasu9710 Space marines were never known for their great reasonableness. I guess Belisarius forgot to add that into the primaris along with his other improvements.
*Pre-Heresy Emperor:* "If we don't destroy your miracle-tech civilization and replace with grimy diesel-punk hoopla and slavery, then Chaos wins.........Don't look at me that way. It just works."
So basically, "Just trust me bro"
Whelp…Chaos is still winning after all
Imperial hive cities are always better hotbed for Chaos than those once-high-tech worlds.
Pre herresy was more advanced
@@user-mb3mf2og9k on a 40k video? Dude get a life
@@user-mb3mf2og9k 🤡
40K in a nutshell
“Life sucks, but some lives suck more than others”
real life in a nutshell too
"and death is even worse"
To top it off
And some Slaanesh followers suck more 😈💜
Although I heard that the afterlife in 40k for humans is better in the sense that the souls just become part of the warp again with no actual suffering
The Eldar on the other had... let just say they value their soul stones for a reason...
...Slaneesh.
Now I understand why the combatants of 40k are always eager to die when facing down their enemies. Getting captured isn't exactly an option...
Especially if its the Word Bearers doing the capturing. Not a fate anyone wants to be subjected to
@@fullmetalalkami6466 Facing the Orks is the biggest relief a human can have in Warhammer universe. You can atleast being murdered/eaten instead of any other fuckeries. And that's guaranteed.
@@iloveanothermanswives4278 Doubtful, orks took slaves just as any other species
Worst time to be alive...?
Me dakka's broke, I've lost me choppa, and some complete BASTARD 'as signed a groggin' peace treaty... Fuck this shit. I'm goin' down the pub.
I'm not cryin' you filthy git- damn smoke in my eye from my shoota!
Loved hearing about the poor guardsman chosen by Nurgle. It seems the humble guardsman is the first shield against any foe from hordes of ravenous Tyranids to Horus himself
Well, considering how terrifying the warp and the warhammer 40k afterlife has become, I'd consider every breathe a royal up yours to inevitability.
That’s the spirit! 👏🏻
If you're a normal human, the good news is that, upon dying, you'll be spared the warp's torments since your soul would simply dissipate in its currents. Just don't be a psyker or draw a daemon's attention.
@@pyerack World's most fucked up vore bouncy castle
the more and more I learn about the emperors deeds, the less and less I feel sorry for him being on the golden throne and realizing that the khans thought of his father the emperor was right that he was nothing more than a tyrant and really no better than the people he deemed evil.
He is indeed a tyrant. But he is a well informed tyrant. That's why he did what he did, because if he had succeed, the chaos gods would have fall, and humanity dominance over the galaxy would have succeed. Sadly, it goes how it usually goes, humans being asses against one another, and the emperor being too much of a tyrant.
@@manhphuc4335 Spot on summary of the Emperor!
@@manhphuc4335 The entire assumption of religion being superstitious nonsense and the sole cause for humanity's quarrelsome nature and disunity is pretty much bullshit. Humans spread out, develop different mannerism formed by their environment which become moral guidelines and later on rules can be useful. It is simply part of nature that people are different, and so are nations. And finally planets. By trying to create a realm with a single ethical guideline, a single ruler, a single army, etc, the Emperor of Mankind has done the dumbest mistake anyone could have made and pretty much doomed humanity. Well informed my ass. He is a pretentious idiot with the ability to understand the complexity of human nature and religion commonly found in a three year old.
@@chrismath149 tell that to tyranids and chaos,
without those huge armies, you'll just be a food of the tyranids
Khans?
When living as a psyker in WH40k's universe your forced to put up with the galaxy's/Imperiums' shenanigans to the point that you'd wish you'd die...only to find out your soul goes to the warp and is subjected to the shenanigans of the Chaos gods and their kinks. So you choose to live with the galaxy's shenanigans.....until Chaos invades, then you get the best of both shenanigans!
Only psykers stay around long enough to get messed with. Non-psykers just merge with the stuff that makes up the immaterium.
@@raistlarn we dont really know and its all up for interpretation what happens to most human souls that dont die from chaos rituals etc
@@pyerack Funny no one goes over this, cause this just gave me some clarity. need to adjust my comment....
@@awakeandwatching953 Codex Chaos Demons 8th edition, page 7, first paragraph. "When devotees of Chaos die, their souls do not fade in the warp and disappear like the spirits of others."
This doesn't change the fact GW is notorious for changing their lore, but they do spell it out in this codex at least... until they change the lore again.
@@pyerack I like how you explained that, might be the first time I seen such things smoothly explained, without extra.
"Congratulations you are being rescued!"
"Please dont resist"
BANG!
Aside from during the age of technology and the great crusade, every time was a bad time to be alive for humans.
I mean the great crusade wasn't all that good for half of humanity
I mean, today is a pretty good time.
Or some poor lost human colony that is blissfully ignorant of the galaxy's horrors.
@@TheBard1999 when your privileged in the west yes, but don't forget alot of the current human population don't have access to basic food, water and shelter. Trust me current humanity isn't nearly as good as you think it is, especially if your born at the bottom of society
@@MagikarpMan It is infinitely better than 40k. I've been to plenty of 3rd world countries, and honestly a lot of the people there are way more grounded and happier than in the US, UK, and other Western countries I've spent time in. Sure they have problems, but they also see the simple joys in life. There's zero comparison, 40k is absolutely worse than the vast majority of people's current experience in life.
Note to self: Carry fast acting poison or explosive to avoid being captured.
run toward the enemy to bring them down with you
Explosive. The Drukhari would find a way to counteract the poison.
Always carry both just incase one fails. If both fail then try and do half a front flip
@@siddharthnandi3995 Also, you can take a few of them down with you.
“See this ‘ere sarge? This ‘ere me holy hand grenade. If I’m bout to get taken, I just pull the pin.”
‘Private, that is against Guard regulations! Grenades are expensive, you slit your throat to escape a terrible death like a good Imperial Guard!’
"Semi-living pool of flesh-liquid" accurately describes me after a year and a half in quarantine.
Man that sucks. I’ve been out at the range, hiking, going to lunch with friends, barbecuing, haven’t caught it or know anyone who’s caught it. You know you can like, step outside for some fresh air right?
@@stuglife5514 I've done the same as you AND caught corona but I still agree.
just get into pc gaming, having sex with your woman, netflix, drugs, working out, new hobby there is plenty to keep oneself occupied
@@jessejamesroy0069 How do you afford rent? I thought Americans only get like $1k per month.
@@londonspade5896 i'm canadian
I would like a list of narcotics in 40k, they get mentioned from time to time in books but not alaborated
Cocain
Thanks for making 40k lore so accessible to people who don't play the ttg! Your videos got me into it a couple of months ago and now I'm hyped to get my first miniatures soon.
Nice! That‘s Petty cool. So, which models did you choose?
@@casiocfx I'm currently stuck between either getting a little starter kit with 1 necron and 1 space marine or a small unit of space marines. Gonna need to get some brushes and colors as well, so I'll probably just take the necron and marine first to try it out.
@@AnimeFan9833 for the start this seems like a good idea. Starting with a smalller amount of standard models, trying a few things out and gather some experience sounds cool. Much joy and effort with your new models! Have a great time and all the best! Listening to Luetin‘s Videos while painting makes much fun.
@@casiocfx I'll definitely be re-listening to some of luetin's videos. Thank you!
I'm loving it
Pinhead: We have such sights to show you.
Drukhari: I *highly* doubt that.
Nurgle: I'm feeling all fuzzy and warm inside
...damnit, I only just read this and spit coffee on my phone laughing.
There is something so cathartic about hearing such a calm voice describing the atrocities and shenanigans of the sharpest edge of the world.
Sweet dreams!
I started painting miniatures last year and just started reading the Horus Heresy novels (I am now at book 8). The Diasporex captains last words were indeed truly tragic and made me reconsider switching to making a xenos army instead of going on with my space marines xD
Sooner or later the tyranids will munch on the whole galaxy so they are the only option. Lorewise they are 1 of the strongest factions.
It's always interesting to hear about the various budding successful human civilizations before the crusade - I agree it'd be really interesting to see where one stood in the modern age contrasted with the imperium.
Orks:"I have no idea what these humies are on about, I´m having a blast!"
The night lords trilogy description of the screaming gallery is forever burned in my mind. The night lords are the most damnable chaos legion to me. They we're always the very worst humanity had to offer and you can't even blame their nature on chaos manipulation. "We were murderers first, last, and always!"
-Jago Sevatarion
A Night Lord and an Emperor's Children spot each other on the battlefield, both draped in skin and grisly trophies from countless battlefields. Their fields of vision narrow in reciprocal condemnation. One of them is going to have to go home and change.
@@herrnihl6993 That's brilliant
If I woke up in the 40K universe I would off myself and pray that I wake up some more happier like a Gotham City ghetto
Being alive in 40k is better than being dead. Suicide guarantees burning in the warp forever
@@sunburst8810 Just find a local space marine, get hopped up on morphine to attempt to null pain then say the Emperor is not a God then hope the bolter is aimed for your head
Internet article: “if you could be any character in your favorite franchise what would you be?”
Me, a Space Marine enthusiast: “Do I have to live in that universe?”
Internet article: “Yes”
Me, no longer a Space Marine enthusiast: “Guess I’ll be a Jedi in the Old Republic”
Darth Nihilus would like to know your location
Lying means that you automatically become a thrall in Nurgles farm
Some fun, light hearted content in these trying times. Amazing as always
While it's not exactly in line with everything you've covered so far, I'd love it if you made a small mention of those living on Holy Terra in the next part. I vaguely recall reading a piece of lore that the population of pilgrims was in the trillions. Entire generations come and gone, waiting in orbit for a chance to even set foot on the surface. They all believe it's worth the deaths so at least one part of their family at some point will make it, such is their devotion.
This makes me think back to Lukas the trickster, great story, good stuff Luetin :D
That's a great book! I started listening to it for the second time a little while ago.
i wish we had more dark eldar books
Remember when he got his heart torn out? Fun times
Dont you have some timmys to be killing from a bush or a trap base to build? Oh wait , you're the guy with the memorable intro song and sick rust comeback stories.
@@MachinedFace88ttv he "was" that guy
“When’s the worst time to be alive in Warhammer?”
“Yes”
You mean “correct”
golden age didnt seem that bad tbh!🤔
The Interex and the Auretian Technocracy were victims of idiocy. The Emperor's deception regarding the dangers of Chaos doomed them.
I always confuse the two as one and the same.
@@joevenespineli6389 The eradication of the Interex was especially unfortunate because they were enemies of Chaos.
@@UncleMikeDrop Haven't really read much lore but how did the Emperor view these small but advanced human civilizations?
@@JudicialBrat They merely exploited an opourtunity created by the Emperor. Had the Primarchs been made aware of the Primordial Annihlator and the Emperor not horribly mishandled Lorgar,, Kor Pharoah and Erebus would have had no opourtunity to exploit.
@@joevenespineli6389 It's largely unaddressed as they were encountered post Ullanor and the appointment if Horus Lupercal to WRmaster.
I just finished the Night Lords audiobook series and it was absolutely incredible. I highly recommend it to anyone who’s into chaos.
This might sound ridiculous but I live for these videos. Got me through army training. Keep it up!
Same haha
Watch out, there might be a commissar behind you ready to execute you for wasting the emperors time in the comments section
I’m with you there man. Reminds you how the suck can be a lot worse! The worst of training is 1000x better than the best of 40K.
already 3 armies into this game. with 3 more waiting in the wings. mind says buy more models, wallet says not gonna happen. this, is the worst time to be alive.
I’m a lover of 40k novels and an avid painter of minis purchased from my local game store. It all started after i started watching your videos last summer. Cheers, friend!
THIN YOUR PAINT!
Hi LT, I have an idea for a list. The 5 most influential Astartes characters, Loyalist and Heretic. Give you another chance to talk about Garro.
Always down to hear more about Garro
This makes me wanna join chaos or just flat out be lost in space outside the galaxy
@@pyerack that could be us
@@zombiecat6875 well shit now I'm gonna have nightmares. Frak you.
When Inquisitor gives your planet one star rating.
better then an *X*
First edition wasn't a great time to be alive, the goddamn "terror squirrels" were canon, that's some Alpha + psyker level threat
Terror squirrels domesticated by Orks.
“What kinda Squiggs is these?”
“Terror Squiggs”
Ptera Squirrels are STILL canon
Tell me more about those terror squirrels.
I kind of want to know more about these terror squirrels
amazing, dark, skin-crawling tales from a universe i continue to be in awe of due to its detail and depth, and terrified of simultaneously.
Lutin: I decided to make this a short list so I can produce more long-form content
Lutins video: 35 mins long
Suggestion: a video or list on the perpetuals of the 40k universe.
Love the videos bud, great to listen to while I'm painting
“So let’s start off strong with the most obvious and perverse weirdos in the galaxy: the furries.”
@@WestSideGorilla1980 You misspelled Space Wolves
AVENGE ME BROTHER!
Space Wolves are hella cool so piss off ya wanker
Sick reference
Just a small note, not all furries are bad, most are do…
Your way of describing horror is truly Lovecraftian, Great Work.
In the Grim Dark Future there is only waiting a few Millennia for Luetin to upload videos. But here in the present, we are blessed with numerous videos! The Emperor be praised!
I wonder if any dark Eldar ever woke up and said to himself "Damn, we really blew it as a species."
I think so, there’s some that have joined the Ynnari.
I personally would've liked to see an Emperor that would've been like "Doing fine? Dope, Would you like to open democratic and trade negotiations? Perhaps allow volunteers from your populace into our military? Share tech knowledge?" Just open business relations. You'll be able to field and launch armies from yet another planet to boot.
This here would have yielded so much better results.
@@AwankO No, it wouldn't. The entire point of the great crusade was to wipe out all worship and religiosity in order to kill the chaos gods. Doing that requires all human cultures to be completely dominated and reformed by the imperium.
@@jimmehjiimmeehh9748 to be fair it would be a lot easier to do that after swooping in, chatting up the locals, and coaxing their STC knowledge out of them before you turn their planet into a glass parking lot.
I wonder if there is some other sci fi setting with multiple human empires instead of just one
@@joevenespineli6389 Look up Traveller if you want a "post apoc, dark age" sci-fi with multiple human empires and also aliens.
Look up Battletech if you want one without aliens.
I mean there's plenty others (ie Dune), but those are ones that have full fledged games attached to them.
Imagine living as a guard who was forced to turn to chaos. The fear of exposing your love for the Emporer
The fear of being an experiment.
"Worst times to be alive in warhammer 40k"
1. The universe in general
A conscious servitor would be up there for me.
Given a choice, being an Ork would be great :)
Being made into a servitor is my absolute nightmare. Just alive enough to know you've been made into a drooling almost mindless machine, but can't do anything about it.
We can all agree that Luetin09 is absolutely incredible at what he does, yes or yes?
I'm going to say, yes, definitely yes
Yes
No. Also he talks like a bottom boy. He would love being probed by a Lictor
Nurgle: "can you hear me now"
Probably still more reliable than Zoom
Unless you're born to royalty a bad time in 40k is life in 40k itself
I think life could be pretty good on an agri world.
@@jmvt3 Really depends on the agri-world, typically they suck as well.
Pretty sure being born to royalty is also pretty shit. It is basically a forced +100 modifier to falling to Tzeentch. If you don't do the whole plotting&scheming thing then you won't be royalty for long.
Eh royalty have people to help them out with every single thing anyway and have private armies and bodyguards, so they’d do just fine unless they are stupid enough to commit heresy without a thought over the consequences.
And it would only be a matter of time until you fall into depravity because of boredom
Becoming a servitor. Warhammer crime fucked me up with that
Yeah, but after you're one, you wouldn't really know. Hopefully.
If I were born in the 40k universe, I would prefer the dark age of technology.
If I was born in the 40k universe I'd commit suicide asap.
A more evolved form of Star Trek basically
@@CherryOpera A more realistic form of Star Trek
@@Stephen-tq1jh evil sunz orks are unpleased by this statement
@@Stephen-tq1jh So what in human history has ever proved something like the Federation could ever be run successfully and not immediately turn in to a genocidal shitfest?
Being turned into a drukharis meat luffa would be about my number one fear in the far future.
Yesss. Your content sustains me.
I feel like a human faction being discovered that still uses super advanced DAoT tech and AI (allowing it to stand up to the imperium) would be a really interesting direction to take the lore
Being a civilian during the siege of Terra was pretty bad.
Being a civilian anywhere in 40k is pretty bad
@@gilbertosantos2806 Being an soldier anywhere in 40k is pretty bad
Thank you for all these shiver-down-to-your-blood videos. If you feel like a break in this type of content, I'd like to see a list of something along the lines of "things or people you would want to be in 40K"
Not that I'm sure there is much xD
There was one fucked up thing I remember reading but I wasn't sure if it was canon. Basically it was humans on a Chaos ship hanging from the walls completely flayed. Chaos was using their blood for some ritual I think and the humans were definitely alive during and after the flaying.
Nightlords omnibus is chock full of that shit I love it.
The Assyrians were experts at that kind of thing. You lived long enough to witness your skin being nailed up on the wall next to your skinless body. Great people, those Assyrians.
@@timberwolf1575 It certiantly sends a message, would make me comply with just about whatever tbh seeing that happen publicly. Great people for sure.
@@timberwolf1575 Ashurbanipal has stone reliefs of this process carved into his palace walls
i love to start my morning with stories of death, torture and despair.
40k's worst times to be alive: Pretty much any time, anywhere, except for like a couple planets.
I don't know if I'm alone in this but I love to just lean back and space out (no pun intended) listening to Warhammer lore. Sometimes I even end up falling alseep.
I used to do the same with OneMindSyndicate but his vids lately are just 5 mins of general trivia and the rest is painting his minis.
OneMindSyndicate, ew. Literally verbatim from the wiki in the most monotonous and annoying voice ever...
The emperor's proghet is back ,praise luetin praise the emperor , luetin you are the only youtuber i watch fanatically. Wish you all the best. Ps how is your voice, is it better
Those greats crusade civilisations sound really fascinating; I’d love to see a game explore/extrapolate out from the period.
God Is it wrong i laughed so hard when I read the headline and seen the picture for the video 🤣 can't wait to listen to it, looking forward to the next one man 👍👍👍
I was expecting this to be 10 hours longer.
*Lore-God Luetin graciously including Night Lords in one of his videos*
Me and the 8 other Night Lords fans making happy bat noises
I remember reading that Kryptman story first time round, a good catch from the distant past of 40k.
“Pain is power... and power, is everything!”
When I first saw the thumbnail I thought it said,
“Worst ways to be alive in Warhammer 40K”
And, then I thought, “that is a perfectly 40K idea.”
Hey o/ just want to say thank you for brining me into 40k..... a year ago i didnt know much about 40k, now im reading a ton of books (totally love the "Horus Heresy") and today i painted my first Space Marine ^^ so thank you really much, keep up the awesome work
Imagine, dude ; An STC- DaoT tech moon like the Phalanx ; that had endeavored to travel to the next galaxy, and comes back to the IoM ; but still with state of the art tech. There was that mini story when it had been one ship ; but imagine it on a larger scale... the shock for the IoM at large ! Otherwise : there, inquisitor ! At 17:51 timecode, i distinctively hear a sarcastic tone in favor of heresy ! ^^
Attention, all planets of the Solar Federation; WE HAVE ASSUMED CONTROL
@@andyb1653 Borg-like indeed !
@@thomasalegredelasoujeole9998 Actually it's a reference to the classic rock band "Rush", but yeah it does sound pretty Borg-ish
I know you said you were gonna put out more videos soon, but you're spoiling us!! And I love it!
I would love to have another human faction in 40k that is not part of the inperium or worships chaos, just a civilization that was somehow able to resist the emperium. Maybe a small part of the interex surviving the attacks and going into hiding, where they grew more powerful and are ready to strike back now
But strike back against what?
The Emperor has logged your discontent, heretic.
Fantastic video! I'd love to see more of this topic. The horror aspect of 40k is probably the most compelling force of my interest of the lore.
Just imagine if the imperium was a little bit more willing to adopt additional species as protectorate races. It's a thing which is already done, but imagine if the diasporics were put in such position rather than going to war with them, or if the craft worlds were offered the opportunity to do so or at the very least a mutual non-aggression pact was forged like fulgrim intended originally. Just think of the unimaginable advantage it would be to have information gathered from craftworld farseers about slaneshi forces or dark eldar
I know nothing of this series, but dqmn am I glued.
I feel like the emperor himself must feel terrible. Hes slowly dying on his chair, has to constantly fight the warp with his mind and around him him legacy is slowly being destroyed.
all part of the plan my dude
Tyranid in the thumbnail: Boi you GON GET DISS KISS
Soldier: Not on cam!!!
I would love to see a top 10 list on terrifying xenos like the one that made the emperor release the void dragon on them
You got me curious: what xenos made the Emperor release the Void Dragon on them? I'd like to know more.
@@Tkhaikovski forgot their name but I thing Major Kill talked about them
@@ahardworker2154 Thanks, I'll check him out.
@@Tkhaikovski Rangadan.
Very nice video 👌 the part about the Tyranid weapon was especially interesting. I have never heard about this story before.
Hearing about the empire’s blunders always makes me think Horus had the right idea…
Found this place on Zillow, might try moving to one of these era in times. Seems rather pleasant!
Bro, people when they say: "I'd love to live in [insert fictional world]"
Yeah, I'm happy enough with this world thanks.
There are very few universes i would want to live in.
Most people pick them on the assumption that you will be the hero.
Take Skyrim. If you are not the dragonborn, it is pretty horrible (of cause not 40K horrible, but compared to our world, yea)
@@And-ur6ol especially if some wanker comes in and puts a pot on your head.
@@And-ur6ol I really dislike these comments, please don't start comparing either of the two, it makes no sense. reee its so bad. I'm fairly certain there is enough people in this comment section fine with being a conduit for Chaos and would have no regents. You could say it would be horrible but eh guess what? It ain't you though ^^
Plus happy is subjective bias and doesn't fit for everyone never forget that (apparently you and Ali forget this). It's not going to discourage me from taking the options of Justice League/Teen Titans, Hunter X Hunter or even Stargate/Star Trek, Riddick verse and that's not even my "terrible list" (as my terrible list has other things on there not just 40k), it's much longer however I wouldn't have selected either Skyrim or 40k as such as choices in the first place so... seriously come on guys, Skyrim, really? lol Quite frankly, this is stating the obvious which you should already know but no one could survive 40k from coming here because of the amount of psykers across the board -- who will just detect you from the ground up... and that's it. It's over even the bounty hunters would likely find this out easily and your done so forget Chaos or "the warp", the pskyers are the most likely thing to occur due to the fact that they have many implanted on Hive Worlds, on vessels everywhere to me, it seems meaningless as any amount of deviation from the "Linear path of the Imperium of Man" rules out survival to me.
Additionally, there are NOT few universes you can live in, there's plethora of fictional ones out there to consider the options, it's still asinine to suggest such otherwise -- so don't complain if the world you live in is not that interesting/boring or limited still and in scope either. ^^
@@FriezaReturns00001 I did read your comment but I think either I'm being stupid or your wording was a little confusing. Do you mean to say that just because I don't want to live in 40k doesn't mean others have the same opinion? I know that lol. I'm just speaking on my own behalf. I wouldn't actually mind living in the Elder Scrolls though.
Hey, Luetin. Great video, looking forward to this one, as to all others.
But I would like to ask you if you could do another episode detailing the lore of the Hive Luetin Necropolis? Canon lore is great, and a fan work written by someone such as you with a comprehensive idea on the matter (of WH40K) strikes me as being more intriguing somehow.
Maybe it's just because your voice is so great. Maybe it's because I'm also actively looking for further inspiration in my works. Whichever the reason, your work is more than appreciated.
3 videos in under two weeks? We truly have the Emperor's blessing brothers!
these videos drop at the best time right when i start looking for them
There is this one Necron lord I can't remember but he is in a short Deathwatch story, he has the ability to freeze living beings in a state of conscious stasis, and then he reposes them into scenes in a giant living museum
That would be Trazyn the infinite
Wow...man...this is why W40k is there greatest thing on EARTH. It's one of those ifykyk 8th Wonder of the World type.
His exhibits include another Tanith Regiment and Catachan Jungle Fighters. He also used to have a Tyranid life-form but it kept escaping stasis containment and attacking other exhibits so he exterminated it
Better to be trapped by Trazyn than any other options.
So I've read all of "The Beast Arises" series, and I think I would love to hear your input and narration on the subject. It's easily the most Grimdark I've seen in WH40K literature so far, and I've read a decent amount of the HH.
How about 10 times the Mechanimus made it worse. Mineral surveys that uncover Necron Tomb Worlds, Missions to recover some ancient tech that caused entire worlds to fall to Chaos, or Sectors of the Imperium that burned because the Mechanimus just had to preserve that one ancient cruiser and refused to fight.