Ordo Machinum

My opinion is simply this... Augmented, genetically-enhanced, etc super humans shouldn't be "male" or "female". They are an amalgamation of both distinctive features or of no specific features at all. I prefer my monster-soldiers to be monster-soldiers, shy of contaminating chaos influence of course. Oh, and armour is armour. No difference at all. And they should always be wearing helmets. Because I cannot paint eyes worth a dam.

+++ IMPERIAL DATE CODE: 5/985019.M? [approx. (GMT - 5:00 hours) 02:30:00 PM, December 26th Old Terra] +++ ARX TERMINUS LIBRARIUM +++ SELECTED: DENTRICA I OF MMXX +++ ENGAGE NEURAL CONGRESS – WIRELESS AUTOSHUNT ACQUIRED +++ UPLOADING/DECRYPTING TRANSMISSION... + The Reclaimation of the Inviolate Rage + +++ SEQUESTERED ORDO MACHINUM DOSSIERS +++ AUTHORISED PERSONS ONLY +++ CREATING CASE FILE 2612:GrSm:12MH2:BClg Please enter your authority code > • • • • • • • • • • • • Validating... Thank you, Archmagos-Inquisitor. You may proceed. Archmagos-Inquisitor Murlynd pondered the significance of the transmission. Ordinarily, the Ordo Machinum monitored the discovery and exploration of archeo- and xenos-tech by the Adeptus Mechanicus. However, the state of the Imperium was seldom if at all "ordinary" ...especially these days. "There may be something more to be revealed here", he thought. Besides the Inquisitor owed a service to the Unforgiven's Chapter Master for 'loaning' a few squads for his own use recently. As Murlynd reviewed the datafiles again, he began creating several encrypted messages of his own to assemble his forces. +++ VOW +++ I, Murlynd, embark on the 12 Months of Hobby Challenge, and for the month of January pledge to complete (currently reviewing available models) by month's end. +++ PIC ALPHA +++ (Pending model selection) Ciao!

Okay, but only because it's you Firepower...

I had a similar idea once. My approach to it was the Lords of Terra created a chapter from the DA gene stock, wanting to use the chapter as a way to watch closely how the DA trained one of their successors. The DA, of course, knew what the Terran Lords were up to and decided to train the chapter according to the codex - no deviation. The new chapter was essentially the DA's way of saying, "See? Nothing to see here."

I just found these if anyone is interested:

Finally, a chance to catch up on all of the novels, novellas, and short stories! What? Too soon? HH will not fade away. It is too well ingrained in us now. We now have Warhammer: Neapolitan - 30K, 40K, and 41K (present timeline)

Congratulations on leading the way! I don't want to have a T'au army, but I must admit it is tempting to build a few toaster drones. Maybe a few 'Roomba' servitors scurrying around a Dunecrawler? As for being Fabius Bile? Now you know your next name when B&C allows it. Doghouse Bile. It has a nice ring to it.

"Yes, indeed. I 'member that. Young Blackie got a codex and was the biggest hotshot in the town. No one dared cause any trouble even if they didn't see Blackie. He had a way of knowing who was up to no good and would find you no matter how far you rode away. Then GW took his codex away. Some blame on it on his Zeal. Nothing wrong with zeal, no matter what anyone says nowadays. This town could use some of that kind of Zeal now."