40k This mech is a church.
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And this cathedral is a warp capable starship
Does 40k actually have machs?
I see no reason why they wouldn't, I've just never heard of them. But then my only engagement with the setting has been the Rogue Trader crpg and the occasional video.
The Imperial Knight Houses, Chaos Knight Houses, and Titans for your stereotypical mechs.
One could argue that Tau Battlesuits, Space Marine Dreadnaughts, Chaos Dreadnaughts, Hellbrutes, Killa Kans, Deff Dreads, Wraith Lords, Paragon Warsuits, Mortifiers, and Penitent Engines are just smaller mechs.
Wraithlords probably don't count on the basis that there's nobody alive inside it, not even in the half-alive space marine dreadnought sense. The pilot is full-on dead and the stone containing their soul gets put in the wraithlord so they can control it. It's more like a giant haunted suit of armour, in my opinion at least
Eldar titans, on the other hand, actually do have living pilots (and often dead co-pilots), so we've still got space elf mechs
A really dumb mecha book is NecroTek by Jonathan Maberry. Because we needed undead giant robot pilots fighting the elder gods of the Cthulu mythos. Ok, that actually sounds awesome, but the writing is fun but meh. The elder gods don't actually show up, they just send armies of shoggoths piloting transforming combiner mechs.
Hey nice to see Titanfall getting some love. I personally really enjoyed Titanfall 3.
Don't do that. Don't give me hope.
Scythe is diesel powered mechs.
Battletech uses fusion. Their issue is heat management.
Combustion engines are used in industrialmechs. Hypothetically they could be diesel guzzling.
Scythe is steampunk mechs. Some of them are ugly as shit, but it’s such a great game
No, it's explicitly dieselpunk.
Oh you’re right
Quick rec for an amazingly good book I read recently. 'Moonstorm' by Yoon Ha Lee. It's a futuristic sci-fantasy where young 'Lancer pilots' fight on behalf of a paternistic empire, in a setting where the gravity of colonized worlds and the very laws of physics are governed by the laws of society and the people that comprise them. This phenomenon is so prevalent that rebel factions live out in a segment of space called 'the Moonstorm', where anarchistic and communal values lead to an erratic and unpredictable (but undeniably beautiful and free) cosmos. In the Empire, authoritative dogma and rigid social hierarchy leads to 'normal' (to us) gravity and 'predictable' (to us) celestial body movements. Gravity is a very heavy-handed metaphor for unity and national identity in the story, and it's brilliant in exploring the divide between an oppressive imperial autocracy and an anarchistic society with just the raw backdrop.
Also, techno-psychic sapient mechs and massive freaking gravity-powered railguns.
where the gravity of colonized worlds and the very laws of physics are governed by the laws of society and the people that comprise them.
Yoon Ha Lee really likes this sort of thing. Is this set in the same universe as the Machineries of Empire books?
Maybe. I'm not sure, I haven't read those yet.
I'm sure one of Horus's mechs is just a weaponized rumor.
diesel guzzling? I thought battletech mechs used fusion reactors, unless they changed that at some point?
You are right, fusion reactors are used.
They overheat so hard that their fucking ammo cooks off even if it is stored in the extremities, i do not want to stand anywhere near a diesel-powered Mech, or even worse, pilot one when it fires a PPC Salvo.
diesel Awesome-8Q fires single PPC salvo
Pilot immediately asphyxiates from exhaust
Yes, most mechs have fusion reactors, but there are certain types of mechs (generally called "primitive") which may use internal-combustion engines.
I mean they are in the setting but rarely used. Unless going by the start of the blackout age not ever really mentioned
I think is cause the style more than the actual tech that it has.
An Eva is not a mech unfortunately...
Spoiler
They are giant beings restrained by the armor they are inside of and mentally synchronized with their pilot.
Edit: Finally figured out how to use the spoiler tagging system...
I know that. If I were 1% less lazy, I would have a 10k+-word essay on Eva up right now.
Evangelion: The enemy turned tool.
Respect
Now we just need to spoiler the picture because it shows the Eva with half its armor missing.
Honestly if that was the lore of a Horus frame I think it would fit in
Alternative that one of my pilots shared the other day
No love for armored core?
Harrison Armorys slams into Smith Shimano in blink space becoming Arquebus
I think people's favorite is whatever they grew up with.
I played a lot of MechWarrior 2 as a kid. Give me the stompybois.
Battle Engine Aquila for me, and my favourite Lancer mech is the SSC Death's Head... That actually checks out pretty well
I grew up with Robotech, which was just a 4chan Memelord's reinterpretation of various low budget animes.
Why yes, I am a Horus fan, why do you ask?
We 80s kids called Robotech "japanimation", which I suppose sounds racist today. But we were enchanted! A science fiction cartoon soap opera? And it wasn't for little kids?!
Unless you count Power Rangers, Gundam Wing was my primary mecha media as a kid. Loved that shit!
MechAssault and especially MechAssault 2 hold a special place in my heart and I’m sad there hasn’t been a remake of either. Nothing like fighting giant mechs in power armor while Getting Away With Murder by Papa Roach or Right Now by Korn play. So much hype.
My first introduction was the so fucking amazing load video for mechwarrior 4. God, they put so much cool shit in a three minute blast.
Mine was...
"There's still room in hell for your sorry carcass"
"Look on the bright side kid... You get to keep all the money."
Anyone play phantom crash?
Jokes on you. I’m Horus-pilled and my favorite mech media is…
Lancer