Aldarion
Neoreactionary Monarchist
- Blacklight
- Gastrea
- Necromorphs
- The Thing
- Typhon
- The Beast
- All of the Above
Holy Terra runs a biological gauntlet
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Is Emps on the Golden Throne or is this while the Emperor is active?
and is it in isolation from the rest of 40K or will the IoM have to also hold back their other existential threats as well?
and is it in isolation from the rest of 40K or will the IoM have to also hold back their other existential threats as well?
Aldarion
Neoreactionary Monarchist
Current 40k, so Emperor is on the Golden Throne.
Scenario basically isolates Solar System from the rest of the galaxy, so those other existential threats basically don't matter.
Then battlefleet Solar is present. Which means uncontested orbital supremacy for the Imperium.
Scooby Doo
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For the Necromorphs it depends how many Markers, if it's one or two they can clear but if there's hundreds they're super boned cause everyone who isn't pysker pretty much instantly becomes crazy and kills themselves or allies.
It'd be the 40k version of Order 66
It'd be the 40k version of Order 66
Aldarion
Neoreactionary Monarchist
Yes. Which is why I had the infection start on Terra, as some of these have vastly different abilities depending on how many warm bodies they consume.
What's Gastrea and Typhon?
Scooby Doo
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Probably STD's
Aldarion
Neoreactionary Monarchist
Gastrea
For the Virus, see Gastrea Virus. Gastrea (ガストレア Gasutorea) are deadly parasites; enemy to all mankind. It is unclear how the Gastrea Virus first began, but it has been recorded in history that it was created around the year 2021. An accidental government uploading of a clip uncovered by Doctor...
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Typhon
"People are quick to project human features onto things they don't understand. The Typhon kill us without hesitation. But it's not because they're evil. It's because they can't do otherwise." – Alex Yu talking about Typhon [src] Typhon are hostile aliens encountered on Talos I during Prey (2017)...
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Well the Blacklight Virus should be "relatively" easily containable as conventional forces were able to contain it on Manhattan thanks to the issues it had with crossing large bodies of water. I'm not sure if the water thing would help here but Holy Terra having lots of fortresses should help with containment just as well. And I'm assuming the Imperium of Man has forces more capable than conventional 20th Century modern militaries does in regards to eradication. So that at the very least should be a win for the Imperium. So a win IMHO.
As stated earlier, the Necromorph outbreak depends on the number of Markers though unless the Imperium really drops the ball, I see this as mostly a spectrum of victory to draw for Holy Terra depending on how much of the planet is devastated prior to quarantine and eradication. I don't think any of the general Necromorph forms are too much of a threat militarily to the overwhelming force that can be brought to bear on them by the Imperium of Man. So probable win, highly likely draw at worst.
Thing would be a challenge since it's an intelligent alien. Once it's found it can be eradicated, but they'd have to detect it. If they can use Psykers or the like it might actually be very easy. Plus we have no idea how prolific it can spread. Maybe it's almost a no limits fallacy if it gets to a jungle or even a grassland, who knows. But with that as an unknown, I'd give odds to the Imperium figuring out this one and excising it before it gets out of hand. So I'd say a Highly Probable win here.
The Beast is a tricky one. It's never been shown how it behaves on the surface of a planet. It can infect organic matter as quickly as it can almost every starship that exists in Homeworld and it can do so very rapidly. It also possesses an incredible cunning. Assuming that it can affect planetary surfaces (or else why bother having it in this scenario) the only way to destroy it I would assume would be nuking it from orbit before it spreads too quickly... especially if it infects any spacefaring vessels. Or else it might just as well be ggwp for Holy Terra and much of the galaxy.
Which would count as a loss.
Detecting the Beast could happen pretty quickly, as would reporting its danger, so like with the others, it probably could be eradicated before its too late.
As stated earlier, the Necromorph outbreak depends on the number of Markers though unless the Imperium really drops the ball, I see this as mostly a spectrum of victory to draw for Holy Terra depending on how much of the planet is devastated prior to quarantine and eradication. I don't think any of the general Necromorph forms are too much of a threat militarily to the overwhelming force that can be brought to bear on them by the Imperium of Man. So probable win, highly likely draw at worst.
Thing would be a challenge since it's an intelligent alien. Once it's found it can be eradicated, but they'd have to detect it. If they can use Psykers or the like it might actually be very easy. Plus we have no idea how prolific it can spread. Maybe it's almost a no limits fallacy if it gets to a jungle or even a grassland, who knows. But with that as an unknown, I'd give odds to the Imperium figuring out this one and excising it before it gets out of hand. So I'd say a Highly Probable win here.
The Beast is a tricky one. It's never been shown how it behaves on the surface of a planet. It can infect organic matter as quickly as it can almost every starship that exists in Homeworld and it can do so very rapidly. It also possesses an incredible cunning. Assuming that it can affect planetary surfaces (or else why bother having it in this scenario) the only way to destroy it I would assume would be nuking it from orbit before it spreads too quickly... especially if it infects any spacefaring vessels. Or else it might just as well be ggwp for Holy Terra and much of the galaxy.
Which would count as a loss.
Detecting the Beast could happen pretty quickly, as would reporting its danger, so like with the others, it probably could be eradicated before its too late.
IIRC sheer luck or dedication in Homeworld Cataclysm prevented the beast from ever making planetfall. It's pretty heavily implied that letting the beast access a whole planet is kind of a bad idea.
If it makes it to the surface, I don't reckon Terra can survive, the thing infected a heavily compartmentalized 10km ship within a minute. If it only lands in a single place, I think a bunch of 40k weapons blasting the area/glassing could prevent infection, but more than one infection at a time makes it harder and harder to prevent.
If it makes it to the surface, I don't reckon Terra can survive, the thing infected a heavily compartmentalized 10km ship within a minute. If it only lands in a single place, I think a bunch of 40k weapons blasting the area/glassing could prevent infection, but more than one infection at a time makes it harder and harder to prevent.