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I thought it was more like she was on friendly terms with her. "Didn't I tell you to wait for backup?" has the subtext of "You might have gotten hurt." She wasn't really reprimanding him or telling him what to do, and a Knight isn't beholden to a chapter master so there's no reason she had to be subservient or grovel under him. Knights are allies to space marines, not servants.

too preocupied with carrie fisher death, did i missed something ? where does this meme come from ?

No approved Imperial knight variants have the dual avenger Gatling cannons, she is using unsanctioned equipment which is grounds for branding her as a renegade knight and an enemy of the Imperium of man

Nipple Trips.

That just makes it hotter.

She survived the heart attack and you're an ass for trying to trick people into believing otherwise.

She's not dead you mong

Uh... she's not dead tho

>Not breathing for 15 minutes
>Alive

wow you should stop reddit.

not him, but apparently it took paramedics more than 15 mins to get any pulse from her.

It's highly probable that, let's say even if she survives - she won't have any spoken dialogue in ep8.

Let's hope that's not the case.

>he hasn't had his circulatory system stopped for periods of 30 minutes or more without harm
You need more hardening, my young friend.
Come with me, and I will show you the path.

The original Dawn of War III gameplay demonstration featured Solaria breaking onto the scene to help Angelos, and when she spoke, we got to saw her portrait.

It's hard to find a screenshot and I'm not about to go watch the video just to take one, but she is basically tan, with an attractive face, that edgy female undercut hairstyle, and an angry British lady voice.

well they could just computer generate everything like they did with tarkin.

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The Space Pope says not to.

The space pope can go away or my hundred ton death waifu will have harsh words with him.

Tarkin was the most lifelike and best CGI I've ever seen. Way better than that Fast and Furious Paul Walker for example. It's weird that the young Leia CGI was so bad in comparison.

It's partly because the restored Tarkin is supposed to look a tad off putting, it makes him look intimidating, Liea on the other hand was supposed to look enderring

For your trouble, and trips.

She's a free blade, considering Barons outrank planetary governors, that probably puts her pretty high on the Imperial totem pole and it's not like Chapter Masters hold a set place in the Imperial heirarchy beyond 'Be nice to me or I'll take my toys and leave you all to be nommed by tyranids'.

They're directly below the Emperor technically aren't they? At least theoretically.

This is actually quite thoughtful, user, thank you.

This. Uncanny valley strikes again.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but is Taldeer/Ronahn the named Wraithknight for the Eldar team?

Well, they're sworn to either the Mechanicus or the Adeptus Terra if I remember correctly, so the latter would make them only answerable to the High Lords and the former would mean they could give pretty much anyone who's not a tech-priest the finger provided it doesn't upset the Fabricator General.

The implication I got was they occupy a similar social position to Rogue Traders, so being a bit familiar with the master of a minor chapter isn't too much of an overstep of rank.

It's not like Chapter Masters don't also outrank planetary governors. Planetary governors shit their pants at Captains, and sometimes regular space marines that come to save them or pass judgment.

Why is the site that got me into 40k making me hate discussing 40k on Veeky Forums.

I heard it was Taldeer.

WraithTaldeer/Lady Solaria rule34 when?

I heard Taldeer died due to the canon ending of DoW1/2 and got turned into a wraith construct so she might be.

Figured as much. Of course my source was a prior Veeky Forums thread, but it makes sense considering the Eldar gameplay mentions Ronahn, so with him being alive, they gotta have Taldeer involved somewhere, and considering the whole twin pilot/soulstone thing Wraithknights have going on, they're probably glued together.

Female knight. Neat.

Ironically her loadout is only possible on Renegade Imperial Knights in 40k at the moment.

Yeah, I just meant they're probably of similar social rank so her giving him a mild telling off for not waiting for her to reinforce him before advancing isn't really her overstepping her position since they're more or less equals simply because neither has the authority to give the other orders.

Its not like she's an Imperial Guard tank commander giving him shit.

Where the fuck are the other Blood Ravens

I barely cared for Asshole Gabe and Jonah.

Knights aren't like dreadnoughts. They're mini-titans, the pilot can get out.

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you did get interested in the stories
you are getting turned off by opinions

wrong opinions can make anything unbearable

Alternatively, someone else can get in...

Hopefully the mic isn't set to always on.

we'll do it with the suit on.
Though I do agree with the other user, climb in there.

>Imperial Knight with qt voice acting

My body is not ready

>Chapter Masters don't also outrank planetary governors

The Imperium has no clear distinct hierarchy. It's a whole mess of powers and counter-powers that are trying to cooperate and help each other. Planetary governors are agents of the Administratum who enjoy quite a big free reign as long as they pay their Imperial tithe and make sure that order is kept on their planets. I wouldn't actually be surprised that a planetary governor from a big, powerful planet that gives out a lot of IG regiment or feeds dozens of Hive World is capable of talking shit to a 23rd founding chapter master who only orders 400 Astartes following a disastrous campaign.

Not a medfag, but isn't CPR supposed to keep someone alive while it's being performed?

>Awkward sex noises and squeals caused by joysticks poking uncomfortable places get broadcast at eardrum-bursting decibels across the Knight Order's entire citadel

Knight Houses are INCREDIBLY proud. They predate the Imperium and survived the Old Night completely on their own, before joining the Imperium out of their innate sense of duty.

Given she's the head of a house, she probably regards a chapter master as roughly a peer.

I don't play the game but like the look, are those like coax dual bolters on the bottom of the main gun shield things? Plus a swivel bolter thing on the left chest?

>joysticks

>new mecha waifu

Nah, i already have one

respectively flamers and autogun

This really. Feudal systems work out position by how much you're bringing to the table.

If you excuse me, I have fanfiction to write.

Sure if you stack the odds on one side like that, but if you give equal weight to both, say, Cadia or Armageddon's governor vs. Ultramarines chapter master, it's quite clear which side tradition dictates is the superior. And if say, it was a nobody governor and a nobody chapter master, it's also quite clear there too. All else being equal, chapter masters outrank governors.

It's meant to circulate oxygenated blood through the brain to stave off brain-death as long as possible while you wait for proper medical care.

It's not really that effective, it's just better than nothing.

That's not the norm though. Your example is of a governor with abnormal and exceptional status. Enough so that he would outrank the chapter master.

In theory.

If they are suffering certain things.. heart attack, it's actually not that useful in terms of survival. But it's good to keep oxygen flowing to the brain in case they do.

Wouldn't want her ribs now though.

She can bark orders all she wants and he no more has to listen to her than if the roles were reversed. They both occupy that murky position in Imperial society where orders given are guidelines or suggestions at best and where everything is politics. If she takes his council and battle-plans seriously, she becomes ever more highly regarded in the chapter as both friend and ally, and if not she gets put on the 'more trouble than they're worth list'. Same goes for the Chapter. Treat her with respect and you get a one-woman piloted army crusher to back you up but dismiss her usefulness and she'll go find glory elsewhere.

>All else being equal, chapter masters outrank governors.

Pretty sure the Adeptus Terra wouldn't agree with that statement.

Spess muhreens are wild cards that are tolerated but not liked. They're certainly not part of Imperial hierarchy to the point where a planetary governor would be obliged to do everything they say, in fact the system is supposed to prohibit that specifically, to stop marines taking over whole swathes of the Imperium and one of them becoming Horus 2.0.

Leave my headcanon alone ;__;

Marines pass judgment on planets/governors all the time.

Hey, if I was building a mecha, I'd put in joysticks.

Doesn't really matter what the man likes or thinks when governors are calling astartes "my lord" and the astartes call them "governor". Kind of speaks for itself doesn't it? You know what other relationship does this? Superior officers and subordinates in the military.

They only really need to maintain Imperial order on their planets. They can just about do whatever the fuck they want(and can get away with from those under them) so long as the tithe is paid and the xenos/mutants/psykers culled and never fraternized with.

Man, the best job in the Imperium has to be planetary governor of a feral world where your palace is in orbit.

Technically Marines are on the same rank as Governors and Generals but they're held in higher regard because they are the Angels of the Emperor and have more experience in war than planetary governors.

There's a scene that I love in the game Battlefleet Gothic Armada, where a warp storm cuts off the Calixis Sector, and all the great people of the sector meet up together to discuss a strategy. You have all the long list of people who start by introducing themselves, each a bit smug and rightfully convinced that they are necessary to the cause ("Affirmative, the Adeptus Mechanicus is ready" says the Fabricator in a robotic voice, "The Inquisition, as always, is vigilant" says the Inquisitor in a raspy tone, "The Adeptus Astartes are prepared to continue" says the Imperial Fist captain with his loud voice, "The Navis Nobilite allow this meeting to commence" says the navigator with his smug expression...), before the Lord Admiral of the Sector begin to talk with "As first among equals".

The Imperium is a massive feudal system with everyone necessary to everyone else. So, most of the time, normally, a chapter master who intervenes on a planet will try to respectfully coordinate himself with the local governor. Because the Governor has a lot of respect for the Astartes and understand that he needs the Angels of Death ; And, the other way around, because the chapter masters knows he simply cannot start his campaign if he does not have the local authorities on his side, with which he can coordinates his strikes and objectives and the eventual evacuation of cities or factories.

Still, it still isn't surprising that, sometimes, in some instances, some planetary honcho starts to talk shit to an Astartes and manages to get away with it. Just like a Fabricator could scorn a priest from the ministorum, or an imperial guard general could scare away a throne agent from the Inquisition, or even a Rogue Trader pissing off a clerk of the Administratum.
Basically, when everything is good in the world of 40k, all the massive orwellian system of the Imperium manages to work together. But when everything goes shit, there isn't really one organization above the others.

I'm surprised rogue traders are so low when the fluff/fanwank has them act basically like Inquisitors with their "muh writ" free card.

>feral world

Don't you mean feudal world ?
Because seriously, that has to be a cool job.
Imagine, all the people on the ground playing knights and ladies, and you can spend your days monitoring them like if you were watching a much more entertaining version of Game of Thrones.

>But when everything goes shit, there isn't really one organization above the others.

The Inquisition is supposed to be, technically. But we all know what happens to unrespected Inquisitors.

*Gothic Sector

>making female characters act like males is not a recipe for success.

Motherfucker the game isn't even out yet, we have no idea what her plot arc is or her backstory. All we have is a few audio clips and a little game footage.

Face it: You just don't like women.

That chart is worth about as much as toilet paper in practice. In-universe, only the greenest, most wide-eyed and bushy-tailed newb would take it to heart and only a suicidal idiot would ever try to reference it in any kind of serious context in front of anyone with any actual power.

>Not wanting to be a Knight and cruise around in your massive robot on a comfy feudal-agriworld picking the cutest milkmaids out from the illiterate peasantry for a bit of Primae Noctis back at your fortress

Yeah, the Novis Nobilite is at the bottom of the list, when in reality, your ship is a good as stuck on your planet if your Navigator does not have his new fancy tailored suit and his foot rub like you promised him before the trip.
But then again, I believe that the chart is the "de jure" system, where the Emperor is the leader of the Imperium (And not in a physical coma while his mind is busy with the Astronimican), and not the "de facto" system where everyone can fuck with everyone else.

>Face it: You just don't like women.

Since he considers a woman being a pilot to be 'acting male' I'd say that's pretty much a given.

Rogue Traders aren't that powerful within the bounds of the Imperium.

Their power is that, outside the Imperiums borders, they have Throne-sanctioned authority to do pretty much whatever the fuck they want, even being able to blow off the Inquisition if they feel like it.

That doesn't prevent consequences once they RETURN, however...

>start doing the sweet Droit du Seigneur on your peasant
>peasants go complain to their local ministorium priest
>the priest actually has the balls to stand to YOU, the massive knight
>you go to crush him
>tfw you remember you can't crush priests or else you'll get trouble
>tfw the priest force you to make amends to the dirty inbred peasants
>tfw you're grounded from stomping their wood houses

Fucking Ministorum ;_;

You're looking at this the wrong way. There is zero way to feature a non-strong female character in a lead role in 40K because it's all about eternal war. This isn't an SJW character, it's just the 40K equivalent of a waifu. Every non-combat female character in the setting won't ever get a model, like that bimbo that hung around the Word Bearers.

It's all relative. Like people said, a planetary governor who runs a massive hive world that produces billions of guardsmen and their equipment > some chump chapter master with three companies of marines.

The bit that surprises me is where the Adeptus Custodes are.

Them being below the High Lords and under the aegis of the Adeptus Terra doesn't make sense since their Captain-General is a High Lord and they're not supposed to take orders from anyone but the Emperor.

Having a position on the council isn't really a relevant factor of ranking. It's more like a token seat for them to monitor the situation. Inquisition also has a permanent seat, and astartes have occassionally have had a seat. It doesn't really mean anything IMO.

I know that feel bro. Bloody peasants.

>stronk womyn
>only reason she's useful in combat is because she has a very particular genetic lineage required to operate a colossal war machine

m8 that's a un-stronk womyn as it can get when it comes to warfare. Better than something like shoehorned female infantry or whatever.

Reading the Master of Mankind, they can basically tell anyone they like to get fucked when it comes to giving them orders. They're quite happy to fuck off Rogal Dorn and the Mechanicum and essentially give them orders/refuse them information.

Might have changed post-Heresy though I guess.

>only reason she's useful in combat is because she has a very particular genetic lineage

And, you know, being raised since birth for warfare since she's the scoin of a noble house.

Are there any pictures/models of knight pilots outside of their knights? Presumably they wear some sort of plate armour since they're to feudalism what space wolves are to wolves.

All I'm saying is there might be boobplate.

I think when you're inside a giant death machine your gender really doesn't matter.

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They probably all look like typical noble ladies outside of their massive walker fighter

I didn't mean the High Lords have no authority, I meant it doesn't grant extra authority to the Custodes, Inquisition, or marines to have a seat on the council. For example, just because the Inquisition has a seat on the council doesn't mean the Custodes have to listen to them.

It seems like there's a lot of organizations that "answer to no one but the Emperor".

>And, you know, being raised since birth for warfare since she's the scoin of a noble house.

>since she's the scion of a noble house

That's what I said? Distinct genetic lineage.

If that dotted line is anything to go by, Space Marines aren't even technically in the Imperial Hierarchy. The only reason a planetary governor or even an Imperial general might listen to a Space Marine captain is due to reverence and tradition but by all rights the marine has no jurisdiction over Imperial affairs.

Oh yeah, and thanks for the pic. I'm gonna be keepin that for later. Interestingly, This chart implies that the Imperial Church has more power and say over regular affiars than any SM chapter ever will, and with that in mind. Could the Church basically call a crusade and label any chapter that doesn't commit forces to it excommunicate traitors just to remove them?

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The Imperial Church is arguably the most powerful branch of the Imperium.

Not only do they directly control the Adepta Sororitas and all Shrine Worlds, they also have the religious loyalty of almost every civilian, guardsman and voidsman in the Imperium.

Of course, the latter is unofficial power but the average citizen is extremely religious, and I'm inclined to believe a very large number of them would willingly rebel against commanders if sufficiently riled up and/or threatened with eternal hellfire by an Imperial Bishop.