Its Part Two of the Insanity of 40K weaponry, this one contains a few oddballs so curious to see how forgiving you guys are to me lol I think it seems certain that there WILL be a Part Three in this series now - but if you want to make sure then Smash the LIKE - Also do get yourself on the Audible Trial and grab a free 40K Audiobook of your choice - www.audible.com/luetin
"Sir Permission to annihilate the heretic base!?" "Denied Captain, we do not have the proper paperwork, an ecclesiarch, and a ad-mech to approve of this action!"
"Major.. we located the heretics main base. It is heavily guarded by minefields, auto turrets, artillery, trenches, barbed wire and a field or exploding spike plants. But we got a deathstrike missile left! Can we take it out?" "Nah.. i really can't be bothered to waste my morning making phone calls. Just send the third and fourth platoon. And the fifth. That should be enough to clear a path. Afterwards send the eigth and ninth battalion to destroy the base. If that all wont work we can still make the vox calls for a deathstrike.. sigh.. now where is my fresh caffeine? This mug has gotten cold!"
Why can't it just be a simple as Halo? Permission to go planet-side? For what purpose Brother-Captain? To give the heretics the emperor's blessing. ... Permission granted
Orks are the best. Orks are the best thing out there. Anything will work as long as they believe it will and that kind of wish fulfillment is simply superior to whatever else you can come up with :P
Leutin09 as The Puritan: "I don't want fanfic speculation and nonsense. GIVE ME SOURCES OR TO THE PYRE WITH YOUR POINT!" Leutin09 as The Radical: "Well, there was this one place that had the brand but kinda wasn't entirely officially supported but also it was and now it's gone and...look just hear me out, ok!" I think I need to go a rewatch the Inquisition videos and contemplate how even the purest of us can fall to the insidious lure of heretical knowledge. As an aside, given your broad definition of 'weapon': The Orks and Eldar as species. Or the Crorc or whatever they were called back in the day of the Old Ones. Oh and Roboute "The greatest administrator the Administratum had never known" Guilliman (quote from the latter portion of The Emperor's Legion) because being able to sort out the Imperium's bureaucracy to the end of delivering entire legions-worth of primaris marines (and other forces) to the far ends of the Imperium has got to count as "destruction enabling".
By that logic, shouldn't the golden throne and Astronomicon (i don't know how to spell it) be weapons? They also allow for easier transfer of troops, and production of pysk out grenades
Actually it literally saves thousands of $, think of it Black library lists most horus heresy books at $30-$40, theres i think 56 right now so thats well over $1,500 for the series at minimum price. For fuck sake that's a lot of money wow and I thought the mini's were expensive. Audible you buy 3 credits for $35.86. Still a lot of money tho. I'm on book #51 right now lol.
"[Controlled fission reactions used as weapons...crude, but impressive for a species at such a low level of development. When you achieve such control of fusion that you can cause entire stars to detonate on a whim, you will be getting somewhere.]"
@@CharlesUrban stars are already "detonating fusion bombs" You just need to mess with gravity to make them expand violently.. So anti-gravity bomb sent to a star should wipe out the whole solar system.
Humanity’s greatest, most persistent enemy. One that has weakened its armies from the dawn of the Imperium, and will likely remain until the last soldier has given their last breath.. Administratum Red Tape.
We must be sure that the machine spirits of the missile approve its appropriate usage! You wouldn't want a dissatisfied machine spirit inside an intercontinental missile, would you?
@@theonlybass8947 "You go tell that machine spirit to move it's lazy ass off it's fucking couch, and give me my BATTALION OF DEATHSTRIKE MISSIES I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR 5 MONTHS STRAIGHT RIGHT NOW!" - a Very Pissed Off Imperial General
I love how the old rules had the Death Strike range listed as unlimited inches. In practical terms, this means that you could call up a game store in another city anywhere in the world, ask if there's a 40k game going on, and say you wanted to launch a Death Strike Missile at them. You'd basically drop a pie tin somewhere on their table and attack anything under the pie tin. I don't know if this is a thing now, and I don't remember the rules when this was a thing, but it was hilarious.
That sounds like something people were into before the internet was really big lol XD Nobody calls up anybody anymore so it sounds pretty old but cool lol
A Custodian's mind is a far more impressive weapon than all of the strength and crazy gear that they have. The Emperor's bodyguards can analyze and identify even the most subtle indications of a threat to Big E in a very short time. Once it took 30 seconds for a Custodian to figure out a Chaos cult's complicated cypher based on looking at certain unassuming objects from a certain angle. When his baseline-human ally marveled at how easily he had cracked the code, the Custodian replied that it was, in fact, very difficult--only the toughest puzzles took him that long to solve.
Stars Wars Imperium: We destroyed one planet to establish out dominance 40K's Imperium of Man: We have that once a week and don't let that Inquisitor get close to the Exterminatus button or it'll be 3 per week
Same here. Listened to his Emperor of Mankind and was hooked. Love lore videos on anything fantasy and sci-fi and 40k doesn’t disappoint. The lore is thicc with info.
Some people listen to lofi to relax, some listen to chill-step, others might even listen to classic music. I listen to Luetin09's WH40K lore videos. Thank you for the videos and your commitment. Cheers mate. Praise the Emperor.
I put his video on the Drukhari on one night as my ASMR and my wife told me she heard me giggle in my sleep. I've been banned from playing ASMR in bed anymore.
Check out Isaac Arthur, he does a lot of science and futurism videos, he would often reference wh 40k and discusses a lot of accuracies of the universe
Same. At the start of the quarantine I decided to listen to the Emperor of Mankind video and since then not even music can keep me focused on drawing than Luetin's videos.
26:00 - You talk about Orks not travelling in FTL through the warp, but they actually sometimes do. And they do it deliberately. They willingly travel through the warp when it is expedient for them to do so and they dont have any gellar fields or other technology to protect them from the entities in the warp. They just let the demons aboard, then fight them until the orks come out the other side or are slaughtered by demons and other horrors. This is one of the things i love most about the orks and their utter "i dont give a fuck, let me fight!" nature. Ghazghkull was doing this in his waagh against Argmageddon.
Audible promotion? Congratulations Luetin, that's a pretty strong signal in and of itself. I might check out some of these books now for work listening!
I recall reading in the novella Fifteen Hours by Michael Scanlon (2005) that the Administratum clerk responsible for directing this newly-raised regiment's troop ship to the right war zone made a single error because he had been working for something like 40 hours straight (iirc). So going by the notion that the Imperium considers a single Deathstrike worth more paperwork than an entire IG regiment, that'd be a comparatively large chunk of extra work for a horribly overworked Administratum clerk who can't even remember if he was supposed to send a regiment troop transport here or there and just sent it the place he thought was right since he was that tired and overworked. It certainly fits into the Imperium's whole shtick but I think you got the Administratum clerk-bit wrong. He would not be asking an IG colonel if it's absolutely necessary, he'd be desperate to get through the extra lines of data needed to be signed, digitally stamped and filed at a point where every waking second is literal torture to him.
@@jackp492 You'd enjoy that novella then. It's called fifteen hours because the protagonist ends up in a war zone where the longest a new recruit is slated to survive is fifteen hours. The contrast is really there!
I wonder what insane weapons the T'au have. Their railguns? The Ghostkeel Battlesuit? Their insane ability to just be able to pivot and create an entire battlefleet after _one_ major engagement with Humanity? Any ideas?
@@detamahid1224 ah yes plot armour, the only competent species in the galaxy that can ground an entire crusade to a halt (yeah yeah they left because Tyranids but they were GROUND TO A HALT by the T'au alone and this was when the T'au didn't have all of their super cool stuff)
Insignificance. None of the major factions consider them worth the effort of wiping out, and so they continue to live for another day. One day, this insignificance will not be enough to protect them, and every last one of their worlds will burn before the unfeeling eyes of a bureaucrat, the wild smile of an Ork, the gleeful ministrations of Chaos, or any other significant force. They are doomed and hopeless, only their own insignificance delaying their meaningless deaths. Such is life, in the 42nd millennium.
I just wanted to say: Never stop making these kind of videos. You helped me a lot. In another video you were talking about the positive mental health effect of warhammer in general. Your videos helped me to calm down and I could finally have a good night sleep once again. Sounds a bit paradox regarding the content, but the insanity in this universe helped me to cope with stuff in the real world for some reason. 2019 was a very rough year for me. I don't know if you will ever read this comment... But I got through it because of you. Should you ever visit Berlin, drinks are on me. That's the least I can do. Thank you!
I think hells reach is a good example of what your talking about. Grimaldus started out feeling his deployment to the city a waste, but toward the end, when the canoness showed him the cities charter and the fact that they fought for something greater than themselves, he finally could relate to them, he finally found the commonality of the human spirit.
The Death Guard’s “Tox-Dump” Shown off in “The lords of silence” book at the battle of aggropena. It’s basically a death guard ship vomiting it’s frothing waste on an enemy ship. Not only does it eat through void shields and reduce capital ships to molten slag. It’s such a Nurgle weapon. You basically just take a steaming toxic, warp enfused dump on the enemy
by my ravishing ribcage, I am indeed fortunate enough to watch this 21 mins since upload time since i was doing my homework also its sept 21 so ye 21 21
So, hear me out. What if the faith powers we see in the likes of the living saints and the adepta sororitas aren't latent psychic abilities? But instead the metaphysical personification of the Spirit of Mankind? That for all their belief in the Emperor, their thoughts that they channel his God-like powers through themselves is entirely incorrect. That in reality, the powers they wield are the very Spirit, the core of humankind. And what if the emperor's true goal wasn't to foster humanities growth in using the Warp but instead was to protect them while they grew into the own unique power, much like the orcs have their own pseudo warp-like abilities. Humanity has their indomitable spirit, their unbreakable force of will, such a force that was unreliant upon the Warp and entirely held within each and every human being. This could without a doubt give the gods of chaos pause and drive them to, not necessarily the destruction, but the constant degradation of humanity, to ensure that such an impossibly powerful force would never come to fruition.....just a thought.
Definitely something that is both possible and impossible, as with the nature of 40k. Given that humans are essentially psionic batteries and the spawn of the old ones, in addition to the emperor's incredible warp presence, its certainly possible that the vast quantity of humans could materialize such acts of power much like the orks. I mean, its through the orks' collective waaagh energy that created Gork and Mork. I say that its completely possible that the latent psyker power of all humans then creates the incredible powers possessed by the rare human.
I am a native viking representative. Since Æonic is a bastardised use of our precious Æ I agree that your pronunciation of Æonic is the best one to go with. With the Necron in mind, "aeonic" seems like the intended word and therefore do not warrant such wanton tomfoolery.
I feel if we are going to talk about stupid, impractical, insane and stupid weapons from epic 40k we're gonna need to have a chat about Ordinatus in the next video
I can imagine the Deathstrike Missile ritual would go something like: "And Saint Attila moved the Deathstrike Missile onto the front line, saying, 'O God Emperor, bless this thy Deathstrike Missile, that with it thou mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy.' And the Emperor did grin. And the people did feast upon the lambs, and sloths, and carp, and anchovies, and orangutans, and breakfast cereals, and fruit bats, and large chulapas. And the Emperor spake, saying, 'First shalt thou press the Holy Arming Button. Then shalt thou count down from three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count down, and the number of the count down shall be three. Four shalt thou not count down from, neither count down from two, excepting that thou hath proceeded from three. Five is right out. Once the number one, being the third number, be reached, then launcheth thou thy Holy Deathstrike Missile towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it."
>Talks about "Spirit of Mankind" as a superweapon. I now expect you to talk about; 1) How all Orks are rumored to be Psykers and how their collective belief changes reality, and 2) Whatever is at the center of the Tyrnid hivemind(to which I personally believe its the C'tan Iash'uddra the Endless Swarm).
always hated the ideas of the tyranids being connected to the cthan or ancients it makes the universe so small i prefer the tyranids as a confirmation of hopelessness in this galaxy there is only war, but suppose the emperor wakes up , wipes out the orks and heretics unites the galaxy and leads humanity beyond the stars the only thing you will find outside the galaxy is more war, just bigger fits the 40k scale better
"...I'm no philosopher." Says the guy who has written and argued hundreds of hours of open ended questions. Philisophy through the lense of fantasy is still philosophy, right?
I imagine the launching rites for the deathstrike goes something like the Holy Handgrenade bit from Monty Python, count to three, not four, but also not to two....
Luetin- "I'm no philosopher..." then goes on to muse "I like thinking about the human condition..." We listen attentively because you hold up the mirror, pointing at the laugh lines on our faces. You show us that humans raise a placard with 'morals' scrawled across it, shout about rights and while at home, across the kitchen table, furtively whisper about ethics and yet know with a certainty beyond faith that the 40K universe speaks a truth about the human condition. About us.
the most dangerous part of the deathstrike, at least in it's original variant shown in the epic game, was that it could hold a titan scale Vortex missile warhead. any small tank that has a titan scale weapon, even a one shot version, is rather OP, lol
just gotta say, your absolute love for this game and it’s setting is refreshing. Playing other games at my local shop i happened to see 40k games quite frequently. I’ve always been intrigued by the design and imagery evoked. You do a fantastic job of boiling the lore down into digestible chunks. thanks for the videos, i am now addicted.
When every race has it's own planet killing armaments with others still crying for "MOAR DAKKA", there can be no doubt as to which fictional universe is the most hardcore.
Leutin: "I can already hear everyone screaming: the spirit of man Leutin, boo." Troll: "The spirit of man Leutin, BOOO!" *ding dong* The Inquisition: "Someone at this address booed the Imperium."
Salamander: "You know you guys, I feel bad for the guard sometimes. They just keep getting gooshed and they don't have grenade machine gun rifles or anything." *A single MFRL scoots by, groaning under the weight of a gigantic missile* Salamander: "Aw, good for that guy."
@@H-to-O bro Titans have void shield but They wouldn't stand against Astra militarum because they have baneblade,death strike missiles,Earth shaker altillery. 3-6 baneblade can destroy emperator class Titan.
One of the most powerful Imperial weapons: Imperial Truth/Cult. Think of what it's made the Imperium do. It alone has probably been the cause of more deaths than any weapon.
Your audible recommendations have sent me into a spiral of 40k listening, mostly dan abnett at present listened to the eisenhorn trilogy including the magos the first 4 gaunts ghosts (which skip to book 12 or 13 after the first 4) and now listening to the ravenor trilogy, absolutely fantastic!
Not that anyone cares, but I think your pronunciation of "Æ" is flawless. Norwegian seal of approval inserted. Love the channel, keep up the amazing work
We all know that the most damaging weapon in 40K is harsh words. Orc: "Durr Durr Durr your emperor is a sad sack of rotting bones" Grey Knight: "Jeez man that hurts" 😪😪 Orc: "Err Sorry" 👉👈
@@meowmeowmeow594 IT would be like the Orb gun the Necrons have...taking the entire output of a star and focusing it onto whatever. Also the Quasi-Stellar Obliterator is one from Stellaris that would be fun
I mean, it makes sense that sanctioning the use of such means takes some paper work and approval. A vortex warhead literaly tears at the fabric of space, creating a temporal hole into the warp, just so you can annihilate a high priority target. It's deployment is completly uncontrolled and incredibly unpredictable compared to orbital saturation bombardament and exterminatus. Definitly not something that should be taken lightly.
Hey Luetin! So I recently watched your video on the Luetin Necropolis, and I was wondering what the terrain for the planet of Luetin is like. I’m considering painting my IG like the planets colors.
The *real* Deathstrike missile was the French Pluton system, a tank with an oversize nuclear missile on top. Check it out : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluton_(missile)
If we have to go into that long of an explanation on why we have x in the list and let me reference 678 other little notes to tell you why this weapon are on the list (referring to the aeonic orb) then those people need to learn how to just have fun and enjoy the video. Enjoy the content and the effort Luetin puts into making these or go elsewhere.
If such weapons as virus bombs or nuclear bombs with the power to incenerate the atmosphere exist... How do the battles against Titans, demons and Chaos Space Marines even make sense? Outside of creating an interesting narrative, that is. „One day there came a spaceship which dropped a bomb turning everything but a bunker into sludge.“ The End
best part is that you go on about how u dont care if u pronounce æonic correctly and then imidiatly pronounce it perfectly fine ( you pronounce it wrong a few times after that but i thought it was hilarious that the imidiate pronounciation was spot on)
Hey Luetin, watching my 3rd vid of yours after going "hang on, isn't that the Battlefield guy?" and absolutely loving it! The mental health video I found to be important when trying to make mental health less tabooed and escapism better understood as healthy but also dangerous if it's allowed to dominate one's life. Thanks for opening up, that requires courage but it's a necessary action! Anyways, I wanted to say that the ae can be pronounced like the German Ä so that Aeonic becomes Äonic. Ae is also an acceptable spelling of Æ in Danish and Norwegian (pronounced like the German Ä) if Æ is not available! I don't know how useful this is to you (or if you were already aware), but anything for 40k lore c: Stay safe and keep up the lore work!
For those wondering. "Æ" is pronounced like the "a" sound in "hAve", and "thAt", and, well "And". But I completely understand being done with 40k pronunciations so no hate from me if you ignore this. Just thought I would put my English bachelor and Norwegian origin to SOME use :P
In the last episode you mentioned that the tabletop rules for Eldar guns seems to sell them far short of where they should be in lore. The Deathstrike missile has the exact opposite on the tabletop (or used to anyway). The unlimited range feature had people calling in missile attacks from games across the country, breaking the 4th, 5th, and 6th walls of reality, but it was allowed. Truly the most powerful weapon in the game for a period of time.
i love how necrons can basically just eliminate all life from the whole universe. i heard a story, idk how true but apparently they have a device that can reset time and completely reverse everything that has happened
It was the breath of the gods, and it was from the forges of Mars series. Also it was being used improperly by a tech priest in which it started to create a false vacuum which would in modern science reset our universe by traveling at the speed of light while the laws of physics inside the false vacuum are theoretically completely different from our known universe. This of course was a side effect from misuse. The real purpose of this device was to feed the C'tan indefinitely for all time as it would siphon power from suns in the past, present, and future, while at the same time creating new stars infinitely essentially making the C'tan who are already star destroying, singularity creating, undying star gods infinitely more powerful.
Necron are so gnarly man. Love their lore so much. Cool names, cool architecture, beast weapons and just darn right OP! Don't play them though, love Black Templars too much. But Necron always hold a deep place in my heart. Great video.
Pt 3, Pt 3, Pt 3!! I used your audible link a few months ago and now have a subscription. Audible has a brand new 40k titles featuring the burgeoning Necron storyline, Primaris, etc. Some books are like 16h long so are nice if ya got a commute.
Luetin: "Mby I couldve just said its like psychic awakening but for the old epic game system, oh well" Me looking at the past seven minutes: --------______----------
*Well, Warhammer 40K sure has quite the cache of WMD'S laying around everywhere, it's a miracle **_( HARASEY!)_** .... Mankind life is still present at all.* _Still badass an gritty though, I approve!_ ⚔️🔥
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