Warhammer 40k Liber Xenologis - Jokaero & Zoats Explained 

I an a fan of the Jokaero, and I still remember how, originally, the Zoat were emissaries of the old school Tyrannids once upon a time...

Oh boy not the tinkerer it would of been sad if it got shot because Jokaero is one of my favorite races in Warhammer 40k since there's a lot of dark characters within the universe it's a breath of fresh air to have a race not going over zealous about wiping everything out, so "roll!" "roll!" and do a "barrel roll!" Tinkerer all you want, Plus they can fix my stuff if needed, Love that one Jokaero artwork at 1:48 that's well done Plus the Zoats is one bad ass sneaky smart Mama jama, to appear anywhere, and in that one awesome artwork at 12:20 that Tyranid weaponry that one Zoats grasping in his right claw 🤔 it would be interesting if the Zoats use such Grimm devastating weapons of Tyranid faction. Oh man "👍😃

Are both races created by the Old Ones?

had a jokaero and zoat friends in a ttrpg game the jokaero was thought dead when he was swarmed by necron scarabs he came back riding a vehicle made of dead scarabs the zoat we met at a xenos space station he was pretty good at guns and was a shrewd business man till tthe world eaters attack

Something I'm curious about. Why would archeotech be of great value to the mechanicus when they're technically not allowed to really invent or reverse engineer at the risk of heresy? Or is it more so that recovered items would be seen as holy relics of the Omnissiah?

Great stuff

Fun fact the Zoats were lifted from Warhammer Fantasy!

Additional insight into their behaviour through this more in-person diary entry, Jokaero are still boggling to me. As per Captain Drake's retelling here, was the Jokaero he encountered following him to abscond eventually with the scavenged archaeotech? Being that the space ape at least presented itself to the rogue trader as being alone. With their individuality or separation from service to any Imperial, who is to say if this species' intelligence truly involves more than a technological 'glitch'? Or, how loyal and receptive some Jokaero are to the Imperium when evidently out on their own. Zoats' lore development has certainly come a long way since an initial, vague thrall species to the Tyranids. These xenos' common tech, both implanted and separate but attached, has always looked creepy-mysterious-cool. Making it appear like even more of a threatening far future dino-rhino-shaggoth. Very cunning and covert through use of proxies, like the Shadow Broker of the Mass Effect trilogy. Of the two, the Jokaero may be potential jokers and jackasses when not fixing everything but Zoats are sinister. Aliens who singularly manipulate like the machinations of skaven leaders. It's too bad there's not yet more, literary or lore-wise about those scarier, scaley beings. The Jokaero would do, too...but, what's with their eyes? Besides that, I appreciate yours and this book's long trail through all of the inhuman beasties aboard this particular black fortress, GDN. Until you peruse more pages of the captain's personal log, have a healthy and awesome week. The Emperor protects.

I realize it's one of the most satirized and over the top facets of the setting, particularly when it comes to the Imperium, but the xenophobia and racism inherent in that whole " they can't possibly be intelligent, it must be a mental glitch" thing is something else. In a more traditional scifi setting an "animal" like that would turn out to be a devolved old one or something equally crazy. On a related note, anyone with an interest in sci-fi check out a trilogy of novels by author F M Busby. I can't discuss the overarching plot too much because I'll get excited and end up spoiling some stuff, but in my opinion it's a great read and a pretty neat Fish Out of Water story. The books in order are "cage a man", "proud enemy" and "end of the line"

GW just could help but copy Terry Pratchett’s Discworld Librarian.

Oh nice i just randomly clicked on the channel.

You got any good Warhammer jokes?

Hmmm monke

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