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"Ten point quiz"

What is a Rhino APC used for, and where is it from.

thanks. Most of the people I play have vuage ideas about the tau empire and the primarches, but have little access to informaton. Needless to say I Profanatise any corrections whenever they are wrong.

http://www.criticalhit.co.uk/cgi-bin/wh40ktl.cgi?all

is also a good starting point, and probably more concise than I could put it.

One of my fave bits of the story was the Horus Heresy, in particualr the final battle on Earth that takes place around c31000 , the guy with the above site obviously has never heard of an obscure GW game actually called Horus Heresy, and that game was one of the only sources of the actual account of Earth's last stand. I'll post that tomorrow as well, as best as my memory serves anyway.

I'll post something here tomorrow, on a more general note, eBay is a good source of old rule books for 40k, the older rulebooks and codex books contained far more stories/info than the wafer thin efforts today, and they cost less BTW. one of the main reasons I packed in GW stuff was that most players don't give a toss about the story of it, and to me, once you get to that stage, it really is just moving metal and plastic pieces around.

Belldandy wrote:
> English_Bloke wrote:
> *Gives Bell a picture of a lady*
>
> Don't worry, nothing to be scared of.
>
> I can recount the entire history of the 40k universe, still, and I
> know nearly every X Files episode *smirks*

Wow. Could you write me some stuff? I'm striving to be like you. I'm got a mullet and everything, and I'm eating a bag of sugar right now... ;)

Seriously, I would love some 40K history. I am starting the road to knowing everything about something no-one cares about, and this is the chosen subject. I play three armies, and hang around A 40k chatforum. So I've passed the test for dork aprenticeship in most areas.
[email protected].

Belldandy wrote:
> Yup, Rhin APC is a an armoured personnel carrier used by Space Marine
> forces in the Games Workshop Warhammer 40,000 fantasy battle game.
>
> Carries 10 Space Marines, all terrain vehicle with twin tracks, and
> pintel mouted twin linked storm bolters, used by all chapter of Space
> Marines. It's design is the basis for many imperial vehicles which
> build on it's STC (standard template construct) design to create
> variants such as the Predator, Razorback, Whirlwind and Vindicator.
>
> Design originates from c30000 and was originally manufactured by the
> Mars Tech Priests, before the Emperor allowed the Space Marine
> chapters to manufacture their own vehicles, weapons and armanements.
>
> *takes off nerd cap*
>
> Can't remember any more, it's two years since I stopped playing 40K!

Wow.


Wow.

*ponders whether to list every X File epsisode with aliens in*

No, I've filled my nerd quota for today.

Though if you look at the first season closely, it was not until episode 10, Fallen Angel, that the viewers we're even shown an actual alien in the show. Pilot never showed anything other than lights, Deep Throat the technology, Conduit the possibility of them, Ice and Space their potential ties to the planet's history. Ice was a very early hint at the overall plot of the show over the 9 seasons. though no one realised at the time it's importance.

Really?

Didn't you love that one...you know...with the alien.

English_Bloke wrote:
> *Gives Bell a picture of a lady*
>
> Don't worry, nothing to be scared of.

I can recount the entire history of the 40k universe, still, and I know nearly every X Files episode *smirks*

Too true.....

*runs* My hobby is anime stuff now, less testosterone and fewer dice, plus no requirement for 10 rulebooks for one thing... :P