Tbf half of the point of the Tech Priest is to take human flesh and mindset, and see it as weakness, they would understand what being human means, they just think they'll acheive something more
He could have just turned them into cyborgs rather than servitors. Plenty of Aug'd up augmeticist troops and mercs in 40k. Half the rogue traders for example.
@@nairda55555 They weren't made into servitors. That's just the photos that were used. They were just augmented with cybernetic implants, more along the likes of the lowest rung of Skitarii, the Hypapists. Still have free will, still more man than machine, just tougher than your average guardsmen.
That's why my homebrew Iron Hands successors have basically disavowed them. Instead of becoming stronger, they claim the Iron Hands broke during the Heresy and so have named themselves The Unbroken and see themselves as the only true sons of Ferrus Manus.
@somerandomguy4281 towards the end ferrus' perspective did have a massive shift and he did want to make his legion focus more on being good people than just efficient
@@somerandomguy4281 Ferrus before his death at the start of the heresy wanted his legion to be more human, since he saw their obsession with replacing all their limbs and with cybernetics and lack of humanity early on as something that he needed to fix and denounce before it got out of hand. But with his death on Istvaan 5 they never got better. Hence why I say Ferrus would be disappointed at his sons today.
Well, the moment that a tech priest understand human psychology better than an iron hand is the moment you realize that if ferrus was still alive he would probably rage quit his legion in a matter of seconds
If Ferrus came back (and according to Emps it’s possible), he would make what Angron did to his Legion seem TAME by comparison in correcting what they’ve become.
Kind of reminds of how Vulcan had to temper his "sons" impulse to self sacrifice. It feels like Ferris needed to temper his sons cold nature, but never really got that part of his job. Now that hes gone it like that override trait just gets more more concentrated.
@@Wolfbane192 absolutely! Ferrus was nothing like the modern era IHs. He would be broken all over again simply seeing what has happened to his legion now.
Said logistics officer then fearing becoming a servitor flees for his life while praying to any gods that might save him until eventually a many eyed vision whispers secrets on how not only to survive, but to use his knowledge and many acquaintances during his time as logistics officer to turn the blame on someone... being awarded a position as planetary governor for finding these accused traitors. Hearing whispers in his dreams of untold knowledge to effectively govern this planet, turning it into a paradise by comparison. The only catch is he must swear vengeance against the chapter who almost cursed him with robotic unthinking immortality, and use his position to bring those under him to the service of this new god of hope, wisdom, and Change. .... all just as planned.
The Mechanicum really believes in post human transedance and letting go of those things as good things, where as the Iron Hands are a lot more... Practical... Frighteningly so. Iron hands are what most tourists think Mechanicum are, just because they turn prisoners into... Bleh... and engage in a bit of grimdark.
A space marine goes through way more brainwashing than a tech priest. That iron hand fully believes that being freed from flesh to become a higher efficiency combat unit is a blessing. The tech priestess is just some highly religious ( which is the default in 40k) girl who probably was interacting with normal people daily. She probably has more humanity in her than the entire company of the Iron Hands combined.
I'm an Iron Hands successor player. I love them because cyborgs are awesome. Cyborg supersoldiers are even better. But man, are they the worst bosses to work for. 😂
It's kinda funny how the Iron Hands and Dark Angles became bastards without dad around. It seems like the other loyalist legions retained their primarchs personality much better.
@@FlameDarkfire Master the art of being "perfectly average" but not TOO average, or else you make a perfect subject for a control group... Which is very likely far, far worse than anything already tested. Maybe?
They are a thousand times worse than the inquisition. Amber veil, Erasmus Crowl, Eisenhorn, Ravenor... Most named inquisitors are really cool people pulling really screwed up tasks. The "casual exterminatus" aspect of them is just one of these memes the fanbase just insist is true.
@@leandrocastello309Thank you for saying this, people tend to forget the stakes in which the inquisition has to operate. Could you imagine how our world would react to literal gods trying to corrupt the population?
@@leandrocastello309 Not every Inquisitor is like a certain asswipe who thought _attacking and killing the Space Wolves was a good idea_ (Imagine the Civil War that would have come about from that?) but it seems the ones who are get talked about more than the ones who aren't...
@@leandrocastello309 Eisenhorn has executed thousands for lesser heresies than he has personally committed. People only give him a pass because he's the protagonist of his stories, and his plot armor ensues he's right even when doing wrong. The guy is soo far off the reservation he can't even see it.
Iron Hand: "You will fail. Your sentimentality will be your undoing. The flesh is weak." Salamander: "I have heard you say that phrase on several occasions since our first encounter. I am not sure that you really understand what it means." Iron Hand: "You may have spoken with the Gorgon but do not think to school me in the teachings of my own primarch!" Salamander: "Perhaps I must if the lesson was not learned properly," Ari'i snapped back. "What you say, the flesh is weak, is only part of the saying. In forgetting the end you have lost the meaning. Vulkan said it in praise of Ferrus Manus, after the One Hundred and Eighty-Fourth Expedition when our Legions jointly liberated the ork-dominated worlds of the Shoxua Cluster. The fighting had been fiercer than anything we had expected. Your primarch said in jest that his arm was tired from killing so many orks, and Vulkan retorted with "the flesh is weak, but deeds endure". It was a celebration of what they had achieved, and a remark that even primarchs can die but what they do will last beyond their lifespan. It was a message of humility, not condemnation. Flesh is weak because it knows it must come to an end, and so we must rise above the concerns of flesh and leave a legacy that others will be proud to inherit. Ferrus Manus understood that. He was a harsh master, an unforgiving ally, but he was also a maker of things - a builder, not a destroyer. I find it strange how this conversation wasn’t passed down or even known through the history of the Iron Hands chapter.
It's like the saying "curiosity killed the cat" that many people still use as a way to warm people about getting into things they don't understand. The whole saying is "curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought him back" meaning yes, it can be dangerous to explore the unknown, but finding something new is worth the risk. "The flesh is weak" is the part that people remember because it's just 1 thought, not a combination of 2 ideas.
And then the Agri world fell and then several Hive worlds in the surrounding sectors rebelled due to rationing and starvation. If only the Iron Hands had done their job instead of playing with the militia.
Yeah the "mere agri world" was such a stupid thing to say considering what they mean to surrounding worlds. But this IS the Iron Hands we're talking about.
Yeah, I don't care if the place giving me food is a hell hole in its own capacity being filled with so much fertiliser you can't leave the house without a biohazard suit. If it falls, every other inhabited planet in the system is f*cked, and the Imperium would be in no rush to rectify this.
Thats what i dislike of the IH writting. Sometimes the writter just has them do the most jerk and "efficient" option possible despiste being objetively counterproductive. You can spot the flaws even as you are just reading, let alone being cyborg with a superhuman brain.
@@leandrocastello309 It's the obsession with grimdark regression and so it's ironic that the super advanced guys can't understand basic military strategy.
Nothing wrong with iron hands. There is no strength in flesh, only weakness. There is no constancy in flesh, only decay. There is no certainty in flesh but death. From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel.
@@SlavicWeaponsthe flesh is weak, but the deeds endure, do not condemn your flesh for its knows it must one day die, but be proud of your soul and resilience, to move past your flesh limits, that is humanity strength
Regional Supervisor: "You have done well at your work and will be happy to know I giving you a promotion! I have already scheduled your raise, lobotomy appointment, and new uniform!"
Iron Hands are terrible to normal humans. They don't fight for you! They fight against the Imperiums enemies. They are NOT there to save you. If you can't save yourself you are weak. And a weak man is not worth saving. The Dark Eldar perform raids on Iron Hand recruitment planets and the Iron Hands KNOW this, and allow it to continue. It weeds out the weak and the surviving people will emerge stronger as better candidates. Iron Hands are fucked up!
At least the Iron Warriors won't turn everyone on the world into servitors. They'll hold as long as necessary to decimate their enemies. Even as loyalists, the Iron Warriors were more efficient than the Iron Hands, purely because of their combat doctrine (combat efficiency above all else) If evacuating civilians boosted the militia's morale sufficiently so they'd fight better than if the civilians were brought jn as additional soldiers, they'd be evacuated because that's the most logical solution
The Iron Hands are so unhinged and yet ironic. If by some miracle their daddy comes back, I genuinely believe that he will wipe them out, despite seeing them as his sons.
Yeah I can see it. I’ll pull up a chair with some soda and popcorn and watch it. No doubt it will be worse than angron’s purge and the decimation of the iron warriors.
Yup. They're just another chapter. The tech priests get a pass on their crazy because they keep the ships flying and the cities running. Anyone else gets the inquisition.
Ferrus Manus is VERY dead. Dropsite Massacre on Isstvaan 3 and a fight against Demonic controlled Fulgrim made sure of that. Probably why the IH are so much worse off than when they started.
@@Ragnarra well, the Borg were introduced about halfway through TNG, which I believe would place it a good bit younger than 40K. I could be wrong about that though
The fun part is that from technical PoV, power armor is simpler to make then servitors. And idk, both in lore where AdMech uses "servitisation" as capital punishment AND in games where they care about their Scitarii, Iron Hands guy feels like he insults Omnissiah by acting like such a prick. And what he does IS a waste.
@@joseestevezhernandez558nah malevolent and iron hands pretty much have the same concept of brutality. Malevolent are just losers that want to sacrifice people regardless if civilian or not. Iron hands are pretending to be the admechs but a worst version.
@@joseestevezhernandez558me looking at the chaos boys flaying skull fucking giggerling over leaking puss and all the other shit......yeah no i have to hard disagree with you on that
she agreed with the tactical logic, she still disagreed that its not a "reward", theres a reason the AdMech use turning people into a servitor as a capital punishment, they are well aware that its very much not a reward and is infact a grave punishment
@@XiaoYueMao In fact, AdMech could see it being used as a "reward" as heretical behaviour because it dulls the blade of the punishment they want to mete out on criminals. If servitorization is meant to punish criminals, but it can just happen to anyone as a "reward", then the punishment aspect is lost and order is weakened, thus potentially impairing efficiency and lessening the authority of the AdMech.
Its because they do need to interact with people regularly. Thought they hold different beliefs they need at least a basic understanding of human psychology. If for no other reason than to understand how to best prevent them from impeding their work.
Honestly out of all loyalist chapters I feel like if the iron hands primarch came back he’d be half tempted to declare a decimation if not erradication
This is what I like about the Iron Hands. They strike the perfect balance of what a space marine is - uniquely cultured with unique solutions and most importantly, they are the heroes everyone is regrettably stuck with
They aren't "heroes" because they make no effort to save anything. Civilians, soldiers, equipment, resources, or anything else. I'd go so far as to say they aren't just not heroes, they're not even soldiers. They're augmented humans who have forgotten why they were created in the first place. They weren't created as the "superior human" to replace humans. They were created to DIE for humans. And a cultured solution to something that ISN'T the problem isn't a solution. It's just a second problem. In this case, the actual problem is that the planet they are standing on is an agricultural planet for several planets around it. Losing it means losing every other planet within dozens of lightyears. So instead of... I don't know, defending it, this Space Marine decides to repurpose the soldiers that showed themselves as effective into mechanical monstrosities because it is his view that it's a waste to defend a planet. Meaning all of the planets nearby, potentially with many trillions of people that combined would be able to produce significant output for the Imperium, are just FUCKED.
This, I like that there insane and just as monsters as there enemies. But too many people want the space marine to be generic good guy super soldiers, which I just find boring. It's one of the reasons the salamander and ultra marine come off as dull to me.
Thing is, even the Marines Malevolent would wonder what the fuck is wrong with them and I can see Ezekiel, Chief Librarian of the Dark Angels, bursting a blood vessel in their presence, and Ezekiel is one fucked up guy but he at least gives some level of care for the people, especially considering he was the one who ordered an Apothecary to help a woman give birth after her husband saved his life (his bionic eye belonged to the husband and he refuses to have it replaced with something better). The kid went on to become a Sister of Battle, last I heard.
@@starhammer5247 Let's not go taking lessons on whose sensibilities are offended by genetically enhanced super soldiers with mutilated emotions, who if remained apart of any regular human society might very well become literal serial killers. We have chapters that perform cannibalism, chapters that drink the blood of their serfs, chapters that once in a while drink the blood of ALL of their serfs at once, chapters that are unable to distinguish friend from for on the battlefield, chapters that use normal humans as cannon fodder for artillery, when you go back to the Great Crusade you can compare them to Night Lords and World Eaters. The Iron Hands have an entirely unique and alien culture, revolving around being as close to machine efficient as possible, this doesn't leave room for any human error. One of the things I like most about the Iron Hands is their general attitudes "I'm better than you and I know it", because they are 99% of the time
@@user-yf4gx4rf8h that one guardsman that served alongside the Adeptus Soritas would disagree, well he would if he had a head and the cognitive function to do so.
@@kogorunthat’s something agri world grow and do, agri worlds just produce food, doesn’t matter what kind of food. Forge, fortress and hive worlds also use what you suggest but it isn’t sufficient to sustain their populations, they’re all reliant on agri worlds.
@@kogorun Azorees has it right. It's the minority of agri worlds that are covered from every inch with whatever grain equivelant Imperium uses (probably for the nobles to enjoy). Most agri worlds are moss factories and those worlds keep the Imperium running.
Iron Hands probably just turn everyone viable into significantly less hungry Servitors, and don’t care about anyone who isn’t viable to turn into a Servitor.
i have a custom chapter whose homeworld is an agri world, the marines often help with harvests and other work being it helps them connect to the people better
It's only negative to impress a space marine when it's a goddamned Iron Hand. "Hey we won the war!" Iron Hand: "Congratulations. Now line up for decimation." "Why?" "You won the war. But the fact the enemy even made landfall means your people were 'insufficient'. Decimation will ensure they will not let it happen again."
That's what happens when you can create things in a jar. The moment humanity will be able to create humans in a jar using high tech, the price of human life will fall to nothing
There is already cloning procedures for medical purposes (who needs prosthetics when you can literally copy your body to take the parts you lost?) and some questionable practices in the Inquisition, but the clones are braindead. Also, Krieg thing is produce soldiers in-vitro... Wait, didn't some elements of the Mechanicus produced "artificial people" for the sole purpose of turning them into servitors?
This is the same Chapter that sacrificed a company of Raven Guard over their ancestors failing during the Drop Site Massacre. Bombarded two great companies of Space Wolves, who were holding out against Khorne Demons. And let several Guardsmen regiments perish. -Loyalist
I expect most Iron Fathers would agree with the second half of your assessment, but disagree with the first half: a man *is* unpredictable. Sometimes he'll run when you tell him to fight, or fight when you tell him to report for servitorisation.
From text it sounds like they were to made into auxiliary, not into servitors. In this case it's more akin to skitarii, cyborg soldiers, not mindless automatons.
iron hand: "you have done a terrific job soldier, such loyalty deserves a reward" guardsmen: "im honored to serve sir, what is my reward ?" iron hand: " t o r t u r e "
There was once an ancient terran prototype aircraft that was so loud it was almost stealthy. You could hear it coming, but then you'd never hear anything ever again. Sly Marbo heard about that, and thought it was quaint.
Replace the hands or entire forearms with cybernetic replacement. Add auxiliary pseudo-arms to assist in reload and aim that are attached to the cybernetic replacements. Replace one or both eyes with targeting software. Replace the legs, or reinforce them. Replace the organs with cybernetic replacements, and additional armor to prevent damage. Go full Combine.
Yeah the iron hand don't really care what ferrus think. To the them, he is there loser father that got decapitated, the futher they are from his weakness the better.
@@venom0825 and that’s just pure, unrefined copeium they’re sucking down 😂 100% guaranteed that if he came back tomorrow they’d fawn all over him as they’re genetically predisposed to do so 😂
@@darksider2903 Except he did mourn towards the latter part of his life that his sons were turning themselves into machines and planned to have a sit down with them to basically explain that that was wrong. I won't deny that he was a brutal man, that's what he was known for, but he wasn't for people replacing their limbs with metal replacements. "...Already my Legion's warriors replace their shield hands with metal in my honour, and so they too are learning to doubt the natural strength of their bodies. They must be weaned off this practice before it becomes a mania for them. Hatred of what is natural, of what is human, is the first and greatest of the corruptions. So I record it here: when the time comes, I will strip my hands of their unnatural silver. I will instruct my Legion to recant their distrust of the flesh. I will turn them away from the gifts of the machine and bid them relearn the mysteries of flesh, bone and blood. When my father's Crusade is over, this shall be my sacred task. When the fighting is done, I shall cure my Legion and myself. For if fighting is all there is, if we may never pause to reflect on what such devotion to strength is doing to us, then our compulsion will only grow." - Ferrus Manus at the start of Wrath of Iron
@@darksider2903 He was brutal but quick and not wastefull , he didnt approve of sustaining high casualties and did not engage in drawn out slugging matches like Perturabo did , neither did he punish failure with immediate execution and decimations. And his own sons expected nothing less of him, than he did of them.
Ferrus Manus would not approve. He wanted to remove the metal from his hands and teach his sons the value of natural strength and the power of human will. He didn't kill the monster of Medusa because of his iron hands, but because of his strength and will to never give up. The Iron Hands are a tragic legion. His death only reinforced their reliance on technology, as they subconsciously feared that they would never be strong enough without further augmentation. "The fault is with my mind. I rely on the augmentation given to me by my metal gauntlets, so much so that the flesh beneath them is now little more than a distant memory...A day will come when I will strip it from me, lest I lose the power to master myself forever. Already my Legion's warriors replace their shield hands with metal in my honour, and so they too are learning to doubt the natural strength of their bodies. They must be weaned off this practice before it becomes a mania for them." - Ferrus Manus from "The Neimerel Scrolls"
in a sense he was being uncharacteristically respectful. He saw they had enormous potential as soldiers and gave them credit for winning against the Death Guard.
Its actually something that began in 3rd edition 40k when Servitors started carrying Heavy Weapons. . Before then Servitors were just kind of cyborg slaves that werent even good for combat. Newer lore and rules basically makes it so the Adeptus Mechanicus should just make armies of Servitors, not even Skitarii. I remember a long time ago reading the first book of the Soul Drinkers series. One part of from the perspective of a Skitarii and it showed to basically just be an Elite Guardsmen. Later lore the Skitarii are so heavily modified that theyre basically Servitors without the full lobotomies.
This is why my homebrew Guard Regiment are renegades, loyal to the Emperor and the Imperium but despise Space Marines and see them as mutants who have outlived their utility to the Imperium and now threaten it.
Tech priest going “man, this guy knows nothing of being human” is pretty wild.
Especially from a twch priest. Litteraly a robot with a brain bucket covered in rotting human skin. Seriously gross.
*Que ke$ha song* "I think your hot."
@@Lastofthesigilites "My what?"
@@blak_ket the tech priest to the Iron Fist.
Tbf half of the point of the Tech Priest is to take human flesh and mindset, and see it as weakness, they would understand what being human means, they just think they'll acheive something more
Iron hands:you impressed me
Guardsmen: thank y-
Iron hands: now off to the tech priest we go
He could have just turned them into cyborgs rather than servitors. Plenty of Aug'd up augmeticist troops and mercs in 40k. Half the rogue traders for example.
You're really good at fighting, how'd you like to do that for the rest of your life?
I wouldn't.
That question was rhetorical.
@@Nerobyrne
🦾🤖: Opinion noted.
And ignored.
@@frej7422
😐🪖: "Right back at you, robot."
@@nairda55555 They weren't made into servitors. That's just the photos that were used. They were just augmented with cybernetic implants, more along the likes of the lowest rung of Skitarii, the Hypapists. Still have free will, still more man than machine, just tougher than your average guardsmen.
Ferris Manus would cry if he has see what his legion has turned into
Ferris Manus Day Out
Kinda hard to cry without a head though...
Wrong. He still has 30 seconds to cry after decapitation. @@MrGorillafist
@@jojo_sanders5342meh closer to 50.
That's why my homebrew Iron Hands successors have basically disavowed them. Instead of becoming stronger, they claim the Iron Hands broke during the Heresy and so have named themselves The Unbroken and see themselves as the only true sons of Ferrus Manus.
When even the techpriestess thinks you are out of touch, you are really out of touch.
And out of time. And they're out of their heads when she's not around.
Reference, anyone?
I'd never be out of her touch if you catch my drift...
@@Briselanceget out of my head! GET OUT OF MY HEAD
@@werpseudonymouswerlegume3153 HEYOOOO!
@@BriselanceWoa oh oh, woah oh oh
Oh iron hands… you never fail to disappoint Ferrus and Vulkan with your lack of humanity
I can understand Vulkan, but Ferrus? That MF would kill you just foe not being "though" enough.
@somerandomguy4281 towards the end ferrus' perspective did have a massive shift and he did want to make his legion focus more on being good people than just efficient
@@somerandomguy4281 Ferrus before his death at the start of the heresy wanted his legion to be more human, since he saw their obsession with replacing all their limbs and with cybernetics and lack of humanity early on as something that he needed to fix and denounce before it got out of hand. But with his death on Istvaan 5 they never got better. Hence why I say Ferrus would be disappointed at his sons today.
Salamander are humane now see what happened to there primarch at istvaan 5 captured and there forces annihilated they are straight up dumbass
Furthermore commenting everywhere abt humanity is retarded as fuck if everyone is humane how can be setting be more diverse
Well, the moment that a tech priest understand human psychology better than an iron hand is the moment you realize that if ferrus was still alive he would probably rage quit his legion in a matter of seconds
He would without question cull it to a large degree....ahhhhh where is Perty when you need his actual brotherly experience in such matters?!? 😂
Indeed, Ferrus was kinda brutal, bu he was quite human... His underlings, not that much
If Ferrus came back (and according to Emps it’s possible), he would make what Angron did to his Legion seem TAME by comparison in correcting what they’ve become.
Kind of reminds of how Vulcan had to temper his "sons" impulse to self sacrifice. It feels like Ferris needed to temper his sons cold nature, but never really got that part of his job. Now that hes gone it like that override trait just gets more more concentrated.
@@Wolfbane192 absolutely!
Ferrus was nothing like the modern era IHs. He would be broken all over again simply seeing what has happened to his legion now.
We DO disapprove of waste in the Mechanicum! Sustainability people!
Maybe in the mechanicum but not the mechanicus.
@@al-mungus677 Sustainability does not need to be wholesome!
Saving the parts of people you upgrade to make a new person that you can upgrade
Recycle, reuse, reanimate.
Reduce, reuse ecyc e
"we are not gonna defend an agri world"
**Every guardsmen and civilians died of hunger**
And the logistics officer expired for failing to foresee this.
Said logistics officer then fearing becoming a servitor flees for his life while praying to any gods that might save him until eventually a many eyed vision whispers secrets on how not only to survive, but to use his knowledge and many acquaintances during his time as logistics officer to turn the blame on someone... being awarded a position as planetary governor for finding these accused traitors. Hearing whispers in his dreams of untold knowledge to effectively govern this planet, turning it into a paradise by comparison. The only catch is he must swear vengeance against the chapter who almost cursed him with robotic unthinking immortality, and use his position to bring those under him to the service of this new god of hope, wisdom, and Change.
.... all just as planned.
Love that a cult that says "the flesh is weak" is bewildered by an Iron Hands marine mentality of making everything a war machine.
The Mechanicum really believes in post human transedance and letting go of those things as good things, where as the Iron Hands are a lot more... Practical... Frighteningly so. Iron hands are what most tourists think Mechanicum are, just because they turn prisoners into... Bleh... and engage in a bit of grimdark.
She can see the logic, but doesn't confuse the brutal pragmatism of it with being a 'reward' to those guards the way the IH does.
They missing "The deed endure" part here. These mf are so dumb compared to the brilliant of their primarch
A space marine goes through way more brainwashing than a tech priest. That iron hand fully believes that being freed from flesh to become a higher efficiency combat unit is a blessing. The tech priestess is just some highly religious ( which is the default in 40k) girl who probably was interacting with normal people daily. She probably has more humanity in her than the entire company of the Iron Hands combined.
Yes, but they were turned against their will. And would they rather have them branded as traitors or insubordination?
I'm an Iron Hands successor player. I love them because cyborgs are awesome. Cyborg supersoldiers are even better. But man, are they the worst bosses to work for. 😂
They've honestly turned into the Iron Warriors.
NUH UH IRON WARRIORS ARE WORSE, GRAAAAAH GET SHIT ON CORPSE EMPEROR WORSHIPPER GRAAAAAAAAAHHHH
@@AnonOmis1000IW treat their human forces better the IHs lol
I like both Iron Hands and Ultramarines but man Iron Hands are just something else. . .
It's kinda funny how the Iron Hands and Dark Angles became bastards without dad around. It seems like the other loyalist legions retained their primarchs personality much better.
So basically don’t stand out when an iron hands is around, that information needs to be passed down to younger Guardsmen.🐱
You can't be too unimpressive either as that gets your entire bloodline and regiment purged for inadequacy.
Try to look unimportant, they may be low on augmentations
just try not to lose but not too hard to win either
If you impress them you are boned, if you disapoint them you are boned.
@@FlameDarkfire Master the art of being "perfectly average" but not TOO average, or else you make a perfect subject for a control group... Which is very likely far, far worse than anything already tested. Maybe?
Iron Hands _almost_ give The Inquisition a run for their money in the "Pointless Dickishness Department" An impressive feat to say the least.
They are a thousand times worse than the inquisition. Amber veil, Erasmus Crowl, Eisenhorn, Ravenor...
Most named inquisitors are really cool people pulling really screwed up tasks. The "casual exterminatus" aspect of them is just one of these memes the fanbase just insist is true.
@@leandrocastello309Thank you for saying this, people tend to forget the stakes in which the inquisition has to operate.
Could you imagine how our world would react to literal gods trying to corrupt the population?
Its grimderp, evidence of poor writers permeating black library
@@leandrocastello309 Not every Inquisitor is like a certain asswipe who thought _attacking and killing the Space Wolves was a good idea_ (Imagine the Civil War that would have come about from that?) but it seems the ones who are get talked about more than the ones who aren't...
@@leandrocastello309 Eisenhorn has executed thousands for lesser heresies than he has personally committed.
People only give him a pass because he's the protagonist of his stories, and his plot armor ensues he's right even when doing wrong.
The guy is soo far off the reservation he can't even see it.
Iron Hand: "You will fail. Your sentimentality will be your undoing. The flesh is weak."
Salamander: "I have heard you say that phrase on several occasions since our first encounter. I am not sure that you really understand what it means."
Iron Hand: "You may have spoken with the Gorgon but do not think to school me in the teachings of my own primarch!"
Salamander: "Perhaps I must if the lesson was not learned properly," Ari'i snapped back. "What you say, the flesh is weak, is only part of the saying. In forgetting the end you have lost the meaning. Vulkan said it in praise of Ferrus Manus, after the One Hundred and Eighty-Fourth Expedition when our Legions jointly liberated the ork-dominated worlds of the Shoxua Cluster. The fighting had been fiercer than anything we had expected. Your primarch said in jest that his arm was tired from killing so many orks, and Vulkan retorted with "the flesh is weak, but deeds endure". It was a celebration of what they had achieved, and a remark that even primarchs can die but what they do will last beyond their lifespan. It was a message of humility, not condemnation. Flesh is weak because it knows it must come to an end, and so we must rise above the concerns of flesh and leave a legacy that others will be proud to inherit. Ferrus Manus understood that. He was a harsh master, an unforgiving ally, but he was also a maker of things - a builder, not a destroyer.
I find it strange how this conversation wasn’t passed down or even known through the history of the Iron Hands chapter.
Iron Hand when someone prooves that they are wrong: Nah, i'm gonna ignore that.
Ari'i went hard.
It's like the saying "curiosity killed the cat" that many people still use as a way to warm people about getting into things they don't understand. The whole saying is "curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought him back" meaning yes, it can be dangerous to explore the unknown, but finding something new is worth the risk. "The flesh is weak" is the part that people remember because it's just 1 thought, not a combination of 2 ideas.
Iron Hands are the most traumatised and emotionally overwhelmed legion/chapters.
It's inconvenience to the narrative they want to be true.
"Yay, we are getting a promotion!"
"Oh no, we are getting a promotion!"
Same energy as Darth Vader killing
incompetent officers 😂
And then the Agri world fell and then several Hive worlds in the surrounding sectors rebelled due to rationing and starvation. If only the Iron Hands had done their job instead of playing with the militia.
That would require the Iron Hands to not be retarded.
Yeah the "mere agri world" was such a stupid thing to say considering what they mean to surrounding worlds. But this IS the Iron Hands we're talking about.
Yeah, I don't care if the place giving me food is a hell hole in its own capacity being filled with so much fertiliser you can't leave the house without a biohazard suit. If it falls, every other inhabited planet in the system is f*cked, and the Imperium would be in no rush to rectify this.
Thats what i dislike of the IH writting. Sometimes the writter just has them do the most jerk and "efficient" option possible despiste being objetively counterproductive. You can spot the flaws even as you are just reading, let alone being cyborg with a superhuman brain.
@@leandrocastello309 It's the obsession with grimdark regression and so it's ironic that the super advanced guys can't understand basic military strategy.
Space Wolves, Salamanders, Blood Angels and every other chapter with one, good half of a brain: Wtf is wrong with you?
Heck, even their primarch would say that
Ferrus mannus in a hank hill voice...."that boy ain't right"
Nothing wrong with iron hands.
There is no strength in flesh, only weakness. There is no constancy in flesh, only decay. There is no certainty in flesh but death. From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel.
@@SlavicWeapons cue aluminum foil man meme
@@SlavicWeaponsthe flesh is weak, but the deeds endure, do not condemn your flesh for its knows it must one day die, but be proud of your soul and resilience, to move past your flesh limits, that is humanity strength
The similarities of 40k setting and my workplace grows larger by the day.
Let me guess. Call Center?
@@somerandomguy4281 Fine dining.
Ouch. I’d rather be found by the emperor’s children than work fine dining ever again
@@colonelturmeric558 I would go with night lords.
@@howudoin101 Are we talking Fine Dining or "Fine Dining"?
Regional Supervisor: "You have done well at your work and will be happy to know I giving you a promotion! I have already scheduled your raise, lobotomy appointment, and new uniform!"
Ah, yes; the classic practice of rewarding good workers with even more work
Iron Hands ... for a second there I thought they were Iron Warriors with that logical disregard for human life
Oh no iron hands are terrible to guardsmen and civillians
Iron Hands are terrible to normal humans. They don't fight for you! They fight against the Imperiums enemies. They are NOT there to save you. If you can't save yourself you are weak. And a weak man is not worth saving.
The Dark Eldar perform raids on Iron Hand recruitment planets and the Iron Hands KNOW this, and allow it to continue. It weeds out the weak and the surviving people will emerge stronger as better candidates.
Iron Hands are fucked up!
@@ethanvallance4989the guardsman and civilians are inefficient
Well an Iron Warrior, even as a traitor, wouldn't turn a perfectly good soldier into a Servitor. It's inefficient and takes too much time.
At least the Iron Warriors won't turn everyone on the world into servitors. They'll hold as long as necessary to decimate their enemies.
Even as loyalists, the Iron Warriors were more efficient than the Iron Hands, purely because of their combat doctrine (combat efficiency above all else)
If evacuating civilians boosted the militia's morale sufficiently so they'd fight better than if the civilians were brought jn as additional soldiers, they'd be evacuated because that's the most logical solution
This is all coming from a tech priest which is rich considering they would replace your junk with a toaster and call it a upgrade and a blessing 😂
Entering Slaaneshi territory there
the flesh is weak and robo dong never softens
At the very least, they understand what human psychology is and how the lobotomy from the Iron Hands would affect them
Nah when even the tech priest is thinking "youre way less human than iam" id just fucking have a long sit before my next course of action
They are Iron Hands.
"Thank you for the complement."
>mere agri world
Brother, what do you think feeds the people of the imperium? Oh wait, corpse starch... Nevermind, carry on.
And soylens viridians and other foodstuffs derived from promethium refining byproducts.
Ok when a tech priest goes “this man knows nothing about humans” you know you’re out of touch
"Gee, I sure do wonder why nobody likes the Iron Hands...."
...
"My questions have been answered."
When a tech priest is questioning your ethics, you might want to take a breath.
Impressing the Iron Hand Space Marine is a bad thing. Space Wolves, Blood Angels, Salamanders, Ultramarines.... with them, you're fine.
space woves likely will share a beer with you lmao
@@tacticalkitty2727 "you survived! Cheers!!"
"We cannot waste ressources saving a mere agri-world"
My brother in Anathema, what are your citizens going to ea- oh... right; the starch.
You know its bad when a member of the machine cult feels like youre crossing a line
The Iron Hands are so unhinged and yet ironic. If by some miracle their daddy comes back, I genuinely believe that he will wipe them out, despite seeing them as his sons.
Yeah I can see it. I’ll pull up a chair with some soda and popcorn and watch it. No doubt it will be worse than angron’s purge and the decimation of the iron warriors.
Yup.
They're just another chapter. The tech priests get a pass on their crazy because they keep the ships flying and the cities running.
Anyone else gets the inquisition.
Ferrus Manus is VERY dead. Dropsite Massacre on Isstvaan 3 and a fight against Demonic controlled Fulgrim made sure of that. Probably why the IH are so much worse off than when they started.
It would be funny if he did comeback. Only to get Railroaded and cyber lobotomized by his son for being too weak.
Now I’m getting why people compare my favorite chapter to the Borg… 😂😂😂
Unfortunately its true maybe the guys were watching star trek when they came up with the Iron Hands current 40k lore?
@@Ragnarra well, the Borg were introduced about halfway through TNG, which I believe would place it a good bit younger than 40K. I could be wrong about that though
The fun part is that from technical PoV, power armor is simpler to make then servitors.
And idk, both in lore where AdMech uses "servitisation" as capital punishment AND in games where they care about their Scitarii, Iron Hands guy feels like he insults Omnissiah by acting like such a prick. And what he does IS a waste.
"Loyalist."
They are - in the worst sense of the worst in the context of the post-heresy Imperium.
@@Aberinkula9they make the Malevolent look normal
@@joseestevezhernandez558nah malevolent and iron hands pretty much have the same concept of brutality. Malevolent are just losers that want to sacrifice people regardless if civilian or not.
Iron hands are pretending to be the admechs but a worst version.
@@joseestevezhernandez558me looking at the chaos boys flaying skull fucking giggerling over leaking puss and all the other shit......yeah no i have to hard disagree with you on that
They are. The Imperium is totes fine with this, they suck.
It's odd that a Tech Priest even thought about the human psyche, even if she eventually agreed with him
she agreed with the tactical logic, she still disagreed that its not a "reward", theres a reason the AdMech use turning people into a servitor as a capital punishment, they are well aware that its very much not a reward and is infact a grave punishment
@@XiaoYueMao In fact, AdMech could see it being used as a "reward" as heretical behaviour because it dulls the blade of the punishment they want to mete out on criminals. If servitorization is meant to punish criminals, but it can just happen to anyone as a "reward", then the punishment aspect is lost and order is weakened, thus potentially impairing efficiency and lessening the authority of the AdMech.
Its because they do need to interact with people regularly. Thought they hold different beliefs they need at least a basic understanding of human psychology. If for no other reason than to understand how to best prevent them from impeding their work.
Every iron hand needs a salamander with him at all times to act as a moral filter.
You know your up to some shit when even the tech priest goes 'wait what the fuck'
It's pretty bad when a world would be better off being liberated by Black Templars.
You don't know much about the black templars do you.
I think you meant the Marines Malevolent. Even the Black Templars would burst a blood vessel in the presence of the Iron Hands.
Honestly out of all loyalist chapters I feel like if the iron hands primarch came back he’d be half tempted to declare a decimation if not erradication
This is what I like about the Iron Hands. They strike the perfect balance of what a space marine is - uniquely cultured with unique solutions and most importantly, they are the heroes everyone is regrettably stuck with
They aren't "heroes" because they make no effort to save anything. Civilians, soldiers, equipment, resources, or anything else. I'd go so far as to say they aren't just not heroes, they're not even soldiers. They're augmented humans who have forgotten why they were created in the first place. They weren't created as the "superior human" to replace humans. They were created to DIE for humans. And a cultured solution to something that ISN'T the problem isn't a solution. It's just a second problem. In this case, the actual problem is that the planet they are standing on is an agricultural planet for several planets around it. Losing it means losing every other planet within dozens of lightyears. So instead of... I don't know, defending it, this Space Marine decides to repurpose the soldiers that showed themselves as effective into mechanical monstrosities because it is his view that it's a waste to defend a planet. Meaning all of the planets nearby, potentially with many trillions of people that combined would be able to produce significant output for the Imperium, are just FUCKED.
This!
Space marines are best written when they are both depicted as heroes and monsters at the same time.
This, I like that there insane and just as monsters as there enemies. But too many people want the space marine to be generic good guy super soldiers, which I just find boring.
It's one of the reasons the salamander and ultra marine come off as dull to me.
Thing is, even the Marines Malevolent would wonder what the fuck is wrong with them and I can see Ezekiel, Chief Librarian of the Dark Angels, bursting a blood vessel in their presence, and Ezekiel is one fucked up guy but he at least gives some level of care for the people, especially considering he was the one who ordered an Apothecary to help a woman give birth after her husband saved his life (his bionic eye belonged to the husband and he refuses to have it replaced with something better). The kid went on to become a Sister of Battle, last I heard.
@@starhammer5247 Let's not go taking lessons on whose sensibilities are offended by genetically enhanced super soldiers with mutilated emotions, who if remained apart of any regular human society might very well become literal serial killers. We have chapters that perform cannibalism, chapters that drink the blood of their serfs, chapters that once in a while drink the blood of ALL of their serfs at once, chapters that are unable to distinguish friend from for on the battlefield, chapters that use normal humans as cannon fodder for artillery, when you go back to the Great Crusade you can compare them to Night Lords and World Eaters.
The Iron Hands have an entirely unique and alien culture, revolving around being as close to machine efficient as possible, this doesn't leave room for any human error. One of the things I like most about the Iron Hands is their general attitudes "I'm better than you and I know it", because they are 99% of the time
No such thing as a "mere" agriworld. Hive and forge alike starves without 'em.
Fortress and armoury worlds starve as well.
He made them an “offer” they can’t refuse.
You cant be a sevator if you dont have a head, just saying.
@@user-yf4gx4rf8h that one guardsman that served alongside the Adeptus Soritas would disagree, well he would if he had a head and the cognitive function to do so.
Why is everyone dissing on agri worlds? There's literally no Imperium of Man, if there's no food to feed it's people.
Plants are inefficient. The required nutrients are best derived from moss- or bacteria-based cultivation tanks.
@@kogorunthat’s something agri world grow and do, agri worlds just produce food, doesn’t matter what kind of food.
Forge, fortress and hive worlds also use what you suggest but it isn’t sufficient to sustain their populations, they’re all reliant on agri worlds.
@@kogorun Azorees has it right. It's the minority of agri worlds that are covered from every inch with whatever grain equivelant Imperium uses (probably for the nobles to enjoy). Most agri worlds are moss factories and those worlds keep the Imperium running.
Iron Hands probably just turn everyone viable into significantly less hungry Servitors, and don’t care about anyone who isn’t viable to turn into a Servitor.
i have a custom chapter whose homeworld is an agri world, the marines often help with harvests and other work being it helps them connect to the people better
When the Iron Warriors seem slightly nicer than you.
Grimderp at its finest lol
...Y'know? Sometimes, I'm glad I'm a Retributor. Makes me feel better knowing I'm not all too bad.
why do people still larp in yt comments like its 2008
@@tomboysupremacist Oh, was that the last year it was acceptable before you outlawed it?
@@ComicGladiator yes
The irony of a tech priest having a split second of human empathy
Taught her the true meaning of recycling
To be fair existing near a space marine can lead to a fate worse than death
It's only negative to impress a space marine when it's a goddamned Iron Hand.
"Hey we won the war!"
Iron Hand: "Congratulations. Now line up for decimation."
"Why?"
"You won the war. But the fact the enemy even made landfall means your people were 'insufficient'. Decimation will ensure they will not let it happen again."
Space Marine acting more tech priest than the tech priest
That's what happens when you can create things in a jar. The moment humanity will be able to create humans in a jar using high tech, the price of human life will fall to nothing
You and the maker of Cruelty Squad would get along
Oh boy you should dive to the cadian legion lore
Not that it's worth that much to the Imperium, as it stands...
The human stock exchange
There is already cloning procedures for medical purposes (who needs prosthetics when you can literally copy your body to take the parts you lost?) and some questionable practices in the Inquisition, but the clones are braindead.
Also, Krieg thing is produce soldiers in-vitro... Wait, didn't some elements of the Mechanicus produced "artificial people" for the sole purpose of turning them into servitors?
"We can't spare the ressources to purge a mere agri-world"
I'm sure the hive world who depended on the exports of food of that agri-world disagree XD
This is the same Chapter that sacrificed a company of Raven Guard over their ancestors failing during the Drop Site Massacre. Bombarded two great companies of Space Wolves, who were holding out against Khorne Demons. And let several Guardsmen regiments perish. -Loyalist
Ya know what? Maybe the Imperium should trade them for the Iron Warriors.
Yeah, looking at it that way, I'd rather be saved by the Marines Malevolent. At least they'll actually do their damn job.
@@starhammer5247 They may or may not shoot you afterwards but they'll do their job...
Mmm converting them into servitors would be a waste... A machine can be out played while a man is unpredictable and an experinced Guardsmen more so.
I expect most Iron Fathers would agree with the second half of your assessment, but disagree with the first half: a man *is* unpredictable. Sometimes he'll run when you tell him to fight, or fight when you tell him to report for servitorisation.
From text it sounds like they were to made into auxiliary, not into servitors. In this case it's more akin to skitarii, cyborg soldiers, not mindless automatons.
thats not being turned into a servitor, just a regular cyborg
Iron hands. One of the forgotten chaos legions...
Not surprised the Iron Hands were involved
*Standing behind him*
Vulkan: *Cracks knuckles* Please continue.
Wow, if even the *Adeptus Mecanicus* thinks you might be going a little too far and lost your humanity…
I literally don’t have the words
Sauron hated things to be wasted instead of put to good use.
*Another reason why the Tyranids are the only heroes in 40k*
What about Ciaphas Cain, Hero of the Imperium?
"the flesh is weak-
-But deeds endure"
The iron hands mock their gene father
iron hand: "you have done a terrific job soldier, such loyalty deserves a reward"
guardsmen: "im honored to serve sir, what is my reward ?"
iron hand: " t o r t u r e "
There was once an ancient terran prototype aircraft that was so loud it was almost stealthy. You could hear it coming, but then you'd never hear anything ever again.
Sly Marbo heard about that, and thought it was quaint.
Replace the hands or entire forearms with cybernetic replacement. Add auxiliary pseudo-arms to assist in reload and aim that are attached to the cybernetic replacements.
Replace one or both eyes with targeting software.
Replace the legs, or reinforce them.
Replace the organs with cybernetic replacements, and additional armor to prevent damage.
Go full Combine.
I'm surprised the guardsmen didn't turn on him, he's offering them a fate worse than death.
I just hear Ferrus in the warp going “my sons, you disgust me”
Now this is Grimdark.
That Tech Priest is pretty hot!
Iron Hands: A Loyalist Legion that embarrasses their Primarch like a Chaos Legion.
Oh Iron Hands, Ferrus would be so disappointed with you
The Iron Hands are largely disappointed with him. They know about his message and intentions, and consider his death a sign of his weakness.
Yeah the iron hand don't really care what ferrus think. To the them, he is there loser father that got decapitated, the futher they are from his weakness the better.
@@venom0825 you say about the chapter who tried to make a robot body for him after he died because they were affected by his loss so much 😂😂
@@3adgamd3r I'm taking about modern iron hand. Not the 30k iron hand that just lost him. In 40k the iron no longer care for ferrus.
@@venom0825 and that’s just pure, unrefined copeium they’re sucking down 😂
100% guaranteed that if he came back tomorrow they’d fawn all over him as they’re genetically predisposed to do so 😂
Ah yes. Impressed the most inhumane chapter of space marines.
I think I’d rather deal with the Minotaurs tbh.
When even the Mechanicus questions you, you know you've gone too far
While I understand the need for pragmatism in a setting like 40k, it is also easy to see why chaos is so enticing to many.
"You will become a servitor"
"Crap"
"You will work for the Iron Hands"
"NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!"
I wonder if theyr Gene father would approve! (Ferrus Manus)
Ferrus was brutal af. He didn't care about the loss of life as long as the goal is achieved.
@@darksider2903 Except he did mourn towards the latter part of his life that his sons were turning themselves into machines and planned to have a sit down with them to basically explain that that was wrong. I won't deny that he was a brutal man, that's what he was known for, but he wasn't for people replacing their limbs with metal replacements.
"...Already my Legion's warriors replace their shield hands with metal in my honour, and so they too are learning to doubt the natural strength of their bodies. They must be weaned off this practice before it becomes a mania for them. Hatred of what is natural, of what is human, is the first and greatest of the corruptions. So I record it here: when the time comes, I will strip my hands of their unnatural silver. I will instruct my Legion to recant their distrust of the flesh. I will turn them away from the gifts of the machine and bid them relearn the mysteries of flesh, bone and blood. When my father's Crusade is over, this shall be my sacred task. When the fighting is done, I shall cure my Legion and myself. For if fighting is all there is, if we may never pause to reflect on what such devotion to strength is doing to us, then our compulsion will only grow." - Ferrus Manus at the start of Wrath of Iron
@@darksider2903 He was brutal but quick and not wastefull , he didnt approve of sustaining high casualties and did not engage in drawn out slugging matches like Perturabo did , neither did he punish failure with immediate execution and decimations. And his own sons expected nothing less of him, than he did of them.
Ferrus Manus would not approve. He wanted to remove the metal from his hands and teach his sons the value of natural strength and the power of human will. He didn't kill the monster of Medusa because of his iron hands, but because of his strength and will to never give up. The Iron Hands are a tragic legion. His death only reinforced their reliance on technology, as they subconsciously feared that they would never be strong enough without further augmentation.
"The fault is with my mind. I rely on the augmentation given to me by my metal gauntlets, so much so that the flesh beneath them is now little more than a distant memory...A day will come when I will strip it from me, lest I lose the power to master myself forever. Already my Legion's warriors replace their shield hands with metal in my honour, and so they too are learning to doubt the natural strength of their bodies. They must be weaned off this practice before it becomes a mania for them." - Ferrus Manus from "The Neimerel Scrolls"
He wouldn't, but the Iron Hands don't even approve of him. They consider his death to be proof that his ideals are no good.
in a sense he was being uncharacteristically respectful. He saw they had enormous potential as soldiers and gave them credit for winning against the Death Guard.
Ah, Iron Hands, just keep disappointing your dad.That's so slay of y'all
I love that the iron hands don't understand the importance of "mere" agri-worlds
I bet Miyazaki is just so tired of people asking for an easy mode knowing that's never happening
You know your cooked when even a mechanicus is surprised by how inhuman you are.
.... My daughter cannot just sounds like they got drafted into the imperial guard but also got some bonus bionics.
I wonder, what if every marine was given tech marine enchantments.
I feel like if the Emperor ever returns, the Iron hands are going to “disappear” just like the thunder warriors.
No, no, they will get "promoted" to become part of another Legion - the Legion of the Damned.
used to think the iron hands were forgettable but didn’t think that would be replaced with “wow, what cnts”
With allies like the Iron Hands, who needs enemies.
God I love Iron Hands, they are proper grim dark.
Humanity is basically the main evil faction in 40k
The main reason why the iron hands could be really cool, but aren't popular is right here.
the "loyalist" iron hands ladies and gentlemen
Some humans in the setting would consider it reward.
That's a pretty tec Priest.
"Upgrades People, Upgrades!"
If they want to be efficient, they should connect a generator to Ferrus Manus' grave so his constant spinning can power Medusa.
Its actually something that began in 3rd edition 40k when Servitors started carrying Heavy Weapons. . Before then Servitors were just kind of cyborg slaves that werent even good for combat.
Newer lore and rules basically makes it so the Adeptus Mechanicus should just make armies of Servitors, not even Skitarii.
I remember a long time ago reading the first book of the Soul Drinkers series. One part of from the perspective of a Skitarii and it showed to basically just be an Elite Guardsmen. Later lore the Skitarii are so heavily modified that theyre basically Servitors without the full lobotomies.
This is why chaos can be appealing. You (relatively) get to make your own choices and live a (relatively) nicer life than in the imperium.
I do not mind being Skitarii though.
The more I learn about the Iron Hands the more I like them. Insane idiots the lot of them
This is why my homebrew Guard Regiment are renegades, loyal to the Emperor and the Imperium but despise Space Marines and see them as mutants who have outlived their utility to the Imperium and now threaten it.
Damn that's impressive... Your reward is becoming a servitor