What do you do in your free time where you have intimate knowledge of the precise sound uttered by a sad chicken? Do you spend a lot of time Is harassing local chickens? Choking chickens is fowl
Love these stories and the Guard ones are so fun as you see regular humans even well trained ones compared to a single Astartes even though they didn't write the Astartes well. Honestly the well trained troops of known regiments like Cadia, Kreig, Mordian, Tallarn, Elysian drop troops, Harkoni Warhawks and such are better drilled and trained. They just lack all the tech and mobility of the Tau.
@creolekolbytv1252 the Crisis Suits are the only reason the Tau Empire still exists. The Fire Warrior and tanks just are not good enough to out mussel the competition in the Galaxy otherwise.
Just saying, but its not like humans of the Imperium don't eat their own dead. What else do you think corpse-starch and Soylens Viridians are made of? If anything, at least the kroot eat the meat of other species instead of their own.
The Kroot do eat their dead. It was quite some time ago, but i remember reading that the Kroot belive that eating the dead frees their soul. Thus they do not do so out of ill will, but rather as a form of ritual. Like some cannibal tribes used to do in real life.
Amazing Lore and Perfect Example of All These Diverse Realistic Topics In 40K Complaints About Asartes Portrayal: Meh-Completely Misguided Sounded Almost Perfect, Biggest Problem Is The Too Quick Death Need More Stab and Shoot Than That Otherwise Amazing Story with Little Flaws Especially in The Greater Context
Can someone elaborate why SM portrayal here is supposed to be off? I'm not really new just never was interested in any space marine stuff so I don't really know why. I would appreciate any elaboration
Firstly the sniper would have heard the hum of the power armour, when the Raven Guard stood behind him. Also a space marine doesn't bleed much, as the blood is clotting almost immediately, so the wounds he had sustained wouldn't nearly been able to take him out. The strength, speed and general combat prowess of the Raven Guard should have been enough to clear out the whole building. Also, a guardsman trying to pull a space marine is an impossible task, given the size and weight of a space marine in power armour. Just a few things, you know.
@@SpadeRZA ah so it's a powerscaling thing and not a character thing. Thanks. It's not that big of a deal then. We all know how wonky powerscaling is there
I always thought it would be more terrifying for the Tau to fight the Imperium the Tau coming to terms that their technological advancements dont really matter the vast scope of mankind the fanatic zeal of the guardsmen the weight of the artillery the mass of tanks then after months of that from the sky the space marines show up and cut through battle suites like so much tissue paper
Finally thats GrimDark. I so sick of average modern stories that overpower the imperium. Everyone should be able to die unlike now when humans just destroy everything. I'm actually happy to see Xenos win it gives human wins more gravitas. More stuff like this so 40k doesn't seem like a Shonen anime where all you gotta do its belive hard enough and you win.
@@---ii8hl Ah, I'm guessing quite a bit of those are Space Marine stories though right? I don't particularly care for them, I'm a big Guard guy and Sisters and are my second. I liked the Black Crusades as they are essentially guard victories yes? (A few great nights defeated a chaos Titan? Wtf? How?) Don't get me started on the Smurfs and how their Chapter master beat an Avatar of Khaine with a single punch. (Utter BS. GW, why do you hate Eldar 😔) This video summarizes it best, it's old but I'd say it still clicks. th-cam.com/video/0GGOQzwGOPU/w-d-xo.html
Whenever the Tau are in a story, Imperium has to get done dirty. If the Imperium were to do the reverse even once the Tau would cease to exist and GamesWorkshop would lose the east Asian market for it's models lol
A bit of both in this case. While this story does kind of make the Space Marines seem a bit weaker then they should be, it is also true that the Kroot are incredibly strong. A lot stronger then they tend to look at first sight.
I dont know about "not many that can stand against the angels of the emperor". I've wiped entire space marine and chaos armies by turn 3 as T'au. They DID have the points advantage...
@@bobsmith-ph6gu exactly on the Table top a bad Astartes or even Custodes player can lose. A single company of White Scars was winning against thousands of fire warriors, tanks, and even Battle Suits. They won more times then they lost against a massively numerical Tau force. And I pity the day the Tau face the new Primaris or heaven forbid the Custodes.
Well this has pretty much put a nail in me liking anyone other than the imperium as good guys. I shall concentrate my hatred, my spite, my will to serve my fellow man. For the emperor, for the glory of the imperium. The space marine did feel a little weaker than they normal would. He could’ve been brought down by tau and Croot for sure but I think it would taken a little more and he would’ve taken a few more also
@@someperson6892 It is only the Kroot. They need new genetic material, in order to evolve. The “hounds” they talk about, are also Kroot. They just belong to a group that ate too much “bad” stuff and so lost intelligence and became a genetic “dead end”. They have “Shapers” that know how the genetics for different things affect the Kroot and direct them in what to eat, in order to become “better” and not become a “dead end”. The Space Marines can eat intelligent creatures. They don’t often do so (apart for some of the less “pure” chapters). It does not work in the same way as the Kroot, where they take on characteristics of the things they eat. It is more about getting information.
This was a fun story, but I agree with how it seems a bit 'off'. The author curiously chose the Raven Guard of all chapters for this story. Any Raven Guard worth his salt would smell a Kroot ambush from miles away.
Raven guard of all chapters would have known better than to walk into a building with the door open. I feel like he also should have had heightened senses of smell or hearing or something. This guy felt like the power level of a scion, not a space marine
Wow. One disappointing Raven Guard. Guardsman speaking of daemons? Does this take place after the fall of Cadia? Because otherwise it shouldn't have been possible for him to know that and live.
Bro border prince you gotta stop. You heard of the Futurama effect? I got that with your audiobooks. Man I cannot sleep a wink without a dirty northerner reading 40k lore. I don't even like 40k that much anymore. Stop being so good and maybe I'll get a lady
my bros are down for THE UNITY 311 is down for THE UNITY unanimity of THE UNITY (311 is kroot - confirmed) and i always see brad pitt fighting a kroot when i gaze upon that background art
As I understand it, other than their dietary habits the Kroot are actually a rather amiable species. The Tau find their cannibalism distasteful but hope to civilize them with the influence of the greater good.
@@PhilosophicallyAmerican bro they don't have anuses, and they expel all bodily waste through pores on their skin. They shit through their skin. Even Tau won't let Kroot sit inside the Devilfish transports. They find them disgusting.
I don't think you've read Brotherhood of the Snake, but I implore you to read it for the simple pleasure of hearing you narrate my favorite exchange early in the book. I think Dan Abnett is woke lol
@@-VOR Writing isn't juvenile, but some aspects feel forced. A pattern I've picked up in recent books I didn't notice til became repetitive. Writers are stunted when they have to tow the line or have elements for current climate.
@@-VOR Oh, that's what you meant. I am new to writing, and so I've delved into these books, D&D and few others. It's mainly with the newer works in both I'm seeing these patterns, but stands out in Warmhammer the most. What happened in Battletech recently affirmed this. Thankfully it's made me mindful to self-publish and just write a good story.
Kroot in this story: Lethal, strong and implacable hunters and killers
Kroot on the tabletop: *sad chicken noises*
tbf I’ve seen them do work
At least they're not a complete joke in Kill Team. They can hold their own in the hands of a capable player
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What do you do in your free time where you have intimate knowledge of the precise sound uttered by a sad chicken? Do you spend a lot of time Is harassing local chickens? Choking chickens is fowl
@@jacktheleper4468well…
"But he wasn't going to argue with an armored up and pissed off Space Marine."
Smart man.
Not sure I’d argue with an armoured and calm space marine either
“And the Astartes had been retreating …”
A very rare phrase, indeed …
I really like the smaller self contained stories.. easier for a beginner like me to digest. Thanks as usual Inquisitor Prince.. 👍
was hoping for something to happen to save them, but then I remembered it's 40k.
Yeah its the problem with 40k tho eventually grimdark will be purged from the setting in hopes to appeal to a wider audience
Tam wasn’t even allowed to kill himself using a frag grenade.
I would say props for a tau story where the tau aren't just fodder for a soyjak vs chad meme, but lets be real, this is a kroot story.
Always enjoy an Imperial guard pov story, even if they end up as Kroot Jerky.
This sure was interesting. Thanks!
Found you
This is the real one
When your goth older brother takes you hunting
this has to be one of my fav warhammer stories. Space marine and guardsmen team ups are always great!
Blood for the blood god, skulls for the skull throne, carrots for the Sterling!
That one was juuuust wright. Ty mr ABP.
Great stuff dude! If you're on a Tau kick I would recommend the Shadowsun novella. Really neat prologue featuring the Emperor.
More Xenos novels!
It wasn't a retreat it was a tatical withdraw lol.
Wooh! Another win for the T'au :D
I'm reading War of Secrets right now and... yeah, I don't think GW actually employs editors.
Love these stories and the Guard ones are so fun as you see regular humans even well trained ones compared to a single Astartes even though they didn't write the Astartes well. Honestly the well trained troops of known regiments like Cadia, Kreig, Mordian, Tallarn, Elysian drop troops, Harkoni Warhawks and such are better drilled and trained. They just lack all the tech and mobility of the Tau.
I’ll take a regiment of Krieg over a tau regiment any day. See how many crisis suits it takes to stop the tide of bodies
@creolekolbytv1252 the Crisis Suits are the only reason the Tau Empire still exists. The Fire Warrior and tanks just are not good enough to out mussel the competition in the Galaxy otherwise.
@@eichler721 well that's just wrong
@shirghazaycowboys3049 it's the truth. whether you like it or not.
@@eichler721 You got a source for that or are you gonna tell me it came to you in a dream.
Taros and Damocles seem to disagree
This was great. Tau ones always have an interesting dynamic!
A quick comment on The space Marine armor not humming. If I'm not mistaken ravengard like modify their armor to be silent.
Is it just me or does the Raven Gaurd seem to get smacked around in the fluff about as much as the Lamentors
The story made me hungry.
We need more stories like this it's not a downer at all it shows the realisticness of the universe they live in
realisticness?
KROOTS!
Interesting story I liked the ideas lol Raven Guard was a tad underrated but then again I'm a big fan. Good rad sir as always!
Love it when you do these!! Thank you
Brilliant thank you 👍
Can someone detail exactly what was wrong with that Space Marine? I really liked the story of a Guard and Marine fighting together.
FOR THE GREATER GOOD
I am Kroot!
FOR THE GUARD!!! FOR THE EMPEROR!!!!
Great story, I would love to see the kroot that got to eat and upgrade.
Brutal. Love it
Stay on the Tau kick. They don't get enough love.
Agreed
Filthy xenos space commies don't deserve love.
@@unclesam1756 commie > Religious space fascist
@@unclesam1756 imagine being impirium fan...
Note how Border Prince uses a Midland accent for the traitor xD
This is a cool, story with a harsh ending. I like it.
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Really great ending
More Tau stuff would be dope
For the greater kroot
Really enjoyed this one.
Awesome 👍. Cheers 😘
Excellent read I loved it ot could you do some of Peter fehevaris Tau books loving the tau stuff liked and subbed 😀
thanks
Grim dark future for sure!
true
Eldar Rangers: first time?
Raven guard armour is a lot quieter for max stealth😎
Sounds like the guardsmen joined the wrong side
heresy
Very good ☺️
The Gods are good this day!
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@@bobsmith-ph6gu I'll have you know my icon SCREAMS heresy!
@@TherealSBlair this Silence Offends Slaanesh!
Just saying, but its not like humans of the Imperium don't eat their own dead. What else do you think corpse-starch and Soylens Viridians are made of? If anything, at least the kroot eat the meat of other species instead of their own.
Actually the kroot eat their own dead as well. The only things they do not eat are tau, chaos, necrons and nids
The Kroot do eat their dead. It was quite some time ago, but i remember reading that the Kroot belive that eating the dead frees their soul. Thus they do not do so out of ill will, but rather as a form of ritual. Like some cannibal tribes used to do in real life.
Amazing Lore and Perfect Example of All These Diverse Realistic Topics In 40K
Complaints About Asartes Portrayal: Meh-Completely Misguided
Sounded Almost Perfect, Biggest Problem Is The Too Quick Death
Need More Stab and Shoot Than That
Otherwise Amazing Story with Little Flaws Especially in The Greater Context
Awesome
I wish the gw writers would understand the difference between clip and magazine
Ave Imperator
Greater Good meets Grimdark, my favorite ;p
What about Gaunts Ghosts as its neon impossible to find a GG audio book..
Bolter.... clips?
Magazines....
@@burnheretic3950 Belts
Damn civilian lingo lol
For the Greater Good, Gue'la.
It's like an Imperial guardsman read this :)
Well that was… morbid.
Vile Zenos!
Can someone elaborate why SM portrayal here is supposed to be off? I'm not really new just never was interested in any space marine stuff so I don't really know why. I would appreciate any elaboration
Firstly the sniper would have heard the hum of the power armour, when the Raven Guard stood behind him. Also a space marine doesn't bleed much, as the blood is clotting almost immediately, so the wounds he had sustained wouldn't nearly been able to take him out. The strength, speed and general combat prowess of the Raven Guard should have been enough to clear out the whole building. Also, a guardsman trying to pull a space marine is an impossible task, given the size and weight of a space marine in power armour. Just a few things, you know.
@@SpadeRZA ah so it's a powerscaling thing and not a character thing. Thanks. It's not that big of a deal then. We all know how wonky powerscaling is there
@@Azrael178 The lore and the actual table top power levels of Space Marines are two different things as well. ;)
@@SpadeRZA don't have to tell me. i play custodes so i always smirk a little when one custodian is equal to 10 guardsman in the eyes of the game
Nooice!
Is there a book before this one or is this the start of the story for these guys?
Fuck that ending
I always thought it would be more terrifying for the Tau to fight the Imperium the Tau coming to terms that their technological advancements dont really matter the vast scope of mankind the fanatic zeal of the guardsmen the weight of the artillery the mass of tanks then after months of that from the sky the space marines show up and cut through battle suites like so much tissue paper
so raven guard wants to shoot a raven for acting like a raven???
It was the guardsman that wanted to shoot the bird
Hahahaha amazing
Finally thats GrimDark. I so sick of average modern stories that overpower the imperium. Everyone should be able to die unlike now when humans just destroy everything. I'm actually happy to see Xenos win it gives human wins more gravitas. More stuff like this so 40k doesn't seem like a Shonen anime where all you gotta do its belive hard enough and you win.
I haven't heard a campaign yet where the imperium wins, I haven't heard one where the Tau lost. I get nothing for Eldar.
@@---ii8hl Ah, I'm guessing quite a bit of those are Space Marine stories though right? I don't particularly care for them, I'm a big Guard guy and Sisters and are my second. I liked the Black Crusades as they are essentially guard victories yes? (A few great nights defeated a chaos Titan? Wtf? How?) Don't get me started on the Smurfs and how their Chapter master beat an Avatar of Khaine with a single punch. (Utter BS. GW, why do you hate Eldar 😔) This video summarizes it best, it's old but I'd say it still clicks. th-cam.com/video/0GGOQzwGOPU/w-d-xo.html
I feel like the ravenguard in this one got done dirty, after such good showings in other stories this one is just kind of there
Whenever the Tau are in a story, Imperium has to get done dirty. If the Imperium were to do the reverse even once the Tau would cease to exist and GamesWorkshop would lose the east Asian market for it's models lol
Are Kroot really strong or are Astartes this weak?
A bit of both in this case. While this story does kind of make the Space Marines seem a bit weaker then they should be, it is also true that the Kroot are incredibly strong. A lot stronger then they tend to look at first sight.
I dont know about "not many that can stand against the angels of the emperor". I've wiped entire space marine and chaos armies by turn 3 as T'au. They DID have the points advantage...
Tabletop vs real lore
@@bobsmith-ph6gu exactly on the Table top a bad Astartes or even Custodes player can lose. A single company of White Scars was winning against thousands of fire warriors, tanks, and even Battle Suits. They won more times then they lost against a massively numerical Tau force. And I pity the day the Tau face the new Primaris or heaven forbid the Custodes.
Purge the Xenos!
Well this has pretty much put a nail in me liking anyone other than the imperium as good guys. I shall concentrate my hatred, my spite, my will to serve my fellow man. For the emperor, for the glory of the imperium.
The space marine did feel a little weaker than they normal would. He could’ve been brought down by tau and Croot for sure but I think it would taken a little more and he would’ve taken a few more also
The Space Marines practice cannibalism as well. If they need information they will crack open an enemy's skull and devour his brain.
It’s not eating intelligent creatures. It’s more Than this book but the tau aren’t who I thought they where. Suffer not the xeno to live
@@someperson6892 It is only the Kroot. They need new genetic material, in order to evolve. The “hounds” they talk about, are also Kroot. They just belong to a group that ate too much “bad” stuff and so lost intelligence and became a genetic “dead end”.
They have “Shapers” that know how the genetics for different things affect the Kroot and direct them in what to eat, in order to become “better” and not become a “dead end”.
The Space Marines can eat intelligent creatures. They don’t often do so (apart for some of the less “pure” chapters). It does not work in the same way as the Kroot, where they take on characteristics of the things they eat. It is more about getting information.
Lol thinking the Imperium is "good" lol.
@@cegesh1459 I won’t say that their the best way we could ever be But it’s a hell of a lot better than what could be in 40k and a lot better than dead
More Xenos novels. Enemies of Imperium define Imperium better than anyone else.
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The kroot will destroy everything. Take them out . Now, only warning.
Suffer not the Xenos....
remember your organs will go to the greater good - the ccp
This was a fun story, but I agree with how it seems a bit 'off'.
The author curiously chose the Raven Guard of all chapters for this story.
Any Raven Guard worth his salt would smell a Kroot ambush from miles away.
Raven guard of all chapters would have known better than to walk into a building with the door open. I feel like he also should have had heightened senses of smell or hearing or something. This guy felt like the power level of a scion, not a space marine
Hate the xeno, for is it is unclean.
Way to say stuff
Worse than even the xenos is the traitor. Excellent work.
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Boost
Astartes retreating exscu what the fuck
Think it was great...not lota started n normal humans team in up
It was a little off but boy was it some grimdark
Tam, that imperial guard member, was so annoying. Asking endless stupid questions.
Wow. One disappointing Raven Guard. Guardsman speaking of daemons? Does this take place after the fall of Cadia? Because otherwise it shouldn't have been possible for him to know that and live.
daemons were known to guardsmen until fairly recently in the lore
the lore is not reliable.
Bro border prince you gotta stop. You heard of the Futurama effect? I got that with your audiobooks. Man I cannot sleep a wink without a dirty northerner reading 40k lore. I don't even like 40k that much anymore. Stop being so good and maybe I'll get a lady
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This really makes me want a 40k survival game where your trying to get away from the tou and the croot damm I hate those buggers
Are you trying to speedrun this as a disinterested safety instructor of some kind?
my bros are down for THE UNITY
311 is down for THE UNITY
unanimity of THE UNITY
(311 is kroot - confirmed)
and i always see brad pitt fighting a kroot when i gaze upon that background art
Kinda tired of Tau stories, it's the same as reading anything about Ultra Smurfs, you already know who is going to win.
Uhm... no.
@@cegesh1459 I'll give you a hint, the Tau are so small if they ever lose, they will be wiped out, so they have to always win, and that's boring.
say NV again......
Kroot are weird to me for the Tau. Probably my least favorite bit
As I understand it, other than their dietary habits the Kroot are actually a rather amiable species. The Tau find their cannibalism distasteful but hope to civilize them with the influence of the greater good.
@@PhilosophicallyAmerican bro they don't have anuses, and they expel all bodily waste through pores on their skin. They shit through their skin. Even Tau won't let Kroot sit inside the Devilfish transports. They find them disgusting.
3 ads in 6 mins, way to ruin a stories flow
I don't think you've read Brotherhood of the Snake, but I implore you to read it for the simple pleasure of hearing you narrate my favorite exchange early in the book. I think Dan Abnett is woke lol
🙄 juvenile
@@-VOR Writing isn't juvenile, but some aspects feel forced. A pattern I've picked up in recent books I didn't notice til became repetitive. Writers are stunted when they have to tow the line or have elements for current climate.
@@blumiu2426 missed the mark there... Your comment is juvenile.
@@-VOR Oh, that's what you meant. I am new to writing, and so I've delved into these books, D&D and few others. It's mainly with the newer works in both I'm seeing these patterns, but stands out in Warmhammer the most. What happened in Battletech recently affirmed this. Thankfully it's made me mindful to self-publish and just write a good story.
@@blumiu2426 that's cool. What genre are you writing?
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