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Yes, Krieg regiment of the Imperial Guard. They resemble WWI German soldiers but they aren't any more racist than the rest of the Imperium. Their entire point is to die horribly and in massive numbers. Considering that's also the point of the Guard, that makes a strong point.

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I've seen art of them and they're cool. I'm not a fan of warhammer generally but space ww1 is neat.

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There's a story about them where they ask the commissar if they can go do some maneuver during a battle, and he's like “uh no you'll all die?”. And they're utterly bewildered and confused as to why this is a bad thing and they disobey him and go do it anyway.

Commissars usually are the ones shooting their own men.

It's a neat example of how the entire setting is just reduction to the absurd. Even in an army of people who are destined to die horribly, these people stand out.

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Lol they're like human ants :marseyxd: that actually sounds interesting

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Yeah their planet had a thousand-year long civil war (it was trying to secede from the Imperium because the Imperium is evil) so literally every last one of them was a child soldier and their culture has no values except dying valiantly.

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How do they reproduce quickly enough to deal with that?

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Realistically they couldn't, but Warhammer prioritizes being metal over being realistic.

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the ww1 uniform stays ON during s*x :marseyww1french1:

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They artifical-wombmaxx to keep up the demand. The Imperium REALLY doesn't like using that technology tho since it's from the Dark Age of Technology and barely understood. Also since the soul is real the Humans made from this tech are viewed with suspicion since they're always off slightly. Same with cloning. :marseyadeptusmechanicus:

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The background to Krieg is basically that in the distant past, the planet was a giant dystopian "hiveworld" (mega city) whose leaders rebelled. The rebels were winning and the last few loyalists said frick this and pressed the "nuke every major city" button and turned the planet into a heck hole. Since then every Krieger has to die as a matter of honor to make up for the rebellion, so theyre all suicidal. That also explains the gas masks since going outside without them is instant death

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>hiveworld

I knew it :marseybug:

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It depends on the story. In some stories they're barely-human robots who aren't necessarily suicidal :marseydeadinside3: but don't care about casualties if they think :marseymindblown: they'll achieve their goal, in some stories they're insane :marseylovecraft2: death :marseygoose: cultists who obsess over martyrdom, in some they're normal :marseychartgaussian: dudes who are really :marseythinkorino2: duty-focused and live minimalist :marseyminimalism: lifestyles, in some they're generic Guardsmen.

They're basically the male equivalent of the Sisters of Battle :marseywhiteflag: in a lot of ways.

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I don't think I'd ever play the game but are there any novels about them? I'm actually a bit interested.

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Dead Men Walking is probably the best known one, it's very much in the “barely human robots” territory. There's a Ciaphas Caine story (Flashman in space but less grimdark) with them but I can't recall which one, it's more “normal dudes who live and breathe Army” style.

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Ok I'll read it and post my review to /h/lit

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The Krieg are actually French, they just have German helmets and names.

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I'm not a nerd sorry bro

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you gonna claim that after everything you wrote in this very thread

:#marseybruh2:

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I just dont want people to simp for Fictional Space French. :marseyindignantgook:

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Too late :marseydeux:

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