They are supposed to be grown from spores, so what use are ork nipples?

  • Mayor Poopington
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    392 months ago

    My personal favorite, some kommandos believing painting themselves purple would make them sneakier because no one’s ever seen a purple ork.

    • skulblaka
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      252 months ago

      Commissar Yarrick can kill Orkz by staring at them real hard because they believe he can do so.

      • @Droechai@lemm.ee
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        52 months ago

        That he installed an eye socket laser to reinforce their belief in the death stare might help with lethality too

        • skulblaka
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          32 months ago

          Oh sure, but the rumors of the Bale Eye existed before the implant did. That thing is only about as strong as a laspistol. Sure it’ll burn a hole through your trousers but it’s isn’t about to explode a charging Ork into bloody chunks. All that power comes from the gestalt field, presumably.

    • @Klear@sh.itjust.works
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      82 months ago

      There’s also the fan theory that the only thing keeping the Emperor barely alive is the combined power of all Orks who consider him a worthy and immortal opponent.

    • Flamekebab
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      62 months ago

      Is there a single canonical citation for this? It feels like a meme.

      • @cynar@lemmy.world
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        102 months ago

        One of the old codex books. It’s going back decades however. The works have changed a lot from that era. It was the same codex as the buzzer squig catapult, if that helps narrow it down.

        • Flamekebab
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          32 months ago

          The spore lore was only implemented in 1997. Before that their reproduction worked differently.