Xenobiologis: The Waaagh Effect of the Orks feat. Nate Crowley (Warhammer 40K Lore)

Being a record upon the psychic gestalt field present amidst xenos of the ork genus, and divers elucidations upon it's nature, effects, and possibilities.
Featuring the vocal talents of the wonderful Nate Crowley! Ghazghkull Thraka: Prophet of the Waaagh is available from Black Library and you should ALL read it!
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[@danielmartin4596]

"The only thing I have to do to win at being me, is be me." this genuinely hit me.

[@Bluecho4]

It's an almost uplifting sentiment. "Be the best you, by just being you. Everything else will follow."

[@WoobooRidesAgain]

Honestly, the whole thing is kind of weirdly heartwarming. It's basically an Ork telling an Inquisitor "you'd be a lot happier if you just learned to vibe with things", in said Ork's own violent way.

[@Laughing-Tree]

The barely contained exasperation when bringing forward the concept off "The mightiest is rightiest"... Absolutely brilliant 😁

[@AnIdiotsLantern]

all the torture methods of the Inquisition have nothing on the pain our elegantly loquacious Oculus goes through attempting to force himself to pronounce Ork werdz. It’s like a world class sommelier forcing himself to swallow the worst boxed swill his local truck stop has to offer

[@erikrungemadsen2081]

“The mightiest is rightiest” might be the best explanation of Ork hierachies i ever heard.

[@fadelsukoco3092]

At least he didn't have to say the arguably more correct terminology of "Da biggest is da boss".

[@eliseeker8301]

It's very much like Kif saying "sexlexia" in Futurama.

[@jeremymain7303]

Please do a video on Ratlings next!

[@captainparty]

As Uthan the Perverse said “The Orks are the pinnacle of creation. For them, the great struggle is won. They have evolved a society which knows no stress or angst. Who are we to judge them? We Eldar who have failed, or the Humans, on the road to ruin in their turn? And why? Because we sought answers to questions that an Ork wouldn’t even bother to ask! We see a culture that is strong and despise it as crude.”

[@ttd0000]

Heh, evolved.

[@brianwalsh1339]

I mean he’s right; the ork is the perfect lifeform

[@TheSchultinator]

@@brianwalsh1339 *perfect for 40k

[@callithasmed8468]

@@TheSchultinator And IRL

[@two_tone_bandit]

Their species will survive indefinitely, simply because it is able to survive indefinitely

[@theeNappy]

The bit with an ork cogent enough to philosophize was actually terrifying

[@paulsillanpaa8268]

A mind so simple it can’t be outsmarted...utterly terrifying.

[@PoolNoodleGundam]

Well now I have to reccomend you the Orks Discuss Philosophy series with Zork Gorkson & Smartboy Finkypants

[@weldonwin]

That has got to be the most well spoken Ork ever, on par with that Ork "Diplomat" from The War of The Beast

[@somerandomschmuck2547]

@@paulsillanpaa8268 especially when you consider it might be a mind that technically knows everything if conditions are right,

[@raycearcher5794]

@@somerandomschmuck2547 Eventually enough Orks get together and their gestalt psychic presence becomes so strong they achieve enlightenment and singularity and set about peacefully uniting the galaxy. Then, while holding a summit with the leaders of every other race, one of them falls under a bus and dies, and the rest immediately flip out and butcher everyone

[@jeffreygreen8668]

“Cocknaridge dissovance: it’s a fing when you believe two fings at da same time, and it makes your brain hurt…” Oh yeah, that’s going in the act… 😆😆😆

[@iainhansen1047]

The orc monologue was both hilarious and thought provoking.

[@MRx36000]

I couldn't believe a ORK managed to sit down and have a full talk like this... I don't know what this inquisitor offered, but must have been a massive cash of DAKKA! lol

[@tomjordan7606]

@@MRx36000 they are ork tribes that actually want to be smart n stuff like ummies. There quiet a few ork mercenaries that are surprisingly cognitive, i think its cos the smaller number of orks present leads to less of the mob mentality and more individual thinking.......which is more terrifying then i original thought after resding what i just wrote.

[@DocWolph]

"The Psychology of a Bullet."

[@JRufu]

My key takeaway.. that will stick with me for s while is.. "Why is Dakka?"

[@thecactusman17]

The best part of the Ork monologue was how you couldn't imagine it until he started talking and suddenly there's this whole philosophy that is exactly what an Ork would create if he had to stop n givvit a fink.

[@sheepbeeps3369]

It seems like the orkoid weapons system is indeed self aware in some sense. The gun realizes it's a gun. It just happens to like being a gun. Because shooting things is fun. Dakka dakka dakka.

[@stephenflint3640]

That's what I got out of the Orks deliberations. They're full aware that, by and large, they're violent, mad, and violently mad to the extremes. they're lost in Wonderland and arse deep in the teapot of the Mad Hatter and spiggetting tea out their ears; and loving every simple, chaotic, thoughtless, or perhaps not thoughtless, just zenfully free flowing, moment.

[@VallornDeathblade]

"But why is dakka?"

[@AOJ-z3m]

@@VallornDeathblade "but where to daka"

[@ReaLibro]

@@AOJ-z3m but who is dakka?

[@AOJ-z3m]

@@ReaLibro but when to dakka

[@EnsignGeneric]

"Shouted the Emprah's name into a bin," absolutely slew me, well done

[@riffhurricane]

"its well good, existing.." If that ork gets ever tired of crumping, he could give it a go as a motivational speaker.

[@raycearcher5794]

"Oo's gots ta stay in yer Waaugh, an' work 'ard at krumpin', or yas end up lik' ME... Slummin' in a War-Wagon, down by da rivah!"

[@lostbutfreesoul]

An Ork tired of crumping is in no state of motivation.

[@Darwinist]

It also implies that he has some vague memory of *not* existing, of being in the Big Green awaiting his next turn.

[@jamescorrall6535]

I love the question "why is dakka?"

[@Duppyman695]

A thought provoking question !

[@TheInevercomment]

Listened to like 20 hours of your stuff this week. Good job representing Ireland in 40k lore.

[@OculusImperia]

Much appreciated!

[@declangallagher1448]

@@bobdole8830 thems fightin words boio!

[@nerfninja661]

@@gothpunkboy89 lol

[@tomjordan7606]

nah they mught have a bit of the accent but their are perfect representation of english football hooliganism.

[@AnIdiotsLantern]

When it comes to the 40K “league of lore” on KZbin, Baldemort is the enthusiastic uncle, Majorkill is the shi posting Aussie bro dude, Lutin is the English nerd who will spend hours at a party telling someone he just met all about the various Wars for Armageddon, A Border Prince is the gruff cousin with the secret goofy side, wolf lord ro will share his favorite bits from books he’s reading while you play with his dogs, and Oculus … Oculus is the elegant Irish exchange student who really LOOkS like he’d have too much class for all of this nerdy stuff but for some reason keeps sticking around anyway and you’re just glad you get to know him. He also just happens to spend his day jobs working for your favorite comedy series NBD

[@BioroidPilot]

See one of the things that always gets me odd about Orks in 40k, is they don't hate humans, they often seem to actively really like them. Sometimes they even seem like they feel they are doing humans a favor by starting a big fight with them. This can sometimes be even more true if those humans are Astartes. What I love here is the Blood Axe Ork feels like he actually is trying to help in his own way. like he is trying to say "Hey, your life would be better living this way, im sure you would love it if you tried it, so I'm gonna try to teach you why you should try it and how to try it" Like he really seems like whoever he was talking to he wanted them to go out and enjoy and Ork like way of life. And that hits odd, cause while yes a Ork way of life is terrifying for most humans, it is such a different feel to have a foe who thinks they are helping you.

[@Zaprozhan]

"Dem humies all crumped, no worries. Dey go to da big green,... mebbe da pink?... uf da humies, den dey git anudder go!"

[@jonsalvadori6275]

I hadn't thought of it like that before, and now I can't think of it any other way. They're doing their "enemies" a *favor* -- if might makes right (and the mightiest are the rightiest *snork*) then there's literally no better way to be right than fighting. How you gonna tell, unless you get in a fight all the times?

[@BioroidPilot]

@@jonsalvadori6275 Thats the beauty of it, even here that Bloodaxe sounds almost compassionate like he is trying to be a mentor and is just like. "Take that shoota and give this a try, you will be much happier and I want that for you" It is practically a act of charity for him to take a break from fighting to try and teach a human why he should just go fight and enjoy himself.

[@prestons9305]

Most of my foes or even abusers thought they were helping me. It's the most dangerous form of tyrant according to Machiavelli. The motive, however misguided or true, gives them energy and motivation.

[@raycearcher5794]

Oculus: "The Ork... is a stain on our galaxy." (derisive sniff) Orkz: "DA ORKZ IZ A STAIN ON DA 'OLE GALAXY! A GREEN ONE!"

[@KillerOrca]

The jab at the "orks believe things work and so they do" meme is rather nice. There you have it folks, its official.

[@seanfaherty]

Paint it red so it goes faster

[@TitaniumAlloyz]

The sigh before "mightiest is rightiest"... chefs kiss

[@syldude992]

That is the most cogent ork I have ever heard. I'd pay to hear an ork podcast.

[@jackrogers5712]

Agreed. This Ork is relatively sane. I would love to hear it speak on many more topics.

[@cthulawha]

Check out Noman's channel he has an orks discuss humie philosophy series that is amazing

[@darkstrikeofbass]

Am Orkast?

[@Mysterialic]

Thank you to that Blood Axe mercenary Ork for his input.

[@LopsidedMammal]

“SHOUT THE EMPEROR’S NAME INTO A BIN!” needs to be on a t-shirt. Immediately.

[@Duppyman695]

I would buy one!

[@Furzkampfbomber]

What _is_ his name though?

[@simonoconnor7759]

Neoth.

[@Blazerwolf666]

... an NFT

[@goblin-sightingdnd1037]

Oculus Imperia: "Orchestrated in their genetic coding..." My dumb pun-crazed brain: "Tee-hee. 'Ork-estrated.' Tee-hee."

[@eliseeker8301]

After hearing the Blood Axe's soliloquy, I eagerly await the upcoming Orculus ImperiOrc channel.

[@noahdoyle6780]

Hell yes

[@matthewbeattie]

We need an 'Orkulus Imperia' that is an ork doing videos on humie kulture from an ork perspective.

[@trgrf100]

@GimGam_Glitzdakka here ya go

[@piotrd.4850]

Man, if Oculus and Baldermort cooperated on this and this character would be a Remembrancur Brane Boi of Kronan da Kunnin! :D debating with Inquisitor Calendra!

[@drachna]

I was on my way to venerate the God Emperor of Mankind (blessed be his name) in a local bin, and then I heard this. I feel attacked, vulnerable, and I'm calling the arbites.

[@Pizza_Pepperoni0]

Ork calculating how many "decent" fights he could have had in the time he spent talking to the member of the ordo xenos is insane 😭

[@ShuMercury]

Not gonna lie I didn't expect the scariest part of this being a voiced segment of an Ork describing its own existence in clear if not brutal and straightforward language. perfectly encapsulates that even if this being seems like a foolish hooligan it exist on a completely different form of reality.

[@00Athus1]

Bruh the ork in this vid is fuckin awsome, I wanna hear him do a full interview on orc culture topics...

[@Serpentaxuk]

Dat git needz ez own propa channel.

[@LawnPygmy]

@@Serpentaxuk Might I suggest Noman's series? He has two on Orks. Da 'Perium, and 'Orks Discuss', brought to you by Professor Smartboy Finkypants and Gorkboy Zork.

[@piotrd.4850]

With inquisitor Verity Calendra!!!

[@spacemanx9595]

nah it sucked. Didn't sound like an ork at all

[@caseyh1934]

​@@spacemanx9595and what does the Ork sound like? You gotta account for which Orkoid empire it comes from, it's Warboss, clan..... Sooo much goes into Ork vernacular man

[@venerablebrothergoriate5844]

I can just imagine the vacant smile on the ork’s face when he says “It’s well good, existing.”

[@xenored13]

I think we all need more Blood Axe Ork Sage wisdom. That part is really good.

[@adamhunter1223]

When the ork pulls out some scrap metal with "cognerige dissivence" scrawled on it I can't help but picture him also pulling out some tiny spectacles with one missing lens and popping them on as he reads it. You know, to look sofistycated.

[@MyMomSaysImKeen]

Occulus Imperia is the closest thing to a father I've ever had

[@OculusImperia]

Thanks, sport.

[@UGNAvalon]

For me, it’s the closest to a cool old uncle with fireside storytime. 🥰

[@overlord2495]

I feel that 🥲

[@yaelz6043]

Perturabo is that you?

[@okonkwojones]

@@yaelz6043 I did an actual spittake.

[@imintheraindripdripdrop]

This ordo xenos evidence is why I'm a xenos loving heretic. "It's well good, existing."

[@ryanschaefer4847]

The orc convo had me dying. I pictured it like some smokey interrogation room with some guardsmen playing good cop bad cop, while the orc is lounging with his feet on the table gesturing with a cigar to further articulate his point.

[@1KosovoJeSrbija1]

He called it the true mechanicum instead of the dark mechanicum? That's the subtlest heretechnica I've ever heard.

[@pretzelbomb6105]

“So called True Mechanicum” was his exact phrase. He was stating what they call themselves and clarifying that it was an endonym.

[@l33t9r0u93]

it makes me laugh that the imperium dismisses the "bigger he iz the stronger leader he iz" since well... that's basically emps primarch custodes and space marine right there

[@Zaprozhan]

"Your leader is the... tallest?"

[@kerbal666]

"Shout The Emperor's name into a bin!" wasn't something that I thought I needed to hear today 🤣🤣🤣

[@dialaskisel5929]

Ah, the most terrifying thing in the universe: An Ork philosopher. There is something amazingly Zen about his perspective.

[@noahdoyle6780]

Brilliant work, as ever. But with this, and Nate Crowley, WHO I JUST REALIZED WROTE GHAZGULL THRAKA, you've reached a level of near-sublime perfection. I am reminded of your work on the nature of Chaos, and how well it was presented, especially the ending. The Blood Axe monologue is superb. That clan has always been my favorite, and the subtle menace of a philosophizing Ork who essentially deconstructs the idea of philosophy (there's that lack of cognitive dissonance again) is a thing of beauty.

[@RaptieFeathers]

I'm wondering now if that Blood Axe is actually Biter. :D

[@TealWolf26]

That Ork rolled a zoggin' 20 on insight! I don't think I've ever 'gained' IQ from listening to an Ork before. I think that's the most dense lore nugget I've had on 40k yet.

[@aveasatru9815]

The deep sigh as he reads “the mightiest is the rightest” has me cheesing

[@geniusofhate]

for what its worth to you I listen to the ordo xenos interview with the blood axe once a week and it brings me great calm in this world

[@natecrowley84]

speaking (literally and figuratively) as the voice of the ork, this was a lovely thing to read. I'm really glad to hear it

[@geniusofhate]

@@natecrowley84 wow, I missed your reply. I suppose I drifted away from my "once a week" schedule for a while but this text lives rent free in my head whether I'm actively consuming it or not so I was always bound to return and see it. I'm sincerely glad you thought well of my message. Having that kind of author-reader sympathy is usually something you just have to hope for. I know it seems a bit silly, but I really do think very highly of this work and for many reasons! I think its a great little meditation on what it means to be human (orks are nothing if not human, after all), I think it is the best example of diagetic "ork thinking" in the entire 40k universe, even if it is not strictly canonical, and I just plain like the prose! It makes me laugh! Its funny! As an aside my head cannon for this is that this particular ork observed humans a few times in a non-combat, non-adversarial context and it woke the part of the "Akashic Record" in his DNA that stores all the anthropological and sociological instruments and methodologies of the old ones. Anyway, what dragged me back to this piece this time is that with 40K in the mainstream(ish) zeitgeist right now following the success of Space Marine II, I've born witness to some of the dumbest and most banal discourse I've ever seen despite decades in this fandom. I've even had my part in relitigating some of the oldest, most boring corpses of arguments like whether the Imperium is bad and if its ok to like them anyway. In all that I needed a reminder of the quality of content this setting can yield despite all its endemic problems and this was, naturally (to me anyway), the first thing I thought of when I needed that.

[@Bodaypwnage]

Just wanted to say, i've been experiencing some very painful health issues that make falling asleep almost impossible. Your videos are so soothing and really do take the edge off. Thanks for doing what you do. Ya got a golden voice, truly.

[@OculusImperia]

I'm delighted to be able to help however I can, thank you so much for reaching out to say so. I truly hope your recovery will be a speedy one!

[@Swim.Shaaady]

Imperias logical cadence while talking about Da Boyz is utterly amazing, the absolute different ends of the linguistic spectrum melded are hilarious

[@weldonwin]

That has got to be the most well spoken Ork ever, or at least since the War of The Beast. I am really not used to the thought of Ork's having that kind of diction

[@LeviathanTamer31]

That's a Blood Axe for ya. They Parley and Trade with the Imperium a lot. Can't really do that if your conversation partner can't understand ya. Of course this is part of why they're decried as "Not Orky Enuff" by the rest of the Ork Kulturs.

[@MLaak86]

War of the Beast holds some rather terrifying implications for everyone about the Krork, really speaking, as it gives the barest glimpse of what they are truly capable of - physically and mentally - and that potential remains within them *long* after the supposed devolution.

[@andrewhaley2758]

Emperor bless you Oculus, this record will greatly assist the Imperiums' heroes in the annihilation of the Greenskin foe.

[@CID296]

The Ork interview was just unbelievable. Well Done!

[@enriquepena2009]

"All I has to do to win at being me, is be me" that's oddly inspiring

[@wartrukk_4628]

I Waaagh therefore I am. Another superlative record for the archive.

[@ShadowCoH316]

Brilliant! Nate Crowley did a great job on this. I know I'm the one constantly asking for more stuff about the legions, but this might be one of my favorite videos that you've done, audible mouse-clicks and all. 🥰

[@ShadowCoH316]

Oh, which legions are left? Uhhhh give us some Ultramarines! :D Obligatory begging complete.

[@willdunn8846]

It is very refreshing to hear someone actually understand the correct extent waagh energy has on Ork technology.

[@pretzelbomb6105]

It’s like being born knowing how to wrap a present. If you don’t have enough paper to cover the box, there will be gaps in the wrapping. If you run out of tape, the paper won’t stay down. You might be able to compensate for this by knowing ow to minimize wasted paper or efficiently measure tape, but the most leeway Gork and Mork will give you is making the bow flutter without much wind.

[@destroythewoke4045]

I'm just imagining the ork mercenary and the agent from order xenos just have a mutual friendly conversation over a pint.

[@chankljp]

The orks actually have beer brewed from fungus, and if I remember correctly, ork foods such as fungus and squig meat can be consumed by humans. Hence, an ork and a human sharing a pint can actually happen!

[@Deathwing-Y2K]

This is one of my favourite episodes of your channel.

[@SusCalvin]

I always imagine the waaagh as the feeling you have when you and the lads are loaded up in the bus, had a nice curry on the way and more than one pint along with it. You're all ready to go watch the Arsenal match and hopefully show the Tottenham lads what for afterwards. All your mates are along, or at least "enough" mates and you're singing a fun chant. If the bus gets lost and ends up somewhere in the Midlands, with nothing but a soggy basket meal and no beer, and the proprietor refuses to at least change the telly to the match, you lose all that. Waagh is more come and go than people think.

[@kosmokat111]

yeah I think giving the orks cockney accents was a brilliant choice from GW given they're all basically football lads

[@knight_lautrec_of_carim]

thanks for making clear that the gestalt field can't just make a pipe shoot bullets with nothing. it really gets overstated in the community and that diminishes the abilities of the mech boyz

[@Deridus]

I remember reading in the Space Wolves omnibus that their trukks are actually really well designed and their transmissions are an absolute blast to drive for the Wolves.

[@SusCalvin]

@@Deridus Ork technology is safe to use as long as you have Toughness 4/Strength 3-4 and more. A normal human wouldn't be able to use a marine bolter without bracing it on a tripod or putting it on a vehicle either.

[@Deridus]

@@SusCalvin Thank you! Exactly my point. It may be ramshackle and cobbled together, but these things have to be sturdy because of the creatures wielding them. The Orks may be degenerated specimens, but none can doubt their prowess.

[@SusCalvin]

@@Deridus And the Imperium thinks 250 years and more is a reasonable operational lifetime for a lasgun or melta.

[@daappyork5935]

The recent Ghazghkull Thraka novel kind of clarifies this as well. When a spoilery thing happens that I won’t mention effects the Gestalt field negatively, It effects Ork tech, but it doesn’t just literally stop working all together like it’s made out of scrap. Vehicles (presumably those painted red) don’t move as fast, Ork guns run out of ammo faster then the Orks THINK they should, etc. Orks can 100% build functional technology. Much of which is even more advanced then that of other races in the galaxy

[@sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149]

Damn, that ork monologue was great. Never did I think I'd _want_ to sit down with an ork and have an actual, intellectually stimulating talk. And even less did I imagine I'd ever get to actually experience it! Great stuff!

[@bobbaganooch1099]

The Great Green sounds like a loading screen with a respawn timer. This makes Ork lore so much better imho.

[@karlarden6260]

I never could’ve told anyone I wanted…needed an Oculus Ork video. Bloody well done, Historator.

[@lurkergggg8759]

That ork recording really added to this video. Good job.

[@tacticalmanatee]

That was pretty epic. It's nice to hear things from the ork point of view, and from such a remarkably eloquent ork at that.

[@zydrate3539]

There must be a war right outside of where this interrogation is taking place because this has to be the most well spoken and articulating Ork I have ever had the pleasure of listening to.

[@alexvaraderey]

Excellent video. Although by normal Ork standards, the one in the audio file is the equivalent of Stephen Fry.

[@captainpanic3616]

That the ork’s speech made me realize I suffer from some BAD cognitive dissonance… THEY CANT KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS

[@phisfish5024]

I will pray to great greenies for more Xeno lore. Your videos are truly wonderful.

[@ctsamurai]

So ork Waaagh is basically being in a belicose flow state🤔⚔️👹

[@dreamonion6558]

love this channel, best night time sleep lore and voice ! good job mate !

[@InfinityOrNone]

It seems even more knowledge was lost in nightmare of Old Night than I had thought, as even the primitive magos biologis of 022.M3 have recognised that the human appendix is a functional part of the immune system, rather than an atavistic remnant of prior evolutionary necessity, and that the removal of it does have negative effects on the body due to its regulatory effect on the human microbiome.

[@erwerewolf]

This might be the first and last time the orks are given a genuine lore video by ANYONE that isnt just flat parody and comedy. IT WAS JARRING!

[@spiritandsteel]

I do not play or really engage with wh or 40k, but I know bits and pieces from friends who do. But I was absolutely absorbed by this. Thanks for randomly showing up on my feed- I have a feeling I’ll be binging your stuff later. Diegetic storytelling is an under-utilized medium.

[@bubbasbigblast8563]

Yeah, people tend to waaaaaaay overestimate the effect psykers can have outside the Warp: the Materium doesn't like people overly playing with the laws of physics, so if the Orks had anywhere near the ability to affect reality that most people believe they do, there should also be an immense amount of psychic phenomena (IE, Perils of the Warp,) around every Waaagh! which we just don't see. Sure, an Ork can make something go slightly faster by painting it red, but if enough of the engine explodes, it's not going to budge no matter how much the Orks want it to.

[@wazaagbreak-head6039]

You are trying to make any sort of logic of something that is the antithesis of such

[@BurningFyre]

Orks are the epitome of "that sign cant stop me because i cant read", im not sure something being against the laws of physics stops them from believing it into existance.

[@reina4969]

@@wazaagbreak-head6039 We like our metaphysical physics buddy! The oculus can only make sense of his world, no matter now nonsensical.

[@raycearcher5794]

TFW The Oculus low-key debunks the "I'm a tank" meme

[@Dap1ssmonk]

I think the truth is a middle ground to both ideas. Orks do think things into existence, but they still have to BELIEVE it works. The ork believes it works because it has all the major parts of a gun, so the waagh field irons out that none of the parts really fit together. It’s like having an amateur make a fire arm with proper tools but no training. They can probably make a thing that will detonate a cartridge at least once. The status of the user or the tool afterwards is probably not going to be good though. For orks however, their field nullifies the “rough edges” of their tech, and so it works. Ork guns aren’t just gun shaped scrap. They have magazines, barrels, recoil systems, blocks, etc. these parts aren’t well made, but the field makes sure this tech still works most of the time. I guess in short: orks aren’t stupid enough to think a gun shaped like scrap works, or to think they can think tanks into existence, but they are stupid enough to not notice their “equipment” is barely held together and should detonate given the slightest chance, so it doesn’t detonate.

[@W1ldTangent]

First! This was a good one. It explored territory I've not come across before. The idea of the orks as a weapon _system_ is intriguing, and at first blush one might wonder why not machines.. but the answer is obvious, it's been done (men of iron) and didn't end well. Perhaps the idea of a biological weapon system is that it's *imperfect* and subject to long-term degradation.

[@VallornDeathblade]

The Old Ones absolutely LOVED tinkering with biology and warpcraft. Remember, the entire Webway is their design, and there are several other species with their fingerprints all over them. Plus, they were fighting the Necrontyr and C'tan. Both who had no connection, and thus no defence against The Warp. Thus, a living weapon system drawing directly on the Sea Of Souls to fight The War In Heaven.

[@epis8613]

That ork was unbelievable. This is art.

[@suddenlythatenderman5800]

that blood axe he's just.. trying to tell em exactly how to ork its great

[@justinstubbs4475]

This is the best 40k lore representation. Full stop. Amazing work!

[@AROBASPARK]

ZOG ALL DIS BIG TINKIN'! WOT ARE WE, POINTY EARS? GET KRUMPIN', AND MAKE QUICK OF IT, OR I'LL BRAINZ YA!! The happy go easy life of an Ork.

[@lostbutfreesoul]

It is criminal you don't have more subscribers, the quality of this work speaks for itself!

[@davebowman9000]

This is one of my favorite episodes so far, and you've done an incredibe work with the Horus Heresy mind you!

[@GalileoAV]

I've been waiting for this for years, words cannot describe my excitement. Emperor be praised

[@PrivateUtoob]

Always excited when a new Oculus video drops. Can't wait to watch tonight.

[@OzymandiasRex]

This is the best video you have made so far. I love it!

[@goldenyak629]

20:00 - Consider - the 'degradation' of the orks is a feature, and not a bug. Their default state of existence is sufficient to deal with the threats of the modern galaxy, as well as being undemanding in terms of resources. It's 'good enough'. When the orks were threatened with galaxy-wide extinction by the Great Crusade, they 'leveled up' to the status of Beast Orks. In the aftermath, when the Imperium's power had dropped below the point where they could threaten the orks with extinction, they dropped out of the Beast status back to 'standard' orks. If they were ever truly endangered again, they might level back to Beast status (as seen with Ghazghkull lately) and even beyond that back to Krork status. All the potential is always there, the orks haven't lost anything, they just don't need most of it - the WAAAGH-field determines how much of it they need at any given time.

[@marcustulliuscicero5443]

Perhaps their constant warring is then just a way for the gestalt to assess the current threat level of the galaxy.

[@williammiller4768]

I humbly submit a request: A once in a while post about a piece of discovery the Oculus receives mysteriously about, if it can be believed, a Lore dive from some one or something called…The Orkulus. From its perspective.

[@giovanniprovost]

This was phenomenally brilliant. Thank you.

[@normiesalvador1854]

Had this playing in the background while painting my ork minis. Sounds like you did a deep dive into the lore from past codices.

[@invadervim9037]

That ork in the log sounds like he's been writing in red

[@JoacinoDaGona]

If had to live in the 40k universe, I would want to be an orc. Me krumpin' squiggs, me fitin' humies, me tooning shoota simple as.

[@Duppyman695]

untill you catch Yarricks 'Eye' !

[@Lemon_Inspector]

An Ork is objectively one of the best things you can be in the 40k universe. Only things that are close would be pre-Gobli-Throne Big E, the entire Tyranid hive mind as a whole, and Trazyn the Infinite.

[@guuspot923]

As informative as always, Historitor. And I must admit that to hear the word 'Waaagh' spoken in your dulcet distinguished voice made my day like very few things ever have.

[@boutinpowered8373]

I tried picking up some novels and codexes about Orks but I just couldn't really get through the content. So this is great. Finally feeling like I understand Orks, thanks!

[@eichler721]

Great stuff and love the concept of the video and the tone you set for them. Immersion and depth are plentiful

[@rodneykelly8768]

There is also the result of humans being in contact for extended periods of time, (as in combat and other conditions,) with the "Waagh Effect." These groups become "Orky." The most well know are the "Diggers" from "GorkaMorka." There is also the titan legion Legio Destructor. After being in combat with orks for what can only be said to be "Too Long," the Legio Destructor adopted the battle cry "big death, Big Death, BIG DEATH!"

[@VallornDeathblade]

Digganobz truly are a menace. Sometimes they even dress up like Space Wolves!

[@Zaprozhan]

@@saulwright5663 No pretensions of high gothic, no triumphant trumpets or outmoded banners. Hmm.... add electric guitar riffs, some pyrotechnics....

[@Canofjuice72]

If anyone here hasn't read Nate Crowley's "Prophet Of The Waaagh", then go read it now! Or get the audio book which is also excellent.

[@WoobooRidesAgain]

Welp, there's an Orkimedes, can we call the Ork in this record "Gorkfucus"?

[@NoName-lo9ym]

That was an extremely well spoken Ork. Didn't even call the Inquisitor a Git once!

[@YoghurtKiss]

14 days later I'm here for the same video again. You've done so much and I've listen to most of it at this point, but this video is top 3 (next to the ones with the Inquisitor and the Heretic)

[@brdd514]

UUUggghhhhhh.... you teased Krork at the end.... waiting for that video now

[@tylertomlin3911]

This was a Beautiful showing of what Great Narration can do for any IP

[@fedupN]

That Ork interview makes EVERYTHING worth it haha. I'd listen to many snippets of that.

[@danyael777]

Totally off topic but i like everything about Coriel Seth. Such a great character. One quote from her that i found to be quite prophetic in regards to our own universe says: It is to my deepest regret that we live in an age where we are proud of machines that think and deeply suspicious of people who try to.

[@michaeleller6555]

"How will we cut it out of them when we do?" I cracked up, Great video!

[@chasjetty8729]

The Merc orc gave me some distinct vibes from the head Rodie in wanyes world 2x. “No, that’s my old lady.”

[@GentlemanBystander]

Whoever wrote the Ork soliloquy is fantastic.

[@Yozzy22]

The segment with a cogent ork was just fascinating. It really demonstrates for all of their harebrained idiocy, orks are pretty brilliant in their own way. Not just because they're preprogrammed with the sort of knowledge that really walks the thin line between madness and genius, but in a zen sort of way that lets them live simple lives in a simple-minded idyll of fightin' and winnin', and thriving in it as arguably the most successful species in the 40k 'verse. It is an interesting point that they have few to no thinkers capable of deeper thought processes, like innovative philosophy, the scientific method, or most real innovation, but ignorance is strength, I guess.

[@MichaelSmith-py6mg]

I know next to nothing about 40K, usually stuck with AoS. But I love the narrative style of storytelling instead of just a massive info dump. Fantastic stuff, looking forward to more