The Emperor's Flagships -The Bucephalus and the Imperator Somnium | Warhammer 40k Lore

[@skalgrimfellaxe5796]

Most of the pictures of the Imperator Somnium is from my mod (Skalgrim Mod) for Battle Fleet Gothic Armada 2. Its playable (just as is the Bucephalus, altough its renamed as the Lux Imperator and 150 other added ships) in the campaign and skirmish mode.

[@HighKhan40k]

Great mod btw for anyone Who enjoys battlefleet gothic armada, some BIG ships made by skalgrim that are great fun to play with! Also without your mod I wouldn't have the pics for this vid so thanks for your work man, it's greatly appreciated!

[@danielphillips1171]

It's an awesome mod my friend!

[@manemperorofmankind8119]

Oh shit! Yes I was hoping for this!

[@josiahjensen9651]

Your mod was incredible, I loved replaying it and seeing that arks of omen was added !!!

[@skalgrimfellaxe5796]

@@josiahjensen9651Nice to hear. Im working on a small update atm. Will add a few new ships, but is mostly rebalance and fixing some stuff.

[@TheBigExclusive]

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[@HighKhan40k]

No abominable Inteligence here brother, we take heresy very seriously! Glad you like the content ;)

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Sometimes ppl r afraid of their own voice because they may feel it’s annoying or it’s stage fright.

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[@ZeroFocu5]

The Emperor boasting his ship is so large it has it's own gravitional field, whilst being a man of science knowing full well that anything with mass has a gravitational field.

[@q.m.5454]

Ayup, this right here, a ship the size of an ant.

[@someguy4405]

I smiled when I found out Emps named a flagship after his horse from 300 BC that nobody in M30 would understand. Maybe he does have a human heart after all.

[@RenWasTaken210]

"mfw dad cares more about his dead hourse than me" - Peter Turbo

[@aregulargamer1]

@@RenWasTaken210 Don't worry, we also care about your dad's dead horse more than you.

[@Yautah]

​@@RenWasTaken210"also he spends all free his time with his golden friends, and I only saw him laugh when he was with them. Does daddy loves me too ?"

[@passchen-fail3704]

The emps has many human hearts, especially depending on his origins and if he founded the Aztec religion.

[@terminallove3531]

​@@passchen-fail3704 An atheist founded a religion?

[@Tarimoth]

So big it had its own gravitational field. Holy shit, that's at least.. one atom damn

[@VladMcCain]

"that's no moon"

[@rudolfnv6666]

writers and scientific understanding do not mix. I often fill these kinds of phrases in particular in as "soo big it had a noticeable gravitational pull to a human body"

[@VladMcCain]

@@rudolfnv6666 worst one I've seen was a book where this multi km size ship whipping around a 1/2 light year size nebula flying like a fighter ... All at traveling at a few hundreds of C the speed of lights. At that speed it would have just blown past it so fast you'd barely see it

[@TheHaughtyOsprey]

I had a cat named Buchephalus, bout 10 years ago. He was a Russian Blue and was probably bigger than this ship.

[@robkemp598]

My theory is that the Bucephalus was destroyed or damaged beyond repair during the Rangdan xenocides. The Emperor the built his second ship either from scratch or incorporating the original hull of the Bucephalus into the Imperator Somnium

[@wingwangtingtang]

4:02 about the ship the emperor descends in i always assumed it was some sort of personal dropship or something that the emperor makes planetfall in, as theres no way a ship of the size you get in 40k could land on a planet. much less, a ship with its own gravitational field

[@HighKhan40k]

Yeah that makes much more sense tbh xD

[@kharnthebetrayer1575]

In one of the books it said it’s left out side of planetary system because it effects the gravity of systems.

[@thorshammer8033]

that's a much more sensible approach

[@sixgunsymphony7408]

A shuttle craft or launch

[@SHDW-nf2ki]

I always assumed that the rain and other odd effects were caused by how close his flagship got to the surface, even if it didn't touch down itself.

[@SHDW-nf2ki]

A new 40k lore channel? And he talks about something that isn't super generic? AND ITS A TOPIC I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYONE ELSE COVERED???

[@gamedude412]

You touched my boat, your not going to create anime 40,000.0 so said the emperor

[@Coproquim]

I always assumed that the ship that lands in Descent of Angels was just a dropship carrying the Emperor not the Bucephalus itself, as that was near the size of a continent and would have caused major ecological disasters just by entering the atmosphere

[@Lucianlycan]

Since your first vid i always want to know about the Emperor Somnium, ty x this material

[@Tyruun]

I always assumed the Bucephalus was the ship the Emperor descended to Olympus Mons on Mars in, so there’s a description of it at the beginning of the Horus heresy book Mechanicum

[@fashdag]

I mean, when its said that the emperors ship descended to calidan, it could just be that the emperor has a smaller vessel that was docked with the Bucephalus that he took.

[@kevin9218]

Aye, it just says "the emperor's ship". And if the bucephalus is as large as they imply, surely it had some kind of landing craft aboard

[@Angelimir]

Funfact, Bucephalos is supposed to be pronounced BuKefalos, not BuSefalos, as the word is Greek, not Latin, where the softening of C does not happen (neither did it in Classical Latin, but that is another question 🙃)

[@HighKhan40k]

Thanks for the tip! I'll Keep It in mind for future vids ;)

[@maxstr]

The hard c vs soft c is so inconsistent in 40K. Just a couple example, "C'tan" is hard C, "Cicatrix" is soft C followed by hard C. If they were consistant, it could be pronounced like Cicero, so "sisatrix", but I guess that sounds too silly 😅

[@Angelimir]

@@maxstr The "SiKatrix" pronunciation is actually consistent with the Ecclesiastic Latin (in essence: medieval Latin) pronunciation, where the C, before E or I softened to "s" or "ch" or "ts" (depending on the region, but in Western Europe, and as such, most of the Anglophone world the "S" is the most common), and this is how it survived into modern Italian, too. This is how most people today would understand Latin (High Gothic, I mean :)), as _Latin_. However Classical Latin ("real" Latin-Latin, if you will :)) did not have this phenomenon and they have pronounced it as "KiKatrix", which sounds just as odd as "KiKero" does for "Cicero", but here we are... 🙃

[@maxstr]

@@Angelimir thanks for your response. So is the C and S interchangeable? For example why is Ceasar not spelled Ceacer or Seacer.(ugh that looks awful), or Cicero spelled Cisero or Sicero? They are both from the same time period after all. Also, words with the S and a hard C also existed, like Secundus but that's never spelled Cecundus right ?

[@Angelimir]

@@maxstr not quite. The C switches to S in pronunciation only if it is followed by a "high pitch" vowel, ie I or E. But, as I mentioned, this phenomenon occurred only during the Middle Ages, when the speakers of Latin were not the Romans, but all sort European people. In the first century BC, the Romans did not have this, and basically invariably pronounced these names as "Kikero" and "Kaesar".

[@stunitech]

I enjoyed this video. I'm a long time hobbyist and grimdark inhabitant and I like your presentation of facts and lore mixed together. Subbed 👍

[@Nectarbro]

I like to think the forgotten primarchs took the bucelphulus out for a joy ride and crashed it, causing the emperor to lose his shit.

[@grimboguppis7432]

Huge video, great production keep it up

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BEST 40k content out there!! 🔥💥

[@robluxipiech4033]

Isn't it?!!

[@Ultramar565]

Now this is what a battle in space should look like,absolutely outstanding 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@robluxipiech4033]

Ty for commenting on a legit channel, help this guy hit the big leagues!

[@NateTheNarrator]

Big props to Skalgrim for modding these truly marvelous ships into BFGA 2.

[@arreolamunoz2326]

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[@Inquisitor-Yog-Sothoth]

The Bucephalus is most likely part of the defense fleet for the sol system

[@Lordsimon21]

Could have used a smaller ship to get on to caliban while the main ship stayed outside orbit

[@Howlrunner82]

So basically, the Imperator Somnium is the Giant supership from "the last jedi" ? Yes, I'm sorry for drawing that comparison

[@antcow1239]

The fact some xenos got abord the Bucephalus is impressive.

[@juancho650]

I love how you have a pretty similar way to narrate both in the Spanish and English channel

[@etiennegarant7545]

Cool video! I wish we had models of 40k warships, they are so badass. First time I got recommended your channel, subscribed, quality content!

[@skalgrimfellaxe5796]

We do. Battle Fleet Gothic, while discontinued is still a thing. I have a pretty big fleet myself.

[@etiennegarant7545]

@@skalgrimfellaxe5796 I was thinking about perhaps models the size of model ships :) I wasn't around by the time of BFG, so its either 3d prints or very pricy discontinued metal models I feel, but I would 100% be in if it ever returned.

[@winningjubbly9712]

I've always wondered quite a few things about the Big Gaffer in Gold. One of them comes from the HH novel Mechanicum in which it says the Big E fought the C'Tan called the Void Dragon on earth, giving rise to the story of George and the Dragon or some other parable. It strongly implies the Void Dragon was too powerful for the Big E to vanquish outright, so he instead imprisoned it in the Noctis Labryrinth on Mars. My question is how on earth did the Big E manage to take the Dragon to Mars during the Dark Ages?

[@robluxipiech4033]

I'm very much so looking forward to more awesome content, you got a sub big guy. Ty.

[@HighKhan40k]

Thanks! Glad you enjoy the content

[@LotionSoronarr]

IIRC, there is a description of the Bucephalus landing on Mars when the Emperor first visited and made the alliance with the AdMech. Golden, massive and decorated to an absurd degree. The Buchephalus is part of Battlefleet Solar and is still active.

[@HighKhan40k]

Aaah must have missed that description and the bit about the Bucephalus still serving in Battlefleet Solar, thanks for the info! Do you know in what books this is mentioned?

[@LotionSoronarr]

@@HighKhan40k Cannot recall, but I know that Custodes operate it and it is seconded to BattleFleet Solar whenever needed. Also, I recall Bucephalus being described as every single plate of it being engraved with wonderful art.

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[@V.B.Squire]

When it comes to Ships they could tie up plot holes by saying its the same Ship renamed as happens in the real world when a ship changes owner or sometimes after a refit

[@MrDenisdion]

Such a cool video. Would love some more ship lore.

[@HighKhan40k]

Thanks! I do have a vid on all the gloriana ships on my spanish channel but it will take more time to translate, but I'll get to it eventually

[@skalgrimfellaxe5796]

@@HighKhan40kLooking forward to seeing that one. I'v added almost all (two of the Dark Angel ones I'v yet not added) of the Glorianas to my mod.

[@GabrielLopez-mo2xo]

GW writers: what should we give the Khan when he returns This video: the ultimate fate of the Buccephalus is unknown as is the reason that the emperor changed ships Gw writers: WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN

[@hadesdogs4366]

And on that very day and at that very moment the emperors hopes and dreams died, what was once a symbol of humanity’s might and knowledge, now replaced by fear and ignorance

[@NikosGirginoudis]

Grab your paints everyone, these battleships aren't going be to painted like a rainbow by themselves!!!

[@kiradusk5765]

If we see the Bucephalus again it will probably be with Vulcan's return

[@robluxipiech4033]

And I can't thank you enough for a niche subject I a terribly interested in

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[@HighKhan40k]

Thanks! Glad you like the content!

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[@HighKhan40k]

Thanks!

[@izzymosley1970]

As soon as I saw the title of this video I thought to myself oh yeah he should have that. But also makes me wonder what else the emperor has in terms of custom weapons.

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[@camomurf5182]

While the whole battle was pretty cool, I always wondered why the Imperator didn't make a beeline for the Vengeful Spirit. I feel like a lot of things would've gotten solved real fast that way. Still, epic as hell. XD

[@HighKhan40k]

Maybe, but I think Horus would have protected the Vengeful Spirit with his new warp powers somehow, and also towards the end of the siege we can see that more than a ship the Vengeful Spirit was more like Horus' Chaos Realm, so again I think both Horus and the Chaos Gods wouldn't allow anything to harm It, and idk if anything could at that time tbh xD but yeah it would have been epic to try anyway hhahaha

[@Char1iBr0wn]

What's the source on the Bucephelus being boarded? I can't find a reference for that anywhere.

[@HighKhan40k]

From the Lexicanum wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Rykogene

[@Char1iBr0wn]

@@HighKhan40k thank you!!!!

[@alexmaga8234]

I thought perturabo left after the saturnnine gamble. Once the lions gate fight was underway. I thought the DA landed prior to lions gate/saturnine

[@AngelusNielson]

i read "Bucephalus" t as "Bug Phallus" and was very confused for a moment.

[@pomeroythomas]

Beautiful work.

[@HighKhan40k]

Thanks!

[@sambam6801]

More quality lore vids pls!

[@Sensiblefool]

I wonder if he hid the first ship think about it. He knew it was coming and I bet the first ship wasn’t as automated

[@716monk]

Great narration. Sounds like Camelworks cousin that got into GW instead of Bethesda games

[@AdamTheCoop1]

great reading, thanks

[@q.m.5454]

I hate that description of "its own gravitational field" my brother a single ant has a gravitational pull, literally anything ever has gravity or is affected by it. That description tells me nothing of the size of a ship. Something more fitting would be "it could interfere the orbits of nearby celestial objects" that would be a quite gargantuan ship

[@robertbritt3129]

I think it would be cool if they were all 1 big robot kinda like power Rangers accept one would be a key and the giant robot made of the primarchs flagships and the emporor ship would be the only thing big enough to use and turn the key that opens up maybe like a blackstone fortress of the subway or who knows what a big robot

[@Dreadbringer]

Would be cool if Valdor had the bucephalus

[@HvbFf]

Maybe he had a second ship that he used to Land on the surface of planet and his big ship would The mothership

[@tvorogmoloko7969]

Maybe it was the same ship renamed for some reason?

[@sixgunsymphony7408]

The ship that descended to Caliban would have been a shuttle.

[@HighKhan40k]

Yeah that makes more sense I Guess xd

[@janwitts2688]

The emperor was Alexander the Great.. So bisexual Lol

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[@HighKhan40k]

Thanks! glad you enjoyed it

[@kira68200]

for the Emperor

[@rayraybordley8732]

Good stuff

[@hockeymasktime6748]

The Bucephalus was most likely destroyed in the Rangdan Xenocides

[@HighKhan40k]

That would also make a lot of sense

[@maxstr]

The Ark Mechanicus are the most advanced and powerful vessels of the Imperium. They literally contain STC AI inside of them, like the Speranza from the Priests of Mars novels. It was a ship from the Dark Age that was never completed and they found it in a near-finished state on some planet (or more like part of the planet). That sucker had some kind of time-shift weapon 😅

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[@wavegod5797]

Good video

[@HighKhan40k]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed It!

[@adasteele475]

Out of curiosity, where does it say the emperor was Alexander the Great?

[@Jamhael1]

The Emperor assumed multiple figures throughout history, and while it is not cited which, and combined with the severe loss of historical data, the Emperor could had been ANY famous figure.

[@HighKhan40k]

It's in one of the Siege of Terra books for sure, can't remember which one it was exactly atm but it was during this series for sure

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[@HighKhan40k]

Thanks!

[@axeldenvon]

Nice

[@RumblesBettr]

Indeed

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Mightiest vessels during the great crusade and after, fielded by the empire of man.*

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Is good

[@Amadeo790]

So India once defeated the future emperor of man kind?

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[@babiskissanis2367]

I know I am no fun at parties... but absolutely everything has its own gravity field. Electrons have their own gravity. Sure it is weak af but they do have it. Saying something has a magnetic field is meaningless .. you need to give some kind of scale for comparison. Also.. if they have gravity technology for inside the ship they also have anti-gravity technology and getting on and off a planet would theoretically be no issue at all... Thank you coming to my TED talk Also....how many times can you say INDEED in one video?

[@HighKhan40k]

Hmm I'm no scientist xd but I Guess they meant It was so Big as to attract other ships around It with its gravety, kind of like how a Planet does, allowing other ships to orbit around It? Not sure if this makes sense either from a scientific perspective, but I'm guessing that's what the Lore is going for. Yeah, I need to use more synonyms I Guess haha sorry about that, although being bilingual I've spent most of my life in Spain and mostly Talk in Spanish so sometiemes my English gets a bit rusty like that, but I'll try to use a richer vocab in the future, thanks for the feedback ;)

[@babiskissanis2367]

@@HighKhan40k Sure.. but that is the point Everything attracts everything else. I am attracting you right now. An electron is attracting the sun.. its is a miniscule immeasurable about..but it happens. Everything has SOME gravity. And that is just a function of how heavy it is. Saying something has a strong magnetic pull just means its really really heavy :)

[@robouteguilliman6662]

I choose to believe that ‘generates its own gravitational field’ is layman speak for ‘really really really fucking big’

[@babiskissanis2367]

@robouteguilliman6662 🤣🤣🤣🤣 that's an excellent choise sir!!

[@b.benjamineriksson6030]

I'm guessing you have been counting so why don't you tell us?

[@geoffok]

The Bucephalus prefers to be called Hank Williams Jr.

[@-VOR]

1:55 😂 that's the DUMBEST dross I've ever heard about 40k.

[@robluxipiech4033]

First I wanted to say

[@babyyoda0U812]

Nice