Warhammer 40k Lore - Bionics in the Imperium of Man

[@-MacCloud-]

I like the idea of a space pirate with a prosthetic eye instead of a patch, or bionic leg instead of the peg leg. I think it would be cool and based and with the size of this universe I fully expect that someone already thought of it and did it and there is a 40k game or book somewhere that I need to get my grubby mitts on.

[@justinians9367]

See this is why i love this channel you always try to answer random stuff like this iv resurched warhammer lore for 15 something years before any channel on you tube came out for it so its hard to see stuff i have not resurched the hell out of you consistently bring things i dont know everything about thanks GDN you are a true follower of the Emporers light

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

Thanks for the praise :) Unfortunately apart from main factions lore, there is indeed not very much lore on more "normal" aspects of life in 40k

[@Duppyman695]

"We have the technology, We can rebuild him" ...... Strakken's bionic arm has gotta be my favorite, just looks cool!

[@randomicus4782]

thanks. all praise to the omnissiah

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

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[@Slycarlo]

First to comment 1st, i think the most handy bionic that can be done to a man is having an upgrade to a cyber dong

[@stevetrent4638]

Sly Carl I’m not saying that will make you a champion of Slaanesh, but...

[@richardvaldes3959]

Sly Carl hahaha dude SO FUNNY

[@MobiusPrime2028]

Cyber dong ftw!

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

Not sure that would be very enjoyable to her though.

[@Enzo012]

I'd have every part of me replaced with bionic parts but I'd keep the little finger on my left hand as a memento or a link to my lost humanity.

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

The Iron Hands approve.

[@SusCalvin]

The Mechanicum's doctrine is that human operators are central. A machine without a once-baseline human mind directing it would be abhorrent. The MIU interface is a pretty good example of how they envision communion with a machine.

[@georgesulea]

I'm good. Really, I'm good...(edges away from the ever-staring sets of red lenses him...)

[@individual2122]

I always like the bionics in this universe, they all look rugged and durable and actually look "realistic", I never liked the overly advanced bionics in games like cyberpunk because they look so delicate and prone to malfunctioning more easily. Also, do Augmeticists have a understanding on how machines work to repair and maintain them or do they rely on the mechanicus to do repairs for them?

[@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723]

Bionics or cyber mechanic advanced prosthesis if we want to full grammar loyalist, are not always the best option unless you are packing in the currency to afford it, if we use the main idea that Imperial Credits exit in 40K then something that looks like a piece of art that is taking enough firepower that can damage or take out Terminator Armor, you have to at the very least be a royal, there, for example, several variations of this the Custodes have, for example, there are a few of the senior members among them who have Digital Bionics in their eyes & helmets, certain members of the Inquisition do this as well, limbs can also work the same way, from a power field generator to turn your entire arm into a power fist, to flamer, or a needler, or the good old fashion extending power blade,

[@SusCalvin]

Most people just have bionics that restore lost function, and lot of it just restores it "good enough". A bionic hand is better than no hand. On the lower scale, you might just get a simple grasper. Or they figure you don't need colour vision to do your job. Bionics, like a lot of other imperial tech, can be reused over and over.

[@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723]

@@SusCalvin Unless your apar of the upper echelon, then you could get yourself something like the Deux Ex, or have a vat-grown new hand,

[@SusCalvin]

@@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723 The Dark Heresy games took you high and low. From a basic guardsman to inquisitorial goon squad to the highest imperial nobility as a rogue trader with entourage, or even ordo xenos-attached space marines. Each with different power levels for the player. Playing a mechanicum bloke is always the fast track though.

[@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723]

@@SusCalvin Ah the pen and paper day, were having fun with friends was a thing

[@SusCalvin]

@@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723 I can't remember what bionics cost in the original Dark Heresy. It followed the same quality levels as any other gear. My interpretation was always that cheap, crude bionics was standard fare in the Imperium. People don't look to get it, the same way they don't look forward to a pacemaker or hip replacement.

[@IronWarhorsesFun]

I AM THE T-800 GRIMDARK BIONIC ORGANISM SKYNET PATTERN.

[@brayanfisk8769]

Can you make orks bionics parts

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

I think orks can make bionics out of almost everything they want.

[@brayanfisk8769]

@@GrimDarkNarrator ok because orks are my favoret race in 40k

[@SusCalvin]

Orks are Toughness 4 as standard, equal to marines. You can do a lot with a marine's physiology that a normal human wouldn't survive either. Ork doks have the same intuitive knowledge other specialists of their species exhibit. They would never be able to explain it in words, but they can build and fit bionics in fellow orks. Just because you have no word for a neural link doesn't mean it needs space magic. The... Thingy-bit just goes in the grey jiggly stuff at you-know-where. One dok can't explain their work to another dok. They follow the other design philosophies of that race. Few safety standards, hastily stamped-out parts, rugged simplicity, small shops run by individual "artificers".

[@goodman4966]

In Imperium of Man you can become more machine now than man for 1999$

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

Or join the Mechanicus and become entirely machine for free :D

[@SusCalvin]

In Dark Heresy you could get into the lower-quality bionics. If you want the good stuff that improves your function or grants you entirely new ones it's going to be costly. But if you want to just restore function or even only restore it "well enough" the price range dips. Worst-quality bionics is always ugly, bulky and obvious. It's mass-produced parts stamped out in standard formats or cobbled together in small shops. It's better than nothing, an eye that can only see monochrome is better than no eye, and a "hand" that's just a simple grasper is better than none. Bionics, like other imperial tech, can often be reused. If a tech-priest dies with a relic bionic, the other priests might decide to recover that bit. Like with other archeotech, there are relic bionics as well who has been traded down for several centuries.

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

Thanks for the share.

[@SusCalvin]

@@GrimDarkNarrator Most bionics have no impact on the scale that you fight a battle on. Bionics could give you a save, like a chance to take a bullet in your prosthethic leg instead of something vital. As you mention, it restores but does not improve function. Fantasy Flight gave all gear a quality rating. A lowest-quality lasgun would lose its reliability, lowest-quality armour was janky and ill-fitted. While highest-quality stuff would not necessarily be high-tech, just made with better craftsmanship and materials. Like a +5 to hit with it, or an extra armour point.

[@tim4330]

I hope I'm not the only one who Miss read that as bionicles in the Imperium

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

Common mistake :P

[@1973Washu]

I would probably just join the cult mechanicus and become a tech priest .

[@soontir_fel1816]

I know this is sort of off topic but it kind of had me thinking....what if the old earth federation managed to survive? How do you think that would have played put with the rest of the galaxy? Would the emperor showed himself still and try a take over? Or how would mankind fair against everyone else with havings its superior tech

[@justinians9367]

Ian Hardin hay just my 2 cents but with warp fuckery thats completely possible maybe not the whole federation but maybe like a chunk of it or an exploration fleet i dont think thay would like the imperium to much its like haveing Jon luke Picard meet a Commisar that would go south rapidly

[@soontir_fel1816]

Justinian S i guess in the scenario what if the federation with sol and a few other systems manage to make it and somewhat be thrown in a martial law way to where they dont fall completely and manage to hold its position until the storms stop. Would the emperor still initiate a take over? How much more progress would they be able to achieve having dark age technology.

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

I believe the Emperor's plan always was to help humanity be free of Chaos forever. That's why he tried to finish the human webway project in the detriment of everything else. If things were different, I think the Emperor would've still attempted to do this but maybe in a somewhat different manner. If a more "democratic" version of the imperium existed already then the Emperor wouldn't have been forced to launch a Great Crusade to reclaim it. The approach would've been less militaristic maybe.

[@SusCalvin]

@@GrimDarkNarrator I think GW has used a lot of different interpretations of Him. I like that the man on the Golden Throne is the final mystery of the setting, there's no consistent story or art of Him. Some interpret that the Emperor just stopped acting in the background, and came to believe He needed to become an enlightened despot. A lot of failiures in the Imperium are down to how it's designed for the Emperor and the Imperial Household to keep steering stuff. There was no plan for succession, just delegation of power from the Throne.

[@nbmoleminer5051]

Yes I would

[@Masonicon]

In traverse town, Digimon population there use people with cyborg body parts(preferably cyberwarez(portmanteau of cyberware and warez) aka black market bionics) as their vessel for commiting crimes

[@sicariusvast9555]

Could general grivous ( star wars ) Defeat an space marine ?

[@sicariusvast9555]

I thought it was fitting becaus grivous is an cyborg

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

In melee I think Griveous has a chance, but if the space marine is armed and ready with a bolter, probably not.

[@sicariusvast9555]

He could try to incinerate the bolts by spinning all his armes, but if he is in meleerange, it's over

[@datscootusee213]

Mind you if the bolt touched his arms, his arms would be removed via either kinetic impact force, the explosion of the bolt, or the failure to withstand the size of the round.

[@sicariusvast9555]

@Gay Hobbit The powerarmor would maybe be able to stop a lightsaber, but the bare skin of a marine wouldn't.

[@justinianthegreat1444]

Can people have Cyberpsychosis in 40k

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

There's probably something similar, but I can't say I've read about it.

[@justinianthegreat1444]

So even 40k can become Cyberpunk lol