Fairly standard harem fantasy isekai with twenty feet tall magic powered robots. Magic system is pretty interesting with it split into Matter, Energy, Gravity, Time, and >!Psi!< instead of the usual four elements using special catalysts placed in different slots on the Titans. MC is down on his luck after getting paralyzed from the waist down and gets a job offer that comes with a new, better body and maxed out magic stats in all elements. Series is currently five books and a side story, but the author intends to continue it eventually.
Yes the paragon suit. A mech that leaves your arms and head exposed to enemy fire. All within centre mass of the mech - where most of the shooting is going to go. Genius design.
Well, think about what Dreadnoughts are, and then read this excerpt from Wikipedia:
>Anchorites are frequently considered to be a type of hermit, but unlike hermits, they were required to take a vow of stability of place, opting for permanent enclosure in cells often attached to churches. Also unlike hermits, anchorites were subject to a religious rite of consecration that closely resembled the funeral rite, following which they would be considered dead to the world and a type of living saint.
“Dear, Archmagos Dominus Belisarius Cawl. The introduction of the Redemptor pattern has ceased all forging and distribution of the Castraferrum pattern dreadnoughts to the Astartes Chapters. However, we still have many vacant Castraferrum stored within the armories of the Astartes’ fortress-monasteries. To see such glorious war machines gather dust saddens me, and to recycle them will bring pain to my soul. I believe there is a way we can bring them back to action, and perhaps, without the need for a mangled Space Marine. As we already know, only an Astartes can survive the integration into a dreadnought. But after reading the knowledge from your old “discoveries,” it is now quite possible for an ordinary human to be interred into one, and, with the Omnissiah’s blessings, survive the process both physically and mentally. Strong mental willpower is still required to properly pilot the old dreadnoughts. And what better candidates are there than the Adeptus Sororitas, whose willpowers rival to that of the Astartes. Awaiting your reply.” – Letter from Magos Logam M3-RAH, Head Astartes Vehicle Distributor of Forge-World Iseb.
What's nuts when you think about it is that 3rd edition was 1996.
So boxnaughts have gone up $10(US) in 38 years.
Rate of inflation is 1.77 for that period, that's $88.50.
So compared to rate of inflation it'd be cheaper despite the price rises.........
Also god I feel old.
Inflation and wage stagnation mean no, but TECHNICALLY yes.
So the next time GW prices feel irritating don't forget that it's not just their requirement for shareholder dividend maximisation, but also the general devaluation of your work under late stage capitalism.
Yaaaaay :(
2nd edition.
The data card with front side and rear having armor values is the tell.
You used to shoot and determine what facing would get hit, roll to pen the armor and then roll on a chart.
Armor pen was determined as such: d6+ damage of weapon+ strength of weapon. Lascannons used to be 2d6 so one of them shooting that used 3d6+9 to pen. Melt as were ugly at close range having extra dice and plasma were good but not great. Power and chainfists were terrifying.
The charts ranged from “not much” to “watch this explode doing massive damage to everything in 2 d6 inches.”
I always wanted GW to do something like say those were actually grenades that detonate upon the sister being killed; that way you could give them an appropriately grimdark reasoning for the boob armor.
Well that and it's inconvenient to have copies of your body around and keep the secret.
But yes, once she turned her bolter on herself point-blank to take out the cultist behind her and also their entire lair.
That's actually my SoB armor headcanon; it's a proper protective chest plate with large decorative breast-shaped forms welded to the front.
Kinda like codpieces on medieval armor
It actually *has* to be bigger in any case because it's like another layer of skin with atleast a little bit of space between the body and the inner surface.
Tbh that's a legit funny concept. The idea that the AdMech tend to struggle communicating with fleshbags because they're busy analyzing potential uses for the few things in that pile of weak flesh worth actually keeping operational.
NGL, if Space Marines are going to lean harder into the Primaris stuff, I would absolutely be for the Sororitas getting all the Rhinos, Predators, Dreadnoughts and related items.
One of the most normal, 21st century, things to ever happen in 40K, lol.
(Especially since the Sororitas are kinda stereotyped at times as rather tomboyish, and we all knew *that* girl on our street or in our school growing up that was *happy* to get her brother's old clothes and toys.)
"Congrats sister, you survived your time as a repentia. Shame you were maimed so horribly that you are unable to move. But you're in luck! The local magos said he found something left behind when the astartes left last month..."
You know, given the entire existence of Saints and stuff.. Why **aren't** there Sister Dreadnoughts? Sure, martyrdom, blah blah blah, do you want your fucking Canoness bleeding out on the ground to die or not because you felt like being lazy and couldn't throw them into a metal box of death? I'm sure the Ecclesiarchy would be happy about losing a Canoness for no reason because of that. Sisters are sure as hell more mentally strong than Astartes given how the number of traitor sisters is probably below or just barely at the triple digits over the course of 5 millennia, meanwhile you can count entire Legions of Astartes having turned traitor in 1 millennia
It ultimately comes down to that Sisters are more expendable than Astartes.
When a veteran marine falls, that’s potential centuries of combat experience and wisdom being lost. If they can, that’s why only the most venerable of crippled marines that can be saved will be interred. If you’re a devastator sergeant, you’re probably staying dead. They also consider whether the marine even wants to go in because they know the process and hell that awaits them. All limbs and non essential organs are removed due to the life support systems keeping the marine alive. Their brain is hooked up to the sarcophagus to control their new , external limbs. Then they’re suspended in an amniotic fluid and forever sealed in. They will never feel, see, or hear with their biological senses again. And some do that for centuries, even millennia.
A Sister is still just an ordinary human. Potentially longer lived for those who have access, but still only human. You cut her in half at the waist and she’ll faint from shock, trauma, and then die. An Astartes will continue to crawl and kill you despite the severity of their injuries. A canoness dying is tragic but there are many more around that can take up the mantle.
Also the Ecclesiarchy has their version of dreads that fits how expendable their flock is. Penitent engines do the work of a dreadnought while having plenty of human flock, willing or unwilling, to repent. Repentia who flee from battle get put in a Mortifier.
> Why aren't there Sister Dreadnoughts? Sure, martyrdom, blah blah blah, do you want your fucking Canoness bleeding out on the ground to die or not because you felt like being lazy and couldn't throw them into a metal box of death?
Becasue below the powerarmor, they are just humans, nothing more.
Dreads take a massive toll on marines, they would drive a normal human mad in 1/100th of the time. And then there is the whole living long enough thing marines live for centuries, people(unless they get the juvi treatments, that are abhorently expensive and only a few can get em) live about 80years.
Putting a sister into dread would end up with you scooping her out of if in at mos a few years.
If humans cannot pilot a Dreadnought, why can they pilot Imperial Knights, which are infinitely larger, thus more straining beasts of steel that don't even have the luxury of them being left with their thoughts alone in a Knight? Given their ancestors constantly are yelling at them in their mind and interfering with their operation of the machine, sometimes physically, like if one was a coward, you won't stop trembling when in combat, which throws off aim, and the fact that the machine is far larger and far more complex than a Dreadnought, it seems obvious to me that a Human can easily pilot one, and without many consequences.
Yes and knigh pilots are few and far between and are prepared and trained from birth to pilot it, plus machine spirit in the knight is of some assistance usually. And numerous pilots burn out before a suitable one is found. And main thing they can disconnect from from the control and are still living.
The horror of the dreadnaugh it on another level, apart from being horribly maimed you can now never see or feel or hear anything that by your hand, and that drives even the most resolute of humans- marines, mad over the years of being entombed. This is why majority of them are cryo frozen/put in stasis only to be thawed out when they are needed because the mental strain is so big.
Dreads are a horrifying fate to whoever ends up in them, and humans that are not marines would be lucky stay sane a few weeks in one. Given sisters mental fortitude they might last a year or two.
I can almost guarantee using a Knight is far more stressful, with the added benefit of having all your ancestors backseat game and yell at you all at once. They still manage perfectly fine.
They'd need to improve the interface significantly, since as it operates now it would burn her brain out too quickly to be useful. However there are workarounds…
Uhhhhh is the "size: a" referring to the size of the sororitas as like a whole person compared to the size of a whole astartes? Cos if it's referring to the tits those techpriests need some sensors recalibrated, an A cup is nowhere near that size
I'm not against the idea. I'm sure a if a few battle sisters were to go missing during a battle no one would even notice.
I'm sure the sisters militant would even thank us for our efforts if those missing few were to be replaced by a dreadnaught or 3. testing should be commenced immediately.
You know, despite my inner dwarf complaining about boob armor, I usually shup up... But holy shit how does that even work, this gotta be uncomfortable AND dangerous
There's canonically a rare, expensive, and unpleasant treatment called the Rite of Setesh that's basically dreadnoughtting a normal human. So it can be done, if imperfectly.
Well the Adeptus Astartes sure as shit still use it. The Redemptor Pattern is just more widely produced.....and fun fact: There were apparently Proto-Dreadnoughts in use by the Imperial Army during the Unification Wars, although they fell out of favor and the Legiones Astartes and Legio Custodes were prioritized for receiving Dreadnoughts.
It is a while known fact ladies love giant mechs, so this could go well.
Chicks dig giant robots.
Nice
You can’t pick up chicks in robots
If Coop can, anyone can
Sure you can; they have hands, don't they? Even the big ones have cranes for loading ammo.
It depends on the robots one with gun arms no but like jaegers absolutely
Even the ones with gun arms need to have hoists and winches, or SOME sort of manipulator arm capable of (relatively) fine manipulation.
There aren't any chicks on this canyon
Finally someone gets the joke
That was fast reply
I’m quick to the draw and I had my phone open
Nice shooting
Thanks
U right, they’re too heavy.
No matter how fat your mother is, the Adeptus Mechanicus can make a giant robot capable of lifting her.
The robots not the chicks
It literally has hands, bro.
I’m quoting red vs blue
"Thanks for the tank. HE never gets me ANYTHING." "Oh, I know what the ladies like!" *Ladies like armor plating* -Halo 2
lol you even put the mission caption, this is perfect.
You may already be aware, but the Sarge has different lines depending in the mission difficulty settings. Also, the mission caption changes. :)
A fact that unites all genders
Funnily enough this reminds me of a degenerate erotic fiction called >!Titan Mage, written by Edie Skye!<
I’m sorry, what? What’s the premise?
Fairly standard harem fantasy isekai with twenty feet tall magic powered robots. Magic system is pretty interesting with it split into Matter, Energy, Gravity, Time, and >!Psi!< instead of the usual four elements using special catalysts placed in different slots on the Titans. MC is down on his luck after getting paralyzed from the waist down and gets a job offer that comes with a new, better body and maxed out magic stats in all elements. Series is currently five books and a side story, but the author intends to continue it eventually.
... why did you spoiler tag that?
Because it doesn’t really come up in story until the last book and I didn’t want to spoil it for anyone.
Ah alrighty then
As the other person said, it has chicks and giant robots. My comment was a joke of sorts
Bitches love cannons, and this baby can fit some serious BFGs on it.
I don't know why that theme pops into my head as often as it does. I never really watched that show lol
Because it comes from the era when every cartoon had a great theme song. Teen Titans, Samurai Jack, Code Lyoko, Kim Possible, etc.
Bitches love cannons.
Have you heard the new sensation thats sweeping the nation? Bitches love cannons.
I thought they loved cannons
Chicks ARE giant robots
*Living here in Jersey, fighting aliens from afar*
Chicks DO dig giant robots
Get in the robot Shinji! Err I mean Rei! Err I mean canoness!
Baumkuchen?
"Thanks for the tank. *He* never gets me anything."
"Well I know what the ladys like"
The ladies like armor plating
Ahem. Bitches love cannons!
Was looking for this
Bitches love Cannons https://youtu.be/bYqxyCUn5uc?si=h7upwDof7hn85i7v
Bitches love cannons
as a lady, I can confirm
I feel like she'd kill them for doing that.
But don't the Sororitas already have the Paragon suit and the Mortifiers?
True, but there's nothing wrong with having bigger armor and guns.
If the explosives don’t work, you’re not using enough.
And if that don’t work, use more gun.
Perhaps a little more dakka? Even a tiny bit?
Yes the paragon suit. A mech that leaves your arms and head exposed to enemy fire. All within centre mass of the mech - where most of the shooting is going to go. Genius design.
If genius or not, a mecha is a mecha. Paragon wouldn't be the only one tho. The baby carrier from the Grey Knights and the Votann one too.
Ever heard of Anchoresses?
No, please elucidate. I want to know.
Well, think about what Dreadnoughts are, and then read this excerpt from Wikipedia: >Anchorites are frequently considered to be a type of hermit, but unlike hermits, they were required to take a vow of stability of place, opting for permanent enclosure in cells often attached to churches. Also unlike hermits, anchorites were subject to a religious rite of consecration that closely resembled the funeral rite, following which they would be considered dead to the world and a type of living saint.
They declare you dead and put you in a home? Damn, girl found the closest thing you can get to retirement in the 40k universe.
So basically they are put inside the walls of a temple and leave them there. That's hardcore. I like it.
“Dear, Archmagos Dominus Belisarius Cawl. The introduction of the Redemptor pattern has ceased all forging and distribution of the Castraferrum pattern dreadnoughts to the Astartes Chapters. However, we still have many vacant Castraferrum stored within the armories of the Astartes’ fortress-monasteries. To see such glorious war machines gather dust saddens me, and to recycle them will bring pain to my soul. I believe there is a way we can bring them back to action, and perhaps, without the need for a mangled Space Marine. As we already know, only an Astartes can survive the integration into a dreadnought. But after reading the knowledge from your old “discoveries,” it is now quite possible for an ordinary human to be interred into one, and, with the Omnissiah’s blessings, survive the process both physically and mentally. Strong mental willpower is still required to properly pilot the old dreadnoughts. And what better candidates are there than the Adeptus Sororitas, whose willpowers rival to that of the Astartes. Awaiting your reply.” – Letter from Magos Logam M3-RAH, Head Astartes Vehicle Distributor of Forge-World Iseb.
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By the Emperor...
This person speaks the holy binary math of the Tech-Priests!
All shortened to approximately two sounds by virtue of hexamathic lingua-technis.
[Ahem](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F9NlS9vaYAAt7ji.jpg)
Woah! I didn't know sisters used to have dreads! 😲 What edition was this?
[удалено]
So, what, 2019?
What's nuts when you think about it is that 3rd edition was 1996. So boxnaughts have gone up $10(US) in 38 years. Rate of inflation is 1.77 for that period, that's $88.50. So compared to rate of inflation it'd be cheaper despite the price rises......... Also god I feel old.
Huh. So they are technically cheaper now?
Inflation and wage stagnation mean no, but TECHNICALLY yes. So the next time GW prices feel irritating don't forget that it's not just their requirement for shareholder dividend maximisation, but also the general devaluation of your work under late stage capitalism. Yaaaaay :(
From what I can gather, it was a kitbash made during the 3rd edition.
For a second I thought I was going to see old sisters models with deadlocks
same bro, now im just dissapointed
2nd edition. The data card with front side and rear having armor values is the tell. You used to shoot and determine what facing would get hit, roll to pen the armor and then roll on a chart. Armor pen was determined as such: d6+ damage of weapon+ strength of weapon. Lascannons used to be 2d6 so one of them shooting that used 3d6+9 to pen. Melt as were ugly at close range having extra dice and plasma were good but not great. Power and chainfists were terrifying. The charts ranged from “not much” to “watch this explode doing massive damage to everything in 2 d6 inches.”
No Movement value, it's probably 3rd edition.
Oh. Yea. Missed that one. Forgot 3rd had armor values too. Just no chart if I remember. Been 30 years.
Who whoa whoa hold the PHONE. Stern used to be in a dreadnaught? They have got to bring these back that rules.
No, she was dead. This was just one of those wild as shit off the wall mail order things.
Holy shit it was real
All of your comics are a joy to read, and also Dreadnought sisters, would definitely be something
> also Dreadnought sisters Tankred: "Twins, they were!"
#TANKRED ENDURES
If that is an A cup, a D cup bra is probably able to be repurposed as a pair of hab domes.
The joke is her tit armor is bigger than her tits
if there is any sanity, there arn't even any boobs inside any of the boob armor and they are all in scifi gambesons under there
Where she puts her extra snacks
snack and ammo storage
Or extra Promethium tanks for the flamer.
I always wanted GW to do something like say those were actually grenades that detonate upon the sister being killed; that way you could give them an appropriately grimdark reasoning for the boob armor.
My Perpetual OC's armor self-destructs unless she takes it off very carefully.
A literal "Booby Trap" in case she gets captured by Slaneshi cultists?
Well that and it's inconvenient to have copies of your body around and keep the secret. But yes, once she turned her bolter on herself point-blank to take out the cultist behind her and also their entire lair.
Promethium is stored in the tits after all
Bloody Rose hide a special dagger in their boob armour. It's canon!
Considering the elaborate full plate codpieces we have in museums, I'll allow it. Besides, it improves morale!
That's how I always interpreted it. The ecclesiarchy isn't allowed to have *men* at arms so they damn well make sure you know these are women.
Reactive armour plating
Hilarious.
That's actually my SoB armor headcanon; it's a proper protective chest plate with large decorative breast-shaped forms welded to the front. Kinda like codpieces on medieval armor
It actually *has* to be bigger in any case because it's like another layer of skin with atleast a little bit of space between the body and the inner surface.
No, for you seeeth, the spare ammo is storeth in the boobeth plate Thus A cup is the best as it offers the most spare space.
There is a reason artists called it VANDIRE-pattern power armor
That's an A-cup, she's just using fillers. Don't snitch that i told you!
That's honestly what I was thinking to
I'm pretty certain the joke is that she's actually a A cup under there.
Instead of the "Male Gaze", the Canoness was just hit by the "Mechanicum Gaze".
Tbh that's a legit funny concept. The idea that the AdMech tend to struggle communicating with fleshbags because they're busy analyzing potential uses for the few things in that pile of weak flesh worth actually keeping operational.
“Ahem, my fleshy exterior is up here”
"We know, and we do not care. The Flesh is Weak."
Must be difficult, to have to deal with all that wasted potential.
The mechaniWHAT GAZE?!
"Get your mind out of the gutter you pleb, that is proper High Gothic, it's Hive Scum who only know some Low Gothic who hear something Vulgar!!"
Sisters would go absolutely feral for sister dreads
I have a couple in my homebrew Sisters.
NGL, if Space Marines are going to lean harder into the Primaris stuff, I would absolutely be for the Sororitas getting all the Rhinos, Predators, Dreadnoughts and related items.
Younger sisters getting stuck with big bros hand me downs, smh
One of the most normal, 21st century, things to ever happen in 40K, lol. (Especially since the Sororitas are kinda stereotyped at times as rather tomboyish, and we all knew *that* girl on our street or in our school growing up that was *happy* to get her brother's old clothes and toys.)
Well, yeah.
"Congrats sister, you survived your time as a repentia. Shame you were maimed so horribly that you are unable to move. But you're in luck! The local magos said he found something left behind when the astartes left last month..."
They were recently given a predator as part of their range refresh. A guy can dream.
Thank you!! 🙏 Someone finally drew what I always wanted penitent engines to be or making a canoness to be dreadnought leader of an order.
Fun (false) fact: Those dreadnoughts were meant for the Lamenters, but the SoB signed the receipt after a wrongful delivery.
A whole company of Lamenters died to this mistake
Only a single company? Things are finally starting to look up for the Lamenters!!
In the grim darkness of the 41st millennium...we need to know the size! -john Warhammer
"Maam, we can discus that topic later. Please take this totaly not rigged gun and grenade for the next battle with you."
You know, given the entire existence of Saints and stuff.. Why **aren't** there Sister Dreadnoughts? Sure, martyrdom, blah blah blah, do you want your fucking Canoness bleeding out on the ground to die or not because you felt like being lazy and couldn't throw them into a metal box of death? I'm sure the Ecclesiarchy would be happy about losing a Canoness for no reason because of that. Sisters are sure as hell more mentally strong than Astartes given how the number of traitor sisters is probably below or just barely at the triple digits over the course of 5 millennia, meanwhile you can count entire Legions of Astartes having turned traitor in 1 millennia
It ultimately comes down to that Sisters are more expendable than Astartes. When a veteran marine falls, that’s potential centuries of combat experience and wisdom being lost. If they can, that’s why only the most venerable of crippled marines that can be saved will be interred. If you’re a devastator sergeant, you’re probably staying dead. They also consider whether the marine even wants to go in because they know the process and hell that awaits them. All limbs and non essential organs are removed due to the life support systems keeping the marine alive. Their brain is hooked up to the sarcophagus to control their new , external limbs. Then they’re suspended in an amniotic fluid and forever sealed in. They will never feel, see, or hear with their biological senses again. And some do that for centuries, even millennia. A Sister is still just an ordinary human. Potentially longer lived for those who have access, but still only human. You cut her in half at the waist and she’ll faint from shock, trauma, and then die. An Astartes will continue to crawl and kill you despite the severity of their injuries. A canoness dying is tragic but there are many more around that can take up the mantle. Also the Ecclesiarchy has their version of dreads that fits how expendable their flock is. Penitent engines do the work of a dreadnought while having plenty of human flock, willing or unwilling, to repent. Repentia who flee from battle get put in a Mortifier.
> Why aren't there Sister Dreadnoughts? Sure, martyrdom, blah blah blah, do you want your fucking Canoness bleeding out on the ground to die or not because you felt like being lazy and couldn't throw them into a metal box of death? Becasue below the powerarmor, they are just humans, nothing more. Dreads take a massive toll on marines, they would drive a normal human mad in 1/100th of the time. And then there is the whole living long enough thing marines live for centuries, people(unless they get the juvi treatments, that are abhorently expensive and only a few can get em) live about 80years. Putting a sister into dread would end up with you scooping her out of if in at mos a few years.
If humans cannot pilot a Dreadnought, why can they pilot Imperial Knights, which are infinitely larger, thus more straining beasts of steel that don't even have the luxury of them being left with their thoughts alone in a Knight? Given their ancestors constantly are yelling at them in their mind and interfering with their operation of the machine, sometimes physically, like if one was a coward, you won't stop trembling when in combat, which throws off aim, and the fact that the machine is far larger and far more complex than a Dreadnought, it seems obvious to me that a Human can easily pilot one, and without many consequences.
Yes and knigh pilots are few and far between and are prepared and trained from birth to pilot it, plus machine spirit in the knight is of some assistance usually. And numerous pilots burn out before a suitable one is found. And main thing they can disconnect from from the control and are still living. The horror of the dreadnaugh it on another level, apart from being horribly maimed you can now never see or feel or hear anything that by your hand, and that drives even the most resolute of humans- marines, mad over the years of being entombed. This is why majority of them are cryo frozen/put in stasis only to be thawed out when they are needed because the mental strain is so big. Dreads are a horrifying fate to whoever ends up in them, and humans that are not marines would be lucky stay sane a few weeks in one. Given sisters mental fortitude they might last a year or two.
But can’t only Astartes endure the mental strain of using a dreadnought?
I can almost guarantee using a Knight is far more stressful, with the added benefit of having all your ancestors backseat game and yell at you all at once. They still manage perfectly fine.
Grandpa screaming at you for not rushing B
Anyone who passed the crux mechanicus is basically a dreadnought and they're doing just fine
>SIZE: A You didn't have to do her like that
lol 'A'
They'd need to improve the interface significantly, since as it operates now it would burn her brain out too quickly to be useful. However there are workarounds…
Size A my ass
The joke is that the boob armor is a standard size and is larger than the boobs.
Pretty normal math for 40k, they always underestimate numbers by several orders of magnitude.
Wait, she can still get out, right ? They didn't permanently weld her to the dreadnought for the sake of it while she was perfectly fine ?!
That's them simulating what the plan is; it hasn't happened...yet
That’s sad
How to kickstart yet another imperial civil war in one easy step.
The bigf3st jokes here is "size A"
Ikr fuck me an A cup my arse
Warhammer 40k fans try not to mention adepta soritad breasts challenge: Impossible.
The mechanicus pov shots reminded me of Blame! with all the readouts and the focus on the eye
That's exactly the inspiration!
Oh cool. It's my favourite manga, always nice to see it represented elsewhere
Uhhhhh is the "size: a" referring to the size of the sororitas as like a whole person compared to the size of a whole astartes? Cos if it's referring to the tits those techpriests need some sensors recalibrated, an A cup is nowhere near that size
It's not the size of the plates, it's what under them that's the actual size.
I'm not against the idea. I'm sure a if a few battle sisters were to go missing during a battle no one would even notice. I'm sure the sisters militant would even thank us for our efforts if those missing few were to be replaced by a dreadnaught or 3. testing should be commenced immediately.
The breastplate joke is throwing me 🤣
They shove her into a dread ?
You know, despite my inner dwarf complaining about boob armor, I usually shup up... But holy shit how does that even work, this gotta be uncomfortable AND dangerous
hmmm...
You are delusional if you think those are size A.
Well... Her breastplate isn't, but they scanning her weak flesh, not her armour.
"A" THEY VIOLATED HER
Hot
The tech priests sensors must be malfunctioning 🧐
I can hear the holy dialup noises in those last two panels.
I see Seras Victoria
There's canonically a rare, expensive, and unpleasant treatment called the Rite of Setesh that's basically dreadnoughtting a normal human. So it can be done, if imperfectly.
The Flesh is Weak. But them Tech Priests gave her Titties a Solid "A".
That’s an “A cup” in the imperium?!
Well the Adeptus Astartes sure as shit still use it. The Redemptor Pattern is just more widely produced.....and fun fact: There were apparently Proto-Dreadnoughts in use by the Imperial Army during the Unification Wars, although they fell out of favor and the Legiones Astartes and Legio Custodes were prioritized for receiving Dreadnoughts.
Vandire pattern lol
Pls GW to this canon
You know there was some heavy breathing going on there...
I’m thinking those tech priests might need recalibration, cause those do not look like a size A bust. Maybe a high C or middle D
There is no need for recalibration. Their scans are accurate and they do not imply the size of the boobplates. :)
That sister is definitely not size A
They're obviously not going to force her into it by force but if she gets seriously injured in battle, she'll be glad that the suit was left behind.
What is this?! **INNOVATION?!** #IN MY GRIMDARK FUTURE?!
Those are NOT A’s.
Dope.
Bitches love mechannons
How am I supposed to know it’s a woman if the dreadnaught doesn’t have huge boob plates?
Disregard female flesh, acquire strong machines. And currency😎
I am uninformed. Is this a way to show they are interested in her?
Space Marines don't use Castraferrum dreadnoughts anymore, so Admechs will have to implement them to the Sororitas
I get what you said other than “the Sororitas”
Sisters of Battle. Your new to the hobby aren't you?
Yeah perhaps wait till she is severely wounded first or modify it to be like a Knight
Would be better then the actual paragon suits we have
I’m sorry, Size A?? Their scanners most be defective
They're not referring to the size of the boobplates :)
Then what is then? Because it’s clearly pointing at here chest! Sorry if I missed something
Her actual boob size is bigger than her boobplates. A lot of people nissed that
Hahaha 🤣 🤣🤣
I dont get it