Brother Keir

Hey. I don't live nearby, but I would recommend the Adventurer's Guild in Harrisburg. It's not too far from E-town and it is a top notch establishment. I work in Harrisburg and go there once every week or two. Hope to see you around, Brother Keir

Disclaimer: I have a looser view of canon than some. Feasibility: Fair As far as I understand, it this is how many of these vehicles were initially created (from the Rhino chassis), however, the modifications to be made for a vindicator, for example, might be too extensive too allow for modularity. A whirlwind or predator to razorback or even Rhino on the other hand, might be easier. Attachments for fitting these modules may take up extra (fictional) room... or maybe not. (BTW: The silly door on top allows a couple of your passengers to shoot, which can make a huge difference.) Heresy: Maybe not While Mars may make a big noise about such things, they don't seem to exert the same sort (not saying less, just different) of influence as the Ecclesiarchy and it is often their own trained "clergy" which make these field modifications, such as the Ares pattern Land Raider et cetera. With no end-result-vehicles being technically outside of the realm of STC patterning, the modularity might only be perceived as a minor modification. (You'll know you've crossed the line, if your Rhinos start morphing into Dreadnoughts. ;) ) My opinion is: There is a vague possibility that someone might notice a slight deviation from STC in your vehicles and less of a chance that they would do anything about it. (Of course there is this take on it too: If everyone is buying Land Raider Crusaders, the AdMech will lavish it with blessings, while GW gets your buck (and mine.) If everyone is buying magnets to save money on large numbers of vehicles... they may take offense, but might not want scare off business either. This is pure speculation, of course, and clearly not based on canon.) Hmmm... you (GMT) are saying that the machine spirit wouldn't put up with it? What if the machine spirit were tied into the module? Then it wouldn't know any different. ;)

I think the idea that they are less likely to go mad, unless it were a bio-chemical process. The chapter would seem well conditioned (and purposely conditioned) to patiently serving for millenia as a thinking machine. I think a battery of interned brothers could man a post and still get any needed sleep. Perhaps, their combined subconscious while sleeping could serve as a gestalt nervous system for a ship and run its systems instinctively after some time.

Excellent. A very good read. BELIEFS Don't get me wrong. I do like this part, but... 1) Generally, in the Imperium: Evolution is mutation is bad. Are you saying 'promotion of a mutation is necessary for mankind to continue to mutate' is a good thing? I just wanted to make sure you knew how it sounds to me. 2) I know some chapters promote mutations within their own ranks, even psykers. Promoting the mutation of mankind is a good theory, but I think it would be a terrible secret for a chapter to hold this belief. 3) This may be wrong or old/bad canon, but... I got the impression that the psychic power of the universe was more or less of a constant in this game-world. Thousands of 'shaman' gave their lives to form the Emperor from their collected will. While I am not certain, the evolution of mankind into psykers could be the heat-death of the Emperor's consciousness... but sometimes I take things too far. These are just some points that popped into my head as I read this one section. If you look at it from the machine/man angle of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, in a purely mental sense, the evolution of consciousness might be a good thing. I hope this is helpful.

The Nebula Rangers, 3rd Company. If you want to check out the rest click here: Link to Album Force Commander (Likes to pretend he's Kor'sarro Khan.) Command Squad This is a sample of one of my Tactical Squads.