Re: [Epic] An Orkish Question

From: Matthew Weyna <burb96_at_...>
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 07:30:39 -0600

John Chapman wrote:


> Ummm I thought it was the Shokk Attack Gun. Sounds close to what
> Matthew described if it is the case. The old epic fluff basically had orks
> training snotlings to jump into dark holes in which there was food. SA guns
> worked cos the snotlings (really tiny orky/gretchiny beings for the uninitiated)
> are shown a dark hole at the back of the SA gun. They jump in , expecting to
> get fed but instead find themselves teleported somewhere. Its meant to be a
> really frightening experience so at the other end of the teleport you basically
> have a bunch of crazed (and hungry ?!? :) ) snots madly chewing into anything
> thats there. The teleporting is a little random but its still pretty nasty
> if youre a Land Raider driver and your nice clean LR is suddenly full of
> psychopathic snots. Even worse if youre a termie and they end up inside
> your armour :). If it was squigs it would have been even scarier.
> The other important question - what do these translate to in the new
> game. Not sure - havent looked at orks recently - prolly either a support
> weapon or maybe even just a heavy weapon.
> JAC


Ohhhyeah! I remember the fluff, but not the details..Thanks

Matthew
Received on Mon Feb 16 1998 - 13:30:39 UTC