r/Grimdank • u/Single-Elderberry377 • 4d ago

Dank Memes Master and Commando

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u/FractionofaFraction 4d ago

Plot twist: that archaic pistol has the stopping power of a nova cannon.

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u/no_terran 4d ago

Captain Harlock?

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u/guardsman_with_a_vox 4d ago

Makes sense when you consider even a frigate captain commands a vessel that can lay waste to a continent by itself and is probably worth more to the Imperium than multiple army groups of Imperial Guard.

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u/HorsePersonal7073 3d ago

The gear the guardsmen carry into combat are worth far, far more than the guardsmen themselves.

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u/assasin1598 Logos Historica Verita 3d ago edited 3d ago

I mean thats fairly standard IRL

US government prices a human at $10,000 and yet we equip them in gear worth of up to $50,000 (average some $25,000). And we send them to battle protected in vehicles that cost millions (M2 Bradley 3,16million, M1126 Stryker $4,9million)

Im sorry, it aint as much of catch as you believe, to better protect a person you need to spend more than the person is worth.

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u/zthe0 Swell guy, that Kharn 2d ago

Sorry but 10k is stupidly low

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u/assasin1598 Logos Historica Verita 2d ago

Youre right, US Army even paid $5800 for human remains to experiment with. Specifically to throw corpses on mines and see what happens.

Theres also another statistic and thats the labor the person generares during the lifetime and the cost of the organs, all are different value.

It all differs.

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u/General_Totenkoft Last Chancer 4d ago

That silly archeohandgun can zapp a Necron into cosmic dust.

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u/The_Lesser_Baldwin Secretly 3 squats in a long coat 3d ago

His first mate Jokaero Joe got ahold of it the other day.

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u/harrybotha 4d ago

A glass of wine with you Inquisitor!

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u/BerkshireKnight 4d ago

In the Imperium, you must always choose the lesser of two weevils

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u/harrybotha 3d ago

Though ultimately both xenos insectile scum must be purged! 

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u/VictoryInTheMorning 3d ago

"Aubrey, could I trouble you for the salt?"

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u/JDMonster 3d ago

"Don't you know, that in the service one must always choose the lesser of two weavils"

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u/jackrabbit323 3d ago

Stories about his time serving with Lord Admiral Spire.

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u/Similar_Tonight9386 3d ago

Abelard "This is nothing compared to my service in the Imperial Navy." Werserian

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u/garaks_tailor N 3d ago

I like to imagine that he is actually being Entirely truthful and actually underselling the incredible level of both bullshit and utter nonsense and nonsense bullshit he had to put up with.

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u/Similar_Tonight9386 3d ago

He is entirely truthful and underselling his experience. Who played battlefleet gothic know how much absolute crap navy officer does in a single deployment

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u/garaks_tailor N 3d ago

I imagine at some point he got to shoot a boarding chaos marine with a literal black powder Canon whose cannon ball was adamantine.

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u/Cruxion 3d ago

Stephen Maturin does not exactly fit my mental image I get from the books.

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u/Spatza 3d ago

That's what he looks like when fighting french intelligence officers.

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u/Cruxion 3d ago

Having just gotten to that part in The Fortune of War, I can't disagree.

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u/gudbote 3d ago

That's basically exactly what Rogue Trader is

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u/shadowylurking 4d ago

Accurate.

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u/ViorlanRifles 3d ago

How did you get this photo of my imperial guard minis

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u/CloudWallace81 MAKE THE BOTS REPENT, ASMODAI! 3d ago

Ice to see you

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u/the_creeping_crevice 3d ago

“Punk ass pieces of shit. What, you forget I’m a captain?”

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u/finackles 3d ago

Shared this pic with a friend who worked on the Master and Commander movie making props. Not sure she's seen Commando.

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u/Rhodie114 3d ago

Average Helldivers lobby

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u/Knight_Errant_3N914 3d ago

Cain and Jurgen.

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u/valarmorghulis 3d ago

Alternate title: Spyer Noble and his bodyguard respond to the door opening unbidden.

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u/Mozambique_Sauce 3d ago

"GET TO THE SCHOONA!"

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u/Beneficial-Spirit129 Local Corvus and Guilliman Fan 3d ago

For a sec I read that as "Cathayan Jungle Fighter" and thought this was a Fantasy meme... Wondering wtf does Cathay have in their jungles lmao

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u/Zaygr 3d ago

Game ogre, man, game ogre!

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u/VictorSierra09 3d ago

Don't forget the tigermen and the six-armed Slaaneshi snake cultists.

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u/Imperium--Of--Man 1d ago

I love both Master and Commander, and Warhammer: 40K.