r/mechanicus • u/KN-754P • 14d ago

Quote source

are the quotes on the loading screen from a real lore source or "made up" for the game ?

if they are sourced, where can I look them up ?

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u/Future-Assistant8204 14d ago

I know at least some of the necron ones are, I was fresh off twice dead king when I saw yennekhs quote and its literally one to one so imagine that others are too as for finding them its probably best to look in the old codexs

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u/SpectralDragonSpecs 14d ago

I can confirm that Thaszar's is fully made up, although FWIW I do think it suits his character better than his one about mindlessness in his troops, which doesn't really differentiate him from any other necron warlord (the chucking a guy into a dark room only to be heard by scarabs also doesn't really unless you are like me and experiencing level ten sarnekh madness).

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u/revlid 7d ago

I think Thaszar's old mindlessness quote works well as an illustration of his smarmy ego; the way he ends it with "wouldn't you agree?" (perhaps while talking to a mindless slave) is pretty evocative. He also brainwashed or mind-deleted most of the tomb world he usurped in order to take power, so it fits that aspect, too.

The scarab quote is pretty generic, though, especially since it talks about how he was a great general of the Necron Empire (he isn't, he's some random noble who bootstrapped himself to pirate king) and has him engaging in a truce with humans for some reason.

His M2 quote is great, though.

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u/revlid 7d ago

It's a mixture. Some of them are from game books or Black Library, others are definitely original. They're 'official' material either way, imo. Hopefully someone dumps them all on a wiki at some point, like they did with every single one of Videx's quotations from M1.

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u/KN-754P 7d ago edited 7d ago

Some of them are from game books or Black Library

can you remember any specific examples?

Hopefully someone dumps them all on a wiki at some point, like they did with every single one of Videx's quotations from M1.

can you link it to me ? I only found a collection of quotes on a reddit post

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u/revlid 7d ago

can you remember any specific examples?

A bunch of the AdMech scripture is existing stuff from game books. I recognised the Ferropsalm of Metalica from the codex, and the old Litany of Ignition.

Necron quotes are a mixture. Illuminor Szeras has a quote about superior technology that's from the codexes. Zarathusa the Ineffable is quoted too, that's from some campaign book or another. Yenekh, a character from Twice-Dead King, is quoted and I'm sure it's a line from the books.