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40K - THE RISE AND FALL OF MANKIND - STC / STONE, GOLD & IRON MEN - WARHAMMER 40,000

Luetin09

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Ref:
Spirit of Eternity AI -- Book: Death of Integrity
Kron's tale - Ancient History -- Book: 25-25
Keeper Cripias -- 40K Rulebook 3rd Edition

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Timestamps:
0:00 Opening
0:45 - Intro and Enigmas
6:25 - S T C
12:10 - AI
25:40 - Logical Fears
29:37 - The Gold Men
34:29 - The Stone Men
41:44 - The Rise & Fall
55:13 - Our Greatest Loss
1:08:18 - Abominable Intelligence
1:12:13 - Intact STC?
1:17:37 - Ultimate Goals

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20 Comments

@Luetin09 Creator 7 years ago Pinned

This one took me a lot more time than I anticipated - I hope you enjoy. (timestamps in notes and below) Originally it was going to be a simple short video of about 15mins describing what an STC is.
As I got more into it I realised that part of the whole thing with STC is their ambiguity and that in order to really properly appreciate what they mean to humanity in M41 you have to also understand the fractured and hazy story of mankind and its rise and fall throughout the DAOT. I did my best to pull this all together, but its a messy puzzle with few references that expand things in a truly concrete and conclusive way.

Timestamps:
0:45 - Intro and Enigmas
6:25 - S T C
12:10 - AI
25:40 - Logical Fears
29:37 - The Gold Men
34:29 - The Stone Men
41:44 - The Rise & Fall
55:13 - Our Greatest Loss
1:08:18 - Abominable Intelligence
1:12:13 - Intact STC?
1:17:37 - Ultimate Goals

@in4ser 7 years ago (edited)

I love how the WH40K lore for their universe goes from Star Trek Federation --> SkyNET & Terminators --> Mad Max --> Medieval Crusades

@AsbestosMuffins 6 years ago (edited)

See the problem with STCs is that while they can print out an army of guardsmen, tanks, and space marines, you still got to paint them.

@ardaorhan 6 years ago

"uncomfortable by the distinct lack of SKULLS"

hilarious

@raycearcher5794 7 years ago

"...Print out armies of automatons..."
They prefer "Guardsmen," Luetin. No need for class prejudice.

@GeneralCalculus 6 years ago

"To give colonists instructions how to build skyscraper in swamp out of banana peels if needed" is still one of the favorite descriptions of STC.

@gargoyles9999 5 years ago

Arch Magos: this STC is hidden behind impenetrable barriers
LPL: Lock Picking Lawyer here and today we’re going to break into a Dark Age AI using only a broken down Servitor

@phreakazoith2237 7 years ago

A.I.: "You Astartes are intolerant, limited mentally and prejudiced"Black Templar: "Thank you."

@DrRaadM 7 years ago (edited)

"We marvelled at our own magnificence as we gave birth to A.I." - nice morpheus reference 👌

@ArcaneShenaniganery 1 year ago

"So why did mankind lose?" "We lost the super wikipedia."

@butHomeisNowhere___ 6 years ago

"What are you? A witch doctor casting scented oils?.." OOF THAT AI IS A SAVAGE

@Lightscribe225 7 years ago

If only mankind kept basic quality assurance standards, they could fix all those AI problems by shutting them off and on again.

@leonelidas89 5 years ago

Imagine an administratum making a typo

Administratum: "Yeh, some imperial guard reports we found a new STD... requests immediate support and extraction"

Inquisitor: "New STD... must be a xeno disease. We are not taking chances. I decree planetary exterminatus on that shit."

@eriviscale2 7 years ago (edited)

"In ancient times, men built wonders, laid claim to the stars and sought to better themselves for the good of all. But we are much wiser now."

– Archmagos Ultima Cryol - Speculations On Pre-Imperial History

One of my favourite 40k quotes.

@morrettigames5153 7 years ago

“It’s an older code but it still checks out.” I see what you did there

@praetorian4059 5 months ago

You gotta give GW credit. The STC as a lore item is genius. Anytime GW needs to add a new miniature item to the line they can just use the "we found a lost STC on planet Abrakadabra" and presto. New item gets distributed to Forge Worlds and before you know it every army in the Imperium has thousands of them.

@Girder3 6 years ago

Y'know interestingly enough, I think the closest media representation as to what an STC is like is the emergency survival AI and fabricator in your lifepod in Subnautica. Literally scans the surrounding area to figure out what you can use for food, water, building materials. With enough work you can build a complete seabase and numerous vehicles. Even eventually a spaceship.

@Werrf1 6 years ago

I get the feeling that the term "STC" is used by the Imperium much the way we use the word "peasant". In the medieval period, there were many subtle grades of social rank. Freemen, villeins, cottars, bordars, serfs...all were distinct grades of agricultural workers and subsistence farmers, with different rights and responsibilities. "STC" is likely a catch-all term that covers everything from a survival fabricator - like the one depicted in the game Subnautica - which can build you the tools you need to build the tools to bootstrap your way up to a decent tech level, all the way up to orbital dockyards that ate asteroids at one end and shat out battleships at the other.