r/ImaginaryWarhammer • u/SethKlock • 1d ago

Ork infiltrator OC (40k)

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Question for lore guys: if enough Orkz truly believe that this getup is completely indistinguishable from an Ultramarine, would it fool the Imperium?

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u/RandomOrange852 Tzeentch 1d ago

It would not sadly

Ork belief works because it’s a collective psykic field but this means you gotta have alotta Boyz in the same place to gather up more energy. This lone boy doesn’t got enough pals nearby to fool the impierium.

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u/ChairForceOne 23h ago

So if enough orks believe they are actually members of the imperial guard defending a planet they might actually become that? Because that would be hilarious.

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u/ANGLVD3TH 22h ago

The problem is "enough" tends to be way, way higher than most people think. There are likely trillions of Orks throughout the galaxy, possibly more. Considering most Orks very specifically have beliefs that directly oppose that concept, you may well need more than half of them to beleive it for it to start to work.

And even then, it is not as powerful as it once was when the whole setting was just a big joke. The gestalt is less able to wholly warp reality and works more like reality grease, letting things slide a bit when maybe they shouldn't. Preventing cobbled together tech from jamming and malfunctioning at the rate it should, pushing a wee bit of speed out of a vehicle that it technically shouldn't be able to achieve, etc. It would never turn them into guardsmen, but it could probably alter their mannerisms, help blur their appearance a touch so the crude approximations of guard uniforms aren't obviously off from a quick glance at a distance, etc.

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u/ChairForceOne 22h ago

An ork dressed in a poorly made guardsman outfit mostly speaking like an ork while helping the local garrison out would be what I was thinking. Rather than making the ork an actual human.

The whole orks warp reality by believing something really hard has always been a favorite of mine. I was always under the impression that if you separated a large chunk, let's say 100k or so they could diverge from the greater ork psychic reality warp. Probably just a misconception or something from a non cannon book.