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Gandalf also has a sword. I can't speak for the rest, because I don't know them

Oh, you all know what needs to exist? A hacked version of Pokemon with a 40K theme, at least for the starter.

"Carnifex, I choose you!"

Which evolutionary step would Carnifex be? And what would the other steps be?

You're a good man/woman/person/thing/geometric object, Orb. I don't want anything on the list, but you deserve kudos

Quote from: Sirus on February 09, 2013, 01:22:05 am

I'm sorry for saying this a lot, but SOURCE PLEASE. I can't even see a signature so I can look for it myself

I thought about including a source (since I figured someone would ask), but I decided to be evil and make people ask MUHAHAHA.   
Here is a link to the artists deviantart account. The picture is the most recent one on his page, and he has ~100 other amazing sci-fi desktop images.

Spoiler: Two of his other pictures so you can see his art style without having to go look at his account (click to show/hide)

I'll go check it out...as soon as I re-attach my jaw...

The primary issue is handguns, which have no purpose beyond shooting other human beings. You don't hunt with a pistol. You don't fend off predators with a pistol.

Admitiddely not the most unbiased source, but this disagrees. The short of it is that they can be used to hunt rabbits or small game for wilderness eating, especially if your long gun is designed to bring down much larger animals. Or they're "emergency weapons" if the hunter suddenly becomes the hunted.

Now, you could argue that a large number of them are clearly not designed for concealed carry or anything like that, but saying that handguns are ONLY for shooting people is clearly wrong.

NASA is Merlin? That whole Curiosity Delivery System definitely reeks of AWizardDidIt.

Plus, you know, you're not gonna know ahead of time if you get into some sort of emergency. Like

Scaring away crows. Shooting stuff that eats all your cattle.

Just a note, blaster rifles are also capable of rapid fire. However, they aren't typically used in that fashion because the accuracy of the person firing it (usually Stormtroopers in the movies) degrades even further.

Besides, lore-wise lasguns can also vary in power. I've read novels of people taking a shot - unarmored - and living through it in most cases.