Episode 66 - Forces of 40k. The Penal Legions.

Hey Scummers!

In this episode, the lads dive head-first into the grim, explosive and questionably ethical world of Imperial Penal Legions. Because apparently the Imperium looked at prisons and thought: “What if we added minefields and Frenzon?”

From bomb collars and human wave assaults to drugged-up berserkers and “redemption through death,” Spamuel and Nathan break down how the Imperium turns criminals, political dissidents, unlucky guardsmen and people who filled out the wrong paperwork into disposable battlefield assets.

Journey with us into discussion on Italian Arbites that somehow make Imperial law even more threatening, to the utterly horrific practice of strapping explosives to prisoners and calling it ‘military doctrine,’ the Penal Legions are one of the Imperium’s favourite tools. Whether they’re being hurled into enemy gunfire as a wall of screaming human meat, or sent on missions so dangerous even Space Marines go ‘nah,’ these poor bastards exist somewhere between surgical strike force and disposable corpse delivery system.

So make sure you behave, brush up on your prayers and if you’re lucky, you’ll end up in the PDF and not on holiday on a prison planet.

You’re in The Guard.

If you have questions, complaints, corrections or suggestions, email us at Underhivelorekeepers@gmail.com.

Want to support the show? ⁠https://linktr.ee/underhivelorekeepers

End music theme is Celltrance by Lobo Loco.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lobo_Loco/free-for-you-cc-by/celltrance-id-2346/

Det här avsnittet är hämtat från ett öppet RSS-flöde och publiceras inte av Podme. Det kan innehålla reklam.

Avsnitt(77)

Episode 70. The Weird and The Wonderful - The Sensei.

HEY SCUMMERS!This week we're diving headfirst into one of the weirdest rabbit holes in Warhammer 40,000: The Sensei. The Emperor's immortal descendants, blessed with incredible gifts, hunted by the In...

25 Juli 2h 58min

Episode 69 - House Dramatis Personae - Goliath Part 2.

Hey Scummers!This week Spamuel and Nathan continue their tour through the Dramatis Personae of House Goliath, taking a look at four more walking mountains of muscle whose solution to virtually every p...

28 Juni 2h 21min

Episode 68 - Xenos of the 40k universe. The Vespid.

Hey Scummers!This week on the Underhive Lorekeepers Podcast, Spamuel forces Nathan to endure more than ninety minutes of something he never asked for, never wanted and will likely spend the rest of th...

12 Juni 2h 20min

Episode 67. Dramatis Personae - House Goliath. Part 1.

Hey Scummers!This week Spamuel and Nathan are diving into the Dramatis Personae of House Goliath, exploring some of the most infamous names ever to emerge from the gene-forges and fighting pits of the...

31 Maj 2h 13min

Episode 65 Gangs of Yesteryear Spyre Hunters

Hey scummers!In this episode, the lads take a trip way, way above the sump and into the polished nightmare of the Spire, where the rich don’t just look down on you, they come down to hunt you for spor...

2 Maj 3h 7min

Episode 64 Xenos of the 40k universe Part 2

Hey scummers!Pull up a stool, mind the sump spill under your boots, and keep one eye on your drink, because the lads are diving back into the weird and wild corners of the 41st millennium and more min...

19 Apr 2h 28min

Episode 63 - Old World Lorekeepers. Mordheim - Part 2

Oi, travellers and treasure-hungry miscreants!Stagger back through the splintered doors of The Lucky Comet, where the ale is watered, the patrons are suspicious, and the roof only leaks when it rains....

31 Mars 1h 48min