A cherub has recently begun to attract a lot of PC attention (it saw things it shouldn't have, etc). In all the attention they were paying it, an interesting question came up. As cherubs are comprised of a good bit of organic components, do they eat and, if so, what? Likewise, what forms of waist dose it produce and how dose it get rid of those waists -that is to say, do cherub's poop and, if so, in what way? The group is a touch concerned about this as said cherub is currently locked in their Lander...

My knee-jerk reaction is, yes, they must eat (usually some kind of nutraslury or some such, but they don't require much) and their excrement is rather reminiscent of pigeon crap... if just seems somehow appropriate.

I always figured they were injected with or force fed the aforementioned nutri-slurry. As far as the byproducts of their metabolic process go, I figure they either have a waste valve that gets purged weekly, or perhaps they have an internal compartment containing a colostomy bag that is swapped out every few days. These jobs are usually left to the most junior tech priests or servitors.

Cherubs aint fat cos they're cute.

They're chubby because they're full of...

When in doubt, blame it on the pidgeons.

After some thought I'm going to have to say yes to the question of whether or not the defficate. While I am not fond of working feces into my games - as I think it, and toilet jokes in general, pervades too much of current "humor" - I have to admit that the image of a Cherubic servitor flying overhead and defficating discustingly is appropriate to the 40k theme.

Jack of Tears said:

The thought of a statue of some hero of the imperium/mechanicus posing nobly while covered in perching cherubs and cherub poop is also priceless

Hehe, why does this thread remind me of the Golden Throne webcomic? Oh right:

There is probably a cyber cherubium designed to eat the poop...

hellebore

I would think that a well taken care of location would show no signs of cherub poop, as they no doubt have been programmed to relieve themselves in a specific location.

Now feral cherubs or those in a run down and old location may have faulty programming. They could also be corrupted by the warp.

Now there’s a sight. Imagine a pack of warp tainted cherubs desecrating a cathedral. Whispering giddily to one another in tainted binary and reciting corrupted prayers while swooping through the air spreading their own special blessing!.

great thread GRAVER..a few new ideas for comical relief...its the little things that count that bizarre attention to detail...for a bizarre game..perfect...LOL

cheers

Cherub = flying poo fling mech-monkeys

I believe I read somewhere the only organic parts that are left are nervous systems, ie brain, spine, nerves, the rest of the creature is mechanical. They pretty much only have to be plugged in every once in a while and even that is pretty rare as I am sure they have gravity winders and photo cells that partially recycle their power while they move about.

If they had to eat to maintain energy I think that wouldn't be a very logical system. They would have to maintain digestive tracks, circulatory systems, respiratory systems, pretty much everything that would make them animal. That would make damage and reproduction of a model nearly impossible to fix. But then again I haven't been a techpriest long.

If you want to talk about poo oriented adventures I have a tale about attacking a Berrelium Feces Monster with a flamer that still gives players nightmares.

LEGION3000 said:

Really? I was under the impression that a lot of their flesh was vat grown organic flesh (after all, they sure look fleshy) and I never thought the mechanicus were into making something look all soft and fleshy when it wasn't actually soft and fleshy (it would be bras or copper or some such with cool clockwork gears and what-not). As they are, I don't think they're meant to be logical (or even useful enough to warrant them existing). I always viewed them as highly impractical status symbols like a Jaguar or works of art more like jewlery then useful tools.

And I've always had a weird image and insatiable desire to see a flock of cherubs fighting over a crust of bread in a road before darting out of the way of an oncoming carriage before swooping right back to squabble over the crust while, not far away, a cursing apprentice tries to shoo a gaggle of them from a white encrusted statue he's trying to clean, cursing about the damned dirty little buggers. I really need to introduce some location that has, for some reason in need to come up with, has a whole mess of rogue cherubs as a barely tolerated problem XD