I’m curious how binary cant work for admech since day 1. At first, I thought it’s just high speed alternation in frequencies of sounds to denote 0 and 1, just like how computer cable does with voltage. So I wrote a python script to convert natural language to binary code then to sound based on the idea (so that I can curse in binary in ttrpg). However, since the human auditory cortex can only distinguish sound about 20ms apart, the current commonly used binary coding method (Unicode) that requires 8 bits to encode for one letter (16 bits for one character in Mandarin) would make binary cant less efficient than natural language through the bare ear. As a result, binary cant users not only need vocal implants but also auditory implants to receive info (or perhaps cortex implants to decode). Based on these assumptions, binary cant would be able to happen in sound frequencies not perceivable by the original human cochlea so techpriests conversation can be extremely quiet. And more efficiently, just through data cables.

Or it could be the other way around, scientists might develop more efficient binary language without basing it on the symbol system of natural languages (I’m not that familiar with linguistics so I don’t know if this is possible or not).

However, the sound techpriests made in the game mechanicus doesn’t sound like my assumption. There are definitely more than 2 pitches used in the conversations (which makes it less binary...) and they seem to be faster than natural language. I still couldn’t figure out what’s happening here. Do the twisting pitches actually encode more than one bit? Is binary cant actually an analog signal encoding a digital signal? Or is the sound effect just mean to sound better for the game?

The binary curse program (turn the sound on!):

All i want out of kill team is admech in some blend of 1800s diving suits and 1950s space suits, i want clunky, i want thick padding and heavy plate, i want fucking radiation shotguns, i want industrial grade augmetics limbs, i want a mix of EVA helmets and armored portholes, come onnnnnnn

BEHOLD! The Paladin Knight Questoris Utgarda-Loki of House Jötnar, Defender of Sanctum Novis! (And my entry into a local game store's pride contest)

There's some grey spots I couldn't reach, but you would only see them if you were going for the detail shot lol

Rusty's first day at new assignment!

...we'll call it a "tutorial boss" ;D

Old man's back in a dress

Just one of them days, so have a shitty low effort meme I made 🫶 for the moots

@systembug for you 🫶

The Best Unit in The Best Unit in The Adeptus Mechanicus (At least in my opinion)

So you know that "It's outside month, you know what that means." "What do you want us to do? Make gay X?" Meme? I wonder which of the goobers would be in which parts of that meme.

canon conversation between them

the AdMech is a faction where every member is their own gimmick build. precision artillery. Radiation Georg. omnidirectional gun turret but all the guns have shit range. vent skittler with 120 knives. fellow that spends 50% of their power output on unnecessary flotation devices. palanquin that doubles as a tank. woman who can skate on thread legs. person who could get themself augmented with three death rays and instead enters melee combat with an axe. Tentacles.

All this talk about space marine husbandry, where are the stories of necrons adopting flocks of adoring tech-priests

It's time to repost orange juice skitarii here probably

Piggybacking off that last post, there are several Mechanicus languages, binharic is just the most well known:

Dark Mechanicum

I think that compared to the Admech, the DarkMech are not limited to metal in their augmentations- their forms can blossom like abstract art out of organic material.

GW designers made interesting decisions imo Ah yes, skitarii - supersoldiers without fear or excess emotions, perfectly obedient murder machines. Lets give them the biggest saddest wettest eyes in existence, adorable little coats and childish backpacks. Our fiercest warriors. Killing enemies by cuteness overload lmao NOT complaining. It makes 40k better.