Cadia | Warhammer 40,000

Cadia, a fortress world that for millennia stood guard against the Eye of Terror. Its history of resistance as famous as the regiments of shock troopers that bear its name.

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[CommissarTommy]

"Let it be known the planet broke before the guard did" has to be one of the best sentence ever uttered in 40k and science fiction, sends a tingle down the spine

[bielpr]

No power armor, no superhuman habilities, no bolters. Only lasguns, bayonets and their faith in the emperor. The imperial guard are the really badasses of WH40k

[fairhair]

THE PLANET BROKE BEFORE THE GUARD DID!

[enkelainen]

"If a creature like Abaddon is still capable of experiencing even a tinge of fear, then he must be haunted by the fact that in destroying Cadia, he has added a trillion fallen saints to the highest pantheon of the Imperium"

Masterfully done, and well said.

[koulikov]

astronomy exam in 40k


Instructor: "where is terra"
Student: *points to starmap* "here
Instructor: "where is cadia?"
Student: *puts hand over heart* "here"

[badhoplite]

CADIA STANDS!!! FOR THE EMPEROR!!! THE PLANET BROKE BEFORE THE GUARD DID!!!

[pieman]

Abaddon
"Horus was a fool!"
also Abaddon
*Fails 12 crusades*

[HamishHendrikson]

"The last transports boosted away to safety, with the final one taking within the Knights of House Taranis, Marshall Amalrich's Black Templars, Saint Celestine's Sisters, and Grayfax. As they left that blighted battlefield behind, a clear and proud cry could be heard, over the howling winds and the cannon roar. It was a shout of defiance, bowed but unbroken: "


"CADIA STANDS!"

[thevoidlookspretty]

“GUARD! DEFEND EVERY INCH OF GROUND!”
“Sir, we can’t reach the other side of the planet, sir!”
“THEN THAT’S TWICE AS MANY MEN FOR EVERY INCH!”

[argentward]

Imagine completely obliterating a planet into star dust and expecting humans to panic and flee only to discover that you activated their special ability. "RALLY"

[luminox]

Other
"My son he has spoken his first word...."

Cadia
"My son he has shot his first guy..."

[khaaneph]

Again and again they tried.
Tried to lay low the gate and the guard.
Again and again they held their ground.
Eventually, the despoiler saw that to claim victory, the guard must have no ground to give.
And so the fortress fell from the sky, and the world broke; its defenders destroyed.
But the terror the black legion sought to bestow, was rejected.
Even as the cicatrix maledictum opened, cadians fought with renewed vigour. Even though their home world died, they still survive, fight and claim new victories.
The spirit of cadia lives on in the cadians.
And even if the last trueborn cadian should die, their spirit would live in every last guardsman who knew of them.
Yes cadia proper has fallen, but so long as a single guardsman or guardswoman draws breath...
CADIA STANDS!

[TyudroWymoreEdgartyu]

Caidia: *breaks*
Its guard: This is only a minor setback.

[KillinWithKiRoy]

GuardsMan: SIR ENEMY TITAN!
Commissar: FIX BAYONETS!

[TangledVirus]

Y'know the thing about cadia breaking before the guard doing so is why I like the Imperial Guard more than the Space Marines. The IG is just a bunch of dudes, just some dudes with some ok-ish weaponry and even so when the going gets tough they go and either win or just hold ground. It's pretty easy to be super human with the best equipment that there is avaliable and fight a alien or a demon but to do so with just being a normal person? That's some tough shit.

[yourneighbour]

*Gets pulled over by police*
Police: "Why are you crying?"
Me : "Thinking about Cadia"
Police: "Understandable Sir have a good day."

[GumMagnum]

Does Skillshare have classes in fighting the xenos?

[yokgor]

If Krieg and Cadia swapped places, it would be the planet ramming the Black Stone Fortresses, not the other way around

[chaplain]

There are only 4, no 3 seasons in Cadia
Spring
Summer
..
Winter


Cadia doesn't have a season where it Falls

[SerKawlin]

Can I just point out that this world has been in LORE and was standing for so long that fans literally wept when it was announced that the planet broke.... What other fandom has that sort of power over its fans?