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Tonite on Ridiculous gear: Bricky forgets to turn on the Gellar field, DK gets executed for covering the strategium walls in furry posters, Shy searches the lower decks for the dreaded Lil guys and Kirioth builds a Gregg's on every imperial navy ship

"Do furries have disposable income" As if a Fursuit wasn't $15K

"Torpedoes are a big problem for capital ships." *Laughs in Vengeful Spirit*

I can't help but hear Total Biscuit yelling "THIS IS YOUR DAUNTLESS LIGHT CRUISER" whenever Kirioth mentions the Dauntless.

Shy just pointing out where the guns are on real ships while they talk about how unrealistic it is is probably my favorite part of this episode

Now you've done the Navy, we NEED a Rogue Trader episode. Especially given that nearly all the Imperial Navy lore and info comes from the game of the same name

It's counterintuitive for most, but soldiers in light infantry and especially scout units tend to be more armed than typical soldiers because they lack backup and logistical support. With the scale of warfare in 40k, I can easily see that applying to scout ships and recon vessels as well.

I love the similarity that in the old days sailors would worry about the ship getting infested with rats. Where as in 40K you have to worry about your ship being infested with Nightlords.

We need imperial knight pilot posters who is with me

The number of people really starts making sense when you realize how much vertical space has to be on a ship. It’s not just 1km long, it’s tens of stories tall. It’s a skyscraper on its side.

I have come to the realisation that I don't watch these episodes for the content. I watch them pretty much only for Shy's snarky mems and written comments. She's the true star of the show!

That poster opened the cash gates. Bricky is gonna be both warp tainted, and SUH-WIMMING in cash.

Fun fact the uss barb was a sub in ww2 that would frequently modify their torpedoes against regulations since it was highly frowned upon. Also the captain went on more than 2 war tours which wasn't normally allowed and also asked the sub to be fitted with a rocket launcher atop the sub to engage land targets and is still the only sub credited with the kill of a train. Very Warhammer captain way ahead of his time.

Some notes from an ex-Battlefleet Gothic captain, now Rogue Trader Commodore: Warning: paragraphs upon paragraphs incoming. The Turbulent Heavy Frigate was basically designed along the idea that two or three of them could stand toe to toe with enemy cruisers. The important thing is that despite being smaller and having fewer guns, they have cruiser-thick armour, and the combined firepower of a squadron of them matches the available firepower of a cruiser anyway. So, the Dauntless. This isn't a case of 'don't think about it too hard,' you need to understand what a scout cruiser actually is. The Dauntless' job is to go out on multi-year patrol missions, sometimes entirely unsupported, to maintain Imperial power projection and detect threats early over long distances. Yes, it's heavily armed, and yes, it's a scout, because when it's doing its job it's often the only Imperial ship within months if not years of travel distance and it needs to be able to defend itself from everything ranging from packs of pirate raiders up to the odd Ork ship. The Endeavour is another case of understand its role: the Endeavour is basically a ship of the line on a budget. It was intended to fill gaps in the line of battle in proper large-scale fleet engagements, add to torpedo broadsides, throw hands with cruisers et cetera, so it is both shorter (doesn't need as much space to carry supplies because it's not going on long-range missions) and carries more firepower in the form of torpedo tubes in addition to a prow mounted weapon, whereas the Dauntless has either/or. On the ramming front, the Endeavour would be able to survive the incoming firepower, they wouldn't be able to catch up. To understand the Dictator, just think the Imperial Star Destroyer. That's basically it. It's used primarily for anti-piracy operations because the fighters can flush out raider craft and other small ships from the asteroid fields they like to hide in and bring them into range of the macrocannons. Fun fact: the Navy generally completely disregards the use of fighter craft. Most admirals use carriers only begrudgingly, which means a lot of them get into the hands of Rogue Traders with good connections to the Navy. Also, Shy is somewhat wrong, those strike craft can get further out than the range of most voidship weapons. The Dictator can absolutely just sit in the backline vomiting out fighter craft if it wants to, but they do normally stay in macrocannon range. Good ol' Nova Cannon, the Navy version of 'parry this you filthy casual,' to the blast radius of tens of thousands of kilometers. As to why it's at the front, it's like MAC cannons in Halo, you need the entire structure of the ship to support the recoil of the damn thing. On the subject of the whole out-broadsiding two chaos cruisers, the Dominator has two decks of macrocannons instead of macros and lances, and at closer ranges Imperial broadsides tend to be stronger (you'd think it'd be the other way around, but Chaos ships tend to be older, more sophisticated models with higher range, while Imperial ships are brute, simple ships with higher volume of fire). Not quite on the Gothic. The Lunar also has lances on each side, the difference between the Lunar and the Gothic is the Gothic *ONLY* has lances. It has no subtlety, its usefulness falls off dramatically if it doesn't have a support ship to batter down the void shields of the enemy ship, but if it gets a clean shot off it'll tear any other ship apart. Important context missing from the Battlecruisers: the deal with battlecruisers is they took damaged cruiser hulls, put a much bigger power source in it, then put more guns and armour on it. The idea was to create a more mobile/longer mission duration ship with comparable firepower to a grand cruiser or battleship. It's entirely accurate to call any battlecruiser a 'poor man's battleship,' but battlecruisers are vastly easier to make because there's wrecked cruiser hulls all over the place. Kirioth's quite off about the number of gun decks. Cruisers and Battlecruisers have two sets of weapons on the port and starboard, Grand Cruisers have three. A big distinction is that cruisers have a prow weapon, battlecruisers have both a prow and a dorsal weapon, while grand cruisers have neither. The whole idea of the grand cruiser was to charge full-tilt straight towards the enemy and perform the naval equivalent of knife-fighting by firing both broadsides point-blank. Naturally, this kind of warfare is utterly unsustainable now, so grand cruisers have fallen out of favour with the Navy.

Astral Lupine is the best poster so far

I showed my friend that poster and he immediately bought it. Doesn’t even watch AdRic.

"Oh you like the Imperial navy, name every ship."

"Maybe if this were the space wolves, I wouldn't hate them that much" Umm... DK, you wanna share something with the class..?

That moment when you realize there are like 26 playable factions in 40k... and FIVE of them are the Imperium.

Bet: Emperor class being carrier focused will surprise DK, who will expect it to have big guns.

Priests of Mars Lords of Mars Gods of Mars It has Indentured Ship life, Techpriests, Guard, Black Templars... Explorations beyond the edge of the Galaxy. It's got it all. Excellent series.

A 30 kilometer escort ship actually kind of makes sense, in the way that a battleship used to escort the rest of the fleet in WW2, because the battleships were actually feared enough to make every single enemy to avoid the general area any battleship was in _like the goddamn plague._ So in my mind, there's a supermassive imperial dreadnaught-breaker escort ship somewhere in the galaxy. Because if you want someone to escort you down a dark, damp alleyway, _why not choose DOOMSLAYER, the God of Unspeakable Violence, to protect you?_ ... But seriously, it kind of makes sense, and i want that to be real, because that's the exact kind of stupid WH40K needs more of.

After watching almost all Adeptus Ridiculous episodes, I can say without a doubt this channel is one of the best in the Warhammer 40K community.

Shy's taste in posters is very based

I'd recommend looking at the Rogue Trader RPG books for information on what happens if a torpedo blows up inside an imperial ship: The ship takes an amount of damage that depends on the model of torpedo launcher. It's a very unpleasant amount of damage, especially considering that you're probably already in combat, but it shouldn't outright destroy an otherwise undamaged ship.

In the novel Cadian Blood there is a part where a mad lad captain of a Dominator Cruiser (the one with the nova cannon) very nearly single handedly blows up the Terminus Est which would have killed Captain Typhus too.

i love the ship design of the empire, like a mix of old wooden ships, ironclads and modern ones side guns like the sailboats ramming bows like the ironclads modern weaponry like torpedoes (and laser guns etc etc)

Imperial Navy ship budget for new modification. Get new armor, more weapons, and an updated shield or Mile-long golden status of the Emperor with no benefit other than more gold - Comment if you are a Ship Master.

The main reason for the Rams, on even Warships that are not built for Ramming, is that it basically doubles the amount of armor in the front. And as even Battleships have to close with the enemy to get into firing range, having extra armor to protect them is a very good idea.

Oh no that new poster…. You’ve opened the flood gates to an entire new buyer audience

Might have this misremembered, but: in the Ragnar books there is a point where he is on a ship and the chapter master guy (forget his name) orders his ship to ram the enemy ship, and the book explains that the front battering ram is built to ram INTO a ship and open up so the Space Marines can charge through the ram and the hole into the enemy ship to start wrecking house

6:51 One reason why I like space wolf poster is how freaked out Bricky is and legit furry classic.

Lmao that "....dude....." from Bricky when DK showed the poster held so much pain in it. I was actually thinking for a second he might crack and actually say no he's not selling that😂

I am sad the Ark Mechanicus Speranza was overlooked, that thing has multiple Titan training rooms, can fit multiple other cruisers inside it like it's own retinue of fighters, could shoot black holes, destroyed a forge world when it was activated, and has a complete STC among other shenanigans

42:44 Space Battleship Yamato wave motion gun intensifies.

I'm genuinely upset that the poster was space wolves and not loona wolves

My favorite bricky quote "yeah artist I wanna phone wallpaper of this character GIVE THEM A MASSIVE CAULK

24:00 in defense of both DK and Shy. "Sir we took damage after the last ram." "How bad?" "We can't fire the main guns." "Why all the damage is to the front I see no signs of power loss?" "Ya see what's left of the front of the ship is now in the way of the guns." "that bad huh?"

Shy made a furrybabe poster. ... _Shy made a goddamn furrybabe poster._ *_WHY AM I NOT AS MAD ABOUT THIS AS I SHOULD BE AND WHY DOES IT LOOK GOOD._* EDIT: Shy, do you do commissions? :3

A feature I love about the best Imperial ships is the visual story. If you strip off the city on top, you get to a relatively sensible design (for 40k). But you can see added superstructure all over, like the crew gradually added space and areas over time, mostly outside the armor.

Tonight on Ridiculous Gear. Bricky punches a genestealer patriarch in the back and is then ripped to ribbons. DK gets a little too curious about the daemonettes of slaanesh. Kirioth repairs the wall he was hiding in. And Shy converts an emperor class battleship into a battle wagon.

There's a fan group that's updated the 2004 version of Battle fleet Gothic tabletop to include modern factions and 40K lore. Worth a look for sure

It's awesome how in the 41st millennium space battles are fought with 18th century naval tactics.

kirioth pulling an alpharius being both on podcastus and ridiculous

Old terran ships were called Dreadnaughts/Dreadnoughts first, A name now given to us, The living dead, And we shall, We shall Dread Naught *I was made to live when such heroes have passed~* -unknown space wolves Dreadnaught that fought on Cypher 7 in Armageddon

Going through this really puts into perspective how big a hive city is as well. Anyone playing Darktide may have seen the dauntless class ship hanging it the background while running around certain maps in Terium.

Well, it's good to know that my entire city could probably run a cruiser as a skeleton crew.

Crew sizes are actually proportional to Star Wars to my surprise. The smaller 40k ships are roughly the size of a star destroyer and have 25,000+. Star Wars media usually gives Destroyers about 27,000 crew.

26:10 Imperial Navy Captain: "OH No! The enemy is crossing the T...anyways, Full power to the Engines!"

Another bit of food for thought with sacrificing escorts to protect capital ships. The Imperium either can’t replace some of their capital ships or the logistical effort is so great that they’d rather toss something they know they can replace regionally than something only Mars can hope to make

Recommendation: watch Drachinifel's videos on the IJN Type 93 "Long Lance" and the USN Mark 14 torpedos if you want to see how dangerous torpedos could be to their own ships. Heck, with the Type 93s, crews could do everything right and still die due to their enemies getting a good hit because oxygen fueled torpedos are very dangerous - and those were used by surface ships. The Mark 14s surface ship counterparts aren't as infamous as the Mark 14, but had the same problems. Considering the Administratum and the Mechanicus, I'm not shocked by BuOrd level issues in the Imperium. (Bonus: Drach is a 40K fan and did a 5 Minute Guide to the Emperor class for April Fool's one year.) Edit: cruisers being as armed as they are and being meant for scouting again parallels actual WW II cruisers (including deceptive strength, looking at you Mogami class). Edit x2: the Mogamis would hug that one aviation cruiser class for being their spiritual successors. If only those attack craft were called Zuiun...

"you really couldn't have gone worse" I'm pretty sure Shy is going to take that as a challenge to go even worse with the posters bricky.

I thought she was a Lunar Wolves.

if the ships are only a few killometers. they are short! you can get from one side to the other in less than a mounth on foot. i walk around 1 or half a kilometer almost daily on 1 walk specificly

I was pissed that I got woken up at 1130 in the morning when I work overnights, but then I saw a new episode with Kirioth and now I'm in a much better mood

I think “scout” is meant to mean that it can operate independently, so it is not great in any particular role but can do everything enough to protect itself. Battleships, Escort Cruisers, destroyers and frigates on the other hand are meant to work in unison. So battleships counter cruisers and battleships, Escort cruisers counter destroyers or carry strike craft, destroyers counter frigates and frigates counter strike craft.

Hahaha! Loona Wolf…if that’s isn’t on the nose, I don’t know what is!

The new poster reminds me of Luna from "Hell of'va Boss. So I approve.

Luna marine does look amazing

The ramming prows on imperial ships are the logical conclusion of "I want to hit them with my sword" applied to capital ship doctrine

This poster is what's going to bring Leman Russ back. It's the WaifuWolftime, baaaby

You ask what needs to be rammed Dk. In my time playing Battlefleet, I learned if you get close, you ram it. So, everything needs to be rammed.

The thing about "dropping" 1 torpedo and it blowing up is 1: The torpedo is designed to destroy other ships from outside. 2: There are most likely other torpedos nearby, so you will not only blow up 1 torpedo. Even the biggest ships would likely not survive their entire stock of warheads going up from inside.

That loona post is dope

So is Shy secretly a furry? If you remember a while back during the imperial guard tank episode at the very end shy was showing pictures of some painted miniatures but the location they got it from was Furaffinity. Now we have the current poster which DK said was shy's idea.

Light cruisers are used for long range scouting/patrols. They have to be larger for the deeper stores of supplies needed for deep void patrols.

to go on a tangent for ships. In Darktide, there is one section of a hive that appears to be building Monitor escort vessels Inside the Hive (forgot the name of the mission, but you raid a train to get supplies and hold out. the space vessel is Suspended. By. Massive. Chains. GW had to approve this somehow XD

At this point dude slanesh consumes us all

The degeneration of the space wolves from a heavy Viking theme to wolf wolf wolf wolf wolf wolf wolf has entirely disappointed me more than I could ever expect GW to

Kirioth: THis is the Nova Cannon, it can take out pretty much anything. Everyone: Why isn't the ship in front of the nova cannon?

That eagle head isnt going to do much gor damage, since it sits back farther than the bottom of the prow which looks reinforced for ramming. The bottom of it is what looks like the can opener to me and the eagle head is just what secures the opener on the can

on the upside. theres always a suspiciously wealthy furry around. so that poster may actually sell better than usual.

It’s not a true carrier if it doesn’t crew a small country

To the poster for the month: on one hand, furry isn't really my cup'o tea... *ON THE OTHER HAND,* a chance to remind the comunity that the space wolves are a bunch'a furrys? *SIGN ME THE FUCK! UP!*

42:00 1. Fire main cannon. 2. Ram. 3. Profit.

Torpedo Ganger pin-up poster in the style of Rosie the Riveter

DK you ok buddy? lol XD "If this was the space wolves, then maybe I wouldn't hate them so much" XD

the nova cannon recoil would fold a ship in half if it wasnt mounted directly to the ship spine on the front of the ship ships already burn their thrusters at maximum to stay in position while firing so they dont fly back into their formation thats the kind of force this gun has thats why its not mounted in the back where the bridge might explode

If there is one word nobody wants to hear from the ships torpedo loading bay is "Whoops."

The endeavor is a can opener. The can is your ship.

I knew immediately all those Lupine posters were gonna be gone. XD

Tried to buy the poster immediately after I heard Bricky say they not to and I found they already sold out.... This makes me happy

A note to Bricky, the Astral Lupine print is already sold out, only 4 days after this has gone live.

As a long term space wolves fan.... I feel attacked by the poster shy made lol

I shall spread word of the poster to my Brethren. We shall overwhelm your production and then demand a mini version of this goddess you have created.

the front of the emperor isnt full of guns those are sensors the emperor watches over you it is the command ship more then a battleship it is the core of the fleet, something commanded by a high admiral to organize big battles it has less firepower then most battleships but that doesnt make it less important

Every AdRic podcast episode has it's THE shenanigan moment and/or quote and this episode's one for me was "yoo! let's goo! ketchup gas!" absolute stupid brilliance or brilliant stupidity from Bricky.

Well, honestly the size of the crew sounds relatively reasonable, considering the US carrier that was in the comparison picture for the frigate has a crew of around 3000ish. Considering the massively bigger volume of the frigate, 25000 seems even a little low, tbh

I’ve never been a big 40k fan, but I am a lover of nerdy lore shit and my friend introduced me to your channel recently. I’ve been binge listening to your podcasts while I work and loving every second and every little bit of the 40k world. Keep up the content, love the work!❤

Shy once again coming in hot with the heavy hitters right off the bat. Fantastic work!

Shy's passive agressive editing is always a treat xD

Tonite on Ridiculous Gear: Kirioth Tries to desperately explain more information about Imperium Navy to the main trio however DK is lusting after that new furry poster where he wants to suck those moist Toe Beans. Bricky is disgusted with everyone involved so much so that he challenges the mighty Shy to a 1v1 for allowing such smut but Shy is just a wittle chewub who edits ze wibeos and didnt do anythin bad uwu 👉👈

37:34 Someone saw Outlaw Star

The imperiums naval tactics isn’t that far removed from our modern ones, for example frigates are commonly referred to as “missile sponges”, and during the falklands war the royal navy utilised attack helicopters to draw the target of anti air missiles to protect transport helicopters, essentially using the idea that if they had to sacrifice any helicopter, it’s better to lose the smaller one with a crew of 2

For those who are curious about comparisons, an Imperial Star Destroyer is 1.6 kilometres long.

38:00 something something Outlaw Star

One of my First 40K books I ever read as a young guy was one of the Uriel Ventris Books. Relatively early on there was a fleet trying to stop a Tyranid Hive Fleet Tentacle and it was really detailed in describing how the super buffed Nova Cannon on the Capital Ship shot the equivalent of "a small sun" inbetween the mayor hive ships and it killed like 4 of them but it was just not enough. To this day I use that example to describe why even tho the Imperium is soooooo OP it's just not enough. like the lasguns that would stomp for us but are more or less just flashlights to the enemies of mankind in many cases.

I actually think the eagle head is meant to stop the ship from going to far in and protect it's torpedo tubes when it rams. It's the underside of the ship that's the actual ram

the Emperor Class Battleship doesn't have a bunch of guns on the front, it's a fleet command ship, so all those pylons and towers on the prow are sensor suites, comm towers and all sorts of logistics addons