Editing Leagues of Votann (section)

===Technology===
{{topquote|I saw their ships grind up an entire asteroid cluster in a few hours. I've seen them reduce stars to nothing but the echoes of once-existent radiation. Before my eyes have their armies boiled up Ork tribes, cultist hordes and Tyranid swarms. Yet there is one thing I cannot understand - what in the Emperor's name is it about their systems that lets them tolerate Brü without chucking it all up again? One sip made me feel as if a super-heavy tank was driving over my stomach.|High Lady Grawlensia Najuro XII, Rogue Trader and captain of the Daring-class grand cruiser Coreward}}
Let's not beat around the bush here; League technology is almost always a clear upgrade over the Imperium. While they didn't retain everything after the collapse of the golden age, they kept far more than their Imperial counterparts, to the point where they can at least echo DAoT society and its tech. While much of the Leagues' tech is reminiscent of the Imperium's in form and function, it is generally far more advanced, reliable and ubiquitous.

Kin gene-technology allows them to make stable mutations, psykers and even alter their souls. [[Cyberpunk|Cybernetic implants and genetic modification is the norm; advanced helper AI citizens walk the streets as equals.]] Albeit, said AI are programmed to be helpful to biological Kin and so "equals" is more like they're not outright slaves so much as a non-biological species designed to instinctively assist the Kin. They have [[T'au|advanced ion weaponry]], something that terrified the shit out of the Imperium to the point where they just straight up [[Derp|banned it.]] Their guns hit harder and faster, so that even their basic infantry can prove to trouble for your average space marine (Their big muscles, stocky bodies, and genetic and cybernetic augmentations probably puts them physically on par with Astartes at least in strength, too). And unlike the Imperium's physically and politically unstable hive worlds with their overcrowded, polluted and crime-ridden hive cities, the League's Holds should be considered closer to actual fortified arcologies. Agri-worlds? Why grow your food using primitive farming methods when you could just grow your [[Meatbread|foodstuffs]] in factories, labs and indoor facilities?

[[Doom|Even Chaos avoids their territory.]]

Much of the kin arsenal makes use of exotic material not found outside the galactic core. This includes extremely hazardous materials like dark-star ore; the universal dampening field the material emits can halt all mechanical and organic functions making [[Grimdark|even the mildest of wounds lethal]]. Because of its inherent dangers, the material is mined and shaped with exceptional care and only wielded by those who can be trusted with such [[Plasma|tactically valuable yet dangerous weapons]]. Even their teleportation technology is almost flawless, standing in stark contrast to its incredibly risky Imperial counterpart and allowing Kin to be deployed [[Reasonable Marines|safely and tactically]].

Many kin weapons are augmented with HunTR modules, which connect to their neural implants to help [[Ork Snipers|bring about the best possible firing solutions.]] Their Brôkhyr have mastered the manufacturing of focusing lenses and other components necessary to produce a sustained stream of energy, leading to focused beam technology that can be used on and off the battlefield, such as their mining and excavation industries. Their exclusive Volkanite weapons are similar to imperial [[Volkite Weaponry|Volkite]] (and may even be closer to the ''original'' technology), with the key difference that they appear to be [[AWESOME|not only more powerful but also more common.]]

Ancestor Cores are so [[Bear Lore|big-brained]], in fact, that they actually shine in the warp, fulfilling a similar role to the astronomicon (albeit on a far smaller scale). The Leagues' warp drives and gellar field are also superior to those of the Imperium, but since they don't dive quite so headlong into the Warp their ships are generally slower than their Imperial counterparts. However, the kin's methods of warp travel are far safer and more predictable, which they feel outweighs the slower travel speed. And their ships are FUCK HUGE, to the point where they [[Dwarf|dwarf]] even the largest of the Imperium's interstellar vessels. And it isn't like they can't reliably dive deeper into the Warp if they need a speed boost or probably do something more impressive and related to how teleportation technology works.

Shielding developments are also prevalent in the physical realm. Unlike conventional [[void shields]], weave-field generators employ techniques to overlap differing energy fields, interlocking over a range of frequencies and exotic energies. Weave field generators are compact, efficient and scalable, and can be used either as personal shields or projected onto entire areas, the latter of which which is useful for mining.

Other amazing devices include pan-specular scanners, which allow the Kin to find an enemy’s location not just physical objects, but through the warp. Even the most terrifying of galactic phenomena are reaped through atom-delving and transotheric resubstantiation; [[Tyranids|stellar siphons drain the stars themselves, as the cthonic mining guilds take whatever resources they need.]] They can even [[Necron|move entire planets.]]

Unfortunately, despite holding on to far more dark-age technology than most of humanity's other splinters (just about all of it, if their cores are what we think they are), what the Leagues did lose was typically their knowledge of [[Golden Throne|how to make and maintain the really good stuff]] - things like the Votann themselves. Due to this, while they're closer to the technological pinnacle of dark-age humanity than the Imperium, the ongoing decay of the Votann cores threatens to sink them back to levels similar to their emperor loving cousins, while already slowing down much of their R&D to a crawl. Which doesn't really make sense as they build factories and the cores should be able to teach them how to build the things the cores do because, well, the cores do it. As a result, they are stuck behind the Eldar and the Necrons technologically, though it doesn't seem like a big enough difference to functionally matter. But hey, at least they aren't on the Imperium’s level of decay, and are straight the Tau's supplier of Ion weaponry and other technologies all of which are drastically inferior to that of the Kin.

Ironically, in comparison to both the adeptus mechanicus and their [[Thorek Ironbrow|Fantasy Counterparts, the Kin don't have a cultural problem with innovation and research,]] but rather a technical one thanks the Votann decaying and overloading. The traditions of the kin can be traced back to the dark age of technology, a time that was stated to have science as its god. As a result, their traditions call for more innovation and development, not less. Stubborn in favour of progress, not stagnation.

They also have variety of beverages called Brü, which range from mainstay nutro-rations for soldiers and miners, to [[Josef Bugman|devastatingly alcoholic recreational beverages]]. None are recommended without a Kin constitution.