"If they take the ship, they'll rape us to death, eat our flesh, and sew our skins into their clothing – and if we're very, very lucky, they'll do it in that order"
The whole Reaver thing never worked. Supposedly, they're all crazed and rabid zombies consumed by mindless rage, yet they're also throwing sewing parties and can operate and maintain highly advanced space faring vessels.
I'm reminded of the Reaver comment from Firefly.
The funny thing is in the 40k universe those probably rank in the mid-tier of bad endings.
The whole Reaver thing never worked. Supposedly, they're all crazed and rabid zombies consumed by mindless rage, yet they're also throwing sewing parties and can operate and maintain highly advanced space faring vessels.