Barbs

"We gave them a chance and they squandered it. Now they breed like rodents, infesting our ruined cities and worlds. The Blight uses their stupidity to spread, the Quetz use their easily obtained bodies for their dark rituals, and our other enemies use them as mindless mercenaries. We should have exterminated them when we had the chance."

- Wotan

The Barbs, although they call themselves _____, are a savage race of humanoids resembling the centaurs from early human mythology, spread randomly throughout the galaxy. Although their technological abilities are limited, they do have a strange knack for the maintenance and reverse engineering of technology from other races, giving them the ability to occasionally travel through space independently. The ability of Barbs to reproduce at such incredibly high rates coupled with their biological adaptability has helped them become one of the most wildly spread races in the Disk of Woes, while at the same time their technological level has made them one of the weakest. More powerful factions and races see them as vermin, infesting ruined worlds and covering them in tribal villages and cities. Barbs have occasionally been seen infesting and breeding in uninhabited bunkers beneath the major cities of the Solar League and certain task forces are often assigned to keep their populations in check.

Barbs are also used as an incredibly cheap fodder unit by several factions, recruited as mercenaries. While a single Barb is often useless in battle, a swarm of Barb mercenaries can help soak up damage for more valuable troops. Of all races, the Tilharii despise these creatures the most, seeing their tendency to be cheap mercenaries as an affront to their beliefs as well as competition for work.

Military
-Barb mercenaries can be recruited in battle by Astral Cult, and ....

Chads
-actually decent, possible RPG race? Rare form of Barb that is bigger, smarter, and stronger than normal, about on par with a human male.

Shaman
-use broken relics, hilariously unpredictable ultra cheap caster type unit

Fodder
-basically play like skaven slaves

History
The Failed Experiment:

-Diplomatic mission failure, ends with death and the bodies are desecrated, tortured, etc.

Massacre at Montem Prime

-Barb colony under the city got too large and destroyed it.

Weaponry
-shitty weapons, mercenaries are armed with trash weapons

Ships
-barely ever get old ships working, very rare but lay hidden eggs on other ships to spread their species.