Does anyone have some experience using either of the marauder bomber variants in 8th or 9th edition? I'm considering converting a HE-111 to proxy as one for 40k, but I'm not sure how useful it would be if used for that role.
I am nearly 100 percent ground focused so. Cant help muchDoes anyone have some experience using either of the marauder bomber variants in 8th or 9th edition? I'm considering converting a HE-111 to proxy as one for 40k, but I'm not sure how useful it would be if used for that role.
Space Marines only produce a maximum of two successor Space Marines. The first Progenoid matures after five years, the second after 10 years.So I made a calculation on Space Marine gene-seed tithe and how much of that there is stored.
Each Chapter sends 5% of its gene-seed as tithe to the Imperium. And each SM produces one set of gene-seed every 50 years. So that means there is roughly 200 gene-seed production cycles between HH era and 40k era.
And considering it's five percent of gene-seed out of a thousand strong chapter, it's gene-seed for 50 Astartes every 50 years.
So 200 gene-seed production cycles multiplied by 50 per gene-seed production cycle multiplied by thousand Chapters means there is a reserve for somewhere along the line of 10 million Astartes. So in case the Imperium wanted it, they could increase the Chapters to 11000 Astartes. Add to that the hundreds of thousands of Primaris Cawl stored for Guilliman, and the Imperium could start some really serious buildup of Astartes forces if it so desired.
I thought that the training period actually was about a decade under the Codex Astartes, so all full Battle-Brothers of Codex-compliant Chapters are ready for Proginoid extraction in the event of their death by not-total-obliteration means... Which, given the lines of what it takes to kill an Astartes, is still kinda stupid for how rarely they should have intact Proginoids when killed in the line of duty.And if Space Marines weren't a bunch of raging idiots, they wouldn't send any Space Marine into combat until after those ten years have passed and both Progenoids have been removed and stored; but alas they are generally a bunch of raging idiots.
I thought that the training period actually was about a decade under the Codex Astartes, so all full Battle-Brothers of Codex-compliant Chapters are ready for Proginoid extraction in the event of their death by not-total-obliteration means... Which, given the lines of what it takes to kill an Astartes, is still kinda stupid for how rarely they should have intact Proginoids when killed in the line of duty.
Why?I would rather be guard
I am a crazymf that is why. Being a Cadian or Valhallan fits me so well. I would try to be a Kaskrin/Stormtrooper, and if an Orphan a Scion.Why?
I'm pretty sure there's an in-universe reason why they don't extract progenoids like that and instead wait until after the marine is dead to remove them, though I'm not sure what that reason would be (aside from the fact that "inside a space marine" is, all things considered, probably the safest place you could find to store something valuable). I know that the stockpiles of geneseed chapters do have frequently get raided, destroyed, seized by CSM, etc, so there might be some resistance to the idea of making those stocks even bigger and more valuable.
As for stockpiling veteran marines, I'm not sure that would work. Marine numbers are generally more limited by political concerns rather than logostical ones, I'm pretty sure the high lords would not approve of the marines initiating a large scale buildup "just in case".
While I absolutely love the Black Templars memes, I would still prefer to be one of those sneaky Raven gits. Dem beakies.If you had to pick a SM Chapter to join, which would it be?
Imagine if geneseed had a lineage, with the most promising recruits being implanted with geneseed from heroes.
If you had to pick a SM Chapter to join, which would it be?
Imperial Fists or one of their successor other than the Black Templars.
Practical Chapter / successor chapters with good well thought out doctrines preferring cunning tactics and strategies instead of human wave tactics. And their legacy of Preatorians of Terra standing against several traitor legions alone for several years before Sangiunisu arrived to give a hand is an awe inspiring one. And Dorn is one of the best Primarchs as shown by his leadership in defense of Sol and Terra.
How practical would a White Scars or their successor be?I'd point out that no marine chapter really endorses human wave tactics, and also that if you're looking for a tactical and pragmatic chapter, the fists would not be my first choice for that. Great chapter, don't get me wrong, but they're a very proud and stubborn chapter and tend to embrace a lot of the more ill-advised practices that marines get up to (refusing to retreat from a lost battle or call for aid, "camouflage is the color of cowardice", etc).
How practical would a White Scars or their successor be?
If you had to pick a SM Chapter to join, which would it be?
Imperial Fists or one of their successor other than the Black Templars.
Practical Chapter / successor chapters with good well thought out doctrines preferring cunning tactics and strategies instead of human wave tactics. And their legacy of Preatorians of Terra standing against several traitor legions alone for several years before Sangiunisu arrived to give a hand is an awe inspiring one. And Dorn is one of the best Primarchs as shown by his leadership in defense of Sol and Terra.