Would the Inquisition and GK work with aliens?

[Tauren]

That said there are times when sisters turn over to fanatical tactics of stand and die. Usually when it's looking grim or something NEEDS to happen. But that's what the faith mechanic is for. Tactics is getting to that spot in the enemy line where the sister gush of ultimate destruction will see their line break.

[jester_prince]

If your going to die anyway take as many of your enemys down with you as you can, but if you survival is possible or neccisary starting a fight with a Neutral enemy is not the best course of action is it really.

[Lady_Canoness]

What do you think is more important to a fanatical servant of the Emperor, though?

 

Survival through not fighting, or carrying Mankinds manifest destiny in His name?

[Melissia]

Dying means you can no longer carry out the Emperor's will.

[Skytear]

That's true.

 

I would also argue that a structure as gigantic as the Sisters of Battle will need some form of organisation and rules, codes of behaviour as well as faith to keep funktioning. Sisters for example protect all the pilgrim routes through the empire, this requires a lot of planning.

 

The Codex gives reasons why they would fight each race - judging from that, I'd say they are as tactical as they are devout and able to balance both - and they are also protectice about the Empire.

They're not depicted as fanatical go-down-bolter-blazing crazed combat-nuns, not always. I think they're well able to use their brain and they use it. You get far in 40K with fanatism, but that road always ends somewhere.

And of course, they work closely with the Inquisition. And most Inquisitors are as able to employ politics as they are at shooting.

[Melissia]

I feel the need to correct you and say they sometimes work with directly with the Inqusiition. THey have an agreement to assist the Inquisition, but the majority of their actions have nothing to do with the Inquisition, and the Inquisition does not often need an overt military force such as the Sisters (they're more likely to need a covert force and a force of investigators).

[Skytear]

I feel the need to correct you and say they sometimes work with directly with the Inqusiition. THey have an agreement to assist the Inquisition, but the majority of their actions have nothing to do with the Inquisition, and the Inquisition does not often need an overt military force such as the Sisters (they're more likely to need a covert force and a force of investigators).

 

Oh, thank you. You're right of course, I skipped reading that part in the Codex focusing more on the Xeno-Hater-or-no-part., lazy me.

I thought they were as dedicated as the Grey Knights - but I see they're far far more independent.

[march10k]

Unlike the table-top version I highly doubt that the grey knights lose the bodies of all there dead to overrunning daemons, else there would be far fewer safe areas.

 

Uh...what would GK be doing in a safe area? If there's not a high chance of the situation being too sticky to bother about the bodies, you probably don't need the Grey Knights. Any old space marines will do...especially if they bring a librarian.

 

As for whether SoB would fight with eldar against orks... I believe it's about target prioritization. Shoot the ones that are shooting at you first. Why borrow trouble right away? Then, after the orks are dead, shoot the elves. Of course, the elves already know you're going to, so maybe you start shooting them a little early? Maybe they break the unspoken agreement first? Who knows. But the "death before dishonor" crowd seems to be pretending that shooting the orks first implies an intent not to shoot the elves at all...which is absolutely not the case. Only repentia would attack the eldar in the described situation, if only to increase their chances of a cleansing death. Any other sisters would pretend that they weren't pretending to have a temporary unspoken agreement with the eldar while trying to arrange for the eldar to take the lion's share of "friendly" casualties and trying to calculate the moment to attack them just before they attack us. Why? Given that you have the imperative to kill both the orks and the eldar, your best chance of killing both is to let them kill as many of each other as possible first. Any xeons weapon pointed at a sister isn't pointed at the other xenos...and if one set of xenos isn't pointing their guns our way at the moment, that suits us just fine...for now. But get that retributor squad onto the high ground behind them, quiet like :)