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I'd love to read about the rediscovery of the squat-worlds. Though it would probably end with their extermination at the very end of that book, just to make their end all the more official.

Chuckle. And then one survives to go on to live to feature in the Inquisitor trilogy ;D

I am a bit biased of course, in that I love Ferrus Manus and the Iron Hands, but after Ferrus and his legion being depicted as incompetent dotards, who are easy to defeat, I guess they are owed at least one good book showing them pre- and post Heresy fighting like true Astartes.

 

As I said, as a Ferrus Manus and Iron Hands fanboy I am biased, but they have been grossly neglected and have only appeared as the traitors' punching bags, so that is my vote.

 

cheers

I agree Ferrus Manus and his legion have to have their own I was disgusted at how easy they were beaten in fulgrim after all even though I like Nurgle Ferrus Manus as well as the Iron Hands are my favourite chapter and Primarch.

Iron Hands easily defeated? How?

 

They were betrayed by the Emperor's Children on Ferrus' flagship.

Ferrus almost defeated Fulgrim. He only lost because the Laeran sword gave him 'diabolical strength'

Ferrus hit the ground with only his Veteran Companies. Not the entire Legion, just a few companies at most, and fought to the bitter end.

 

Nothing 'easy' about them.

Iron Hands easily defeated? How?

 

They were betrayed by the Emperor's Children on Ferrus' flagship.

Ferrus almost defeated Fulgrim. He only lost because the Laeran sword gave him 'diabolical strength'

Ferrus hit the ground with only his Veteran Companies. Not the entire Legion, just a few companies at most, and fought to the bitter end.

 

Nothing 'easy' about them.

 

Agreed, Ferrus Manus was known to be incredibly tough and determined, he dropped onto Isstvaan with just his Morlocks (1 crusade era company) with no support and carved a path right to heart of the defence force. Whether they allowed him to get that far to entrap him and ensure his destruction is ultimately debatable, but his martial prowess and that of his men, Gabriel Santar etc. cannot be doubted.

 

On the other hand his tactical acumen is seriously questionable, even for a Primarch reknowned for being headstrong. I find his decision to drop onto a heavily fortified position (held by none other than the Warmaster himself, not forgetting two of the most brutal Primarchs: Angron and Mortarion), completely outnumbered, and initially unsupported to be frankly ridiculous. For an individual who is not only supposed to have a genius level IQ, but also has close to two centuries worth of experience in planetary warfare, he made a completely unjustifiable decision. I understand he was angry at Fulgrim, and that combined with his temperament was always going to result in him being the vanguard, but this begs belief. This is an error a 20yr old unexperienced soldier would make, not the pinnacle of mankind!!

Iron Hands easily defeated? How?

 

They were betrayed by the Emperor's Children on Ferrus' flagship.

Ferrus almost defeated Fulgrim. He only lost because the Laeran sword gave him 'diabolical strength'

Ferrus hit the ground with only his Veteran Companies. Not the entire Legion, just a few companies at most, and fought to the bitter end.

 

Nothing 'easy' about them.

 

Agreed, Ferrus Manus was known to be incredibly tough and determined, he dropped onto Isstvaan with just his Morlocks (1 crusade era company) with no support and carved a path right to heart of the defence force. Whether they allowed him to get that far to entrap him and ensure his destruction is ultimately debatable, but his martial prowess and that of his men, Gabriel Santar etc. cannot be doubted.

 

On the other hand his tactical acumen is seriously questionable, even for a Primarch reknowned for being headstrong. I find his decision to drop onto a heavily fortified position (held by none other than the Warmaster himself, not forgetting two of the most brutal Primarchs: Angron and Mortarion), completely outnumbered, and initially unsupported to be frankly ridiculous. For an individual who is not only supposed to have a genius level IQ, but also has close to two centuries worth of experience in planetary warfare, he made a completely unjustifiable decision. I understand he was angry at Fulgrim, and that combined with his temperament was always going to result in him being the vanguard, but this begs belief. This is an error a 20yr old unexperienced soldier would make, not the pinnacle of mankind!!

 

Angron holding a meaningless grudge for over a century.

Perturabo going traitor simply because he didn't have the chutzpah to ask for R&R

Dorn flailing headlong into the Iron Cage

etc.

 

There is a surprising amount of infantile behavior for centuries old genetically engineer super-beings.

Iron Hands easily defeated? How?

 

They were betrayed by the Emperor's Children on Ferrus' flagship.

Ferrus almost defeated Fulgrim. He only lost because the Laeran sword gave him 'diabolical strength'

Ferrus hit the ground with only his Veteran Companies. Not the entire Legion, just a few companies at most, and fought to the bitter end.

 

Nothing 'easy' about them.

 

I am not saying that they are easy to defeat, even the background would agree with that. It's just that they have been portrayed as being easy to defeat, legion and Primarch likewise.

Apart from that Ferrus is depicted as an incompetent dolt who needs Fulgrim to understand that to defeat an elusive foe you must seek their supply lines. That is McNeill's writing for you, the one guy with the utmost technological aptitude amongst a brotherhood of demi-gods and he is the one who doesn't get strategic logistics, but the poetic vainglorious prettyboy does, go figure.

 

cheers

Has there been much of anything on Vulkan and the Sallys yet? I wonder though, does anyone think that there is some sort of merit in leaving a chapter or two a little more mysterious, a little less developed, so as to let our imaginations run with it? Or is that just too much against the grain of publishing BL in the first place that it makes no sense whatsoever?
Has there been much of anything on Vulkan and the Sallys yet? I wonder though, does anyone think that there is some sort of merit in leaving a chapter or two a little more mysterious, a little less developed, so as to let our imaginations run with it? Or is that just too much against the grain of publishing BL in the first place that it makes no sense whatsoever?

 

 

they a get a little bit of love in the limited edition Prometian(sp) sun novella.

 

 

It does show some of the introductions between the emperor and Vulkan and having a bit of race across Mt Deathfire.

 

Has there been much of anything on Vulkan and the Sallys yet? I wonder though, does anyone think that there is some sort of merit in leaving a chapter or two a little more mysterious, a little less developed, so as to let our imaginations run with it? Or is that just too much against the grain of publishing BL in the first place that it makes no sense whatsoever?

 

Apart from Promethean Sun, and Forgotten Sons (Age of Darkness book) there hasn't been anything. I did speak to Nick Kyme recently about future Salamander releases, and he said there were plans but not any time soon, certainly not in the next year or two, or so I could tell.

 

Got to be honest though, these guys just come across as very boring, even in Promethean Sun (and Forgotten Sons) , they just didn't get my interest. Maybe its Nick Kyme's writing (40k Salamander books are OK), but I dont really care about them, at least not in the way I do about the other legions.

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and maybe some Alpha Legion tomfoolery...

Sorry, did you say Night Lords?

 

If you wanna say something don't be cryptic about it! :angry:

 

Actually its really a call for Alpha Legion books. While the terrifying Sons of Curze held your attention, Alpharius came in unseen. Classic Alpha Legion!

Sorry, did you say Night Lords?

 

If you wanna say something don't be cryptic about it! ;)

 

Actually its really a call for Alpha Legion books. While the terrifying Sons of Curze held your attention, Alpharius came in unseen. Classic Alpha Legion!

 

Hahaha! well played! ;)

I'm currently re-reading Space Marine and I'd rather like to see GW/BL give Ian Watson another crack. I love his use of language and I think it would be cool to have him write the final book of the Heresy series. Not that it'll happen, but I can dream.
Alpha Legion is coming in Deliverance Lost. While unseen Sons of Corax will hold your attention, Alpharius will come even more unseen than unseen Sons of Corax!

 

I want a Where's Alpharius puzzle book for Christmas! It'll be a bigger seller than Where's Wally!

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