Lady_Mournival Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Hey all, I'm working on a chapter just recently founded in the 26th founding, and I was pondering on where do they get their dreadnoughts? admech? founding chapter? Also, how many dreadnoughts would a chapter like this have? I know they won't have bucket loads, like the IH, but how many is reasnoble? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/241349-where-do-new-chapters-get-dreadnoughts/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
fivepointedstar Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 The original design for scratch-building Dreadnoughts have been long-lost and so newer versions of these behemoths (if any exist) can only be built from spare/salvaged parts. This is evident in the Iron Hands Chapter as they have very few of these powerful units left after the Drop Site Massacre on Istvaan V during the Horus Heresy. from Warhammer WIKI This is all that I could find on how they get dreadnoughts. So Im thinking that the Admech/ father chapter would grant them a few dreads chassis to use. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/241349-where-do-new-chapters-get-dreadnoughts/#findComment-2914962 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonaides Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Not entirely correct - almost lost, not completely lost. A thin trickle of dreadnought chassis are still made, somewhere in the Imperium. A new chapter - well, you might have half a dozen mighty heroes suitable for incarceration in a dreadnought sarcophagus, but then you need them to have suffered horrendous wounds, but not quite enough to kill them outright. then you need to have a sarcophagus empty for them to go into, at the right time and place for them to go into it... Its a long and complicated set of circumstances that all need to fall into place to permit anyone to be put into a dreadnought, even in a chapter that might be expected to have a good supply of them (such as a first or second founding chapter). In honesty, I'd say you have 3. Likely to be enough to allow you to justify (not that you really need to) as many as you're likely to want to use at any one time, and not so many that you get people nagging you about how your new chapter has access to such rare tech... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/241349-where-do-new-chapters-get-dreadnoughts/#findComment-2915117 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady_Mournival Posted November 2, 2011 Author Share Posted November 2, 2011 Thanks for the replies lads. Would it be unheard of for the parent chapter to donate a dreadnought chasis? I was thinking that when the chapter master of the new chapter (who is formerly a captain of the parent chapter) get's mortally wounded, the new chapter puts him into a dreadnought sarcophogai, and then the parent chapter sends a dreadnought chassis for the fallen hero. Bueno? no bueno? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/241349-where-do-new-chapters-get-dreadnoughts/#findComment-2915150 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapter Master Ignis Domus Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Yes, that's what I normally think. Obviously, as a chapter has more successors, it won't have many chassis lest, so if you're 26th founding, you might be lucky to get one. Although there is fluff somewhere saying that it's possible, though very hard, to make a chassis, much like TDA, except more complicated. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/241349-where-do-new-chapters-get-dreadnoughts/#findComment-2915151 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonaides Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Again - you're suggesting that the parent chapter are going to give away an incredibly rare relic, that already has its own honour roll, on the off chance that your chapter master manages to get injured enough but not injured too much, just getting beaten within an inch of his life or losing a couply of limbs - thats what prosthetics/bionics are for... An active dread might possibly have a reason to request the honour of providing guidance to the new chapter master, but they wont provide dreadnoughts for the off chance that they might be used some time in the future. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/241349-where-do-new-chapters-get-dreadnoughts/#findComment-2915259 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Debonair Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Thanks for the replies lads. Would it be unheard of for the parent chapter to donate a dreadnought chasis? I was thinking that when the chapter master of the new chapter (who is formerly a captain of the parent chapter) get's mortally wounded, the new chapter puts him into a dreadnought sarcophogai, and then the parent chapter sends a dreadnought chassis for the fallen hero. Bueno? no bueno? That seems a tad unlikely. For one, unless the parent chapter is crazy psychic, they wouldn't get the Dread there in time. Your chapter master will most likely either heal up or pop his clogs whilst the Dreadnought is in transit. :devil: Also, as mentioned, Dreadnoughts are ancient sacred relics and venerable heroes rolled into one stompy package - not something a chapter would give away lightly! :D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/241349-where-do-new-chapters-get-dreadnoughts/#findComment-2915483 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightrawenII Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Not entirely correct - almost lost, not completely lost. A thin trickle of dreadnought chassis are still made, somewhere in the Imperium. Sort of retconned in the last Badab War book (I think it's because of the new Contemptor chasis... ). Some Chapters have the knowledge and means to build a new Dreadnought. But it's still an arduous and difficult task. Othewise, the Admech supply Chapters with this tech. Agreed with the 3 chasis guess. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/241349-where-do-new-chapters-get-dreadnoughts/#findComment-2915491 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady_Mournival Posted November 5, 2011 Author Share Posted November 5, 2011 Okay, thanks for the responses guys, they're much appreciated. I'll stick with 3, sounds like a solid number gien all the information you guys have given. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/241349-where-do-new-chapters-get-dreadnoughts/#findComment-2917132 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqui Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Okay, thanks for the responses guys, they're much appreciated. I'll stick with 3, sounds like a solid number given all the information you guys have given. One of my DIY's have 3 Dreads, collectively known as the "Triumvirate" One's a former Chapter Master, the others being a former Dev Sergeant and an Assault Marine -_- Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/241349-where-do-new-chapters-get-dreadnoughts/#findComment-2918186 Share on other sites More sharing options...
G3rman Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 The original design for scratch-building Dreadnoughts have been long-lost and so newer versions of these behemoths (if any exist) can only be built from spare/salvaged parts. This is evident in the Iron Hands Chapter as they have very few of these powerful units left after the Drop Site Massacre on Istvaan V during the Horus Heresy. from Warhammer WIKI This is all that I could find on how they get dreadnoughts. So Im thinking that the Admech/ father chapter would grant them a few dreads chassis to use. That info sounds more like the ability to produce a Contemptor, not a current Dreadnaught because of how its worded after the Istavaan Massacre. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/241349-where-do-new-chapters-get-dreadnoughts/#findComment-2918302 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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