Ordo Machinum Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 According to the FW books, all of the Legions were ready by the time Terra was brought into line by the Emperor with all of them having been used in combat so there's some discrepancy between UE and the FW books. That would explain this pre-IF legionary from Extermination. And his quickly photo-shopped pre-DA buddy. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/294898-questions-about-the-great-crusade/page/3/#findComment-3775331 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Brother 92 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Really rather like that archangel - the small amounts of black and red really set off against the base metal. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/294898-questions-about-the-great-crusade/page/3/#findComment-3775952 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ordo Machinum Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Thanks. Many of the HH books alternate legion color patterns within each legion can be used as templates in any legion scheme. You just have to alternate the main and secondary colours of each in the legion of your choice. Back on topic, according to HH1: Betrayal, Old Night/Age of Strife lasted five thousand years. As early as the 25th millennium, bio-alchemy and cyber-augments were used to create super soldiers to continue the horrific wars amongst the techno-barbarians. Along comes the Emperor with his Thunder Warriors beginning the Unification Wars. With continued success, the Emperor labored for decades creating the twenty Primarchs. He went on to create the initial legions from their primogenitors' genetic material. The twenty legions numbered a few hundred each. There is also reference to the legions following the initial regimental organizational pattern of the Thunder Warriors. "...the new warriors quickly eclipsed and replaced the mighty but far less disciplined and unstable Thunder Warriors and victory followed victory in quick succession As time went on the regiments became Legions as the Emperor recruited men from amongst the newly conquered tribes of Old Earth and hundreds swiftly became tens of thousands." The Wars of Unification began being referred to as the Crusade. I couldn't find the reference to the Emperor only taking a thousand years to bring unity to Terra. There is mention of the speed-up of space marine production to one marine per year, but that also stated it led to some instability in the mindset of the subjects and the legions possibly leading to the heresy that was to come. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/294898-questions-about-the-great-crusade/page/3/#findComment-3776238 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phalanx Warder Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Makes me wonder if this period showed that the wolves were good thunder warrior killers and made the big E's short list as his executioners? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/294898-questions-about-the-great-crusade/page/3/#findComment-3776445 Share on other sites More sharing options...
marine7312000 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 You bring up a good point Battle8rother. I have a feeling that the Wolves were somehow involved in the disappearance of the two missing legions however. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/294898-questions-about-the-great-crusade/page/3/#findComment-3776554 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perrin Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 According to The Outcast Dead the Thunder Warriors were designed to degrade and die after a short time anyway. It seems pointless to waste resources on destroying them when they'll eventually fall apart of their own accord, especially when there's a galaxy of nasties to fight. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/294898-questions-about-the-great-crusade/page/3/#findComment-3776627 Share on other sites More sharing options...
depthcharge12 Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 According to The Outcast Dead the Thunder Warriors were designed to degrade and die after a short time anyway. It seems pointless to waste resources on destroying them when they'll eventually fall apart of their own accord, especially when there's a galaxy of nasties to fight. Don't know, they might rebel and it might be good to train your new soldiers against a hardened, proven foe. Nothing like blooding the new recruits in a baptism by fire Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/294898-questions-about-the-great-crusade/page/3/#findComment-3776629 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kol Saresk Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 According to The Outcast Dead the Thunder Warriors were designed to degrade and die after a short time anyway. It seems pointless to waste resources on destroying them when they'll eventually fall apart of their own accord, especially when there's a galaxy of nasties to fight.Well, technically that is according to one character in The Outcast Dead and is not an omniscient view. Could turn out that he and son just happened to suffer from some rare rejection of the enhancements and that led him to believe it had been intentionally engineered. After all, there are the Thunder Warriors the War Hounds had to put down. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/294898-questions-about-the-great-crusade/page/3/#findComment-3776635 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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