Legions relationship with Terran marines....

[Slips]

 

 

 

I mean, did the Alpha's actually purge their ranks at anytime? I don't recall them having done so. It was pretty much, talk to the cabal, and decide that we're all doing this... thing... now.

One might argue that purge is exactly what is going on now between Alpharius, Omegon, and their respective factions.

Shame no one told each marine which faction they belong to. And those who think they know have been lied to.

The officers seem to know, for the most part. So its about the same as the Dark Angels in loyalty (just the wrong side won?).

 

Or was it the Right side?! Welcome to the Alpha Legion, Recruit! :p

[recon0321]

Not to de rail my own thread but what is going between alpharius and omegon? Did I miss something in the novels?

[depthcharge12]

Not to de rail my own thread but what is going between alpharius and omegon? Did I miss something in the novels?

Lots of spoilers if you're willing. It's spread between a novel and a couple short stories. Some inferring is needed, but many have skipped happily down the road BL is painting.

 

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[Jarl Kjaran Coldheart]

 

Not to de rail my own thread but what is going between alpharius and omegon? Did I miss something in the novels?

Lots of spoilers if you're willing. It's spread between a novel and a couple short stories. Some inferring is needed, but many have skipped happily down the road BL is painting.

 

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if you dont wanna post them here, mind pming me whats up with them?

 

No matter how much I read about the AL, im left feeling like I just traded a submarine for a leaky paddle boat and cash and was paid in monopoly money. Nothing seems to make sense.

 

WLK

[recon0321]

Yea I wanna know what happened too

[ThatOneMarshal]

It's implied in horus rising that in the emperors children they get along fine, terrans and those of chemos. Sons of horus found their primarch quick so they probably don't have many terrans.

[Jareddm]

I feel there's also interesting tidbits that could be found within the various other worlds that the legions recruited from as part of localized reinforcement.  The Imperial Fists, for instance, recruited from the children of a particular set of void pirates and boarding specialists, whose natural talents were of great use to the legion.  I imagine these smaller, non-Terran, non-homeworld marines may form little communities amongst themselves within the legions, or have some other marker or heraldry to identify themselves.  Personally, I would've loved to see, say, a small reinforcement for the Salamanders come from an aquatic colony world, whose culture of undersea geothermal activity and intense deep-sea pressure integrated with and created a unique sect of the Promethean Cult within the legion.  Obviously larger, more spread out legions would deal with this far more, and I imagine it will get a mention when the Ultramarines are covered in book 5.

[ThatOneMarshal]

Yeah I admit I am actually liking 30k ultramarines way better than 40k ultramarines. You'll get ALOT of variation when you have 500 worlds to recruit from. Also isn't Angrons home world in the 500 planets?

[Jareddm]

I believe so, but it's not really that important, as the World Eaters probably had the most varied sources of recruitment of any legion, seeing as they took anyone and everyone they came across.

[recon0321]

I too must admit the 30k smurfs are awesome! So much more character...love the whole practical theoretical

[Conn Eremon]

I feel there's also interesting tidbits that could be found within the various other worlds that the legions recruited from as part of localized reinforcement. The Imperial Fists, for instance, recruited from the children of a particular set of void pirates and boarding specialists, whose natural talents were of great use to the legion. I imagine these smaller, non-Terran, non-homeworld marines may form little communities amongst themselves within the legions, or have some other marker or heraldry to identify themselves.

Goes quite a bit more awesomely further with the Imperial Fists, who were known to field whole companies and chapter/regiments around recruits taken from conquered worlds/peoples. Some Legions like the Word Bearers or Ultramarines must have made that a common habit, because of just how massive their Legions. With the Imperial Fists being low-average (right at 100k, when FW average is closer 120k), their non-Terran/Home World percentages must have been the highest of any other Legion but the Alpha Legion.

 

Part of me is amused by this, because it meant the VII Legion, the Legion most resistant to the Codex and the division of Legions into Chapters, already came with built-in perforated lines for ready-made Codex Chapters. Hell, they were even more prepared than the Ultramarines, as BL has so far portrayed them.

[Daemon2027]

Yeah I admit I am actually liking 30k ultramarines way better than 40k ultramarines. You'll get ALOT of variation when you have 500 worlds to recruit from. Also isn't Angrons home world in the 500 planets?

It seems that way but I don't think the World Eaters kept any ties to it and I doubt they took recruits from there.