Marshal Rohr Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Would anybody know if there is new or old background on space marine boarding parties? Like from the BFG rules or what not. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321971-boarding-parties/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirate Brushes Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 In BFG the Space Marine fleets performed boarding actions through Terminator Teleport Attacks, didn't they? Aside from that I don't recall there being much more information from that source. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321971-boarding-parties/#findComment-4381909 Share on other sites More sharing options...
STC Logisengine Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 There's some nice detail in HH:3 both in the backgrund of the Imperial fists legion and the section covering the battle of Phall, wich is a void-battle between the Fists and Iron Warriors. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321971-boarding-parties/#findComment-4381936 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy1391 Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 From all the sources I've read there have been several ways to send a boarding party. In Pharos the night lords jump from a space station onto an ultramarine ship and then enter using melta charges. In know no fear the ultra marines do a mass teleport assault. In the Crimson fist the tried and true head on approach was done, using assault claws, boarding torpedoes and assault Rams to deliver terminators and breachers. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321971-boarding-parties/#findComment-4381990 Share on other sites More sharing options...
depthcharge12 Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Real men use boarding pods. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321971-boarding-parties/#findComment-4382016 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalvationOfReason Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Real men cling to the outer hull of a void fighter, then jump. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321971-boarding-parties/#findComment-4382074 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slips Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Real men launch themselves from torpedo pods. But now, back on topic yo. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321971-boarding-parties/#findComment-4382112 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soldier of Dorn Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 You know, it's purely because of this one In Memoriam update that Hyaenidae had, but now I can only imagine boarding actions utilizing the Shark Assault Boat or similar things like Caestus Assault Rams or Dreadclaws and Kharybdises. Boarding through teleportation seems silly to me, honestly. But that's just my thoughts on the matter. On topic, I don't think there's much newer information beyond the obvious to be said. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321971-boarding-parties/#findComment-4382122 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elzender Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 In the HH:3 book, about one of the IF legionaries it is said that his squad was going to use their jump packs to fly to the enemy ship from theirs, which although odd, one cannot deny it to be absurdly badass (kinda like the Space Marine game intro, but IN SPACE!) Moreover, you could also look for pictures of the Phall board made by FW, maybe you could get some inspiration from there, mostly breachers, tacticals, terminators and dreads, and I recall at least a Caestus and a Kharybdis to be used by the boarding party, although that would not explain how the contemptors reached there (maybe torpedo pods, as Slipstreams said? ) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321971-boarding-parties/#findComment-4382330 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slips Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Dreads can fit in Dreadclaws :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321971-boarding-parties/#findComment-4382341 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Blackwood Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 I'm currently struggling with writing a boarding action I was going to have the boarding party teleport over including the dreadnought support but I was sort of thinking thunderhawk tearing open q breach in the hull them them dropping out of it might be more dynamic Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321971-boarding-parties/#findComment-4382391 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elzender Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 I'm currently struggling with writing a boarding action I was going to have the boarding party teleport over including the dreadnought support but I was sort of thinking thunderhawk tearing open q breach in the hull them them dropping out of it might be more dynamic If you want to breach the hull of the ship I would suggest caestus or kharybdis, not sure if a Thunderhawk could get through. Maybe make it enter the hangars while it cuts in half another thunderkhawk that was taking off? And Slips, true that, it's just that I don't recall the board having any more vehicles in the board, and definitely only those two could not carry all the marines that are shown. ñAlthough there is still teleportation, and maybe I'm forgetting other pods. Oh well, guess I'll have to take a look at that board again Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321971-boarding-parties/#findComment-4382441 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quixus Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 In Pharos the night lords jump from a space station onto an ultramarine ship and then enter using melta charges. In one of the Soul Drinkers novels the protagonists use their jump pack to make the "return trip", I mean an assault on a space station from a cruiser. Jump into system, deploy the marines, let the inertia carry them onto the station. breach with melta and so on. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321971-boarding-parties/#findComment-4382482 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Blackwood Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 I'm currently struggling with writing a boarding action I was going to have the boarding party teleport over including the dreadnought support but I was sort of thinking thunderhawk tearing open q breach in the hull them them dropping out of it might be more dynamic If you want to breach the hull of the ship I would suggest caestus or kharybdis, not sure if a Thunderhawk could get through. Maybe make it enter the hangars while it cuts in half another thunderkhawk that was taking off? And Slips, true that, it's just that I don't recall the board having any more vehicles in the board, and definitely only those two could not carry all the marines that are shown. ñAlthough there is still teleportation, and maybe I'm forgetting other pods. Oh well, guess I'll have to take a look at that board again Oh I like that idea. Especially the part where one thunderhawk cuts the other one in half XD Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321971-boarding-parties/#findComment-4382488 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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