Mellow Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Was a good book. Enjoyed it. Had some good insight into Calgar and his thoughts and I liked the small piece of information stating that Orks had no internal organs as such as their whole body was essentially full of "stuff" Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/325093-calgars-siege/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkChaplain Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Did the current Codex: Space Marines even feature those events? I know it was in the previous one, with an exciting one-liner in the timeline, but I'm not sure about the latest. Found it odd that Black Library's website talked it up as the true events of that Codex event. Anyway, I hope this one's good. Will pick it up when it hits paperback I think, now that I've decided to keep going with Space Marine Battles trade paperbacks after all (took a break after Death of Integrity and got some catching up to do. Thankfully a lot of releases since were anthologies which I read piecemeal anyway. So how's Kearney's depiction of the Ultramarines, compared to the other authors? Anything jarring, anything he paid homage to? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/325093-calgars-siege/#findComment-4477746 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sete Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 So did he held a gate alone vs a waaagh? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/325093-calgars-siege/#findComment-4478173 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apothecary Vaddon Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 So did he held a gate alone vs a waaagh? For a time period, yes. Everyone else at the gates had either fallen back or gotten killed. and old RT suicided his ship into the actual Warboss to stop the Waaagh in its tracks, though. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/325093-calgars-siege/#findComment-4478201 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sete Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Time period? 1 hour? 1 day? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/325093-calgars-siege/#findComment-4478205 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted August 24, 2016 Author Share Posted August 24, 2016 So did he held a gate alone vs a waaagh? If by "alone" you mean he managed a low resourced outpost (more of a small city) against a waaagh then yes, several weeks or months I believe. It wasn't bolter porn and he didn't come across as super powered so it was good. Obviously we all know he doesn't die, but I did feel a bit sorry for him as a lot of his most valued officers were picked off. It also gave hints that his artifers armour was superior in several ways. (some only minor). Plus the Orks don't come across as stupid with just "charge" tactics. So that's always a plus! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/325093-calgars-siege/#findComment-4478321 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apothecary Vaddon Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Time period? 1 hour? 1 day? Eh, he was literally alone for maybe an hour, certainly no more than a few, could've been a little less tbh. Mellow's right, he orchestrated the defense for about 6 weeks before the final show down, where him and his bodyguards held out for a day and a night, but had help of the forces he'd brought and the soldiers fighting for Zalidar, couple tens of thousands of troops (mostly militia, judging from Boros' briefing midway through the novel, the highest number they had was about ~46 thousand troops, 16k trained militia, 30k conscripted). Of the forces he brought he had 19 SM at the beginning, 14 human honor guard. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/325093-calgars-siege/#findComment-4478329 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sete Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Ah ok. Cause in the piece of fluff it was single handed. Good to see things were not Matt ward influenced. Might have a look at it. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/325093-calgars-siege/#findComment-4478443 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkangilos Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Ah ok. Cause in the piece of fluff it was single handed. Good to see things were not Matt ward influenced. Might have a look at it.Of course, the piece of fluff was heroified "What do you mean alone? There were bloody ten of us and a whole city! And there were only twenty Orks!" "Shut up Gaius, that isn't as heroic. We don't need facts... We need heroes!" Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/325093-calgars-siege/#findComment-4478514 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apothecary Vaddon Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Well, I mean, they did achieve like a several thousand to one kill ratio, but yeah. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/325093-calgars-siege/#findComment-4478544 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Anyway the story is good. Author has don a good job with bad fluff. All the time this story had 0 believability to it. It's like Sigismund against all the Black Legion! Really - what are Sigies chances Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/325093-calgars-siege/#findComment-4483101 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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