New Lost Legions background by Rick Priestley

[Kastor Krieg]

Secondly, while the Battle of Phall does have Perturabo beaten, that's because he'd operated on the assumption that Sigismund would be leading the fleet, and had planned accordingly, not realizing that it was Alexis Polux who was given command, a Marine with amazing levels of skill when it came to fleet engagements. It's also implied that if the Imperial Fists had stayed and fought, they would have been overwhelmed, but as it was, they managed to repel the attacks of a Primarch organized to fight an aggressive, confrontational opponent, but ended up fighting one of, if not the, best non-Primarch naval commanders in the Great Crusade deployed in a well-designed defensive deployment. Shortly after this occurred, the Imperial Fists received orders to withdraw, and only through sacrificing a decent portion of their fleet were they able to break away.

If the Fists stayed... The Captain who breached Perty's throne room had a teleport transponder on him. His mission was delivering it and he did. Had they stayed, there would've been a literal thousand Terminators teleporting right in front of Perturabo and spilling all the dakka in his face.

 

Perturabo knew that not only he lost to a non-Primarch in void combat, but also he was beaten by somebody who was able to conceptualize "a shifting Labirynth", his greatest siege creation that he showed off to one of his brothers in another novel (can't recall where), successfully apply the premise not in 2D (floor, walls), but in 3D (void combat) and at the same time devise a successful gambit which would've resulted in his death.

 

That's why he smashed the cogitator screens - because Alexis Polux bested him so completely.

 

Glory to the Crimson Fist.

 

 

[snip]

In practice, the distinction that you describe is the use of an utterly unreliable narrator. Priestley's beef seems to be that events started being presented by reliable narrators, as undeniable fact and mystery was lost.

[jarms48]

This should be stuck to the main page. This is a fantastic interview. 

[Beta galactosidase]

Very disappointed that this is not a new thread. This is not a bump because it is at the top as I write this.

 

1. The reply by N1SB is a really good history of the setting. There were some fun comments to read in this thread. It’s this one

 

http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/350591-new-lost-legions-background-by-rick-priestley/?p=5173524

 

2. If you like deep history and fitting old background into a modern version you should read this index apocrypha about Adeptus Astartes unit IV ‘Spacewolves,’ based on the rogue trader version of the space wolves.

 

https://warofthefalseprimarch.blogspot.com/2021/07/index-apocrypha-spacewolves.html?m=1

 

Thank you for reading please don’t bump old threads.