Compatibility of Dreadnought chassis

[Quixus]

This post got me thinking, can regular marines be interred in the Redemptor dreadnought? What about critically wounded Primaris  marines? Can they be put in a Contemptor/Deredeo/Leviathan or regular Dreadnought?

[Dracos]

Official canon has Redemptors use Primaris. I haven't heard of a Primaris being interred in anything else. 

[Doghouse]

I should think if the situation called for it maybe. A Chapter might be in a situation where it has no option, don't Redemptors burn out the pilot like Leviathans do?

[Dracos]

yep

[Berzul]

I remember reading that somewhere once. That the redemptor chasis causes such a burden on the entombed marine, that only Primaris are able to withstand it for long. Old marines get consumed by the machinery very quickly.

[Rik Lightstar]

Pretty sure the Sarcophagus is a standard size and shape for any Dreadnought. They might need a slightly different set of internals to the box depending on the marine, but I'd expect that's the case anyway depending on what injuries they've sustained and what limbs/stumps are left.

 

Rik

[Sword Brother Adelard]

Pretty sure the Sarcophagus is a standard size and shape for any Dreadnought. They might need a slightly different set of internals to the box depending on the marine, but I'd expect that's the case anyway depending on what injuries they've sustained and what limbs/stumps are left.

 

Rik

 

Unfortunately for the chapters who had chapter specific sarcophagus covers, the redemptor sarcophagus is a bit longer, so the old covers don't fit. Which is odd because, to be frank, are they really going to notice if you chopped off their legs to fit them in the box? The ship's kinda sailed by this point.

[Dracos]

It was in the first 8e Space Marine Codex. Firstborn can't board Impulsors and don't serve in  Redemptors after death. More GW weirdness.

[Quixus]

Yeah probably some Techpriest switched from USB-A to USB-C.

[Lord_Caerolion]

It was in the first 8e Space Marine Codex. Firstborn can't board Impulsors and don't serve in Redemptors after death. More GW weirdness.

Page number on that? The fluff on the Redemptor mentions nothing about being Primaris only, and it lacks the Primaris keyword in the rules.

[Rik Lightstar]

 

 

Pretty sure the Sarcophagus is a standard size and shape for any Dreadnought. They might need a slightly different set of internals to the box depending on the marine, but I'd expect that's the case anyway depending on what injuries they've sustained and what limbs/stumps are left.

 

Rik

Unfortunately for the chapters who had chapter specific sarcophagus covers, the redemptor sarcophagus is a bit longer, so the old covers don't fit. Which is odd because, to be frank, are they really going to notice if you chopped off their legs to fit them in the box? The ship's kinda sailed by this point.

That's purely a model restriction, nothing to do with the fluff.

 

The text about them mentions no such limitations page 80 of the current Marine Codex has the brief but if fluff about them.

 

Rik

[Sword Brother Adelard]

I didn't say it was?

[Dracos]

 

It was in the first 8e Space Marine Codex. Firstborn can't board Impulsors and don't serve in Redemptors after death. More GW weirdness.

Page number on that? The fluff on the Redemptor mentions nothing about being Primaris only, and it lacks the Primaris keyword in the rules.

 

 

My bad. Could have sworn I first read it in article  when getting back into 40k, but I must have incorrectly inferred the idea from all the other Primaris/Firstborn shenanigans with vehicles.

[CCE1981]

 

Pretty sure the Sarcophagus is a standard size and shape for any Dreadnought. They might need a slightly different set of internals to the box depending on the marine, but I'd expect that's the case anyway depending on what injuries they've sustained and what limbs/stumps are left.

 

Rik

 

Unfortunately for the chapters who had chapter specific sarcophagus covers, the redemptor sarcophagus is a bit longer, so the old covers don't fit. Which is odd because, to be frank, are they really going to notice if you chopped off their legs to fit them in the box? The ship's kinda sailed by this point.

 

Just takes a little more work:

[Sword Brother Adelard]

That works really well, but it's not so easy with the flat fronts.

[Xenith]

Seems odd when they're essentially just a brain and spinal column floating in amniotic fluid. 

 

I guess fluff reason is synaptic burnout, however as far as I know, Primaris dont have any enhanced cognitive ability over firstborn, just the strength enhancements. 

[Spinsanity]

If Redemptor dreads are as damaging to a marine as a Leviathan and yet the Primaris are suitably resistant to its effects, does that mean that chapters that still own some of those relics (Leviathan shells) are now able to make use of them more easily because they can have suitable candidates?

[Iron Lord]

 

This post got me thinking, can regular marines be interred in the Redemptor dreadnought? What about critically wounded Primaris  marines? Can they be put in a Contemptor/Deredeo/Leviathan or regular Dreadnought?

 

I'm more interested in the inverse - if a Primaris is crippled, and a Redemptor's not available but an Ironclad or Contemptor or regular Dreadnought is - can the crippled Primaris be installed?

 

I'd go with "yes" personally, but that's me.

Edited May 8, 2020 by Iron Lord