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TiamatRoar wrote:
An entire legion could probably do it, if only because that'd be a lot of friggin' space marines (assuming one of the larger legions)

....that said, it'd still take a while to hunt down and destroy all those xenos. I highly doubt the Emperor would be very pleased with using an entire friggin' legion for that long for one planet.

"Suffer not the alien to live"

Nope.By the time they'd be done with orcs and goblins they'd be out of bullets.Melee you say?Last time I checked chainswords need fuel since all they are is chainsaws with sword handles.Bare hands?Skaven will take them down with...warpy things,Elf panzees will kill their leaders with arrows.Dreads and stuff?Enough cannonballs(helblaster volleygun)should eventually take them down.

If we are going by crusade era chapters I voulenteer BA. Sanguinius would prevent them from waltzing into traps and their affinity for melee would make it so they arent outmatched. As for the chainsword running out of fuel? still makes a good blunt object. Plus most battle brothers (of any chapter) carry a combat knife. that and a marine in armor can punch through walls. And dont forget the mass of vehicles the crusade chapters had with them. Cannon balls? heh thats cute my landraider dont give a flying feth.

 1hadhq wrote:
Why should I ?

Hmm, let's see: you refuse to clarify statements that are not clear, you refuse to back up accusations when called out on them, and you gradually filter more and more content out of my posts in your responses until, like in the previous one, all that's left is the quips and cute comments that in no way refute my points or support/advance your own. Frankly, I don't really need any other reasons to stop taking your posts seriously, or spend any more of my time on them. You gave up on the debate. Meaning? You're position is dead. You don't get to stop participating and then wonder why your side is no longer valid. Sorry.

See I don't try too hard to be serious if a thread is filled with "because magik" , because "numbers we don't give a source but trust me" etc.

Okay, that's fine. Doesn't excuse any of the above behaviour, though. If your intentions are to not take it seriously, the correct response to the topic would be "lol" and then move on, not engage in a prolonged debate with the other participants... only to then give up a few pages in and throw out some backtrack response like "yeah well I'm not even being serious anyway because it's silly". It's too late for that. Sorry.

So NO, without numbers for both ( whfb part and wh40k part ) it is not a "No brainer"

Yeah, it really is. The numerical handicap placed on the Marines is so severe that, like I've been explaining over and over, it's simply ridiculous to think that they could triumph even over a single WHFB faction, let alone the entire world. To think or argue otherwise is delusional and laughable. We don't need a global census on every Tom, Dick and Harry to know this. It's one company. Against multiple civilisations. How is this even debatable?

 Chaos Rising wrote:
EXTERMINATUS
Consider the planet pacified.

Exterminatus doesn't count, because it does not pacify, it obliterates. Not the same thing.

 LumenPraebeo wrote:
Pacify? Certainly.

Well...

If you want to pacify the fantasy world, all you'll need are several dozen strategic strikes to subdue or neutralize the human and abhuman population.

This isn't a viable option, though, as has been pointed out and explained by several other posters.

Other faction's though, it'll take both that and a hundred major ground advances to destroy resistance, and then after that, months to exterminate them.

Which is simply impossible. So, looking back at your opening statement, let's say: Pacify? Certainly not.

 Retrogamer0001 wrote:
Well, what about an entire Legion, including Primarch, assuming this is pre-Heresy? Could the Luna Wolves lead by Horus or Thousand Sons lead by Magnus accomplish this?

Perhaps. An entire pre-Heresey Legion actually have the numbers and supplies to impart a lasting impact on the Warhammer World, destroying the current balance completely so that the setting would no longer resemble itself. Without any naval support their efforts would be extremely tedious and any progress would be very slow, however. Their best bet would be to "go native", carve out a little realm for themselves and then go about using the other factions against one another until they're left on top to be worshipped as Gods. Kind of like in the movie Stargate.

A Legion would be overkill, definitely.

According to Ultramarines strategy doctrine (Source: Know No Fear) a Company is estimated to be adequate to take a planet.

Of course, the Warhammer world is one fethed up planet and one company would not be enough.

But a Legion, including a Primarch?

That your needle can't pierce the walnut's shell does not mean that it's time to bring out the chainsaw.