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That is all window dressing.

 Formosa wrote:

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
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The modern era is a lot closer to the Dark Age of Technology, than the decayed stuff of the Imperium.

We are nowhere near the DAoT kind of tech....

Man, you are grossly misinformed of the Dark Age of Technology. During that, humanities technology was basically magic.

STC machines (not designs) were basically Star Trek replicators.

They had highly advanced AI and robotic constructs, artificial gravity, easy terraforming, genetic manipulation that modified entire species (including other humans) immediately and not over thousands of years, safe and reliable interstellar travel. Heck, they even had construction equipment that would laugh in the face of anything we have, eg Terminator Armor.


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 Ashiraya wrote:
Again, a Marine chapter can easily take Earth. The Librarians could pretty much solo us. We have absolutely no psychic defense, unlike the 40k races. They can just go on rampage, mindcontrol population leaders...

Know something else we have absolutely no defense against? A space war fleet, which is something every Chapter has.

Air superiority defines modern warfare. Against a space based military, we're the guys without planes.

 DarknessEternal wrote:

 Formosa wrote:

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
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The modern era is a lot closer to the Dark Age of Technology, than the decayed stuff of the Imperium.

We are nowhere near the DAoT kind of tech....

Man, you are grossly misinformed of the Dark Age of Technology. During that, humanities technology was basically magic.

STC machines (not designs) were basically Star Trek replicators.

They had highly advanced AI and robotic constructs, artificial gravity, easy terraforming, genetic manipulation that modified entire species (including other humans) immediately and not over thousands of years, safe and reliable interstellar travel. Heck, they even had construction equipment that would laugh in the face of anything we have, eg Terminator Armor.

Air superiority defines modern warfare. Against a space based military, we're the guys without planes.

3D printers, Drones and such ran on programs, gene splicing and such, we have been to the moon and back several times, and planning a trip to mars, we have some construction vehicles which would make short work of Rhino's and such.

Asterios wrote:

3D printers, Drones and such ran on programs, gene splicing and such, we have been to the moon and back several times, and planning a trip to mars, we have some construction vehicles which would make short work of Rhino's and such.

Is that supposed to be a serious response?

 DarknessEternal wrote:

Asterios wrote:

3D printers, Drones and such ran on programs, gene splicing and such, we have been to the moon and back several times, and planning a trip to mars, we have some construction vehicles which would make short work of Rhino's and such.

Is that supposed to be a serious response?

yes, our 3D printers may not be like ST replicators, but neither were the STC machines, which were more akin to our 3D printers.

If it's just the 1000 marines? Yes, they could "conquer" it. But holding it is another story. And Marines have better things to do than sit around, waiting for an insurgency to die out.

I imagine a company of the best space Marines (cough cough... Ultramarines) could probably take a planet haha. A chapter could conquer an entire sector I bet given the time

Iron Warriors held a planet with less than 100 during the Siege of Castellax. They did lose it, but they're Iron Warriors.

Could they? Probably.
We mobilize our millions of separate forces anywhere. Have a orbital bombardment.
If they knock out all the satellites. Any sort of missile becomes a no further than horizon, North Korea weapon. I dont know. But Im pretty sure a missile cant swerve through streets yet and it finds its way by talking to things in the sky. Jets havent got much range without a refuelling tanker. Which could be taken from above at any time,
Drop pod a squad into times square, lets say. Something the NL might do. By the time any armour and troops turn up. Theyve killed, skinned, turned into banners, anyone within a miles. What ever survives, just means the armour is in punching range.

In this case even the US are classed as living in mud huts. Unless that Pine Gap shooting at a ufo is real.

 Arktyranus wrote:
Iron Warriors held a planet with less than 100 during the Siege of Castellax. They did lose it, but they're Iron Warriors.

Less then a 100 Astartes and MILLIONS of slave troops.