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No, 2 totally separate ideologies and disciplines the nearest a marine can come to the Inquisition is being seconded to the Death Watch. Grey Knights are different.

Then are there captins in the death watch?

No. Some Captains have been in the deathwatch like Uriel Ventris

Not to my knowledge. Its hard to go undercover as a 7 foot tall genetically engineered superhuman....

When i said that i meant more what ranks are there?

There are very few ranks in the deathwatch you go in as a veteran marine, possibly a sergeant and after you become more experienced you lead a deathwatch squad. The only example I can think of when someone walks in and takes over is when Ventris goes back into the Deathwatch for one mission in the second Ultras book. Just get the codex I believe it is now a free download.

Where can i find the codex? is it on GW web site?

Probably I'm afraid you'll have to do some searching, their site does have a search engine.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=grey+knight+codex+download

I know it's getting old but it's perfect for situations like this.

nosferatu1001 wrote: Its hard to go undercover as a 7 foot tall genetically engineered superhuman....

2 words, Alpha Legion

Can Marines take off their armour? i thought so but my friend thinks otherwise.

SpankHammer III wrote:Apart form the reference to boats in blood and iron to boats there is an ork Apoc data sheet for a submersible. If memory serves this also appears in the assault on black novellette.

again if memory serves a submarine is also used in one of the blood angels novels, and there is reference to orks using boats in one short story (sorry can't remember which.)

It wasn't a short story.

It was either the second or third war for armageddon. They used massive transport submarines to get the drop on a coastal hive city.

....Yes Marines can take off their power armor. We just only see them when they're in it, cause we want to see fighting not Marines...doing what Marines do when they're not fighting.

And wasn't there some fluff about the SW fighting the Tau on the bottom of the sea on an ocean planet using Land Raiiders, Predators and the like?

Blood Raven 5th Company wrote:Can a Marine become an inquisitor?

Specially bred Space Marine + Inquisitor = Grey Knight

Blood Raven - your friend may be thinking of Chaos Marines, who often become bonded to their armour as it is "infected"

When a marine is recruited into the death watch, does that marine join a squad of other marines from his chapter?

Blood Raven 5th Company wrote:1 Why are there no boats or marine units in 40k?
2 Can marines have familys (if chapter master allows it)?
There will be more questions...

1. There are if they need them, but launching a drop pod from orbit pretty much makes boats pointless. Refer to the first book of the Soul Drinkers Ominibus for an example of SM building marine transport as needed.

2. No, its not even part of the consideration for them. Not to mention that getting boned by an 8 foot tall superman with god only knows what kind of equipment might be a bit much for most ladies.

Blood Raven 5th Company wrote:When a marine is recruited into the death watch, does that marine join a squad of other marines from his chapter?

No. The Deatwatch is composed of Marines taken from every chapter, so you'll get a Blood Angels Marine fighting alongside an Imperial Fist, fighting alongside an Ultramarine, so on and so forth.

agroszkiewicz wrote:

Blood Raven 5th Company wrote:1 Why are there no boats or marine units in 40k?
2 Can marines have familys (if chapter master allows it)?
There will be more questions...

2. No, its not even part of the consideration for them. Not to mention that getting boned by an 8 foot tall superman with god only knows what kind of equipment might be a bit much for most ladies.

I thought marines basically lost their "gear" downstairs as a part of being created? Plus their sterile anyway once space marines I believe.

Eh, it's a weird debate...GW has never said anything about whether or not Marines have their equipment in place or not...

The only agreement is that Slaaneshi Marines can use theirs, and arguably Space Wolves can too...

Is it expected that a chapter world produce Regiments like another world of the imperium?


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Is it expected that a chapter world produce Regiments like another world of the imperium?

Not necessarily Baal doesn't, Fenris doesn't Ultramar does depends on the world.

No. Being a Chapter Planet means your tithe status 'Aptus Non', basically you don't pay the regular tithes because you pay the Imperium in other ways, in the case of a Chapter Planet, with Space Marines.

However, if the planet is advanced enough, there usually will be PDF forces present, and they'd probably be IG quality at least.

MAcragge is known to have a fairly sizable PDF, I believe.

So some one could make a Macragge regiment? if they wanted to.

Yes. GW did indeed make one for the Battle of Macragge Apoc game in the rulebook.

Are they blue as well?

Let me google that for you.

A lot of your questions will be answered a lot faster if you just use a search engine especially as none of them are complicated.

If there are any actual boats they are probably PDF based not guard.

Blood Raven 5th Company wrote:
1. Why are there no boats or marine units in 40k?
2. Can marines have familys (if chapter master allows it)?
3. Can you have an army with both an inquisitor and marines in it? (i want to make a death watch army)
4. Can a Marine become an inquisitor?
5. Then are there captins in the death watch?
6. Can Marines take off their armour? i thought so but my friend thinks otherwise.
7. When a marine is recruited into the death watch, does that marine join a squad of other marines from his chapter?
8. Is it expected that a chapter world produce Regiments like another world of the imperium?

1. planets with water have boats, they are used to move supplies and patrol by the PDF, submarines are also used for this, a fair bit of fluff is refers to this such as the 'timescale of a planets death to a tyranid invasion' piece in a WD it said that PDF submersables were all destroyed by sea dwelling tyranid, seeing as 40k games are for the most part land based there are no rules for aquatic troops/ships.

2. no, a marines family is his chapter (as to the space marine penis thing, there is no fluff source to say they have non, it was just a fan fiction that got spread around).

3. space marines work with the inquisition either as allies or as haveing the inquisitor as an allie, rules for this are found in the deamon hunter and witch hunter codexs available from the GW website under their army sections, death watch on the other hand are only represented by a single allied unit choice, which maybe on the GW website.

4. inquisitors and marines have very different views of the IoM and the Emperor and being a space marine isn't a career, its a life, so no

5. death watch kill teams are either lead by a captain or a librarian.

6. yes they can, while a marine is in their monestary it is taken off so it can be maintained, if they didn't it would make pain-induced visions abit hard. i believe they wear monk like robes when not in their armour.

7. squads are mixed from different chapters.

8. most space marines worlds are feral to allow for the best recruits, and as their tithe grade is non, they don't pay taxes to the IoM in prodution, money or IG, however like already said some chapter worlds have large populations and have PDFs for population control.


lexicanum is your friend in things like this