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I always wondered what actually space marines do after glorious victory. If everything becomes simpler and purer throught years of service, will they end up drinking simple and pure spiritus? (also inviting some SoB to hang around to do...uh "stuff" you know?) Or will they just throw some "wild" stoic party with chaplain drinking the beer and shooting the breeze?

Probably pray, train, and then go to the next battle.

Unless you're a Space Wolf. In which case you probably have a celebration, complete with meat and mead.

I think it differs from chapter to chapter, the Iron Snakes have a ritual at the end of battle on a planet called, the spilling of water or something close to that.

Mainly though the life of a Space Marines is, kill the enemy, repair your armor and weapons and move on to the next battle.

Yes indeed, their life is battle - but they are also battle brothers and they form a chapter, representing old social structure. Older the structure is - more habits / rituals it brings and if meaning of their life is battle, then time after the battle, as a zenith, just asks for spiritual evaulation of some sort. They fight for their chapter, they fight for their brothers, they fight for the Emperor, their commander, humanity...they are more than regular humans, but they are not robots, they need to be inspired, they need example to follow and they need to remind all of this from time to time - and is there more suitable time than that after the battle?

Also idea of repairing that, what was broken, somewhat intrigues me. Im vanilla mehreens codex there is a ilustration where one space marine marine wields broken power weapon, shattered to pieces. I am aware than marines need to undergo rites of penitence when loosing relic of some sort (mostly weapon ofc), yeah sure space marine will propably try to collect all shattered pieces of his weapon - but in case of some old relic weapon? Which Empire no longer can produce? Could there possibly be some mourning after the battle becouse of this?

Meditate, unless your a space wolf then get drunk and brag.

yeah, i would say they don't do much other than pray and get ready for the next battle. maybe have a honor award thing.

LAAAAAAAME! that, my friend, is why you play orks..

chap up da weapons/brag/kill each other/get drunk/act stupid/eat/sleep/swear/make new stuff and generally ACT COOL! none of this crap about boring lifestyles!

If you were in the death company don't your brothers kill if you survive?

If you're Orks there is no celebration after the battle anyway, because the battle never ends.

Why do you think the Horus Heresy happened?

I swear the emprah could have saved a lot of time and lives if the space marine legions had instituted sick days, or holidays, or hell even casual friday, maybe "Bring your clone to work" day.


And thus did the chaplian look upon the indecency of the slanneshi orgy, and thus did he think to himself.... "Hell Yeah"

danp164 wrote:Why do you think the Horus Heresy happened?

I swear the emprah could have saved a lot of time and lives if the space marine legions had instituted sick days, or holidays, or hell even casual friday, maybe "Bring your clone to work" day.


And thus did the chaplian look upon the indecency of the slanneshi orgy, and thus did he think to himself.... "Hell Yeah"

My kind of guy. Vast social assurance which chaos offers is hard to turn down. One day youre about bread and water and second day you can choose between meat, chocolate and even those small milk boxes.

Lets face it, Space wolves are the rowdy jock living with the super christian in college. he drinks and bangs while the other prays in the corner wishing he could be cool.

Space vikings need their own territory to show ultimar whats up

Pre-Heresy the ECs would celebrate their glorious victory before going to war. Victory was assured for the most perfect legion.
This victory celebration took the shape of a feest.

delicious, but sounds like space wolves. you know, get drunk eat till you're constipated, brag, and be self-confident jerks?

(all in good fun, please don't 25 SW players ignore me)
(that means you, Asgeirr Darkwolf)

Preheresy tsons would try to learn as much about the culture of the civilisation they had brought to compliancy or destroyed after their battles, and obviously meditate and stuff. Its likely that all the chapters have some little thing, its just that only the big names that have been developed fluff-wise to that point.