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Some of the things you mentioned aren't really "violations" so much as they're improbable.

Most specifically all the things involving the Guard's competence.

Gaunt and his Ghosts have out-badass'd Space Marines, outwitted Inquisitors and single-handily broken the backs of an army billions strong (Necropolis).

Are we to assume that the Gaunt's Ghosts series isn't "canon" based upon those things, or should we just assume that the Tanith First and Only is exceptionally good at what they do?

Anyway, inB4"hurreverythingiscanonnothingiscanonhurr".

BlaxicanX wrote:

Anyway, inB4"hurreverythingiscanonnothingiscanonhurr".

Lynata wrote:*bust out ye olde tome o' quotes*

"With Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000, the notion of canon is a fallacy. [...] Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 exist as tens of thousands of overlapping realities in the imaginations of games developers, writers, readers and gamers. None of those interpretations is wrong."
-- Gav Thorpe

"It all stems from the assumption that there's a binding contract between author and reader to adhere to some nonexistent subjective construct or 'true' representation of the setting. There is no such contract, and no such objective truth."
-- Andy Hoare

"There is no canon. There's a variety of sources, many of which conflict, but every single one is a lens through which we can see the 40K setting."
-- Aaron Dembski-Bowden

Ahhha. :p

It's a testament to how boring the Sororitas are, that every discussion about them inevitably just turns into a debate about the nature of their miracles, imo.