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2013/03/08 12:52:09
Subject: Primarch Dreadnoughts?
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Skillful Swordsman
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Would it be possible for a primarch to become a dreadnought if they were mortally wounded and the emperor oversaw his internment?
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2013/03/08 13:14:07
Subject: Primarch Dreadnoughts?
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I can't see why it wouldn't be possible. It'd have to be one of the missing primarchs though - all the primarchs we know about aren't dreadnoughts 
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Its because ordinance is still a word.
However, firing ordinance at someone isn't nearly as threatening as firing ordnance at someone.
Ordinance is a local law, or bill, or other form of legislation.
Ordnance is high caliber explosives.
No 'I' in ordnance.
Don't drown the enemy in legislation, drown them in explosives.
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2013/03/08 16:10:13
Subject: Primarch Dreadnoughts?
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Steadfast Ultramarine Sergeant
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I don't think they'd risk it. Everyone in a Dread eventually goes insane.
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2013/03/08 16:13:28
Subject: Primarch Dreadnoughts?
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 Sword Of Caliban wrote:Would it be possible for a primarch to become a dreadnought if they were mortally wounded and the emperor oversaw his internment?
Anything is possible. Probable? Not so much.
Primarchs 'go big or go home'. They usually either shrug off their wound or die spectacularly. Dreadnought internment is just not primarch-y.
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2013/03/08 16:19:00
Subject: Primarch Dreadnoughts?
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Not true, only chaos dreadnoughts go insane because they are not placed into stasis as imperial dreadnoughts are. That being said I can't see a Primarch volunteering for internment.
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2013/03/08 16:58:06
Subject: Primarch Dreadnoughts?
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Lieutenant Colonel
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normal dreads are actually still quite lucid
they get called on often to be leaders and tacticians,
chaos ones go crazy though
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2013/03/08 18:18:22
Subject: Primarch Dreadnoughts?
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Sure Space Wolves Land Raider Pilot
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Bjorn? He's gotta be one of the longest serving Dread pilots and he's not bonkers... as far as I'm aware...
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2013/03/08 19:20:00
Subject: Primarch Dreadnoughts?
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Adolescent Youth with Potential
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Nah Bjorn probably think that it the whole 40th millenium that isbonker. With all the wolf dropping laying around the deck and all.
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2013/03/08 19:36:15
Subject: Primarch Dreadnoughts?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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I'm surprised GW never decided to make a Primarch a Dreadnought in the first place, having been converted to one before or shortly after being discovered by the Emperor. Would have given him a unique trait.
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2013/03/08 23:35:55
Subject: Primarch Dreadnoughts?
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Steadfast Ultramarine Sergeant
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valace2 wrote:
Not true, only chaos dreadnoughts go insane because they are not placed into stasis as imperial dreadnoughts are. That being said I can't see a Primarch volunteering for internment.
They are kept in stasis to delay insanity though. The claustrophobia, constant pain, and new ability to feel fear sends them crazy. Know no Fear explains it pretty well.
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Bjorn? He's gotta be one of the longest serving Dread pilots and he's not bonkers... as far as I'm aware...
He's been described as getting less and less lucid with each awakening.
If a Primarch was interred, does anyone really think they'd be put in stasis often?
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2013/03/08 23:39:58
Subject: Primarch Dreadnoughts?
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Land Raider Pilot on Cruise Control
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Bjorn looks pretty much normal to me...
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2013/03/11 14:48:00
Subject: Primarch Dreadnoughts?
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valace2 wrote: Not true, only chaos dreadnoughts go insane because they are not placed into stasis as imperial dreadnoughts are. That being said I can't see a Primarch volunteering for internment.
Be carefull with stating out right NOT TRUE  It has been know for Survivors that go into dreadnoughts to go insane,.. even loyalist Marines,.. Its just that only the best of the best can take the mental toll of never being able to realy feel the joy of close combat anymore... the fact that he will never slay an enemy with his own hands again... Like Bjorn, he simply is the best of the best,.. he Endures his metal walking coffin, but doesnt like it. But he endures,.. because he believes he will fight alongside Leman Russ once more..one day...
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2013/03/11 18:37:56
Subject: Primarch Dreadnoughts?
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Hellacious Havoc
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It would probably have to be about twice the size (and for magnus the red,the size of a titan) but yeah it is fairly easy. And as for going mad primarchs have a ton of self control. Mostly...
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2013/03/11 18:52:58
Subject: Primarch Dreadnoughts?
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Flashy Flashgitz
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 &theyshallknownofear wrote:It would probably have to be about twice the size (and for magnus the red,the size of a titan) but yeah it is fairly easy. And as for going mad primarchs have a ton of self control. Mostly...
Yeah, i think a primarch dreadnought will never go mad,,... but just like Angron, at most will give in to certain traits of their character...
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2013/03/11 19:45:35
Subject: Re:Primarch Dreadnoughts?
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Well...
we saw Primarchs go helmet-less into space and surviving both that and the explosion that threw him into the void...
we saw Primarch backhanding a marine, beheading him...
Aside from wether it is possible or not... from a Primarch's point of view it would be a... "power down" ^^
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2013/03/11 20:02:50
Subject: Re:Primarch Dreadnoughts?
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The UM Dread from the Iron Warrior omnibus (in the star fort) was getting pretty senile, which actually helped Honsou get onboard. He kept referring to his Techmarine handler by a different name and forgot a few things and thought he was somewhere else, to the point that the UM Sarge was getting embarrassed in front of the Inquisitor.
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2013/03/11 20:02:52
Subject: Primarch Dreadnoughts?
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Stone Bonkers Fabricator General
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 Blackskullandy wrote:
Bjorn? He's gotta be one of the longest serving Dread pilots and he's not bonkers... as far as I'm aware...
This just in Bjorn is actually the long lost, mortally wounded Leman Russ
This just in Bjorn is actually a Trazyn replica of the long lost, morally wounded Leman Russ.
This just in Bjorn is actually a Alpharius impersonating a Trazyn replica of the long lost, morally wounded Leman Russ.
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2013/03/11 20:11:58
Subject: Primarch Dreadnoughts?
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Making Stuff
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&theyshallknownofear wrote:It would probably have to be about twice the size (and for magnus the red,the size of a titan) but yeah it is fairly easy. And as for going mad primarchs have a ton of self control. Mostly...
'Going' mad?
They were all bonkers to begin with.
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2013/03/11 20:12:28
Subject: Primarch Dreadnoughts?
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1st Lieutenant
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Why a Dread?
If they really really wanted to, they might as well just put a Primarch in a titan. (/sarcasm)
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2013/03/11 23:29:49
Subject: Primarch Dreadnoughts?
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Gore-Soaked Lunatic Witchhunter
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Blackskullandy wrote:
Bjorn? He's gotta be one of the longest serving Dread pilots and he's not bonkers... as far as I'm aware...
By his fluff, though, Bjorn the Fell-Handed is only awoken a few times every millennia, generally when the Great Wolf has a question about the Chapter's history or when a Great Hunt has been called....and each time, it takes him longer to actually awaken and be combat-ready. This, of course, does not stop every SW player from fielding him on the table-top, but, there you go.
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2013/03/12 13:14:19
Subject: Primarch Dreadnoughts?
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Leader of the Sept
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Surely the Emperor himself is the biggest example of "dreadnought" there is in the imperium. He's plugged into a whole planet If its good enough for Daddy, why not for the various Juniors?
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2013/03/12 13:17:09
Subject: Primarch Dreadnoughts?
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Flashy Flashgitz
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 Flinty wrote:Surely the Emperor himself is the biggest example of "dreadnought" there is in the imperium. He's plugged into a whole planet
If its good enough for Daddy, why not for the various Juniors?
I realy like this!! But i fear the emperors Dreadnought will not fit in a drop pod
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2013/03/12 14:08:51
Subject: Primarch Dreadnoughts?
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Sure Space Wolves Land Raider Pilot
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Flinty wrote:Surely the Emperor himself is the biggest example of "dreadnought" there is in the imperium. He's plugged into a whole planet
If its good enough for Daddy, why not for the various Juniors?
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2013/03/12 15:01:36
Subject: Primarch Dreadnoughts?
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Lesser Daemon of Chaos
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I don't think they'd bother sticking them in a Dreadnought. Waaaaay too small.
I'd rather think a Primarch would be interred into a Titan or something of that nature.
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2013/03/12 20:47:54
Subject: Primarch Dreadnoughts?
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Sure Space Wolves Land Raider Pilot
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 xSPYXEx wrote:I don't think they'd bother sticking them in a Dreadnought. Waaaaay too small.
I'd rather think a Primarch would be interred into a Titan or something of that nature.
How about a Knight?
http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Knights
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2013/03/13 04:15:04
Subject: Primarch Dreadnoughts?
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Heroic Senior Officer
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Flinty wrote:Surely the Emperor himself is the biggest example of "dreadnought" there is in the imperium. He's plugged into a whole planet
If its good enough for Daddy, why not for the various Juniors?
Add reactors to the planet, enjoy planetary sized dread piloted by the Emperor, obtain victory for mankind.
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2013/03/13 14:54:27
Subject: Re:Primarch Dreadnoughts?
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Revving Ravenwing Biker
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The only possible Primarch I could see fluff wise allowing themselves to be turned into a super-powered dreadnought would be Ferrus Manus .... and we know what happened to him = /
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