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A Space Marine is a zealot, born to a fate of servitude to humanity. They are physically and mentally enhanced through genetic engineering and mechanical implants. They are conditioned from childhood to worship Him. To protect Him. To serve Him. And from this, the titanium will of an Adeptus Astares is born-a fiery wrath to vanquish the foes of the God-Emperor; the xenos, mutants, heretics.
Sometimes these relentless Battle Brothers will fall in the midst of battle... and their service to the Emperor is not quite fulfilled.

It is for this reason that the reported anomaly 'The Ghosts of :://::REDACTED:://::' is being investigated to a more serious degree. :://::ACCESS PRIMARY REPORT:://:: On planet :://::REDACTED:://:: in the :://::REDACTED:://::-III System, an entire surviving regiment of Imperial Guardsmen of the :://::REDACTED:://:: Legion gave almost identical accounts-
A blinding flash of light engulfing the battlefield, accompanied by a screeching whine. When the white fades, spectral figures march onwards towards the enemy, bearing heavy resemblance to Adeptus Astares Space Marines of the :://::REDACTED:://:: Chapter. They plough forward, opposing fire simply passing through them. They arrive, meet the enemy, and obliterate them in a sea of phantasmal gunfire and swordplay. The same light will be experienced, and the apparitions will have vanished, leaving only a desolate battlefield for the claim of the Emperor.

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So basically I've been toying with this idea for a while now, and would like to move it to model format. The general concept is-Space Marines who die in battle with a strong will and sense of uncompleted purpose are 'brought back' in a spectral, ghost like form- they emerge en masse and destroy their enemies when most needed, and are relentless in their metaphysical state.
Imagine the Army of the Dead from LOTR meeting the Ultramarines, 'kay?

And the name, ideally, would be Ghosts of Ultramar.

So...
Legion of the Damned?

No, this is Legion of the Damned with more fanwank. Now, instead of just being especially strong undead soldiers, they're literally invincible Ultramarines.

It's the quality of the writing that's critical in getting this sort of premise across. The snippet you've dangled here looks like it's on the money.

Go for it!

 Necroagogo wrote:
It's the quality of the writing that's critical in getting this sort of premise across. The snippet you've dangled here looks like it's on the money.

Go for it!

This, I can not stress this enough if you intend to make a story around such a theme

It would be interesting to see what triggers the appearance of these ghost. What summons them and what banishes them?

 Mr Nobody wrote:
It would be interesting to see what triggers the appearance of these ghost. What summons them and what banishes them?

I dont want them to be EXACTLY like Legion of the Damned. Their purpose is far more clear, and so is their loyalty to the Emperor.

Perhaps battles against the worst of humanities enemies-Chaos, Tyranids, perhaps some xenos, they feel a will to emerge and vanquish them in their intensified undead wrath.

Make it good, but don't make ZOMBEH CALGAR.

 BlapBlapBlap wrote:
Make it good, but don't make ZOMBEH CALGAR.

Calgar can eat a bag of D's.

Maybe ghosts of something else. It was just a premise ;p