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So, people seem to like the idea of female Space Marines. What do you all think about Male Sisters of Battle?

Both ideas are bad.

This has got to be a troll, right?

 curran12 wrote:
This has got to be a troll, right?

Maybe...whatever restores your faith in humanity.

Although to be fair the current minis could probably pass for guys with wigs if you wanted to call them that.

In the fluff, they're all female to exploit a loophole in Imperial law, so it's not likely at all.

no. just no.

Basically sums up my thoughts.

Well, other than 'lol'. But sure. I'm in favour of an open and accepting Imperium. Lets let all the T-girls join up with the Sororitas too - it's only fair and reasonable, after all.

This post brought to you by Magistra Aeronwy, Order of Dusk, Disciple of Ahriman.

I feel....repulsed.

We already have Brothers of Battle, aka Space Marines.

Frateris Templar.

They're heretical now, after Vandire's little hissy fit caused the Imperium to reject all Ecclesiarchal military force other htan the Sororitas.

If only the ecclesiarchy didn't get more or less closer than horus at overthrowing the imperium as established, then they probably would still have their male soldiers.

The vagaries of states within states, I suppose.

That said, the ecclesiarchy still has male priests with eviscerators that follow guard companies and regiments around, so... whatever.

>Sisters of battle
>"Hey guys, let's make male sisters! That'd be fun"
>Sisters
> Women

Sorry, thought I was on /tg/ for a second...

 Ailaros wrote:
That said, the ecclesiarchy still has male priests with eviscerators that follow guard companies and regiments around, so... whatever.

The Frateris Militia isn't a professional, standing army, as that wouldn't be allowed. But it certainly exists.

Whatever floats your boat

The SoB exist because of a loophole in Imperial Law.

After the Vandire rebellion, the Ministorum was prohibited from keeping men at arms. The loophole being the word "men"

And so, the Ministorum has had female soldiers ever since. While also keeping the numbers down to a level where they don't attract too much attention. You don't want dozens of marine chapters showing up on Terra again and putting bolters to your head.

 Coolyo294 wrote:
Both ideas are bad.

I agree, people need to let corpses rest.

 Grey Templar wrote:
The SoB exist because of a loophole in Imperial Law.

After the Vandire rebellion, the Ministorum was prohibited from keeping men at arms. The loophole being the word "men"

And so, the Ministorum has had female soldiers ever since. While also keeping the numbers down to a level where they don't attract too much attention. You don't want dozens of marine chapters showing up on Terra again and putting bolters to your head.

It was "only" four Chapters and the AdMech Martian Tech Guard.

Whom the Sisters of Battle were holding off until the Custodes convinced them that Vandire was a traitor.

But let's not get in to semantics.

eeeeeeeeh no. Now if we are talking throwing in militias of zealot men and women as a cultist like group for a new SoB army (which totally wouldn't be then used to diversify an IG regiment so not all of the models are dudes granted knowing GW the faces would all look terrible anyway!)? Awwww yeah!

Well, seeing as SoB are basically female Space marines (as far as the game on the tabletop goes, anyway), then in reverse, Space Marines are male SoB. Simple. Field them side by side.

 AegisGrimm wrote:
Space Marines are male SoB.

Ha! This quote has a lot of... potential.

.... dafuq????

If you want to field dudes in power armor who are not Marines, Inquisitors tend to have some lying around. You could make a counts-as force, playing them as Sisters.

From a fluff perspective, well, that's been explained pretty handily already in this thread

I think trhat after long service as a battle sister there is always the possibilty one could want to undergo a sex change in order to express who they really are after years of internal conflict, much like space marines who want to become women through similar opperations.

That's the 2nd place on my "Uhm..what?" thread ranking just behind "Why don't Space Marines undergo plastic surgery to look female?".

If the armour the SoB wears has had bewbs added, what would need to be done for male SoBs? Fluffy boas? Sequins?

It could be that a candidate for Space Marine rejected the organ implants, but still wanted to fight in powered armour.

Cross dressers of battle? Oohhh transexuals of battle!......

OK back to sleep.

On one hand, the idea is idiotic...on the other hand, I kinda wanna see Tim Curry in SoB powered armor.

 Skinnereal wrote:
If the armour the SoB wears has had bewbs added, what would need to be done for male SoBs? Fluffy boas? Sequins?

Codpiece.

Baronyu wrote:

 Skinnereal wrote:
If the armour the SoB wears has had bewbs added, what would need to be done for male SoBs? Fluffy boas? Sequins?

Codpiece.

You are now thinking of Eddie Izzard wearing a powered codpiece.