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2014/09/04 06:22:47
Subject: Re:What Kind of Space Marine Would you want to be?
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Terminator with Assault Cannon
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Terminator. And I would have an axe. A big one.
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2014/09/04 06:46:58
Subject: What Kind of Space Marine Would you want to be?
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Stern Iron Priest with Thrall Bodyguard
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i went with Captain/Chapter Master, but of course we are actually called Wolf Lords  ...
i am not a very good follower, but have no hesitation to lead...
if nobody wants to follow, that's fine, because i am charging in anyway  ...
that's why i love surfing big waves, it is dangerous, exhilarating, and doesn't require anyone's agreement, just me (and balls of steel) facing off against a powerful elemental force...
plus, i've got the hair and beard of a proper Wolf Lord ...
cheers
jah
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Paint like ya got a pair!
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2014/09/04 06:49:29
Subject: What Kind of Space Marine Would you want to be?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Chaplain, because 'fiery oratory' is something I do well.
Barring that, an Apothecary.
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2014/09/13 22:38:36
Subject: What Kind of Space Marine Would you want to be?
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Been Around the Block
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Wolf Guard. Nice equipment, and your battlefield role can change constantly. On a bike, jump pack, leading a squad, TDA and so on for variety. Plus being a Space Wolf means you have fun (killing stuff and/or drinking and feasting), whereas other marines are so somber and boring. And pet wolves.
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2014/09/15 12:51:05
Subject: What Kind of Space Marine Would you want to be?
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Homicidal Veteran Blood Angel Assault Marine
north of nowhere
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Venerable Dreadnought. I only have to fight once every dozen years, im one of the most respected members of the chapter, and should i fall the general mass would fight all the harder to see me reclaimed. Its as close to being a rockstar as the Space Marines have.
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2014/09/15 13:01:49
Subject: What Kind of Space Marine Would you want to be?
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Grim Dark Angels Interrogator-Chaplain
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 Grey Knight Janitor wrote:Wolf Guard. Nice equipment, and your battlefield role can change constantly. On a bike, jump pack, leading a squad, TDA and so on for variety. Plus being a Space Wolf means you have fun (killing stuff and/or drinking and feasting), whereas other marines are so somber and boring. And pet wolves.
You're forgetting the downside to being a Space Wolf. Your Canis Helix implant could go haywire at any time and turn you into a Wulfen.
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2014/09/15 17:59:05
Subject: Re:What Kind of Space Marine Would you want to be?
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Stone Bonkers Fabricator General
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Night lords, answering to no one, not even a god.
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   Dark Mechanicus and Renegade Iron Hand Dakka Blog
My Dark Mechanicus P&M Blog. Mostly Modeling as I paint very slowly. Lots of kitbashed conversions of marines and a few guard to make up a renegade Iron Hand chapter and Dark Mechanicus Allies. Bionics++ |
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2014/09/15 20:19:53
Subject: What Kind of Space Marine Would you want to be?
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Ancient Ultramarine Venerable Dreadnought
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When i was 19 and I joined the RM I would definately have said a Vanguard or Sternguard Veteran or something chad.
Ten years of wars later, I have realized that you get no rewards for putting yourself at the front, its not like they pay you anything extra. All you get is fethed kneecaps, back problems and dead comrades.
I would like to be a techmarine and stay so far in the rear fixing vehicles I would have to send my laundry forwards to have the chapter serfs wash it.
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We are arming Syrian rebels who support ISIS, who is fighting Iran, who is fighting Iraq who we also support against ISIS, while fighting Kurds who we support while they are fighting Syrian rebels. |
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2014/09/15 22:13:08
Subject: What Kind of Space Marine Would you want to be?
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Gore-Soaked Lunatic Witchhunter
Seattle
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A dead one.
Why?
Call no man happy unless he is dead! -- Imperial Thought For the Day
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It is best to be a pessimist. You are usually right and, when you're wrong, you're pleasantly surprised. |
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2014/09/15 22:35:01
Subject: What Kind of Space Marine Would you want to be?
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Ancient Venerable Dark Angels Dreadnought
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 mattyrm wrote:When i was 19 and I joined the RM I would definately have said a Vanguard or Sternguard Veteran or something chad.
Ten years of wars later, I have realized that you get no rewards for putting yourself at the front, its not like they pay you anything extra. All you get is fethed kneecaps, back problems and dead comrades.
I would like to be a techmarine and stay so far in the rear fixing vehicles I would have to send my laundry forwards to have the chapter serfs wash it.
Again, there is no such thing as a space marine that isn't on the frontlines that isn't the naval captain.
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“There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.”
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2014/09/16 00:28:52
Subject: What Kind of Space Marine Would you want to be?
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Stalwart Veteran Guard Sergeant
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Assault marine (I'd probably make a better devastater though)
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“We're not in Wonderland anymore Alice.”
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2014/09/16 00:41:19
Subject: What Kind of Space Marine Would you want to be?
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5th God of Chaos! (Yea'rly!)
The Great State of Texas
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Your average Emperor's Children trooper. If you're going to go, might as well have some fun. Alternatively the guy that pushes then BIG RED BUTTON on board the battlebarge. BOOM! and completely safe. I like safe, and pizza. Emperor's Children battlebarge gunner with a fresh pizza pie. Now thats how you do it! 
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2014/09/16 00:48:26
Subject: What Kind of Space Marine Would you want to be?
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Grey Knight Purgator firing around corners
Ohio
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Grey Knight Librarian.
Codex: Grey Knights (7th Edition) pager 6, "Grey Knights, however, are unique in their control of their psychic gifts, their purity of soul and strength of will an impregnable wall against the horrors of the Warp... A Grey Knight does not gaze into the Warp and fear what lurks within; rather, the creatures of the Warp recoil from him."
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2014/09/16 00:50:36
Subject: Re:What Kind of Space Marine Would you want to be?
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Fixture of Dakka
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2014/09/16 01:09:31
Subject: What Kind of Space Marine Would you want to be?
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Regular Dakkanaut
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I would want to be a terminator captain/lord probably the latter, would love me some nurgle
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2014/09/16 01:12:59
Subject: What Kind of Space Marine Would you want to be?
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Growlin' Guntrukk Driver with Killacannon
USA, Maine
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Chaplain all day! Faith so strong you never doubt anything and even space marines look at you and think you are terrifying and badass.
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2014/09/16 01:57:27
Subject: Re:What Kind of Space Marine Would you want to be?
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Automated Rubric Marine of Tzeentch
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Warpsmith in the Iron Warriors
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 Let a billion souls burn in death than for one soul to bend knee to a false Emperor.....
"I am the punishment of God, had you not committed great sin, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you" |
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2014/09/16 04:39:14
Subject: Re:What Kind of Space Marine Would you want to be?
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Raging-on-the-Inside Blood Angel Sergeant
Lawrenceville, New Jersey, USA
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Chief Apothecary for me.
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The black rage is within us all. Lies offer no shield against the inevitable. You speak of donning the black of duty for the red of brotherhood; but it is the black of rage you shall wear when the darkness comes for you. |
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2014/09/16 06:35:40
Subject: What Kind of Space Marine Would you want to be?
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Courageous Space Marine Captain
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ForeverARookie wrote:Grey Knight Librarian.
Codex: Grey Knights (7th Edition) pager 6, "Grey Knights, however, are unique in their control of their psychic gifts, their purity of soul and strength of will an impregnable wall against the horrors of the Warp... A Grey Knight does not gaze into the Warp and fear what lurks within; rather, the creatures of the Warp recoil from him."
I think this is the closest we'll get to a Chuck Norris Fact in canon fluff.
"Chuck Norris doesn't fear Daemons, Daemons run from Chuck Norris"
See?
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2014/09/16 06:47:31
Subject: What Kind of Space Marine Would you want to be?
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Hallowed Canoness
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Yeah, 'specially since Grey Knights still suffer from Perils...
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"That time I only loaded the cannon with powder. Next time, I will fill it with jewels and diamonds and they will cut you to shrebbons!" - Nogbad the Bad. |
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2014/09/16 07:31:48
Subject: What Kind of Space Marine Would you want to be?
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Glorious Lord of Chaos
The burning pits of Hades, also known as Sweden in summer
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And the same way that SoB are perfectly capable of succumbing to fear so great that it cripples their ability to strike back, something that would not even bother Marines, and are equally likely to break into a panicked rout, making them easy prey to cut down, and removing every thought of rallying from their minds. (Which is something that would not happen with Marines, either.)
Unshakable faith, indeed. Hah! Hoist by thine own petard!
No seriously, do not use game mechanics in a fluff context
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2014/09/16 11:16:09
Subject: What Kind of Space Marine Would you want to be?
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Mysterious Techpriest
Fortress world of Ostrakan
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Iron Hands Vanguard veteran w/ Thunderhammer
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2014/09/16 11:32:45
Subject: What Kind of Space Marine Would you want to be?
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Consigned to the Grim Darkness
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Eeeh, the "and they shall feel no fear" line is just macho crap, not something that is reflected in the lore.
Marines feel fear, they just react differently.
Fear is not irrational; being afraid of being cut up by a genestealer motivates a fighter to dodge, block, or parry the genestealer's rending blades. If one had no fear of the consequences of being cut up by a genestealer, one would not bother to stop it to begin with. Fear allows one to recognize a potential ambush, or understand a dangerous foe's threat level.
There is a distinct difference between rational fear and irrational fear; marines generally have the latter beat out of them through training and hypnotherapy (though not always successfully, and the ones that don't often turn to Chaos eventually). There's also a distinct difference between rational reaction to fear, and irrational reaction to fear. Ideally, marines have the former trained in to them so that they instinctively use it over the latter from the standpoint of their organization.
While yes, it's a video game, but Dawn of War 2 comes to mind. The veteran Scout sergeant Cyrus rationally warned his team about the dangers of the Tyranid hive fleet and how it could overwhelm the chapter. His teammates mocked him for being afraid, and in a fit of machismo pique, he shouted "I know no fear, Avitus!". But his words expressed a very rational fear of Tyranids and their capabilities, because taking a tyranid invasion seriously is quite important to defeating it.
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The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
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2014/09/16 11:37:20
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Depraved Slaanesh Chaos Lord
Inside Yvraine
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 Melissia wrote:Eeeh, the "and they shall feel no fear" line is just macho crap, not something that is reflected in the lore.
Why Melissia. Why?!
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2014/09/16 11:38:41
Subject: What Kind of Space Marine Would you want to be?
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Consigned to the Grim Darkness
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Because discussing background is more interesting than discussing that.
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The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
-- Adam Serwer
My blog |
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2014/09/16 11:43:11
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Depraved Slaanesh Chaos Lord
Inside Yvraine
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How many more innocents must die before your thirst for vengeance is sated?
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2014/09/16 13:18:11
Subject: What Kind of Space Marine Would you want to be?
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Consigned to the Grim Darkness
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A plea of innocence is guilty of wasting my time.
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The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
-- Adam Serwer
My blog |
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2014/09/16 21:02:43
Subject: What Kind of Space Marine Would you want to be?
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Powerful Phoenix Lord
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 BlaxicanX wrote:How many more innocents must die before your thirst for vengeance is sated?
There is no innocence. Only differing levels of guilt.
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Greebo had spent an irritating two minutes in that box. Technically, a cat locked in a box may be alive or it may be dead. You never know until you look. In fact, the mere act of opening the box will determine the state of the cat, although in this case there were three determinate states the cat could be in: these being Alive, Dead, and Bloody Furious.
Orks always ride in single file to hide their strength and numbers.
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2014/09/17 11:50:53
Subject: Re:What Kind of Space Marine Would you want to be?
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Fresh-Faced New User
London
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I would rather be an Space Wolf Assault marine. The Camaraderie and wildness of the unit appeals to me. Let the Grey Beards worry about tactics, while me and mine bring joyful slaughter from on high. Lightening Claw and Plasma pistol for me.
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2014/09/17 12:03:28
Subject: What Kind of Space Marine Would you want to be?
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Hangin' with Gork & Mork
The Ruins of the Boston Commonwealth
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Pilot? Please?
If not I'd just hang back as a techmarine
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BA 6000; 
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Legion: Dark Angels 
Neutran Panzergrenadiers, 
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