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 Happyjew wrote:
I'm gonna say other. The kind of Marine I would like to be is


retired. Living in peace, tending a garden and playing scaled mock battles from the past, such as the time when various Legions turned traitor.

I agree with this. Sitting as a massive demigod of war in your rocking chair and watching kids run past your knees seems enjoyable.

Hanskrampf wrote:
Techmarine.

Hanskrampf wrote:
seeing very little of frontline combat

There's this thing about Space Marines...

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

 Psienesis wrote:
... and any Inquisitor.

Want me to pull up that quote from the Chapter Master entry in the Space Marines codex again?