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 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

4-He was a marine. It must be very, very rare but I've never heard of a prohibition on Marines being anointed Inquisitors.

This could well be the easiest explanation. Maybe he was in the Deathwatch when his Chapter was wiped out? It would be an easy step from there to join an Inquisitor (maybe in taking revenge on those who destroyed his Chapter) and then deciding to join that line of work instead of seeking glorious death in battle. Many marines would do so, but it is wasteful - a living weapon doing the work of the Emperor in the Inquisition is easily worth more than a few dead xenos/heretics piled around a dead marine.

Spetulhu wrote:

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

4-He was a marine. It must be very, very rare but I've never heard of a prohibition on Marines being anointed Inquisitors.

This could well be the easiest explanation. Maybe he was in the Deathwatch when his Chapter was wiped out? It would be an easy step from there to join an Inquisitor (maybe in taking revenge on those who destroyed his Chapter) and then deciding to join that line of work instead of seeking glorious death in battle. Many marines would do so, but it is wasteful - a living weapon doing the work of the Emperor in the Inquisition is easily worth more than a few dead xenos/heretics piled around a dead marine.

An Inquisitor Mariine would be a complete and total Mary Sue character unless very carefully done. Perhaps emphasizing the problems a 10' superman would have doing any sort of subtle work.

Yeah, whilst the marine would hold the power in a firefight, ultimately that isn't the most common situation an inquisitor finds themselves in. The covert side of an investigation would be difficult for them, not just on the physicality side of things but due to the somewhat lack of subtlety a marine would have in negotiation and bending of the rules that most inquisitors outside of the nutcase puritans would have.

They'd be the blunt tool used to root out a rebellion by the fear of their presence on planet alone rather than the more acute fine scalpel approach other inquisitors could take.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

Spetulhu wrote:

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

4-He was a marine. It must be very, very rare but I've never heard of a prohibition on Marines being anointed Inquisitors.

This could well be the easiest explanation. Maybe he was in the Deathwatch when his Chapter was wiped out? It would be an easy step from there to join an Inquisitor (maybe in taking revenge on those who destroyed his Chapter) and then deciding to join that line of work instead of seeking glorious death in battle. Many marines would do so, but it is wasteful - a living weapon doing the work of the Emperor in the Inquisition is easily worth more than a few dead xenos/heretics piled around a dead marine.

An Inquisitor Mariine would be a complete and total Mary Sue character unless very carefully done. Perhaps emphasizing the problems a 10' superman would have doing any sort of subtle work.

I'd imagine that an Inquisitor Marine would dedicate most of their time to investigating other Space Marines (which is exactly what Septimus was doing in the graphic novel). That would be an area where they could blend in. Otherwise, their augmentations would be more of a hindrance than a help in most situations, so I don't really think they would be a Mary Sue.

 fallinq wrote:
I'd imagine that an Inquisitor Marine would dedicate most of their time to investigating other Space Marines (which is exactly what Septimus was doing in the graphic novel). That would be an area where they could blend in. Otherwise, their augmentations would be more of a hindrance than a help in most situations, so I don't really think they would be a Mary Sue.

Not all Inquisitors blend in. Many work with local authorities or direct things from afar, and marines (despite the fluff making them stupid) are supposedly often very intelligent. If one directed his capacity towards investigations instead of warfare he could probably do quite well.

As for 10'' supermen they're on average 7'' in full armor, so a marine wouldn't be THAT abnormal. He'd still be a huge slab of muscles on a frame almost 7'' tall, but he could pass for a large human if he covered the Black Carapace and removed the service studs from his forehead.

Spetulhu wrote:

 fallinq wrote:
I'd imagine that an Inquisitor Marine would dedicate most of their time to investigating other Space Marines (which is exactly what Septimus was doing in the graphic novel). That would be an area where they could blend in. Otherwise, their augmentations would be more of a hindrance than a help in most situations, so I don't really think they would be a Mary Sue.

Not all Inquisitors blend in. Many work with local authorities or direct things from afar, and marines (despite the fluff making them stupid) are supposedly often very intelligent. If one directed his capacity towards investigations instead of warfare he could probably do quite well.

As for 10'' supermen they're on average 7'' in full armor, so a marine wouldn't be THAT abnormal. He'd still be a huge slab of muscles on a frame almost 7'' tall, but he could pass for a large human if he covered the Black Carapace and removed the service studs from his forehead.

A 9' tall marine disguising himself to seem 7" is probably beyond even their abilities...

Space Marines range anywhere from 7' to 12' tall, depending on the novel, though most have them between 7 and 10 feet, so it really comes down to who the marine is.

I prefer 9', as it is squarely in the middle and superhumanly large without being ridiculously so.

But due to the nature of the canon it is naturally up for everyone to decide for themselves.

Aye, messed up my thumb and used inches... but the average marine is 7' in full armor. Some outliers are much taller and a few poor sods end up shorter.

But still, as marines are supposedly intelligent life forms one that dedicates his intelligence to investigations could do quite well. They're supposedly also superhumanly smart, just most of them never study anything but war.

Spetulhu wrote:
Aye, messed up my thumb and used inches... but the average marine is 7' in full armor. Some outliers are much taller and a few poor sods end up shorter.

The canon does not agree on this, so while you are right, you must not forget to point out that you are also wrong. Otherwise you might unwittingly trick people into believing the canon does agree with itself.

Arguably 7' in armour is the bottom end of descriptions, if we disregard the normal human-sized models.