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 Nevelon wrote:
It does take some getting used to the shifting lore-scape.

One reason my Ultras are the 3rd company is that we used to be the 3rd chapter of the 1st founding. Had some banners with a “III” on them.

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Wait, wouldn't the short answer to that be to make the Ultramarines the Third Legion instead of the Thirteenth? That seems like a lazy non-patch that could have been easily solved for backwards compatibility...

 AnomanderRake wrote:

 Nevelon wrote:
It does take some getting used to the shifting lore-scape.

One reason my Ultras are the 3rd company is that we used to be the 3rd chapter of the 1st founding. Had some banners with a “III” on them.

[Image cut for brevity, scroll up if you're curious]

Wait, wouldn't the short answer to that be to make the Ultramarines the Third Legion instead of the Thirteenth? That seems like a lazy non-patch that could have been easily solved for backwards compatibility...

<shrug> Sometimes I change with the fluff, sometimes I stick with the past. I was working up to a company anyway, and needed to pick one. The whole legion number thing is a minor point; the name is the big thing. I don’t hold with some of the new markings. For instance, the whole new-fangled “red helmets for sergeants” thing. If I want to denote a sarge, I’ll do it with a helmet stripe.

 AnomanderRake wrote:

 Nevelon wrote:
It does take some getting used to the shifting lore-scape.

One reason my Ultras are the 3rd company is that we used to be the 3rd chapter of the 1st founding. Had some banners with a “III” on them.

[Image cut for brevity, scroll up if you're curious]

Wait, wouldn't the short answer to that be to make the Ultramarines the Third Legion instead of the Thirteenth? That seems like a lazy non-patch that could have been easily solved for backwards compatibility...

The orignal Ultramarines were the 10th Chapter of the 3rd Founding, IIRC.

SJ

Ah, Rogue Trader. When Orks were Orks and Space Marines had military police units that visited the Eastern Fringe to arrest dissidents.