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I've been reading into the Alpha Legion lore and am a bit confused. The Alpha Legion's tactics of infiltration, subterfuge, and mass timed sabotage followed by a decapitation strike seem like perfectly reasonable methods of warfare. They require time, yes, but in exchange you deal a massive blow against your enemy with very little cost to yourself.

So why did the other legions hate this methodology so much? Is it because "ma honorable combat", or am I missing something? Is this answered in their Horus Heresy books?