Otto Weston wrote:
LOTD theory that is my personal headcanon.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/613298.page

 =Angel= wrote:

 Otto Weston wrote:
LOTD theory that is my personal headcanon.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/613298.page

I agree that the warp has patterns. Some of the stuff I've read details 'warp currents' which form the basis of trade routes etc- a fast flowing warp tide or current in a certain direction can bring a planet significant strategic and commercial advantage.
Warp hubs are planets or areas which center on many such currents and ships will naturally translate there to refuel, resupply, sell stuff and buy stuff.
Conversely, they may be easier for raiders to reach.

One of the Arbites novels mentions a world that used to be important this way until the currents shifted.

Your theory is sound regarding the Legion of the Damned but doesn't explain why they are fiery ghosts. I reckon that as fiery warp souls they'd be better able to navigate/manipulate the empyrean and do what you've described.

 =Angel= wrote:
Post your headcanon here. Stuff that while not specifically outlined, makes sense to you as part of the dark millennium's nuts and bolts.

Some of mine:

Bolters are armour plated. Certainly Astaetes pattern, probably sororitas bolters too. Lots of them seem to have riveted on plates. A marine advancing with his bolter held at rest in his arms would be covering the more vulnerable midriff with an extra solid plate of armour and it would serve to protect the weapon from Marine Modus Operandi (i), walking into a hail of enemy fire.


Surpluses, tabards and robes (black templars and dark angels, space marine veterans) are made of some kind of flak cloth or kevlar and add similar protection for the area they cover- in the case of loincloth style tabards this is the hip/crotch joints between the plates.

 Brennonjw wrote:
while I hate the term head cannon, here's what I use to poke fun at the local UM player.


Guilliman is the real arch-traitor.

It's well established that Guilliman was a master of logistics and fairly strong at planning. How would this man not sent spies, scouts, or other form of 'heads up' method when the Emperor very openly sent legions to fight legions.

Guilliman used Horus as a front (they were possibly not in cohoots) to act as the main detraction and to let the traitor legions shatter the loyalist legions and vice versa, meanwhile he built up his own imperium and power base (oh! but Sanguinius is in charge, really! Ignore that he's just a figure head) Oh! would you look at that; somehow BOTH Sanguinius and the dark angels managed to get to Terra first, while Guilliman and the Ultramarines lagged behind.

Now, thanks to Guilliman taking his time getting to Terra AND pulling 2 loyalist legions to Ultramar rather then Terra, he set the stage for the Emperor to die. He willingly chose to lag his legion behind long enough for Horus to have time to possibly cripple the emperor and the loyalist legions at Terra, while leaving forces loyal to him and his future plans at near to full strength.

Here's where it gets blatant: 1) GUILLIMAN decides that no one should have all the power of a legion, and using his OWN ideas forces his brother Primarchs to cripple their own power and bend to his ideals of leadership. When one Primarch aims to fight it (Dorn) he allows loyalist forces to open fire on the Imperial fists, insuring that Guilliman get's his way. Since Sanguinius died thanks to Horus, Guilliman has no real political threats from any of the other Primarchs. He is also at the head of the largest number of men (technically speaking, all UM, and Imperial army forces would side with him in the case of a 2nd civil war), so if push came to shove, he WOULD have the upper hand in forcing his Ideals onto the other marines. 2) Guilliman put himself in charge (with the inclusion of the high lords) while negating much of the say of the other primarchs before they all died/disappeared.

conclusion: Rawbutt Girlyman is the true big bad of the Horus Heresy.

SomeRandomEvilGuy wrote:
When Space Marines deep strike, they also throw tons of chaff\fake pods\whatever to confuse enemy sensors. In fact, most battlefields are covered with counter electronic warfare leading to the seemingly outdated style of warfare everyone bar the Tau tend to use.