Tomáš Zummer I reckon more realistic stats for a marine would be: Bs 3+ Ws 3+ S5 T5 W3 ( cause in the lore they are tough sons of a bitches) A2 Sv3+ and a 5+ In save. This is what I would make them based on the lore. But that would be way way way to overpowered.
Compared to Imperial Guard training: Recruiter (hands over a lasgun) This part's for holding, this part's for shooting. Recruit: When does the training begin? Recruiter: It just finished.
Pretty much. I have often thought how ironic that so much goes into making a space marine that unless they are in constant production of marines, a chapter will depleted of marines pretty quick. I have played dawn of war 1 matches that had casualties in the thousands on each side. Sure, I suppose the one thing that is left out of the fluff for game play is that Marines pretty much survive almost every fight, and there is a far cry from dead to just "removed from game". But still, for such supposed bad asses they sure do take a beating.
It's gameplay and story separation. I mean, look at how many times you hear about Imperial Guard getting their asses handed to them in stories, but they're one of the strongest armies to play as in the tabletop.
Natasel I like space wolfs but my favorites used to be ultramarines until I realized blood angles are the wisest and smartest. So what about blood angles ?
If you want to go with a smart chapter I suggest the Blood Ravens, a chapter often looked down uppon by other space marines due to their "different" approach to combat. Unlike most other chapters, who like to charge in head first and cause as much carnage as possible, the Blood Ravens first observe the situation, formulate a strategy and only then strike with the same ferociousness as other chapters. (This has often branded them as cowards by other more aggressive space marines such as the Space Wolves) Another thing that adds to their charm is their constant thirst for knowledge (Leitmotif: Kownledge is power, guard it well) that often confronts them with the Inquisition. This is due to them not having any founding history of their own, not even their Primarch is known to them. To top it all off they also field a high amount of psykers, above average than the rest of the Space Marine chapters. This has lead to suspicions regaring potentially corrupted gene seed but no Inquisitorial investigation has proven anything.
LtCWest thank you for the info but I have made a decision. and I choose blood Angels most of my favorite heroes are blood Angels, still I like space wolfs and mostly ultramarines as well. I know little about dark Angels the only story I know of is the story of the freeblade. As for blood Ravens I'm not familiar with them much because there has been no animation or games about them except for DOW and unfortunately it is an exclusive PC game and I'm only a mobile/console gamer.
Natasel Haha! So true, forgot about that. Tech Marine 1: Bolt down everything that isnt! Tech Marine 2: Why? Tech Marine 1: The Blood Ravens are docking! Tech Marine 2: By the Emperor!!!
Guys, in no novel, rulebook or sourcebook that I have read is there ever any mention of sex. Is sex possible? Sure, probably. Has it ever happened? Almost certainly not. There are mentions, like in Rynn's World, of failed aspirants mating with women of suitable breeding stock in the hopes of creating batches of suitable recruits, but those were never actual Space Marines. Ragnar is, himself, confused about his feelings for the inquisitor; perhaps it's because she's a female in power, or becuase she's mildly psychic. I have read quite a few of the Hours Heresy; yet again, no mention. Whilst hypno conditioning was not on the same level as it was after the Heresy, we can safely assume similar restrictions/lack of interest was there. When you become a Space Marine, they do not train you; they FORGE you, they take all that came before and make you a tool only for war. Sex is not there because, to them, it is a complete waste of time, and any desire has been beaten out of them. It's a weakness for enemies to exploit, as well. So, let's hope this puts paid to any unfounded speculations.
I don't think space marines are sexually able after the end of their genetic modification... There was an iron warrior who tried to create directly space marines...check 'Deamonculaba' on Lexicanum :3
....Didn't I say that? On top of this, there's never any mention of celibacy; the point I was trying to make was that the whole subject is so ridiculous to them they probs dont even consider it, on top of everything else.
+InsaneCanadian I think I said it in a simpler way :P no mention of celibacy correct but isn't that what celibacy pretty much means? 'the state of abstaining from marriage and sexual relations'Doesn't matter, I believe we are on the same page. I think I read that on some encounters against slaanesh daemons, space marines have felt urges of lust that they have had to fight against.
I thought that the space marines were huge in number, but judging by this, the spartan levels of entry would mean that billions are lost to make a couple of million space marines. Who then go on to get killed in battle.
There are approximately a thousand chapters in the Imperium (the Human-controlled segment of the Milky Way galaxy). Each chapter has typically about 1,000 Marines, though there are some chapters with a lot more, like the Space Wolves. So they are fairly few in number... but they don't rely on numerical superiority. That's for the Imperial Guard (regular humans, drafted by the billions). Space marines win their fights through technological superiority, and through being nine-foot-tall genetically modified, borderline-hypnotically indoctrinated man-beasts. With bolters. Bolters/bolt guns are scary.
Yeah, but if there is a world being invaded by tyrannids as they number in the nudreds of millions then the entire Space Marine collective (being at around just over one million galaxy wide) would get wiped out in one battle. A million space marines, no matter how tall would be creamed and made extinct by one hive world battle. The numbers do not add up. If they did then Space Marines would win almost every tabletop battle game.
Atom Storm That's why the Space Marines would never commit to that kind of battle. At that point, they would withdraw and just virus-bomb the planet into organic sludge.
Atom Storm Absolutely, that's it. Obviously they're far and above anything Earth has to offer, but a reasonable comparison of their function within the Imperial military would be to say that the Imperial Guard is like the US Army, and the Space Marines are like the Navy SEALS - the rare, elite troops that they only send on the really hard/dangerous missions.
Fact 11 isn't right, a failed aspirant doesn't leave the chapter, but becomes a chapter serf. They are the crews of the ships, and the servants of the space marines. Someone has to sweep the floors!
There are a lot of reasons for that. What OMS said is a big part of it, but there are canon reasons too. The process is long and 16 is the *average* "soft cap" for *starting.* It's really the first 3/19 implants that are better off integrated into the body's actual growth process: the second heart and the organs that actually alter the structure and chemistry of the bones (ossmodula) and muscles (biscopea). So, when you see an aspirant who definitely doesn't look 10 or even16, but like a weathered 28-year-old, it's because he's toward the end of the transformation and that's what he actually is. Also, Chapters vary in both their gene-seed purity, tech level, and their apothecaries' actual understanding of medicine and surgery. There are Chapters where the implantation process is a ritual of "open skin here, this goes there, and gets sutured to that" who just need to start younger because of it, and Chapters with sufficiently pure gene seed, and advanced medical tech and knowledge, to take older recruits.
Dylan de'ath Malcador the sigilete tried once to convince the emperor to make the primarchs female, because he felt women were less likely to fight amongst themselves. " Malcador smiled. ‘You brothers - such a nest of rivalries. I warned him to make you sisters, that it would make things more civilised. He thought I was joking. I wasn’t.’ "
can some explain to me how Space Marines choose their recruits from waring factions, they choose the most heroic man from those battles... how often are you going to see 10-16 year old boys going to war? let alone a whole gang of 10-16 year old boys
+Gabriel Angelos In the past it was not uncommon for young boys to be in wars. Even today many young boys are forced to fight wars. Child soldiers. Why would it be any different in the grim dark future where there is only war? Many feudal worlds exist and hive city gangs would have no problem pressing them into service.
Hubrisz4 but to have them be experts or skilled warriors in just 16 years of life experience. When it is more likely a decently skilled 16 year old will come across a full grown man who would be able to over power him and kill him in combat.
Hahaha... It is fiction you know? Anyway, they are selecting exceptional individuals. If you look at contact sports, there are quite a few teenagers who can give grown men a run for their money. They don't need to be one man armies to be selected either, just show some courage and skill. Also, pulling a trigger is so easy even a child can do it.
The selection process isn't strictly based on skill. In most of the novels I've read, it's a case of a kid doing something batshit crazy in battle and managing to survive the act. Skill's nice, but we're not talking seasoned veterans here; more often than not it's ballsiness, the willingness to do whatever it takes to kill the enemy (short of Chaos worship of course), and either through luck, stubbornness, or resilience managing to survive the fight.
I love how concise, and relevant these videos are. I also love how the images match what is being said most of the time. This makes for a great video packed full of relevant info about the topic i want to know. Best 40k info videos i have found :)
+Damien Azzopardi Agree, 15 minutes pass like 4-5, love it, it's also more interesting than Vaults of Terra which is like a talking lexicanum. At the same time it leaves me with a sad thought that this universe will hardly come to life. Hope to see Death Korps one day but for now the upcoming videos are gonna be great !! Warhammer
+LordMallius was the Sex ever confirmed? I know that the Slaanesh Marines are into some Kinky stuff, but I can´t recall ever reading something about them having Sex. Most the books suggest that they are not interestet in women at all. The only exepton I know of, would be the Space Wolfes Novel featuring Ragnar Blackmane, in witch he likes a Lady Inquisitior. Is there some Stuff about the Space Marine Sexdrive in the Horus Hersy Novels? I did not read all of them. +King_Theoden Space Marines are taken at a young Age (pre-teen) an subjected to the Changing Prozess.
Space marines can indeed marry, have sex and make normal babies. The sex drive is non existant though. The sex was confirmed. Although I haven't read the horus heresy books (Too many corruption points) But as I said It can very much depend on chapter. Space wolves are alot more liberal about their space marine freedoms but some chapters, grey knights for example, are little more than tin soliders.
+LordMallius So they can breed, but the offspring is just going to be a regular human? And they're allowed to marry? But some of them are females, are they not? And are they all human? I mean, now being superhuman, but aren't there any space marine chapters that allow pre - teen aliens for recruitment?
+Tarek Chamas like said space Marines are genetically altered, physical and mental. they're brainwashed to actually avoid being materialistic and carnally minded. they're space warrior monks for crying out loud.
Making the spirants duel to the death seems not only wasteful but kinda dumb. For example you pair the best and the second best - you lose a guy who would have beaten anyone else, while a more mediocre might win against a (relatively) weak opponent. I understand that only the best are to become space marines, but that doesnt mean the "failures" arent good enough to be legends among guardsmen (considering they are probably outright better than them to begin with). Yes sure there ae billions and billions of people - don't get me wrong - I don't expect compassion in a space marine initiation - but it is like throwing away strategic assets.
+Lashrath True, but you can't know who is the best and second best unless they compete against each other. That and the empire is not really know for being, you know, efficient and rational.
+Lashrath I wouldn't exactly call failed Aspirants "strategic assets" when the Imperium can already draw at least millions of similar warriors from other feral worlds, sometimes with conditions even more extreme than your average Space Marine recruitment world (i.e. Catachan). A can't imagine the handful of these Space Marine leftovers you could muster would even register on the radar, much less become "legends" before succumbing to Tyrannids or Lasguns or whatever.
+Mister Sharpe Yea sure I know the reasons but it literally trashcans half of the people who are already the chosen best among the best. And the test itself is an inefficient thing - even if I don't count pure luck like a shrapnell bouncing and killing the best fighter and making the worst one the winner. I guess it would be just a shrug and a remark "The Emperor has chosen".
+Mister Sharpe Well by the time they are selected they are carefully tested by the apthotecary for genetic strengths and librarians for mental ones - tempered in their world's battles. Sure you can find harsher environments and sure - I agree that most of them would become just another unnoticed bodybag - but they simply start from being superior to others. Reflexes, strength, agility - you name it. It is just potential - buta discarded one this way.
Lashrath I see where you're coming from, but I would argue against the idea that your average, battle hardened guardsman is automatically inferior to a failed aspirant (who would still be an adolescent). I would also like to point out that combat amongst aspirants is encouraged because the most important aspect of a Space Marine is probably being capable of killing anything for whatever reason, even former brothers if need be. Many Chapters draw their recruits from gangs of Hive-world criminals simply because they are already psychotic and hardened killers.
Do one on their standard power armor. How it recycles sweat, how the power pack works, stimulant injections. The marine himself, I think, is only half the equation. Nice artwork collection.
+newgamer85 A lot of his facts are actually incorrect, not every space marines chapter has a hunting the hunter trial, the iron hands didn't as they believed it was a general waste of recruits.
The sad thing about those awesome Astartes organs is that their usefulness nearly never mentioned in the novels except those progenoid glands. Sus-An Membrane: It seems no Astartes came to check on their corpse of a battle brother to make sure they aren't corpse yet. Ossmudula: Y'know seems that everything in 40K can stab through their diamond hard bone. Even the humble chainblade. Occulobe: Maybe for the Neophytes. But when the helmet comes down, you rarely use it.
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ok just to say im using my sisters account here to speak after seeing this video but OneMindSyndicate you got one or 2 facts wrong at the beginning also you missed out some other important facts about the Space Marines such as1) space marines so badly wounded during war slip into the red dream which slows their entire body functions right down so the body can then repair itself by also making it seem dead to the foe but not to its chapter which can monitor the marines heartbeats.2) when a space marine dies completely the chapter priest or apothecary is charged to perform the sacrament and remove the gene seed as there are only so many made before the horus heresy and all chapters founders died in battle and thus the gene seed is vital for every chapter to survive and exist.3) when a space marine that has been around for such a long time and has much knowledge and is so badly injured from battle beyond the help of artificial mechanical body parts then the remains of the space marine along with his gene seed is then entombed into the sarcophagi of a dreadnought so as not to lose such knowledge and every dreadnought must also be put into a long sleep so as not to be tainted by chaos and they are only woken by the chapters leader for either war or for council advice from the vast knowledge of the entombed marine.
warhammer 40k/ either just came across this strictly due to the 40k videos and enjoy your presentation of lore. great job hope there is much more to follow.
10-16 is standard, but there are instances of recruits being as old as 19 enduring a painful late transformation into astartes. It depends when puberty started and how far along they are.
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I NEED to know where you found those pictures of the anatomies of space marines, somewhat particually the ones where the space marine is being encased into armor, I've always thought that, that process was so cool, and its so awesome to see it in drawing, even if they are sketches!
do u think the emperor should die and be reincarnated or do you think there is away for him to be restored to health not needing the iron throne also u guys rock keep it up much Wagghhhh from Canada
Russ is searching for a fruit that grows in a part of the warp where chaos hasn't bloomed that is supposed to restore Emperor. It would be cool to see his physical body die and him being reborn as the Star Child god in the warp.
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can you guys make specific 40 facts for the popular space marine chapters? (Space Wolves, Imperial Fists, Blood angels, etc.) Warhammer 40k/Long fangs :D
I personally think the Omophagea and Betcher's Gland shouldn't be de-cannonized. I don't think they fit with the idea of the astartes being the glorious sophisticated warriors of mankind. The idea of being able ot absorb memory through eating is absurd, we don't know all that much about how memories are stored, but it's safe to say they are stored in the brain and they're encoded in the neurology. So even if you ate the brain, the act of eating, not to mention digesting it would hopelessly destroy any neurological pathways and patterns that could be found there. And even if you ingested a bit of intact brain matter, then what? The brain matter is dead, how could you have electro-neuro-chemical interactions with it in order to read it? There is now blood flowing through it, etc, and how is it interfaced with once ingested? But even that would be more plausible than what the Omophagea suppsoedly does, the thought of gaining info form breaking down neurology is backwards. I can buy that the tyranid lictor can absorb memories, because it can break open the skull and interface with an intact and living or very recently deceased brain using dedicated organs specialized to neuro-chemically interface with foreign brains, it's far-fetched, but sufficiently plausible. I can't say the same for the Omophagea. And the idea of the Emperor going "Hey, I think the marines should be able to eat their enemies to gain information" sounds kinda strangely barbaric. As for the Betcher's Gland, the idea of the marines spitting acid on their enemies seems odd to me, they fight with helmets anyway, and the idea of such glorified warriors doing something as sneaky, underhanded and snakelike as spitting acid in their opponents eyes agains seems at odds with classical warrior ideals.
Hey guys awesome video, I'm New to Warhammer and I want to learn more about the space wolves chapter, can you please recommend a good starting point or book. Again thank you.
Having played a chaos marine in a Black Crusade campaign, I can tell you that the Omophagea gives the Game Master a great way to feed plot exposition and foreshadowing to the players, no pun intended.
Word of wise, next video please do not read off the fact numbers as "Fact number ___" from 1 to whatever, either just say the next number on its own, or leave it quiet and simply display the next number.
If only there was an ancient breed of human race that was thought to be extinct related to the original emperor. with the similar physical strength and longer lifespan than ordinary humans and strong mind abilities and technology advanced with their big badass power armors similar to a spacemarines power armor except these power armors have a unique mind of their own and still work and can fight without their barer and to control them they just have to sacrifice one arm and go threw some genetic and bioengineering modifications without deforming their bodies to gain the ability to use and command them. And their goal would be to protect their homes their people and the human races including their own and the dwarfs and of course the ordinary humans but without letting their presence be known to their slightly primitive human relatives for their own good.theres even more to it but hard to explain in a short way.
Is it possible for an Imperial Guard to become an Astartes? I know they have to be relatively young, but I don't know how old you must be to join the guard
not a kid, and you guy's wanted something that would stand out. I played Warhammer 40K back in my early teens to early twenties with my cousins it was a cool game then and still pretty cool now my oldest son is getting into it.
A well adjusted serial killer with the genetic purity and compatibility to take the implants, the mental flexibility to adjust to the changes required of them to fit into an interstellar society and long term assimilation into a monastic order.
I think I've seen these people the dude in the back looks like Alex Pounce and I may of seen the guy in the front before. I'll bring this up if I see one of them, if not my bad.
So lemmie get this straight. You have the Emperor. Then the Emperor clones himself. The they take the genetic code from a clone and put it into an adolescent male to make an Astartes?
Go through all the hellish training and fanatical operations...then die in the first five seconds of your first battle. Where do I sign up to be a janitor?
I always liked it when recruits are forced to take the trial rather than given a choice. Like the current chapter master of the Raven Guard. They had to force that brat.
It does not make any sense to me that they both watch tribes fighting with each other and select greatest heroes and at the same time they've got to be between 10-16 yrs
What space marine chapter is shown in 5:36 ? They kinda look like gui vesa with the tau emblem and antenna, and I think around the marine is two tau warriors.
All this to have 4 toughness as opposed to 3 like guardsmen
chainer8686 hahahaha
You make the awesome lore but then you realize that it's a bit OP so it's under the table all the time.
chainer8686 when they smack u with the new rules XD
Tomáš Zummer I reckon more realistic stats for a marine would be:
Bs 3+ Ws 3+ S5 T5 W3 ( cause in the lore they are tough sons of a bitches) A2 Sv3+ and a 5+ In save.
This is what I would make them based on the lore. But that would be way way way to overpowered.
@@AbysmalGaming also it would make custodes to gods
Compared to Imperial Guard training:
Recruiter (hands over a lasgun) This part's for holding, this part's for shooting.
Recruit: When does the training begin?
Recruiter: It just finished.
Welcome to the Space Marines living 400 yers without sex.
So the ultramarines really do have blue balls then
+Alexander Pupkin Thats why they are considered monk like beings, but with a desire to kill
They cant reproduce but they still can have sex
+Alexander Pupkin is this hell.....
+redemption's messenger TO LIVE FOREVER!,but you cant do anything cept fight.DAMN!!!!
All this crap only to die by template on first turn
LOL
Pretty much. I have often thought how ironic that so much goes into making a space marine that unless they are in constant production of marines, a chapter will depleted of marines pretty quick. I have played dawn of war 1 matches that had casualties in the thousands on each side.
Sure, I suppose the one thing that is left out of the fluff for game play is that Marines pretty much survive almost every fight, and there is a far cry from dead to just "removed from game". But still, for such supposed bad asses they sure do take a beating.
It's gameplay and story separation. I mean, look at how many times you hear about Imperial Guard getting their asses handed to them in stories, but they're one of the strongest armies to play as in the tabletop.
This erection is permanent, sorry.
The main character is always a perpetual and nobody speaks of it.
So basically if you're above 16 there goes your dreams of becoming a space marine.
Natasel I like space wolfs but my favorites used to be ultramarines until I realized blood angles are the wisest and smartest. So what about blood angles ?
Natasel thank you for the info.
If you want to go with a smart chapter I suggest the Blood Ravens, a chapter often looked down uppon by other space marines due to their "different" approach to combat.
Unlike most other chapters, who like to charge in head first and cause as much carnage as possible, the Blood Ravens first observe the situation, formulate a strategy and only then strike with the same ferociousness as other chapters. (This has often branded them as cowards by other more aggressive space marines such as the Space Wolves)
Another thing that adds to their charm is their constant thirst for knowledge (Leitmotif: Kownledge is power, guard it well) that often confronts them with the Inquisition. This is due to them not having any founding history of their own, not even their Primarch is known to them.
To top it all off they also field a high amount of psykers, above average than the rest of the Space Marine chapters. This has lead to suspicions regaring potentially corrupted gene seed but no Inquisitorial investigation has proven anything.
LtCWest thank you for the info but I have made a decision. and I choose blood Angels most of my favorite heroes are blood Angels, still I like space wolfs and mostly ultramarines as well. I know little about dark Angels the only story I know of is the story of the freeblade. As for blood Ravens I'm not familiar with them much because there has been no animation or games about them except for DOW and unfortunately it is an exclusive PC game and I'm only a mobile/console gamer.
Natasel
Haha! So true, forgot about that.
Tech Marine 1: Bolt down everything that isnt!
Tech Marine 2: Why?
Tech Marine 1: The Blood Ravens are docking!
Tech Marine 2: By the Emperor!!!
Guys, in no novel, rulebook or sourcebook that I have read is there ever any mention of sex. Is sex possible? Sure, probably. Has it ever happened? Almost certainly not. There are mentions, like in Rynn's World, of failed aspirants mating with women of suitable breeding stock in the hopes of creating batches of suitable recruits, but those were never actual Space Marines. Ragnar is, himself, confused about his feelings for the inquisitor; perhaps it's because she's a female in power, or becuase she's mildly psychic. I have read quite a few of the Hours Heresy; yet again, no mention. Whilst hypno conditioning was not on the same level as it was after the Heresy, we can safely assume similar restrictions/lack of interest was there. When you become a Space Marine, they do not train you; they FORGE you, they take all that came before and make you a tool only for war. Sex is not there because, to them, it is a complete waste of time, and any desire has been beaten out of them. It's a weakness for enemies to exploit, as well. So, let's hope this puts paid to any unfounded speculations.
I don't think space marines are sexually able after the end of their genetic modification... There was an iron warrior who tried to create directly space marines...check 'Deamonculaba' on Lexicanum :3
+InsaneCanadian Space marines are warrior monks, they have been given training to focus on nothing but battle and are supposed to be celibate.
....Didn't I say that? On top of this, there's never any mention of celibacy; the point I was trying to make was that the whole subject is so ridiculous to them they probs dont even consider it, on top of everything else.
+InsaneCanadian I think I said it in a simpler way :P no mention of celibacy correct but isn't that what celibacy pretty much means? 'the state of abstaining from marriage and sexual relations'Doesn't matter, I believe we are on the same page. I think I read that on some encounters against slaanesh daemons, space marines have felt urges of lust that they have had to fight against.
Indeed; common allies for a just cause! lol
I thought that the space marines were huge in number, but judging by this, the spartan levels of entry would mean that billions are lost to make a couple of million space marines. Who then go on to get killed in battle.
There are approximately a thousand chapters in the Imperium (the Human-controlled segment of the Milky Way galaxy). Each chapter has typically about 1,000 Marines, though there are some chapters with a lot more, like the Space Wolves. So they are fairly few in number... but they don't rely on numerical superiority. That's for the Imperial Guard (regular humans, drafted by the billions). Space marines win their fights through technological superiority, and through being nine-foot-tall genetically modified, borderline-hypnotically indoctrinated man-beasts. With bolters. Bolters/bolt guns are scary.
Yeah, but if there is a world being invaded by tyrannids as they number in the nudreds of millions then the entire Space Marine collective (being at around just over one million galaxy wide) would get wiped out in one battle. A million space marines, no matter how tall would be creamed and made extinct by one hive world battle. The numbers do not add up. If they did then Space Marines would win almost every tabletop battle game.
Atom Storm That's why the Space Marines would never commit to that kind of battle. At that point, they would withdraw and just virus-bomb the planet into organic sludge.
Ah, so are the space marines more a special forces unit? An SAS or delta force rather than the main bulk of the Imperial army?
Atom Storm Absolutely, that's it. Obviously they're far and above anything Earth has to offer, but a reasonable comparison of their function within the Imperial military would be to say that the Imperial Guard is like the US Army, and the Space Marines are like the Navy SEALS - the rare, elite troops that they only send on the really hard/dangerous missions.
The few, The proud, The Space Marines.
Fact number 34, space marines are giant human butterflies. how cute
+Carlos Lopez are the cute? they can rip your spine out of your body with their bare hands.
not impressed.
I know everything about spacemarines
+Linda Salgado fatality!
+Linda Salgado Wow really?
Never played Warhammer before. Just thought the thumbnail was cool. The comment section scares me, i feel like a Dirty Saceren during the Crusades.
poiuytrewq11422 I really like warhammer 40K lore but never played the actual game
poiuytrewq11422 Ironic that you say the saracen would be dirty or scared when it was the opposite.
Don't worry friend, it's all just fun. Very brutal, bloody, dark fun.
RIP anyone wearing headphones during that interruption in the middle
James W I jumped a little
I immediately muted it.
Some serious lore behind 40k. Quality video lads.
+the black sheep thanks
Fact 11 isn't right, a failed aspirant doesn't leave the chapter, but becomes a chapter serf. They are the crews of the ships, and the servants of the space marines. Someone has to sweep the floors!
+Jim Humphries He said they become servants i.e sweep floors.
can you please do imperial guard
+boom stick yes
thanks
But Neophytes would still be around 16 or so right? Why is all the artwork much older?
because drawing children getting implants is gross
LOL
so fucking to the point lul
All these trials takes years to pass, some chapters train their initiates for decades.
There are a lot of reasons for that. What OMS said is a big part of it, but there are canon reasons too.
The process is long and 16 is the *average* "soft cap" for *starting.* It's really the first 3/19 implants that are better off integrated into the body's actual growth process: the second heart and the organs that actually alter the structure and chemistry of the bones (ossmodula) and muscles (biscopea).
So, when you see an aspirant who definitely doesn't look 10 or even16, but like a weathered 28-year-old, it's because he's toward the end of the transformation and that's what he actually is.
Also, Chapters vary in both their gene-seed purity, tech level, and their apothecaries' actual understanding of medicine and surgery. There are Chapters where the implantation process is a ritual of "open skin here, this goes there, and gets sutured to that" who just need to start younger because of it, and Chapters with sufficiently pure gene seed, and advanced medical tech and knowledge, to take older recruits.
no female space marines... TRIGGERED
Dylan de'ath I mean if anyone was actually triggered you could either accuse them of heresy and purge them or direct them to the sisters of battle
Aha
Dylan de'ath Malcador the sigilete tried once to convince the emperor to make the primarchs female, because he felt women were less likely to fight amongst themselves.
" Malcador smiled. ‘You brothers - such a nest of rivalries. I warned him to make you sisters, that it would make things more civilised. He thought I was joking. I wasn’t.’ "
xenoblad Female primarchs wouldn't fight amounts themselves, Just bitch about the others behind their back and not talk to them.
can some explain to me how Space Marines choose their recruits from waring factions, they choose the most heroic man from those battles... how often are you going to see 10-16 year old boys going to war? let alone a whole gang of 10-16 year old boys
+Gabriel Angelos In the past it was not uncommon for young boys to be in wars. Even today many young boys are forced to fight wars. Child soldiers. Why would it be any different in the grim dark future where there is only war? Many feudal worlds exist and hive city gangs would have no problem pressing them into service.
Hubrisz4 but to have them be experts or skilled warriors in just 16 years of life experience. When it is more likely a decently skilled 16 year old will come across a full grown man who would be able to over power him and kill him in combat.
Hahaha... It is fiction you know? Anyway, they are selecting exceptional individuals. If you look at contact sports, there are quite a few teenagers who can give grown men a run for their money. They don't need to be one man armies to be selected either, just show some courage and skill. Also, pulling a trigger is so easy even a child can do it.
Hubrisz4 yeah I guess your right. Just a little weird some times thinking about it.
The selection process isn't strictly based on skill. In most of the novels I've read, it's a case of a kid doing something batshit crazy in battle and managing to survive the act. Skill's nice, but we're not talking seasoned veterans here; more often than not it's ballsiness, the willingness to do whatever it takes to kill the enemy (short of Chaos worship of course), and either through luck, stubbornness, or resilience managing to survive the fight.
How could a 10-16yr old be a great warrior of a planet?
And in the underhive if you're not a great fighter or don't have a useful skill you generally don't make it to 10.
pretty much in those times you were weren’t gonna live that long so you would have to live your life early as hell compared to now
I love how concise, and relevant these videos are. I also love how the images match what is being said most of the time. This makes for a great video packed full of relevant info about the topic i want to know.
Best 40k info videos i have found :)
+Damien Azzopardi thanks its not easy finding an image that fits the topic but thanks for the positivity
+Damien Azzopardi Agree, 15 minutes pass like 4-5, love it, it's also more interesting than Vaults of Terra which is like a talking lexicanum. At the same time it leaves me with a sad thought that this universe will hardly come to life. Hope to see Death Korps one day but for now the upcoming videos are gonna be great !! Warhammer
If you are a adolescent (Fact 3) you are most probably NOT a ferocious warrior (Fact 1)
So if the imperium wasn't anti aliens Klingons would be good recruits because they already have 2 hearts 4 lungs and an extra set of all organs
Wait, they can't breed naturally? And are they all originall human?
+King_Theoden the can't breed and at some point they were humans
+King_Theoden Well. Depending on chapters, but most marines can still have sex, just not makes little space marines. Just normal babies.
+LordMallius was the Sex ever confirmed? I know that the Slaanesh Marines are into some Kinky stuff, but I can´t recall ever reading something about them having Sex.
Most the books suggest that they are not interestet in women at all. The only exepton I know of, would be the Space Wolfes Novel featuring Ragnar Blackmane, in witch he likes a Lady Inquisitior.
Is there some Stuff about the Space Marine Sexdrive in the Horus Hersy Novels? I did not read all of them.
+King_Theoden Space Marines are taken at a young Age (pre-teen) an subjected to the Changing Prozess.
Space marines can indeed marry, have sex and make normal babies. The sex drive is non existant though. The sex was confirmed. Although I haven't read the horus heresy books (Too many corruption points) But as I said It can very much depend on chapter. Space wolves are alot more liberal about their space marine freedoms but some chapters, grey knights for example, are little more than tin soliders.
+LordMallius So they can breed, but the offspring is just going to be a regular human?
And they're allowed to marry?
But some of them are females, are they not?
And are they all human? I mean, now being superhuman, but aren't there any space marine chapters that allow pre - teen aliens for recruitment?
i wonder if they encourage sex within the ranks to strengthen the bonds between them, it seems the most efficient way to use sex drive
The Adeptus Ministorum would not look kindly upon that.
ExcaliburForge better warriors serve the emperor better
Tarek Chamas Space Marines literally have no sex drive.
baalguardian it is not mentioned however kinda strange in most armies guys have "fun" together and bond in ways "normal" people cant understand
+Tarek Chamas like said space Marines are genetically altered, physical and mental. they're brainwashed to actually avoid being materialistic and carnally minded. they're space warrior monks for crying out loud.
Making the spirants duel to the death seems not only wasteful but kinda dumb. For example you pair the best and the second best - you lose a guy who would have beaten anyone else, while a more mediocre might win against a (relatively) weak opponent. I understand that only the best are to become space marines, but that doesnt mean the "failures" arent good enough to be legends among guardsmen (considering they are probably outright better than them to begin with). Yes sure there ae billions and billions of people - don't get me wrong - I don't expect compassion in a space marine initiation - but it is like throwing away strategic assets.
+Lashrath True, but you can't know who is the best and second best unless they compete against each other. That and the empire is not really know for being, you know, efficient and rational.
+Lashrath I wouldn't exactly call failed Aspirants "strategic assets" when the Imperium can already draw at least millions of similar warriors from other feral worlds, sometimes with conditions even more extreme than your average Space Marine recruitment world (i.e. Catachan). A can't imagine the handful of these Space Marine leftovers you could muster would even register on the radar, much less become "legends" before succumbing to Tyrannids or Lasguns or whatever.
+Mister Sharpe Yea sure I know the reasons but it literally trashcans half of the people who are already the chosen best among the best. And the test itself is an inefficient thing - even if I don't count pure luck like a shrapnell bouncing and killing the best fighter and making the worst one the winner. I guess it would be just a shrug and a remark "The Emperor has chosen".
+Mister Sharpe Well by the time they are selected they are carefully tested by the apthotecary for genetic strengths and librarians for mental ones - tempered in their world's battles. Sure you can find harsher environments and sure - I agree that most of them would become just another unnoticed bodybag - but they simply start from being superior to others. Reflexes, strength, agility - you name it. It is just potential - buta discarded one this way.
Lashrath I see where you're coming from, but I would argue against the idea that your average, battle hardened guardsman is automatically inferior to a failed aspirant (who would still be an adolescent).
I would also like to point out that combat amongst aspirants is encouraged because the most important aspect of a Space Marine is probably being capable of killing anything for whatever reason, even former brothers if need be. Many Chapters draw their recruits from gangs of Hive-world criminals simply because they are already psychotic and hardened killers.
Do one on their standard power armor. How it recycles sweat, how the power pack works, stimulant injections. The marine himself, I think, is only half the equation.
Nice artwork collection.
space Marines- the intergalactic Spartans of the future!
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fact 3 is not right there are several chapters that implantation is done many years after 16 Blood angels for 1.
+newgamer85 A lot of his facts are actually incorrect, not every space marines chapter has a hunting the hunter trial, the iron hands didn't as they believed it was a general waste of recruits.
Half of 'em were about the implants anyways.
The sad thing about those awesome Astartes organs is that their usefulness nearly never mentioned in the novels except those progenoid glands.
Sus-An Membrane: It seems no Astartes came to check on their corpse of a battle brother to make sure they aren't corpse yet.
Ossmudula: Y'know seems that everything in 40K can stab through their diamond hard bone. Even the humble chainblade.
Occulobe: Maybe for the Neophytes. But when the helmet comes down, you rarely use it.
Well guys I think you are doing a wonderful job and make the 40k universe easier to to understand. I enjoy the videos that y'all make. If love to get one of those presents, as a disable veteran I have been trying to make a 3demintion chess board. Thank you guys so much
ok just to say im using my sisters account here to speak after seeing this video but OneMindSyndicate you got one or 2 facts wrong at the beginning also you missed out some other important facts about the Space Marines such as1) space marines so badly wounded during war slip into the red dream which slows their entire body functions right down so the body can then repair itself by also making it seem dead to the foe but not to its chapter which can monitor the marines heartbeats.2) when a space marine dies completely the chapter priest or apothecary is charged to perform the sacrament and remove the gene seed as there are only so many made before the horus heresy and all chapters founders died in battle and thus the gene seed is vital for every chapter to survive and exist.3) when a space marine that has been around for such a long time and has much knowledge and is so badly injured from battle beyond the help of artificial mechanical body parts then the remains of the space marine along with his gene seed is then entombed into the sarcophagi of a dreadnought so as not to lose such knowledge and every dreadnought must also be put into a long sleep so as not to be tainted by chaos and they are only woken by the chapters leader for either war or for council advice from the vast knowledge of the entombed marine.
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just came across this strictly due to the 40k videos and enjoy your presentation of lore. great job hope there is much more to follow.
10-16 is standard, but there are instances of recruits being as old as 19 enduring a painful late transformation into astartes. It depends when puberty started and how far along they are.
in fact I'm in law enforcement now. and just a word of advice if you guys want to continue your Channel Growing don't criticize or try to belittle your viewers.
Hey, does anyone know what is the music in the background? Sounds pretty good!
+Paweł Zieleźnik Ima just sit down and ride along to the asnwer
Paweł Zieleźnik Darude - Sandstorm
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So much training goes into these marines and it just takes one Skitarii Arqubust shot throw the fucking chest
this video should have been called, 40 facts about space marine implants
I NEED to know where you found those pictures of the anatomies of space marines, somewhat particually the ones where the space marine is being encased into armor, I've always thought that, that process was so cool, and its so awesome to see it in drawing, even if they are sketches!
lots of em on deviantart
do u think the emperor should die and be reincarnated or do you think there is away for him to be restored to health not needing the iron throne also u guys rock keep it up much Wagghhhh from Canada
Russ is searching for a fruit that grows in a part of the warp where chaos hasn't bloomed that is supposed to restore Emperor. It would be cool to see his physical body die and him being reborn as the Star Child god in the warp.
+Nunya Buizness Lords of Terra ain't having that shit
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I'm new to Warhammer and I just start few month ago my Ork army! I have few Boyz squad, Burnas, Lootas, Nobz. Now I need some support!
+Stéphane Lavigne (PinkMaster) you need bikes
+Stéphane Lavigne (PinkMaster) koptaz wouldn't hurt either
Ork Mech? Heresy
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can you guys make specific 40 facts for the popular space marine chapters? (Space Wolves, Imperial Fists, Blood angels, etc.)
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What was the music used in this video?
Like for the GOD-EMPEROR
I personally think the Omophagea and Betcher's Gland shouldn't be de-cannonized. I don't think they fit with the idea of the astartes being the glorious sophisticated warriors of mankind.
The idea of being able ot absorb memory through eating is absurd, we don't know all that much about how memories are stored, but it's safe to say they are stored in the brain and they're encoded in the neurology. So even if you ate the brain, the act of eating, not to mention digesting it would hopelessly destroy any neurological pathways and patterns that could be found there. And even if you ingested a bit of intact brain matter, then what? The brain matter is dead, how could you have electro-neuro-chemical interactions with it in order to read it? There is now blood flowing through it, etc, and how is it interfaced with once ingested? But even that would be more plausible than what the Omophagea suppsoedly does, the thought of gaining info form breaking down neurology is backwards.
I can buy that the tyranid lictor can absorb memories, because it can break open the skull and interface with an intact and living or very recently deceased brain using dedicated organs specialized to neuro-chemically interface with foreign brains, it's far-fetched, but sufficiently plausible. I can't say the same for the Omophagea. And the idea of the Emperor going "Hey, I think the marines should be able to eat their enemies to gain information" sounds kinda strangely barbaric.
As for the Betcher's Gland, the idea of the marines spitting acid on their enemies seems odd to me, they fight with helmets anyway, and the idea of such glorified warriors doing something as sneaky, underhanded and snakelike as spitting acid in their opponents eyes agains seems at odds with classical warrior ideals.
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the reason Gabriel Angelos are civilized world people instead of feral world people are to makes him relatable(for a Space Marine)
Hey guys awesome video, I'm New to Warhammer and I want to learn more about the space wolves chapter, can you please recommend a good starting point or book. Again thank you.
Having played a chaos marine in a Black Crusade campaign, I can tell you that the Omophagea gives the Game Master a great way to feed plot exposition and foreshadowing to the players, no pun intended.
Word of wise, next video please do not read off the fact numbers as "Fact number ___" from 1 to whatever, either just say the next number on its own, or leave it quiet and simply display the next number.
If only there was an ancient breed of human race that was thought to be extinct related to the original emperor. with the similar physical strength and longer lifespan than ordinary humans and strong mind abilities and technology advanced with their big badass power armors similar to a spacemarines power armor except these power armors have a unique mind of their own and still work and can fight without their barer and to control them they just have to sacrifice one arm and go threw some genetic and bioengineering modifications without deforming their bodies to gain the ability to use and command them. And their goal would be to protect their homes their people and the human races including their own and the dwarfs and of course the ordinary humans but without letting their presence be known to their slightly primitive human relatives for their own good.theres even more to it but hard to explain in a short way.
Heads up, you're pronouncing 'aspirant' wrong. it's "asp-irant", not "asp-ire-ant".
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Actually it's a stormdraim
Is it possible for an Imperial Guard to become an Astartes? I know they have to be relatively young, but I don't know how old you must be to join the guard
What if the Emperor secretly adopted a young ork-boi to be his stepson? What are the chances of a 21st Primarch exist and not known to the Imperium?
WarHammer 40k/Spacewolf Longfangs Thanks for the time taken to make theses videos. Looking forward to new batreps. #subscribed.
i thought i installed adblock? why am i seeing a add here: 6:56 ??
not a kid, and you guy's wanted something that would stand out. I played Warhammer 40K back in my early teens to early twenties with my cousins it was a cool game then and still pretty cool now my oldest son is getting into it.
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:) loving these videos guys keep it up!
A well adjusted serial killer with the genetic purity and compatibility to take the implants, the mental flexibility to adjust to the changes required of them to fit into an interstellar society and long term assimilation into a monastic order.
I think I've seen these people the dude in the back looks like Alex Pounce and I may of seen the guy in the front before. I'll bring this up if I see one of them, if not my bad.
So lemmie get this straight. You have the Emperor. Then the Emperor clones himself. The they take the genetic code from a clone and put it into an adolescent male to make an Astartes?
Go through all the hellish training and fanatical operations...then die in the first five seconds of your first battle.
Where do I sign up to be a janitor?
Like the Spartans II's but with the kids having to join without being forced to.
I always liked it when recruits are forced to take the trial rather than given a choice. Like the current chapter master of the Raven Guard. They had to force that brat.
whats a good website to go to with drawings of schematics of space marine such as the ones used in this video.
All I can picture is a Space Marine going through all this, then getting picked off by a wayward lasgun shot.
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Warhammer 40k/space wolf long fangs I want to get into 40k since I've been learning of the lore. 👍
On fact #26, Even though they no longer require sleep, can space marines still fall asleep if they choose to?
"Space marines are recruited amongst humanitys best warriors" "recruits have to be 10 to 16 years old" what
It does not make any sense to me that they both watch tribes fighting with each other and select greatest heroes and at the same time they've got to be between 10-16 yrs
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probably too late but I'd like to get the Long fangs. love space wolves.
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The R&D for all these bio mods must have killed thousands, if not hundreds of thousands to be functional.
Can anyone pleas tell me the song that is playing on 3:03 ive been looking everywhere for it but cant find it.
Warhammer40k/Long Fangs ... if you still got em.
im startin up a space wolf army
Dude I like vaults of terra better. You’re not bad. But you’re missing something.
Don't know how their orders even work since all of the marines think they are the baddest of badasses...
the beat played while you were talking about the giveaway is pretty awesome. where can i find it?
5:10 random bird
Man how the years pass. I'm glad you guys have been doing videos all these years
Warhammer 40k/Longfangs by the way u guys rock! keep it up :)
I know I really late on it, space wolf long fangs. Just a shout to my wolves.
Loved, just loved, the in-video ad followed immediately by the external ad.
if only they would put some time on research for the weapons the war would have ended by now
Gotta ask...what's the music in the background? Great show btw ^^
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I really hope im not too late
Space marine with heavy bolter vs BMP-2 who would win ??
would love to know the Background music!?
nice video!! ^^b
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The Emperor approves of your videos.
+Glenn Jonsson Thanks
I really am not sure what you're trying to say when you call neophite servitors "biochemical creatures"...... i mean really what does that even mean.
+Commander Guts Maybe you meant to say biomechanical?
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Can you make 40 facts about Necrons?
+Peroroncino “God-Emperor of Mankind” ペロロンチーノ in the works as we type.
thanks
What space marine chapter is shown in 5:36 ? They kinda look like gui vesa with the tau emblem and antenna, and I think around the marine is two tau warriors.
Might be some weird order that works along side tau. Definitely not a standard chapter. but the art is cool.
If i was ever a space marine i would be corrupted by chaos in 2 minutes
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