This is such a 40k thing, I love it, even in the details. They could literally just tattoo their astartes or brand them but it's like "nah, put some fucking studs in his skull"
Even the 8th Cadian Regiment you see in that one scene, like the 4th mission (the guy giving rousing speech on a tank) have purple eyes. Which is lore accurate. I think they're like that because Cadia is affected by the warp. You have to go into photo mod to see it, but it's there. The studs were in the 1st game too. Where he only had 200 years, or so.
@@jonny-b4954 yeah, great to see how in depth the devs went with details and lore. Has me excited for what they will be releasing in the next few months
Kids: make tattoos to appear cool and hip Fukken space marine: puts nails in his fucking skull to flex on how many centuries he is alive in the job in which death rate is notoriously high.
They literally have extra hearts and lungs transplanted into them and have implanted cybernetic parts possibly more than their organic parts with their genes modified. A nail to the skull is like nail polish to them...
When the process of turning you into a Space Marine involves open-hearted surgery while you are Awake, putting a bit of metal into your skull is small peanuts XD
@@DudeWatIsThis avg soldier life expectancy irl is anywhere from 24hrs to 2 weeks given previous wars. the guardsmen in 40k is 15 minutes and the avg space marine is THREE MONTHS
To have served somewhere between 200-400 years and still have Leandros and Gadriel questioning your every move… like come on guys surely Titus has earned the benefit of the doubt by now
In the end Gadriel accepted Titus as not strict to the codex and he changed himself to be more relaxed with the codex. Leandros is still the piece of shit he is from the first SM it’s just he got put in a dead end job as a chaplain.
Chaos is very insidious enemy. Just like genestealers. Despite the fact that leandros sucks he does have a point. But Titus should be out of serious suspicion by now indeed. Chaos is not just enemy armies or just hostile state. It is everywhere. Before wattering down of Warhammer it was even worse. With Chaos you can defeat their army but they still can corrupt you and entire planetary enviroment
By the Emperor, that's metal as fuck. Also no, I wouldn't. Seems like a good way to permanently weaken your skull lol. I guess the Astartes biology compensates for that though.
@@LoreTours One of the first implants a novice Astartes receives is one which greatly boosts their muscular and skeletal mass; it's the one most directly responsible for their massive bulk and proportions compared to baseline Humanity. An Astartes' bones aren't just thicker and stronger than a normal person's, they're also enhanced with ceramics and metals that they get from their specialized diet when not on campaign. The long and the short of it is that they wouldn't be putting rivets in their skull if there was a legitimate risk of penetrating the skull and potentially lobotomizing the Astartes.
Agreed on all points. And yes, the superhuman nature of the space marines is the primary reason they can even compensate for the studs in the first place.
to answer your question at the end... yes, I would adorn my years of service with those service studs on my head, they're not a brag as far as I'm concerned but a mark of pride in ones service
Makes you wonder if Lord Commander Dante has service studs and how many he's got, I'd bet at least 15 gold studs since its confirmed he's at least 1500 years old.
It seems like a misinterpretation. In the game they say about Titus he "has over 200 years of service". Meaning that each stud is only worth 50 years. Maybe the colors are off or there is any other reason, but by the games lore Titus didn't have over 400 years.
Gadrial says this literally in the first mission "Did you see the service studs on him? Our lieutenant is over 200 years old, he couldn't have been born a primaris"
He is apparently 175 in the first game, then he spent around a 100 years in that Inquisitor's custody (there is a White Dwarf article about it apparently) and then another 100 years in Deathwatch.
@@HubiKoshi I just repeat was Gadriel said in the game, that Titus is "over 200 years" old. But there seems to be different information than. Also, when he was 175 in the first game, why does he has two studs? As he was not 200 then and if they are 50 years studs he should have three. So I don't know ...
@@da-ker I saw some info that he didn't become a full Battle Brother (Power Armor and all) until he was around 80 so that might be the reason. The Inquisitorial imprisonment probably doesn't count as service so he got the extra two studs after his century long service in Deathwatch.
@@karatsuki2326 Perhaps they mean that as just simply referencing when the Primaris marines started becoming a thing. Basically them going "hey wait a minute, he's obviously too old to have been born one" and whatnot, and weren't referencing exact ages/total service experience. It's either that, or unlike the Dark Angels, the Ultramarines use gold studs to indicate 50 year amounts, which is arguably fully possible seeing as how traditions vary wildly between chapters/legions.
Theres a cutscene where the magos talks about a captain titus who died 100 years ago in the forge world while holding the power source therefore each of those represent 50 years not 100. Also gadriel says right at the beginning that his LT. his 200years old, that LT. being Titus ofc.
@@3ndlessPain1984 yes, because 4 x 50 = 200. One of Titus' bolts represents 50 years. He served 100 years in the deathwatch and earned 2 additional bolts.
@@captmiller22 years of service yes but he is closer to 375 years old. He was close to 80 before becoming an ultramarine and then served 100 years in exile. Plus his 200 years of service.
@@3ndlessPain1984 nah hes got 200 years of service including his "exile" to the death watch so at best 280-300 eyars old. hes not as old as or older than Calgar, and titus def counted his 100 years in the watch as service to the emperor since he had 2 studs in the first game, and served in the death watch for 100 years between the 2 games then had 4 studs after being pulled from the death watch at the beginning of game 2
Titus' studs cannot stand for a century apiece. We know from the tech priest's reaction to his name (and other dialogue, though the tech priest is most upfront about it) that Titus "died" on Graia a century prior, and he has been serving in the Deathguard since he was thrown to the wolves by Leandros for that century. Stands to reason the studs, then, are 50-year markers. That lines up with the comment Gadriel makes early on, that "our lieutenant" has served for 200 years.
@@chimeraelite We'll Girlyman has been wake for little over 100yr in the books. So some of the older primaris could get them but they seem to not want them or care for them in general.
The reason this tradition is quickly falling out of favour is because the VAST majority of primaris are from the 32nd millennium(In stasis for thousands of yrs) so many traditions pasted down in chapters is simply seen as "backwards" or "unnecessary" and even barbaric depending on the chapter. And they wonder why the OG marines don't trust or accept them.
It's an interesting cultural clash. Firstborn who carry the weight of thousands of years of Imperium shifting into this nightmarish living corpse versus the Primaris who were drawn from the pure Imperium of Man when it was at its peak.
@@joeyjojojrshabadoo7462 Even more than that, Primaris are from the golden age of the Imperium when the science-based Imperial Truth was the dominant ideology and it rejected stuff like faith, religion etc. The modern Imperium is a theocratic hellscape of superstition and modern Space Marines are hyper-religious warrior monks. There is a massive cultural clash here.
i thought it was just bullets that went through their helmets but stopped at their thick skulls so instead of removing the bullets they just left there to show they are not that easy to kill
First mission after tutorial Gadriel comments on this "Did you see the service studs on his head, our lieutenant is over 200 years old, he couldn't have been born a primaris"
@@karatsuki2326 yoy, dude you are in my steam friends btw)) and no Gadriel talks about his service years, not his age He is stating, that judging by his studs, he SERVED for more than 200 years, which is before primaris were made on top of those 200 years, 100 stasis in imprisonment and teenage years i guess
some space marines have that but generally all of the suit interfacing is done with the black carapace that they wear under their armor, otherwise the helmet is automated
@@seanturner1197 oh also I forgot to say, some things are voice activated like in a cutscene there is a salamandar space marine that voice activates his suit to inject himself with pain killers
@@seanturner1197 yes, think of it like this, humanity had gotten to such a high degree of tech that they had crazy shit, but when the civil wars happened a lot of that was lost, what the imperium has now is what they have managed to find in data slates and hard drives. They no longer believe in advancing tech because they believe it is “heresy”, so all those space marine armors and stuff were not originally meant for war, warfare was actually supposed to be done by an ai, but the ai turned on humanity so they had to destroy it (this is before the imperium)
The studs in Titus' head seem to denote 50 years. He was roughly 100 during the time of Space Marine 1, is explained to have served with the Death Watch for "a century", then one of his comrades remarks that he must be at least 200 years old, based on his service studs. I don't know much WH40K minutia, just basing this on what's said in those respective games.
I had always heard they represented 100years of service per stud, but Im seeing that it varies by chapter. Dark angels, for instance, use a gold stud to represnt 100 years.
i don't know if this is right but in the game they mention that titus has served 200 years so the time span between the games would be 100 years. 50 for the years of inquisition torture and another for 50 years of death watch service
I believe the studs on titus each denote 50 years of service. In the game when you go on your first mission with your new squad they say did you see the service studs, yeah hes been in service for 200 years. This isnt word for word but an approximation of what was said.
'would you also be willing to put on this studs ?' i mean .. at this point he is 500 years old with 400+ of them as a space marine. at this point he is as much human like you and i as i am a tango dancer. after 500 years of service forgetting who i was, and brained wash 100 times over yea... i wouldn't mind that studs
I had my lance corporal chevrons punched into my collarbones by my fellow psychopaths when I got promoted from shower-shoe to full boot in the Marine Corps.
I think Titus is actually only just over 200 years hold and only somewhat close to 300. First, he had 2 studs in the first game and now 4 studs in SM2. Considering that he conically served with the Deathwatch for 100 years, it stands to reason the bolts represent fifty years instead. It also fits better with squad mates noticing and realizing he's over 200 years old. It also stands to reason why he said "when I was a young Captain," later in the campaign. Further more who knows when the marines of a chapter are allowed to start getting these studs as markers considering that they go through the rank of scouts before becoming fully fledged battle brothers. Since the Sargent of secret level said ""over decades of conditioning," I would assume Titus is any where from 230's to 270's as a relatively rough estimate.
Fun fact, Titus's studs appear to be bronze or brass not gold, darker in color when compared to the others with actual golden studs, plus he only served with the deathwatch for a hundred years between the games so they could only denote 50 years per stud not 100
He was in stasis at least for a century before he joined deathwatch, so no. Also he was born 175 years before 41st millenia. First game is in 41st millenia and he had 2 studs of the same color. Having 2x50 studs when he was at least 3x50+ and most likely well over 4x50 years old makes no sense. Makes perfect sense if each stud is 100 years
Titus was put in a cryostasis after the whole thing that happened with him and the black watch. That was his repent time basically then he was brought back to help fight the tyrranids/Xenos it's easy to track this if u don't skip any cut scenes and know basic 40K lore
What you forgot to mention is a space marine and even more a Primaris doesn't have a normal bone structure and their healing abilities aren't quite like a normal human being and they also don't feel pain as much as we do, in other words those studs are nothing more to them than a ear piercing for a normal human.
I think in the case of Titus each stud means 50 years, because they say he served in Deathwatch for almost 100 years after the events of the first game.
I am confused because in the Warhammer episode of 'Secret Level' it shows an older solder talking about finding Titus as a child. The episode then shows the older soldier and Titus on a mission together. What confused me is that both Titus and the older soldier both have four 'rivets' each. Does that mean the older soldier just suddenly stopped adding rivets? Something doesn't add up. Can anyone explain that, please?
Its because pop culture has seeped into 40k again, in robocop when murphy removes his visor he has what looks like a bullet in his head in the same place these marines have studs. it looks like original 40k artwork may have lifted this and came up with the lore afterwards
That's nuts! I always assumed it was some sort of neural interface for his helmet. Now I want one for every year of marriage and fatherhood. That's about equivalent to 50 years of fighting for the Imperium.
They're service studs. Studs can represent 10, 20, 50, or 100 years of service. Titus had 2 in SM1, he has 4 in SM2. He spent 200 years as an ultramarine and 200 years in the inquisition. Saved you 2 minutes.
I'm just now getting into the lore and I've seen his pic multiple times. I know the Space Marines are enhanced but I actually thought those were bullets that just never fully penetrated because of how badass the Marines were 🤣
Gadriel and Chairon clearly discuss the matter, saying Titus have four studs, and has served for more than 200 years. So one stud may here stand for 50 years of service.
The original Spacemarine, Imperial Fist - Lexandro D'arquebus desolved his flesh and sinue to the bone in a vat of acid to scrimshaw the names of his two closest battle brothers, over and over on every bone. A few studs into the head isn't much of an owie to a Spacemarine.
In the game's cutscenes, it is stated that Titus served 100 years in the Deathwatch following his interrogation by the Inquisition. So, he gained 2 studs in 100 years, therefore, each of Titus's studs is 50 years.
1st off, do these guys ever get a vacation? Secondly, Titus’s squadmates commented that he was over 200 years old, odd to say when the service studs apparently suggest he’s over 400 years old.
There doesn't seem to be much official about how many years each chapter assigns to a stud. In hindsight, the ultramarine could assign 50 years to each of Titus' studs
depends on chapter really most dont get any vacation while the salamanders have the very rare privilege of being able to see there families even after becoming a space marine although as you can imagine they dont do it often
@@KhaosN7 service men and women get at least 30 days of paid military leave per year. It’s not an unreasonable question to ask if even though space marines serve their entire lives that they’d get a vacation once in a while.
This is such a 40k thing, I love it, even in the details. They could literally just tattoo their astartes or brand them but it's like "nah, put some fucking studs in his skull"
Even the 8th Cadian Regiment you see in that one scene, like the 4th mission (the guy giving rousing speech on a tank) have purple eyes. Which is lore accurate. I think they're like that because Cadia is affected by the warp. You have to go into photo mod to see it, but it's there. The studs were in the 1st game too. Where he only had 200 years, or so.
@@jonny-b4954 yeah, great to see how in depth the devs went with details and lore. Has me excited for what they will be releasing in the next few months
Where you have super healing and no pain receptor people probably gonna do the same
After what most marines see in this universe it makes sense
Astartes arent cowards. They Dont do things halfway.
honestly: surviving in this setting for over 400 years is a massive flex
Kids: make tattoos to appear cool and hip
Fukken space marine: puts nails in his fucking skull to flex on how many centuries he is alive in the job in which death rate is notoriously high.
They literally have extra hearts and lungs transplanted into them and have implanted cybernetic parts possibly more than their organic parts with their genes modified. A nail to the skull is like nail polish to them...
Death is notoriously high, but not for space marines though. These aren't your Starcraft wusses.
When the process of turning you into a Space Marine involves open-hearted surgery while you are Awake, putting a bit of metal into your skull is small peanuts XD
"Ah yes..... Inserting nails..... Into my skull..... Like a butcher does.....Nothing heretical about that... Nope.... "
@@DudeWatIsThis avg soldier life expectancy irl is anywhere from 24hrs to 2 weeks given previous wars. the guardsmen in 40k is 15 minutes and the avg space marine is THREE MONTHS
Thank you for answering the question without making it a 20 minute video.
YES!
@@mkocel This
To have served somewhere between 200-400 years and still have Leandros and Gadriel questioning your every move… like come on guys surely Titus has earned the benefit of the doubt by now
"Innocence proves nothing"
In the end Gadriel accepted Titus as not strict to the codex and he changed himself to be more relaxed with the codex. Leandros is still the piece of shit he is from the first SM it’s just he got put in a dead end job as a chaplain.
The long con. Right around 600 he will turn Leandros I sure.
"There is no such thing as innocence, only degrees of guilt", keep in mind chaos can corrupt anything, even an inquisitor
Chaos is very insidious enemy. Just like genestealers. Despite the fact that leandros sucks he does have a point. But Titus should be out of serious suspicion by now indeed. Chaos is not just enemy armies or just hostile state. It is everywhere. Before wattering down of Warhammer it was even worse. With Chaos you can defeat their army but they still can corrupt you and entire planetary enviroment
By the Emperor, that's metal as fuck.
Also no, I wouldn't. Seems like a good way to permanently weaken your skull lol. I guess the Astartes biology compensates for that though.
I'd imagine those studs shooting straight through a regular human skull
@@LoreTours One of the first implants a novice Astartes receives is one which greatly boosts their muscular and skeletal mass; it's the one most directly responsible for their massive bulk and proportions compared to baseline Humanity. An Astartes' bones aren't just thicker and stronger than a normal person's, they're also enhanced with ceramics and metals that they get from their specialized diet when not on campaign.
The long and the short of it is that they wouldn't be putting rivets in their skull if there was a legitimate risk of penetrating the skull and potentially lobotomizing the Astartes.
Agreed on all points. And yes, the superhuman nature of the space marines is the primary reason they can even compensate for the studs in the first place.
🤯🤕🥳
@@LabTech41 about that lobotomization part caugh caugh rubicon primaris caugh caugh
I honestly always thought that it was a contact point for him to interface with the helmet
Engineer mindset
I think the only part of a standard astartes body that interfaces with the suit is the black carapace.
I thought this was some augmentation stuff
I thought the same thing.
I did too, as someone who's never been into 40K until SM2 dropped.
to answer your question at the end... yes, I would adorn my years of service with those service studs on my head, they're not a brag as far as I'm concerned but a mark of pride in ones service
Makes you wonder if Lord Commander Dante has service studs and how many he's got, I'd bet at least 15 gold studs since its confirmed he's at least 1500 years old.
I live Titus's business class short back and sides hairstyle.
He looks like a Tobacco company executive from 1953.
It seems like a misinterpretation. In the game they say about Titus he "has over 200 years of service". Meaning that each stud is only worth 50 years. Maybe the colors are off or there is any other reason, but by the games lore Titus didn't have over 400 years.
Gadrial says this literally in the first mission
"Did you see the service studs on him? Our lieutenant is over 200 years old, he couldn't have been born a primaris"
He is apparently 175 in the first game, then he spent around a 100 years in that Inquisitor's custody (there is a White Dwarf article about it apparently) and then another 100 years in Deathwatch.
@@HubiKoshi I just repeat was Gadriel said in the game, that Titus is "over 200 years" old. But there seems to be different information than. Also, when he was 175 in the first game, why does he has two studs? As he was not 200 then and if they are 50 years studs he should have three. So I don't know ...
@@da-ker I saw some info that he didn't become a full Battle Brother (Power Armor and all) until he was around 80 so that might be the reason. The Inquisitorial imprisonment probably doesn't count as service so he got the extra two studs after his century long service in Deathwatch.
@@karatsuki2326 Perhaps they mean that as just simply referencing when the Primaris marines started becoming a thing. Basically them going "hey wait a minute, he's obviously too old to have been born one" and whatnot, and weren't referencing exact ages/total service experience. It's either that, or unlike the Dark Angels, the Ultramarines use gold studs to indicate 50 year amounts, which is arguably fully possible seeing as how traditions vary wildly between chapters/legions.
Theres a cutscene where the magos talks about a captain titus who died 100 years ago in the forge world while holding the power source therefore each of those represent 50 years not 100. Also gadriel says right at the beginning that his LT. his 200years old, that LT. being Titus ofc.
no he says he is over 200 years old .
@@3ndlessPain1984 Don't be needlessly pedantic just because someone didn't quote the game verbatim.
@@3ndlessPain1984 yes, because 4 x 50 = 200. One of Titus' bolts represents 50 years. He served 100 years in the deathwatch and earned 2 additional bolts.
@@captmiller22 years of service yes but he is closer to 375 years old. He was close to 80 before becoming an ultramarine and then served 100 years in exile. Plus his 200 years of service.
@@3ndlessPain1984 nah hes got 200 years of service including his "exile" to the death watch so at best 280-300 eyars old. hes not as old as or older than Calgar, and titus def counted his 100 years in the watch as service to the emperor since he had 2 studs in the first game, and served in the death watch for 100 years between the 2 games then had 4 studs after being pulled from the death watch at the beginning of game 2
Titus' studs cannot stand for a century apiece. We know from the tech priest's reaction to his name (and other dialogue, though the tech priest is most upfront about it) that Titus "died" on Graia a century prior, and he has been serving in the Deathguard since he was thrown to the wolves by Leandros for that century. Stands to reason the studs, then, are 50-year markers. That lines up with the comment Gadriel makes early on, that "our lieutenant" has served for 200 years.
I know he calling the studs gold but they look silver to me which si 50 years each.
Z gen space marines don’t want studs
genz and woke will be poured like a menace in all aspects of life, hobbies, movies, and everything.
Like a disease.
wrong naming
those are called slaanesh worshippers
Gen z space Marines were purged for cowardice and removed from any records
Doubt most of them have been around long enough to earn em' XD
@@chimeraelite We'll Girlyman has been wake for little over 100yr in the books. So some of the older primaris could get them but they seem to not want them or care for them in general.
I can't imagine Dante doing LMAO
His whole forehead is just completely covered
The blood angels doesn't use studs, they on the other hand use tattoo to signify their years of service.
@@velstadtvonausterlitz2338tattoo and ornaments/adornments on their armor and their armor itself as well.
I assumed they were electrical nodes that connected their brain to their suit.
Same
The reason this tradition is quickly falling out of favour is because the VAST majority of primaris are from the 32nd millennium(In stasis for thousands of yrs) so many traditions pasted down in chapters is simply seen as "backwards" or "unnecessary" and even barbaric depending on the chapter.
And they wonder why the OG marines don't trust or accept them.
It's an interesting cultural clash. Firstborn who carry the weight of thousands of years of Imperium shifting into this nightmarish living corpse versus the Primaris who were drawn from the pure Imperium of Man when it was at its peak.
Oh so the the new marines are actually the way old ones and see it as a new fad rather than outdated or time-honored tradition. Interesting.
@@joeyjojojrshabadoo7462 Even more than that, Primaris are from the golden age of the Imperium when the science-based Imperial Truth was the dominant ideology and it rejected stuff like faith, religion etc. The modern Imperium is a theocratic hellscape of superstition and modern Space Marines are hyper-religious warrior monks. There is a massive cultural clash here.
Ignoring traditions is the gateway drug to heresy, bröther.
I thought it was 50 years per studs (for Ultramarines) since he only spends 100 years w/ Deathwatch and he's definitely not 400 years old.
i thought it was just bullets that went through their helmets but stopped at their thick skulls so instead of removing the bullets they just left there to show they are not that easy to kill
Who would have thought that the emperor's tough men enjoyed an eyebrow piercing?
Titus: Centuries of service, Ex-captain now lieutenant reinstated by chapter master Calgar and the inquisition
Gadriel: *doubt*
Lt. Titus has been fighting for the Emperor for 400 years. I hope he earns the rank of captain again at some point.
for 100 years of deathwatch he got 2 studs, so its less than 400 years
He is a little over 200 years old
It is literally stated so in game
First mission after tutorial
Gadriel comments on this
"Did you see the service studs on his head, our lieutenant is over 200 years old, he couldn't have been born a primaris"
@@seriousgranpa also 100 years of stasis thanks to the inquisition, so you can detract 100 years of service
@@karatsuki2326 yoy, dude you are in my steam friends btw))
and no Gadriel talks about his service years, not his age
He is stating, that judging by his studs, he SERVED for more than 200 years, which is before primaris were made
on top of those 200 years, 100 stasis in imprisonment and teenage years i guess
I just want to say: "For the emperor", "The emperor protects" and "For the Empire". Its so cool.
Do you see those service studs… our lieutenant is over 400 years old…
I always thought they were bullets. He got shot in the head twice, took an aspirin and kept going.
"thank you for you service!" *lobotomy sound effect*
When I first saw Titus's forehead, I thought, "Wow, what a stud."
Service studs they denote time as an astartes. Each chapter is slightly different but usually they count years as 10, 50, & 100 year increments.
In the game it is commented that Titus is at least 200 years old so my guess is that each stud represents 50 years and not 100.
I thought they were some kind of cybernetic implants that had to do with calibrating with the space marine's helmet.
some space marines have that but generally all of the suit interfacing is done with the black carapace that they wear under their armor, otherwise the helmet is automated
@@cinemasurge1851 ah, now it makes sense.
@@seanturner1197 oh also I forgot to say, some things are voice activated like in a cutscene there is a salamandar space marine that voice activates his suit to inject himself with pain killers
@@cinemasurge1851
So the imperium, despite being in a stagnation phase, still has advanced technology.
@@seanturner1197 yes, think of it like this, humanity had gotten to such a high degree of tech that they had crazy shit, but when the civil wars happened a lot of that was lost, what the imperium has now is what they have managed to find in data slates and hard drives. They no longer believe in advancing tech because they believe it is “heresy”, so all those space marine armors and stuff were not originally meant for war, warfare was actually supposed to be done by an ai, but the ai turned on humanity so they had to destroy it (this is before the imperium)
The studs in Titus' head seem to denote 50 years. He was roughly 100 during the time of Space Marine 1, is explained to have served with the Death Watch for "a century", then one of his comrades remarks that he must be at least 200 years old, based on his service studs. I don't know much WH40K minutia, just basing this on what's said in those respective games.
I had always heard they represented 100years of service per stud, but Im seeing that it varies by chapter. Dark angels, for instance, use a gold stud to represnt 100 years.
I love how you denote the codex astartes and "officially required" as two separate things
In the game they notice his service studs and say that hes serving for at least 200 years. so I guess every service stud hes wearing is 50 years?
i don't know if this is right but in the game they mention that titus has served 200 years so the time span between the games would be 100 years. 50 for the years of inquisition torture and another for 50 years of death watch service
It's 2oo years Gadrial says it in the first mission. They are 50 year studs
Warhammer 40k lore goes so damn hard, and I'm here for it. Based. All the way down.
I believe the studs on titus each denote 50 years of service. In the game when you go on your first mission with your new squad they say did you see the service studs, yeah hes been in service for 200 years. This isnt word for word but an approximation of what was said.
I always thought it was where they hooked up the jumper cables when they needed to shock him back to life after the party was over.
"They're mah thinkin' screws"
The Chad first borns VS the virgin Primaris
'would you also be willing to put on this studs ?'
i mean .. at this point he is 500 years old with 400+ of them as a space marine.
at this point he is as much human like you and i as i am a tango dancer.
after 500 years of service forgetting who i was, and brained wash 100 times over yea...
i wouldn't mind that studs
Dante's face must be 98% metal then!
We will find out his golden helmet is not a helmet at all, but his actual face :D
40k astartes version of irl bars/stripes on military jacket sleeves
I had my lance corporal chevrons punched into my collarbones by my fellow psychopaths when I got promoted from shower-shoe to full boot in the Marine Corps.
it would be an extreme honor, to have my service to the emperor marked on to my forehead. hypothetically speaking of course lmao
I think Titus is actually only just over 200 years hold and only somewhat close to 300. First, he had 2 studs in the first game and now 4 studs in SM2. Considering that he conically served with the Deathwatch for 100 years, it stands to reason the bolts represent fifty years instead. It also fits better with squad mates noticing and realizing he's over 200 years old. It also stands to reason why he said "when I was a young Captain," later in the campaign. Further more who knows when the marines of a chapter are allowed to start getting these studs as markers considering that they go through the rank of scouts before becoming fully fledged battle brothers. Since the Sargent of secret level said ""over decades of conditioning," I would assume Titus is any where from 230's to 270's as a relatively rough estimate.
If it pleases the Emperor, yes.
Fun fact, Titus's studs appear to be bronze or brass not gold, darker in color when compared to the others with actual golden studs, plus he only served with the deathwatch for a hundred years between the games so they could only denote 50 years per stud not 100
He was in stasis at least for a century before he joined deathwatch, so no.
Also he was born 175 years before 41st millenia. First game is in 41st millenia and he had 2 studs of the same color. Having 2x50 studs when he was at least 3x50+ and most likely well over 4x50 years old makes no sense. Makes perfect sense if each stud is 100 years
kinda makes me want to get some sort of 5 year at a time tatoo for the rest of my life
but didnt they say he served in the death watch for a 100 years and that was right after SM1 nows hes back with 4 so do they mean 50 for him?
>Tradition laid out by the Codex Astartes
>not an official requirement
>shows Ultramarines in the background.
D'aww, they look so good with their pretty jewelry! ❤
My entire face would have bolts if i ever lasted long
Every chaos marine from the heresy: laughing uncontrollably. 🤣 By horus, i would need to cover my whole body with studs
Reminds me of how General Chang from Star Trek 6 has his eye patch bolted to his face.
400 years old is crazy
So Titus has served 400 years so far.
Titus was put in a cryostasis after the whole thing that happened with him and the black watch. That was his repent time basically then he was brought back to help fight the tyrranids/Xenos it's easy to track this if u don't skip any cut scenes and know basic 40K lore
What you forgot to mention is a space marine and even more a Primaris doesn't have a normal bone structure and their healing abilities aren't quite like a normal human being and they also don't feel pain as much as we do, in other words those studs are nothing more to them than a ear piercing for a normal human.
Imagine US military service stripe stapled on your head.
Some veterans would have a crown.
Silver for service, Gold for overseas
Might want to read about blood pinning.
@@tnexus13 Heh but it's not permanently embedded on their FOREHEAD lolol
@@tnexus13 That's still getting covered up by the uniform and doesn't mark years served, only rank achieved.
I think in the case of Titus each stud means 50 years, because they say he served in Deathwatch for almost 100 years after the events of the first game.
I am confused because in the Warhammer episode of 'Secret Level' it shows an older solder talking about finding Titus as a child. The episode then shows the older soldier and Titus on a mission together.
What confused me is that both Titus and the older soldier both have four 'rivets' each. Does that mean the older soldier just suddenly stopped adding rivets? Something doesn't add up.
Can anyone explain that, please?
Its because pop culture has seeped into 40k again, in robocop when murphy removes his visor he has what looks like a bullet in his head in the same place these marines have studs. it looks like original 40k artwork may have lifted this and came up with the lore afterwards
That's nuts! I always assumed it was some sort of neural interface for his helmet. Now I want one for every year of marriage and fatherhood. That's about equivalent to 50 years of fighting for the Imperium.
They're service studs. Studs can represent 10, 20, 50, or 100 years of service. Titus had 2 in SM1, he has 4 in SM2. He spent 200 years as an ultramarine and 200 years in the inquisition. Saved you 2 minutes.
First time i saw these bolts i thought they were pimples and had assumed achne was a side effect of becoming a space marine
from what I can gather they're service studs to mark his age and time in service (before watching)
theses are Service Studs. each one tells the world this astartes has served for a century
Actually titus already had 4 studs when he got the original armor in that live action trailer, so it seems like he went back to 2 then 4 again...
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I'm just now getting into the lore and I've seen his pic multiple times. I know the Space Marines are enhanced but I actually thought those were bullets that just never fully penetrated because of how badass the Marines were 🤣
Service studs. Each studs is 50 years of service.
hes over 200 years not 400 its said in the game but i suppose he could be close to 250 years the studs mark 50 not 100
Service studs, brother.
I always avoided tattoos because my taste evolves. However I want a bolt in my head more than you can imagine.
The real hardcore spessmarines get studs along the shaft.
Interesting. I just figured they were part of an interface for their helmets.
Honestly, its just a more badass way of having a piercing..
I thought they mentioned them in a cutscene in space marine 2. I remember them saying Titus had 200 years in service.
I thought it was some kind of magnet to keep the helmet secure in place 😂
if i serve 400 years to someone best believe im getting those studs
"My scars commemorate my service." - some Astartes, probably.
It says in the campaign he has only served 200 years so those studs mean 50 years a piece.
They're not bolts; it's his lithium brain leaking.
its a weird issue when it comes to the service studs, cause its canon titus was around 175 years old in space marines 1 when he had 2 gold studs
Neat. I thought they were contacts to connect their helmets optics to their brain.
planatairy assult studs bonded to flesh if only your chapter has done it alone from drop pods
Gadriel and Chairon clearly discuss the matter, saying Titus have four studs, and has served for more than 200 years. So one stud may here stand for 50 years of service.
You should see the space marine's Prince Alberts...........
lol
Goddamn I bet they’re brutal
I think just for the record of time, yeah. If there is a less crude way of tracking I'll take it but if not then I'll take the studs
im sure a few people thought it was for the number of times he's been shot in the head and lived. lol
In Poland we have adult cartoon - Kapitan Bomba. It is about soldiers of star fleet battling aliens. Funny enough mc was captain Titus Bomba
Just think how many Dante would have, his whole forehead would be metal
I always thought they were the interface between Space Marine and his suit. This is...kind of...self punishment?
The original Spacemarine, Imperial Fist - Lexandro D'arquebus desolved his flesh and sinue to the bone in a vat of acid to scrimshaw the names of his two closest battle brothers, over and over on every bone. A few studs into the head isn't much of an owie to a Spacemarine.
In the game's cutscenes, it is stated that Titus served 100 years in the Deathwatch following his interrogation by the Inquisition. So, he gained 2 studs in 100 years, therefore, each of Titus's studs is 50 years.
Fucking nuts. Literally.
Service studs. For every 100 years
1st off, do these guys ever get a vacation?
Secondly, Titus’s squadmates commented that he was over 200 years old, odd to say when the service studs apparently suggest he’s over 400 years old.
There doesn't seem to be much official about how many years each chapter assigns to a stud. In hindsight, the ultramarine could assign 50 years to each of Titus' studs
depends on chapter really most dont get any vacation while the salamanders have the very rare privilege of being able to see there families even after becoming a space marine although as you can imagine they dont do it often
Their pledge is eternal service. Not Eternal Service but sometimes you get a break.
@@KhaosN7 service men and women get at least 30 days of paid military leave per year. It’s not an unreasonable question to ask if even though space marines serve their entire lives that they’d get a vacation once in a while.
Well 400 years is indeed *over* 200 so it's not wrong :)
I think Titus has 2 gold stud and 2 silver stud marking 300 yrs of service. He's been in death watch for 100 yrs or so.