The Emperor's sword doesn't need to be LS resistant. BTW, I would imagine that their armor, or at least their faith (yes, it IS manifested) would manage to protect them. The trouble is, could the jedi close distance quickly enough? Considering the amount of firepower (.50 cal used as assualt rifle ammo) the SM's have at their disposal, can the jedi manage to close the distance to use their force powers in a direct manner?
Originally posted by Gryn Jabar
So you think 1000 men including probably an Alpha level psyker is completely inadequate to kidnap someone who isn't expecting them in a surprise raid?
They lose all surprise when they have to make an orbital insertion onto a planet at war! And sod the psyker, they aren't THAT good.
One chapter is a feeble strategic force.
And yes, of course Jedi can close quickly enough; we see them close to melee range all the time- and against FAR more than a Chapter's worth of firepower in AOTC.
Originally posted by Ushgarak
They lose all surprise when they have to make an orbital insertion onto a planet at war! And sod the psyker, they aren't THAT good.One chapter is a feeble strategic force.
And yes, of course Jedi can close quickly enough; we see them close to melee range all the time- and against FAR more than a Chapter's worth of firepower in AOTC.
"Feeble strategic source."
What the hell?
Originally posted by Gryn Jabar
Considering one chapter managed to kill roughly 1 billion Tyranids that had could likley have completely **** over the Old Republic, I sincerely doubt you have any idea what the hell your talking about.
Agreed, except that it was trillions, if you count the entire of Hive Fleet Leviathan.
Originally posted by Gryn Jabar
Considering one chapter managed to kill roughly 1 billion Tyranids that had could likley have completely **** over the Old Republic, I sincerely doubt you have any idea what the hell your talking about.
And a few Rebels destroyed the Death Star. That was simply because the Tyrannids had a vulnerbaility; it wasn't done in an open field battle.
Marines ARE a feeble strategic resource. They are too small. Marines are a tactical force. The Imperial Guard are for the strategy.
We are talking about wars on the scales of billions here. Chapters are in thousands. It doesn't work. They are a small special forces unit. The army, as I say, is the Guard. I highly recommend you get some basic idea of how these things work before you throw out such silly comments.
Overlord isn't right either; in fact, these worlds are far more comparable than, say Wars and Trek, and they both share the same scale of size and firepower. Traya is totally wrong; there is no reason to think the 40K universe involves stronger fdighters by default.
I am in fact a fan of both genres. My comment on the Marines isn't because I don't like Warhammer. But expecting them to perofrm ther work of field armies is like expecting the Jedi to fights wars single handed as well- it doesn't work, there aren't enough, no matter how good they are (and you have greatly over-estimated hopw good Marines are; in an actual, defined, points-based system, they are only worth about theee or four Guardsmen each, whereas a Jedi is clearly worth dozens of foot soldiers).
And as Grievous required a full military invasion to perform his kidnap... then no, the Marines couldn't do it.
Nerdy as this all is, for better or worse this forum is here and works by logical rules. Now, if you has postulated that the Imperial Guard invade Coruscant and THEN a Marine chapter does the snatch, as Grievous did, whilst the Jedi and their armies are distracted... then you have a much better case.