So do Imperial Guard, who are armed with high-powered torches, yet it is actually rules-defined on a system that compares power that a Marine is only worth a few of them.
So an army of them trounces a thousand marines, no trouble.
Expecting the Marines to do your invasion work is like expecting the SAS or Delta Force to invade a country solo. They'd lose. As a special forces aid to a large conventional army they are invaluable. Solo, they are useless.
Originally posted by Ushgarak
So do Imperial Guard, who are armed with high-powered torches, yet it is actually rules-defined on a system that compares power that a Marine is only worth a few of them.So an army of them trounces a thousand marines, no trouble.
Expecting the Marines to do your invasion work is like expecting the SAS or Delta Force to invade a country solo. They'd lose. As a special forces aid to a large conventional army they are invaluable. Solo, they are useless.
Space Marines
The 1000 Space Marines would DOMINATE Coruscant. And I'm not being a fanboy. The Space Marines each have an automatic, 0.75 depleted URANIUM rifle that explodes once INSIDE the enemy. Jedi are no match for psykers, who have been stated to destroy/scourge planets with ease. I'm sorry that i do not have quotes yet to back this up, but the Space Marines also have armour that causally resists tanks rounds.
“A las-blast felled the armsman beside Semper. The captain grabbed the man as he fell, intending to drag him into the bay, but then found himself staring into the excavated crater of the man’s skull, where the las-shot had blown half his head away.â€
Rogue Trader compendium, page 145:
(Space Marines can tank 10 guys autofiring at him for a couple minutes before his armour starts glowing)
More so, we would drop our tanks in from atmospheric level. They will survive reentry. The ships that we bring have main cannons a man could STAND UP in. I've see turbolasers, and they're no where close to being impressive. (PS: Volcano cannon fires in the petatons)
As for capturing Palaptine, it would be difficult to not have to old man kill himself, but Space Marines have resisted lightning strikes in one of the books. "Vortex of Doom - In a moment of pure desperation, the Librarian unleashes the full force of his psychic talents. With an utter disregard for reality, the Librarian opens up a flickering vortex in the fabric of space-time. The vortex is 2 metres in diameter and may be placed anywhere within range of the psyker. Once created, however, the Librarian has no more control over it. Having an open rift to the Warp is dangerous to the souls of anyone present. The Librarian making use of it can easily lose control of the Warp vortex the first time any creature comes within 10 metres of it, unwittingly unleashing it on friend and enemy alike until it has run its devastating course" (Psyker power, from the Space Marine Wiki)
I apologize once again for lack of textual evidence, but these are true. Search Factpile Warhammer 40k vs Star Wars is you must know. Another apology for being really angry with the fact that it seems like you completely discounted the Space Marine's awesomeness.