Re: [Epic] marine chapters (was: Orks with LandRaiders)

From: Colen McAlister <colen_at_...>
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 1997 13:14:19 +0100

Chris White <chris_at_...> has carefully scribed:

> IIRC, the fluff says that there are over 1000 existing Chapters, which
>really isn't all that many, when you consider the immensity of space.
>That's only a million or Space Marines. The US armed forces numbers
>several hundred thousand, and that's one country on one planet...

Yes, but if the US armed forces went up against the space marines, there
wouldn't be manyof them left afterwards. As long as they weren't allowed
to use all the cool stuff that humanity seems to have forgotten about
(e.g. nuclear weapons, smart fighter jets, you get the idea).


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