There is also stuff in the old SPace Hulk fluff that speaks to this and in
fact in an old catalog there is a patriarch possessed by Chaos model. If
the cult was weak and / or unsuccessful the patriarch could allow itself to
be possessed by a Chaos power thus getting a new infusion of converts. Now
there would be a Epic fight - the HIve fleet shows up but their cult is now
Chaos ....
> ----------
> From: Mike Looney - ionet[SMTP:mlooney_at_...]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 1998 11:08 AM
> To: space-marine_at_...
> Subject: Re: [Epic] Genestealer Cults in E41K
>
> Aaron Day wrote:
>
> > Mike Looney - ionet wrote:
> > >
> > > Genestealer cults in E41K
> > >
> > > This E41K army list is derived from the Genestealer army list in
> > "War
> > > hammer 40,000 Compilation" ["The Yellow Book"]. Genestealer cults
> > are
> > > an odd mix of the Tyranid, Imperial Guard and Chaos army lists. As
> > such
> > > some of the point values are NOT the same as they are in the basic
> > army
> > > list. This is most strongly shown in the cost of demons in this
> > army
> > > list. The point values for demons are based on the point value
> > given
> > > for them in the Compilation's army list.
> > >
> > > A Genestealer cult is a genestealer infestation that has turned to
> > Chaos
> > > for additional power. It's objective is to take over a world, not
> > act
> >
> > I'm not sure where your comming from, Genestealer cults have nothing
> > to
> > do with Chaos.
>
> Pages 98 to 115 "Warhammer 40,000 Compilation". This is a 1991 "Rogue
> Trader" era book. This dates back to BEFORE Genestealers were made a
> part of the Trynads. The Chaos aspect is explicit and part of the
> original army list. If any thing I toned down the Chaos aspect of the
> Cults.
>
> The same book also has army list for Genestealer Invasion Forces, which
> are a mix of Purestrain and Hybrid stealers, but are more or less do
> able in normal E40K, with just a little tweaking of the normal 'Nids
> army list.
>
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