Re: [Epic] Chaos Marine Air Defense & Artillery (E40K)

From: Alan E & Carmel J Brain <aebrain_at_...>
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 19:02:20 +1000

The Forgotten Spice Girl wrote:
>
> >The Daemon Prince is obviously supposed to represent either a Primarch
> >or more likely a trusty Lieutenant who's achieved Apeothesis (ie turned
>
> I would disagree with this. The whole point about Space Marines in
> general is that they are special and have abilities that no other troops
> posess. An Eldar Avatar is an immortal, but he is not a Space Marine.
> Space Marines are Space Marines, Daemon Princes are Daemons. Just because
> they are wickedly powerful and mighty does not give them CSM status...

So, by the same logic, including a Primarch such as Sanguinius or Leman
Russ in an Imperial Army otherwise composed of Space Marines would drop
its Strategy Rating too, right? Hopefully this illustrates my point.

I agree that Daemon Princes "Just because they are wickedly powerful and
mighty does not give them CSM status". It's not the powerful/mighty bit
that causes CSM status, it's the fact that they were recruited into the
Adeptus Astartes 10,000 years ago. Once a Space Marine, Always a Space
Marine (even if corrupted by Chaos) so to speak, _at least as far as
Strategy Rating goes_ (emphasis added).

Now there may be Daemon Princes that were not CSMs. In fact, there
probably are. But at least 5 - Horus, Mortarion, Angron, Fulgrim, and
the fourth whose name I forget, plus NightHunter, Pertarbo, etc, ie the
Primarchs of the Traitor Legions, were definitely "Demon Princes" rather
than Abadoon and Co, who would be Warmasters.
 
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