Re: [Epic] Space Marine Chapters

From: <oki_at_...>
Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 11:26:07 +0800

At 07:07 PM 5/7/97 -0700, you wrote:
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>On Wed, 7 May 1997, Troy, Kiesten &/or Michael wrote:
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>> <SNIP! Number of marines/realism of Armageddon>
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>> It's called a plot device, and rarely has any grounding in "realism" at all.
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>> Why is it that one mighty race hasn't managed to overthrow all the other
>> races of Warhammer Fantasy, given their hatred of each other?
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>> Plot device.
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>I dunno, somebody did it to the Zoats, apparently. It just takes a long
>time. Look at the Byzantine Empire. That sucker held on for quite a
>while. And Pharonic (Pharoic?) Egypt lasted a piece of time, as well.
>Ebb and flow! Actually the fluff (such as there is, the WFB universe
>being less richly appointed than the (original) Wh40k universe) seems to
>point out that humans are on the rise. As long as chaos doesn't get 'em
>from within.
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>E. Sund
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I thought it was the GW that did the Zoats in ? Those guys are supposed to
bre advanced scouts (oxymoron ?) for the Tyranids right ?

About holding out, maybe that is true. Rome did hold out quite long, as did
many past empires. Only the recent ones did not last as long, and that is
probably due to the rapid changes in technology, sociological and ethical
mores of those time.

Regards
Oki
p.s. Someone (IIRC) mentioned that it takes quite sometime for dinosaurs
brain to receive nerve/electrical signals from their bodyparts. They could
be dead but still do not realise it yet :P

PS- New WH40K universe is so damn vanilla. It's like a GI Joe comic book.
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Received on Thu May 08 1997 - 03:26:07 UTC