Other Space Marine Chapters in EE

[Alby]

While watching the video about customizing the armor of the Librarian, I noticed, we will be able to change the Space Marine chapter, though it is limited on the successors of the Dark Angels, like the Angels of Absolution, Redemption and the Guardians of the Covenant. Nevertheless, the Guardians of the Covenant armor looks absolutely amazing.

For the Lion!

[Novoke]

Well, implementing other chapters not related to Dark Angels will be hard, after all, this game focuses on the Deathwing Terminator Squad of the Dark Angels. Not to mention Belial, current Grandmaster of the Deathwings. Although maybe we could get Black Templars somehow.

[Alby]

Because of the Black Templar ship? I just imagined a plot in which you loot a Terminator armor of the Templars, but I don‘t believe that will happen.

Besides, I thought that the Scriptors of the Guardians of the Covenant wear blue armor like the ones from the Dark Angels.

[Rotheilm]

The Ultramarine Tyrannic War Veterans could be easily added,their goal is to exterminate the tyranid threat so it fit with the setting of an infested space hulk.

[Alby]

I am not 100%ish sure, but I believe I was reading something, that the complete first company of the Ultramarines got wiped out in that conflict.

[Rotheilm]

Yup, most of the them die but a few dozen survived, thats the reason we have the Tyrannic War Veterans

[Doomandthepain]

Would be a great way to introduce a future DLC "Ultramarine" (something like a new campaign we'd have to support/help Ultramarine veteran's war involved in the purge of another hulk).

[hillslam]

Blood Angels first, gentlemen. Blood Angels first.


BA are the new nid nemesis. Just got done reading Devastation of Baal. Fantastic read.

[Rotheilm]

Originally posted by hillslam:

Blood Angels first, gentlemen. Blood Angels first.
:powersword::genestealer:

BA are the new nid nemesis. Just got done reading Devastation of Baal. Fantastic read.

Well "Devastation of Baal" happen after the Battle of Macragge so the Ultramarine should be first but maybe they can add a joint operation between the Blood Angels and the Tyrannic War Veterans

[Doomandthepain]

Originally posted by Phellgod:

Originally posted by hillslam:

Blood Angels first, gentlemen. Blood Angels first.
:powersword::genestealer:

BA are the new nid nemesis. Just got done reading Devastation of Baal. Fantastic read.

Well "Devastation of Baal" happen after the Battle of Macragge so the Ultramarine should be first but maybe they can add a joint operation between the Blood Angels and the Tyrannic War Veterans

Indeed, Ultramarines were the first chapter to face tyranid threat. Their background is bigger regarding fights against genestealers. Then... it would be logic they appear first (Even if I do prefer BA). But, anyway... I speak for nothing, I don't think devs will make a DLC with others chapters (except DA successors in EE).

[Alby]

There was a Space Marine Chapter, I think it was the Scythes of the Emperor, which got utterly destroyed by the Tyranids. And they had a very nice colour scheme, yellow and black, if my memory is correct. I believe they were the first chapter with contact to the Nids. Though I'm not sure.

[Rotheilm]

Scythes of the Emperor are still alive, thanks to the Primaris Space Marines

[hillslam]

Per DoB: Behemoth was as a shoal next to the size of Leviathan sent at Baal.

Space Hulk Vengeance Of The Blood Angels: historically the world's greatest PC game in the world in the history of ever

The 1st edition board game, which predates WH40K itself (and thus the smurfs) featured red marines, I mean Blood Angels.

Officiated by later editions. The "Sin of Damnation" and all that.

Tomatoes before blueberries.

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In all honesty though I just hope Streum On racks up some good cash to bring more chapters, hulks and other DLC to us. This game rocks and I want moar! So I don't even care if they give us Angry Marines.

[Alby]

Originally posted by hillslam:

The 1st edition board game, which predates WH40K itself (and thus the smurfs) featured red marines, I mean Blood Angels.

Officiated by later editions. The "Sin of Damnation" and all that.

Space Hulk first edition was released 1989, but Rogue Trader (Warhammer 40k) 1987. On the cover of the Space Hulk game ther was indeed a picture with Blood Angel Termis, on the one of Rogue Trader there was that iconic picture of the Crimson Fists fighting the Orcs on Rynn's World, which later got a nice rework.
So the first Space Marine Chapters introduced to the public were the Crimson Fists, than the Space Wolves and Whitescars (they had a special company called Souldrinkers... interesting) introduced in Chapter Approved Astronomicon. The Ultramarines (13th. legion) were according to the first edition fluff traitors and banished to the Eye, but that was later banished from the lore. A lot of things mentioned in the first edition were later discarded.

[Doomandthepain]

Originally posted by Alby:

Originally posted by hillslam:

The 1st edition board game, which predates WH40K itself (and thus the smurfs) featured red marines, I mean Blood Angels.

Officiated by later editions. The "Sin of Damnation" and all that.

Space Hulk first edition was released 1989, but Rogue Trader (Warhammer 40k) 1987. On the cover of the Space Hulk game ther was indeed a picture with Blood Angel Termis, on the one of Rogue Trader there was that iconic picture of the Crimson Fists fighting the Orcs on Rynn's World, which later got a nice rework.
So the first Space Marine Chapters introduced to the public were the Crimson Fists, than the Space Wolves and Whitescars (they had a special company called Souldrinkers... interesting) introduced in Chapter Approved Astronomicon. The Ultramarines (13th. legion) were according to the first edition fluff traitors and banished to the Eye, but that was later banished from the lore. A lot of things mentioned in the first edition were later discarded.

Ultramarines traitors?????? OMG!!! Incredible!! And so fun since now, autors made them an irritable egghead chapter! :-D

[Alby]

After a little research, I am now quite sure, that the Scythes of the Emperor are the sad winners in the race for the first touch with the Nids (in case of Space Marines, I know the first contact overall was made by that research station Tyran, which gave the Aliens their name).
Back in the days of the Horus Heresy and Imperium Secundus their homeworld Sotha was the site of that mini Astronomican, called Pharos. To protect this xenos device the planet was discretely fortified by the 199th Ultramarines Aegida Company and a few Imperial Fists and loyal Iron Warriors. Otherwise that planet was an Agri-world inhabited by ignorant farmers, not aware of all that drama.
Nevertheless the Night Lords attacked it and in an desperate attempt to kill all of them, the Iron Warrior Warsmith Dantioch overloaded the Pharos. This extremely powerful beacon got recognized... from the Tyranids. Many years later the 199th Company and their comrades from the Fists and the Iron Warriors were allowed to bear the scythes as a symbol of honour for defending those ignorant farmers and after even more years the Scythes of the Emperor were born as an extra chapter.
Tenthousand years in the future, after an endless, boring travel the Tyranids arrived to say "Hello" on Nidish and shake some... claws.

Lesson: Call it SETI or call it Pharos... inviting strangers can end up quite strange ;D