Astartes Inquisitor?

[Walt von Keisel-Walther]

According to lore it is possible for Astartes to become Acolytes and make their way up to inquisitor. Would this be possible in the game

[Drake]

While it's possible in the lore, it's not really in the game. The 4 characters of the game don't have an astartes background.

The crusader is from the ministorum (so the ecclesiarchy, however it might be someone who survived the astartes training but failed it, so not a space marine but close enough).

The assassin is a girl from a death cult, so definitely not an astartes.

The psyker is a primaris psyker, so either fully in the inquisition from the start or came from the astra militarum.

The tech-adept is an adeptus mechanicus so the complete opposite of an astartes.

That said, the crusader can be played pretty much the same as a space marine with the power armor, a heavy bolter, chain sword and shield.

[Walt von Keisel-Walther]

I mean what I am saying is they should add a character with a astartes background

[Drake]

Originally posted by Walt von Keisel:

I mean what I am saying is they should add a character with a astartes background

Gameplay-wise that would be too redundant with the crusader, as it already plays like a space marine.

[Grim@FU_BARRACUDA]

I have to say when you see and hear the Astartes NPCs beside you in some Missions you really wish you could play them. They look and sound so powerfull its like in Deathwing when you move for the first Time with the Terminator Armor damn you feel like a Space Marine then xD

[Cloven]

Crusader pretty much plays like a space marine, how would you make it different enough to be interesting?

[Jørn]

Grey knight

[Cerberon]

I wouldn't mind a DLC or an Expansion with Astartes as a class... but just how unique you can make this class to be, since it's quite similar with heavy inquis playstile

[Walt von Keisel-Walther]

I mean they would generally be tankier and generally be able to carry heavier weapons, at the cost of speed

[Grim@FU_BARRACUDA]

I think playing an Astartes would be more about Feeling and Atmosphere not about Gameplay. they could add the Chapter Colors and Heraldry and ofc some Warcry Voice Lines for Example.

[Cerberon]

Originally posted by evil#Darktide2021:

I Feeling and Atmosphere not about Gameplay. they could add the Chapter Colors and Heraldry and ofc some Warcry Voice Lines for Example.

Yes, this would be a nice approach to realizing Astartes as a new class combining them with heavy weaponry and such. Custom colors would be awesome, I bet some people would make cabals and ropleplay as their own Space Marine chapter :D

[Walt von Keisel-Walther]

I legit do want to play as a Salamander

[Grim@FU_BARRACUDA]

Originally posted by Cerberon:

Originally posted by evil#Darktide2021:

I Feeling and Atmosphere not about Gameplay. they could add the Chapter Colors and Heraldry and ofc some Warcry Voice Lines for Example.

Yes, this would be a nice approach to realizing Astartes as a new class combining them with heavy weaponry and such. Custom colors would be awesome, I bet some people would make cabals and ropleplay as their own Space Marine chapter :D

They do that already actually, they did it since Release and yeah its pretty cool ofc :)

[Grim@FU_BARRACUDA]

Originally posted by Walt von Keisel:

I legit do want to play as a Salamander

Ah my Brother born in the Flame im with you, for the Emperor and Mankind

[Ryvucz]

We have been asking for this since the beta, as well as Sisters of Battle.

Likely hood of us getting either of them, is slim to none.

[Vathek1]

Originally posted by Walt von Keisel:

According to lore it is possible for Astartes to become Acolytes and make their way up to inquisitor. Would this be possible in the game

Reallly? I 'll take your word for it, but I really can't recall any instance in the 40k lore/fluff of Adeptus Astartes becoming inquisitors, to be honest. Grey Knights are not inquisitors, although some of the more clever ones can do some inquisitorial things like snooping around and collating data chaos cults instead of just rushing in screaming "I am the hammer!" with storm bolters blazing.

Marines serving in the Deathwatch are also not Inquisitors either. If you think about it, the idea of a Space Marine becoming an Inquisitor really doesn't make much sense. Marines belong to their respective chapters, which are even closer to a family or clan than just a mere military unit. Moreover, the time and effort required to create a Space Marine--a soldier with a very specific purpose--would be kind of wasted if he got poached by the Inquisition.

I can see an Astartes becoming a full fledged Inquisitor only under some very unique and rare circumstances, such as a failed aspirant or neophyte whom the Inquisition decides it really wants (as opposed to letting him live out the rest of his lifespan as a chapter serf or servitor), or an old, beat-up veteran who has so many malfunctioning bionics jammed in him that he's no longer suitable for field duties, but also is intact enough (or not heroic enough) to justify interring him in a Dreadnought.

In short, if the Inquisition somehow gets its paws on a genuine Astartes as a full member (and not just a semi-permanent part of an Inquisitor's retinue or hired muscle like the Grey Knights and Deathwatch), then it probably won't be a Space Marine in his prime.

That being said, a full fledged member of the Adeptus Mechanicus becoming an Inquisitor really doesn't make sense either. The Mechanicus are notoriously secretive and they really don't want the Inquisition poking around their servers. Because the Inquisition tends to be very nosy and eager to find heresy everywhere.