Poll: Would you join the Space Marines?

[Outcast107]

If I could, I would be a Ork. Only reason is orks don't give a crap about anything. All they want to is FIGHT AND WIN! They don't care about why they are fighting or who they are fighting. Just as long they are fighting they are having the times of their life.

Failing that, then I would want to be a IG. I rather fight and die then become a civ and see a chaos invasion, or Tyranids.

 

[Corporal Yakob]

If I was deemed worthy to be one of the Emperor's chosen then freaking alright! It would have to be my own homebrew chapter of course

 

[Irony's Acolyte]

Nope. The Inquisition's is where it's at. You get all sorts of fun power to play with and you don't get drastically changed just to join. Hell even just working for an Inquisitor would be nice. And the Guard are pretty cool, but you usually end up cannon-fodder, so I'd hope to make it to a more secure position.

Oh and in defense of them being so religiously zealous (at least some of them), they have a good reason to be. There are shit tons of aliens knocking at humanity's door; looking to rape, pillage, plunder, murder, steal, burn, defile, enslave, and all sorts of other nasty things. There are people within the Imperium looking to bring it all down. There are daemons out there that will possess you if you attract their attention. And it does cause entire planets to be lost. The Imperium is beset on all sides by numerous forces, both without and within, and they do need to be constantly vigilant against them. And their faith in the Emperor literally can give them strength.

 

[Timberwolf0924]

Space Wolves FTMFW

 

[Matthew Kjonaas]

Am I the only fan of da Orks?

No I am a big fan of the WaaaaaGH.

 

[Edward Heffner]

only if i get to drive the titan

 

[Trillovinum]

Am I the only one who thinks that training regime to be absurd?
I know it's supposed to be cool for people reading about it and all.
But consider the sheer stupidity of any organisation that requires specially selected recruits and then subjects them to a training regime with a mortality rate that (judging by these other comments) approaches 90%. those that survive that have to survive as scouts before they can become full space marines. (I'll go with a 50% chance of that happening. but I fear I'm optimistic)

Let me do the math. for one space marine there were two scouts for those two scouts were twenty recruits.
this may not look like much but consider that during battle you will have to factor in losses and those need to be replenished. Given that the space marines are in constant battle we are talking about the requirement for a continuous stream of hundreds of recruits.
Where do they keep coming from?

(I am no Warhammer fan)

 

[cdstephens]

You don't "join" the Space Marines really, they pick you. Also, life is hell for them, with their best friends dying in combat all the time.

Protip: War is not fun.

 

[Kevlar Eater]

I couldn't join the Space Marines if I wanted to. It's basically an automatic 'no' for me, though I would probably end up joining the Imperial Guard, but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have a choice in that matter.

 

[Outcast107]

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Look at all the speical ops in this world. How many of them wash out due to the training being to hard for them to pass. Now, lets take that into the future where its actually due or die every..single..day.

You are attack on all fronts daily. You have to worry about Orks that out number you 100:1. You have to worry about the forces of chaos and their daemonic horde that ravage whole systems. You also got to worry about the eldar or worst the Dark Eldar and how they come to worlds and snatch people up to be their play things until they are bored with them.

So the Space Marines HAVE to be the best. That means no room for 2nd guessing about a soldier. You have to make sure they are fully commented to the task of being a soldier full time and can actually deal with all these threats and not tired.

 

[Bigsmith]

What? And have several implants forced into my body without any anethetic? And have a complete black layer under my skin so I can control the massive armour that they stick to me.

No thanks.

Although, I would rather join the Guard and prove my self to an other Inquisitor in order to become one.

 

[WarKirby]

You do not "join" the space marines. you are born into them, grown in a tank with the genetic material of your chapter master. the question is invalid

 

[theonecookie]

Am I the only one who thinks that training regime to be absurd?
I know it's supposed to be cool for people reading about it and all.
But consider the sheer stupidity of any organisation that requires specially selected recruits and then subjects them to a training regime with a mortality rate that (judging by these other comments) approaches 90%. those that survive that have to survive as scouts before they can become full space marines. (I'll go with a 50% chance of that happening. but I fear I'm optimistic)

Let me do the math. for one space marine there were two scouts for those two scouts were twenty recruits.
this may not look like much but consider that during battle you will have to factor in losses and those need to be replenished. Given that the space marines are in constant battle we are talking about the requirement for a continuous stream of hundreds of recruits.
Where do they keep coming from?

(I am no Warhammer fan)

from the worlds that the imperium owns duh. Where talking about an empire that owns millions of star systems where single planets have populations upwards of 6 trillion and to wipe one of these planets of the map isent worth the paper the order to destroy it was written on

Its all very grimdark is it not hell the losses a space marine chapter which is only a thousand guys are nothing persentage wise compared to the millions of guardsmen that get thrown in to the grinder on a daily basic

 

[Terminate421]

No, If I want to have power armor I at least want to look like I can move around in it. (I.E. MJOLNIR, Engineer/Advanced/Security, Nanosuit)

 

[MortarTeam]

No. But I would join Gue'vesa, for Greater Good.

 

[Outcast107]

No, If I want to have power armor I at least want to look like I can move around in it. (I.E. MJOLNIR, Engineer/Advanced/Security, Nanosuit)

To bad those things wouldn't last very long in the 40K world. I rather have something that very durable and protect me. Plus, if you haven't seen how space marine moves in the huge armor, they still move pretty good.

 

[Techno Squidgy]

I'd sign up for a real life Space Corps. However, if it was possible to join the 40k Space Marines, I'd pass. Brain Washing? No thanks, I already get enough of that from various media outlets, I don't need to sign up for more.

 

[Lord_Gremlin]

No... But I would join Tzeentch which would probably make me kill some Space Marines with sorcery.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

I'd want to join the Basilisk Corps for the Imperial Guard. You get to sit miles behind the frontline shooting people with artillery. Glorious.

 

[One of Many]

Hell no, I'm enlisting in the Guard. With brass balls as big as mine, all I need to defeat the enemies of Imperium, are a flashlight and some paper thin armnor, without pauldrons. Seriously, Guardsmen get shit done, Space Marines are just glory hounds.