Who is the Greatest Space Marine?

[Ghonzor]

Rayner from Starcraft.

 

[Nalarion]

Jack O'Neill (Stargate SG1)

I go with him. Jack O'Neill FTW!

mhm i agree with the older post

 

[skywalkerlion]

Uhm... This is pretty simple, folks.

The Emperor.

/thread

The Emperor isn't a Space Marine, he's just a god.

Do Grey Knights work out as Space Marines? If so I vote Grand Master Mandulis.

 

[TheHitcher]

I knew a lot of people would say Master Cheif, even though he sucks.

I'mma go with Commander Shepard from Mass Effect.

 

[Darth Sea Bass]

Shit i was gonna go with cpl hicks from aliens but jack o'neill wins hands down!

 

[Dr.Sean]

The dude from Fallout3 is a space marine. He goes to alien ship in "Mothership Zeta"

 

[klakkat]

Karn the Betrayer (google it).

He was never in a video game or movie, but is a cannon character in the Warhammer 40K universe. He's basically Kratos with power armor and even more anger.

 

[ucciolord1]

Of course I choose the most hackneyed, common answer: Doomguy.
There is not challenge to him, he's just the best.
Also Nomad. I think he was a marine before he became a supersoldier. And he does fight Aliens from Space.
If not for the fact that he's SAS, not Marine, I would go with Psycho, though.

 

[Alex_P]

Sorry, still not a marine. Because the U.S. Air Force and the Marines are two separate things. The correct term would be a Space soldier. That's the thing with science fiction mate, you gotta pay attention to the details.

But it's a trope name. They're all about sounding good. What branch of fictional military service the character belongs to if any isn't the thing that defined the "space marine" as an archetype.

I think you'd be much better off arguing that the Stargate SG1 characters aren't "space marines" because they kinda just go on adventures instead of operating in marine-like ways (landing onto things from space; general high-mobility warfare) -- they're not very air-force-like in that way, either.

-- Alex

 

[Gildan Bladeborn]

Abaddon the Despoiler. If I need to explain why then you have my pity.

 

[archvile93]

I have to go with Doomguy because, come on, who the other guys did fight through some tough aliens, but who else quite literally took on Satan alone and won.

 

[Kuchinawa212]

I gotta say Shadow Captain Shrike of the 3rd Company of Ravenguard. He went for two years undetected atting ork raids. And all of the Space Marines that went with him lived.

 

[Artemis923]

Uhm... This is pretty simple, folks.

The Emperor.

/thread

All too true. If there's a more bad ass space marine, I'd sure like to see him.

 

[Ranooth]

I gotta say Shadow Captain Shrike of the 3rd Company of Ravenguard. He went for two years undetected atting ork raids. And all of the Space Marines that went with him lived.

And those are epicly badass claws.

 

[ironmace2.0]

Jack O'Neill (Stargate SG1)

Yes! Yes! 100x Yes!

 

[whycantibelinus]

I'll be "that guy." Master Chief.

Master Chief was actually a member of the Navy, so he doesn't count.

Otherwise I'd agree.

 

[ThePirateMan]

Does Gordon Freeman count? I mean, he is killing aliens, they just happen to be on Earth. If not, I'd say Doom guy.

Freeman isn't a Marine he's a scientist.

He's also the savior of mankind in a H.E.V. suit who somehow has military training and is awesome.

 

[Alex_P]

I'll be "that guy." Master Chief.

Master Chief was actually a member of the Navy, so he doesn't count.

Otherwise I'd agree.

Historically and still in most countries today, marines are members of the navy. That's why they're called marines -- y'know, shipboard soldiers. They just have a special role in the US because of how American military strategy has developed over the course of the 20th century. Even in the US, the Commandant of the Marine Corps reports to the Secretary of the Navy, though.

-- Alex