Just wanted to point a fun
fact I noticed last night...
Page 161 of
the new rulebook still lists the Relictors as one of the final defenders of Cadia, there for Lord Castellant Ursarkar Creed's last stand. Two of their
companies stayed to the bitter end.
Two things about this...
One,
this doesn’t quite line up with the history we know. We know they were
there. We know they were following their
own agenda, as a whole chapter. And because of this—and some other Puritan
nonsense—they were declared traitors and supposedly fled to the Eye of Terror.
So if the
whole chapter was always off somewhere else all together, and then fled en masse... how did
two companies end up defending Cadia at the very end?
Possible
answer—they came back. Space Marines have entered the Eye before. The Relictors may have been finishing up
their own business and then returned to do their job. This could all be the spin job of one small
faction of the Inquisition. Heck, possibly just one Inquisitor.
(Looking at
you, Cyarro—possible Alpha Legion agent)
More to the
point—point two, in fact—the rulebook itself lists them as a loyalist
chapter. It hasn’t shunted them over to traitor legions or heretic forces. The
Relictors are clearly listed as one of the Imperial forces defending
Cadia. Their contribution hasn’t been
excised or removed or rewritten.
Fight fire
with fire.
Yay that's great my first space marine army after the article in wd came out years ago were relictors. Feel it is time my nids take a break and I build a primaries relictor force!
ReplyDeleteAlso what chapter tactics will you choose now the codex is leaked? I was thinking salamanders as the rerolls could represent "acquired" wargear.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to hold off with any such thoughts until I see the actual rules. I've seen too many rumors and leaks that turned out to be completely wrong.
DeleteIn the past, I've generally gone mainstream/Ultramarines, since that's where their genestock is (believed to be) from...