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Most Important Documents in the Imperium

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 Most Important Documents in the Imperium of Man As one would expect of a galaxy spanning empire with more than ten-thousand years of accumulated history the Imperium of man has generated a LOT of written records over the millennia. Most are relatively insignificant but some have come to hold near mythical status.  The Codex Astartes Easily the most iconic and well-known document in the Imperium the Codex Astartes actually represents a vast repository of tactical knowledge and doctrine that has been edited, added to, revised and re-organized countless times over the last ten thousand years. The original tome written by the Primarch Roboute Guilliman was a momentous document that split the loyalist legions into the modern chapters, reducing the standing strength of individual space marine armies from tens of thousands to no more than one thousand and also laid out a unified doctrine for organization and equipment of these chapters. However the original work could never have ref...
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Intentions Without Delivering Results are Meaningless

In the wake of countless events of public hysteria, mass protest and moral panic it has occurred to me that I should finally write down some thoughts about the current state of affairs in the world and the way in which so many people choose to think and operate and how often these thoughts and actions are actively counter productive and harmful to the very causes they claim to support.  In essence: intention without results is at best meaningless and at worst actively harmful.  This is not exactly a new idea, the old adage: "the road to hell is paved with good intentions," essentially says the same thing. Yet I feel it is important in this day and age to go into more detail on this subject and break down why exactly the road to hell is paved with good intentions. In short, just because you feel good about what you are doing or mean well does not mean you are actually doing good things. It is very easy to join a cause it is a lot harder to actually see that cause through to an...
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Evolution of the Space Marine

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Evolution of the Space Marine -From the Great Crusade to the Primaris   In this article I will attempt to discuss the history of the space marines with particular emphasis on the evolution of their transformation and recruitment processes over the course of the Imperium's history from the Unification wars to the Ultima Founding. Some of this discourse will touch on and summarize events that would require much lengthier discussion to cover in full but will be kept minimal to focus on the way these events affected the physical attribute sof the space marines over time.     The Unification War   The earliest super-human soldiers crafted by the Emperor for his great crusade were not the space marines or even the thunder warriors who predated them but in fact were the Legio Custodes. Golden armored giants wielding powered spears the Custodes were hand-crafted from infancy by the Emperor and his most learned adepts. Each was a singular creation of incredible strength ...
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The Troubled Brilliance of Jedi Survivor

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  When the much anticipated sequel to Jedi Fallen Order released in 2022 the reviews were fairly mixed. Poor performance and game breaking bugs led to widespread complaints and negative reviews. Although stability was much improved with later patches the launch state of the game was pretty bad and gave the game a negative reputation from the start that has been slow to overcome. Even now, as of this writing, Jedi: Survivor sits at an overall mixed score on Steam for the English reviews.  Unfortunately all of this negativity overshadowed what was, in truth, an extremely well written story, excellent characters and plot twists that surprised even my much jaded self. To talk about these things will require spoilers so if you have not played the game or witnessed the story yet please do so before reading any further but if you don't mind or have played the game already then it is time to discuss just how well Jedi: Survivor tackles it's subject matter.    To begin wit...
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Index Astartes: Deathsworn 2.0

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   Index Astartes: Deathsworn Founding: Ultima Founding Homeworld: Celestia Tertius-Sigma Fortress Monastery: The Jarlhalle (Vigilant Station) Origins "Sharp indeed is the blade that cuts on it's own." -Fenrisian proverb.     The Deathsworn are one of a handful of known Ultima Founding successors of the Space Wolves chapter. Unlike most Ultima founding chapters however the Deathsworn are rumored to have been founded around a cadre of veteran firstborn sons of Russ. Where these warriors came from or how they came to be absorbed into a new primaris chapter are secrets closely guarded by the Deathsworn themselves. Some stories contend that the chapter's founders must have been a lost company, long isolated from their chapter brothers, while others contend they could have been Deathwatch veterans who were honored for their service with the opportunity to lead a new chapter rather than return to the Space Wolves themselves. Still other rumors suggest warri...
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