Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-7699236-20150618150629/@comment-25869775-20150625005041

It is still poor forum etiquette. But I feel like my comment has lost weight due to Callum condoning it, with some unnecessary sting directed to me I may add.

The reasons you gave are not what I had in mind. Although the unsightly factor is certainly applicable now that you mention it. The main reason is- 40k is not a do whatever you want science fiction kind of setting. It is grounded in human history and culture.

The Space Marine Legions are based on the huge legions of the roman empire. No females there. The Space marine chapters and the chaos space marines war bands that we now have post Horus Heresy are like the smaller localized armies, or knight orders, of medieval Europe that followed the fall of the empire and rise of feudalism. Chapters and chaos war bands are generally the same size. The Word Bearers and Black Templars being the exceptions due to having the zealotry aspect to them. Astartes are modeled from these histories. Women cannot be included in the adeptus astartes. It would ruin the concept. The coed, everyone gets standard issue, quantity is a quality in and of its self kind of army is the Imperial Guard. The Astartes are and must be male.