Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-27642965-20160211003725/@comment-39822311-20190615220031

Thehonestone wrote: Marathon could probably pull it off.

FIrstly: Cybernetic one-man armies who are:

1. Legally considered worse than nuclear bombs, and can depopulate entire planets single handedly

2. Fast as FUCK.

3. One of them (The one we play as) can straight up warp reality to the point where the Emperor of mankind would shit himself in pure fear.

Secondly: Solar System obliterating weaponry

Thirdly: A race of eldritch abominations that make all of the Chaos Gods and Deamons look like fucking low level mobs in comparison.

Beat that Firstly, I'm so excited to read someone else remembering Marathon! I personally love blending Marathon and Halo into a cohesive storyline, but for now, let's stick with Marathon.

1. Sure, irrelevant at the end of the day to most sci-fi warfare. Everyone has some sort of unparalleled superweapon or invincibility.

2. Sure, though how much more advanced than Space Marine armor / genetic upgrades? I personally believe that one cyborg 54, is superior to any space marine without question, but it still doesn't really move the needle in comparison to gods or the emperor.

3. Now sir, you're getting to the Jjaro tech and this is where I start to agree with you, though I do not recall confirmation of cyborg 54 controlling reality himself. IIRC the W'rkncacnter was potentially responsible for the Chaotic time and reality shifts. IIRC, it could go either way officially. I like the theory that Durandal's merge unlocked some deep Jjaro functionality myself.

Jjaro tech though: the ability to teleport planets, perhaps to manipulate time itself and of course, they can actually handle W'rkncacnter.

If we run with the idea that W'rkncacnter = greater than Chaos Gods well then case closed. If we run with the idea that W'rkncacnter = Chaos Gods, as the descriptions of the two could easily be blended into one idea, then Marathon wins again, as the only universe with the keys to man handling Chaos Gods.

I'll add something else to the mix: In 40k a Standard Template Construct is invaluable as it contains lost technology. In Marathon, Cyborg 54, like others of his kind, retains the entire destructive / combat knowledge of mankind in his memory banks.

I think that 54 + Durandal would stand a very good chance against any opponent frankly, but one that fears advanced computing and has lost its technological knowledge? Durandal would have a field day with the bones of the Dark Age of Tech and the Imperium wouldn't be able to handle it. That leaves Chaos and it seems even that can't stop 54 + Durandal.