Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-6767898-20130227013545

As we all know, Ward has kinda made the Ultramarines OP. I've been thinking about a theory on how they got that way in-universe, (specifically, how they are "the noblest and most pure chapter." Bleh) and I need your evaluation.

My theory is this: The Ultramarines have a flaw in their gene-seed that causes some of them to have a predispodition toward excessive pride of their chapter. This predisposition is direcly related to combat effectivness, so the higher ups are more likely to be obsessed with their chapter's standing than the grunts(If that's the way to put it.) To put themselves in higher standing compared to other Space Marines, they edit the records of battles that they werein to give themselves a more centeral role.

My evidence (ish) is the Fire Hawks chapter (a.k.a, The Leigon of the Damned.) A successor chapter to the Ultramarines, (most likely) they were created in the Cursed 21st Founding. They had a flaw in the gene-seed that caused them to be "Overzealous, willful and prideful." They were eventually lost in the warp, becoming the Leigon of the Damned.

The 21st Founding was initiated by the Adeptus Mechanicus with the goal of fixing flaws in the gene-seed of the Space Marines. Instead, they only created new flaws, or according to my theory, for the Fire Hawks, made the flaw worse. The Ultramarines, for all their faults, were subtle. The Fire Hawks were anything but.

What do you think?

Wow. That's a long post. 