Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-8881468-20131229020408/@comment-6078851-20131231025007

they were the greatest warriors of the emperor, they were specifically created to be the greatest warriors of the human race. i imagine in that, not exactly small, ambition would be a genetically preprogrammed proficiancy for violence that would be fairly adaquate to ensure their survival in hostile environs whatever the age. violence isn't something that is learned, violence is genetically encoded into every single human as a basic species survival trait, and emps was no slow-poke when it came to genetic engineering and massively amplified what was already there.

@ heretical, when i said jonson was possibly the greatest accomplishment in the primarch project i wasn't referring to success or tactical acumen, but to his inate ability to survive, as an infant, and the stability of his genetics. no other astartes can say that the genecode of their primarch is as pure (although i'm not actually sure if the dark angels know that nugget about themselves).