Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-72.93.49.215-20140912200020/@comment-8881468-20140914085335

okay since you were not able to read this properly, i will do this again

1. the definition of pure in deathwatch, is one of modus operandi, not of mutation. basic example would be of the ultramarines and codex astardes compliant successor chapters.

if we define pure gene-seed, however as being free of mutation and flaws, this is a different story for the salamanders.

basics: 1. salamanders gene-seed has no specific deficiencies, aka in itself it has no mutation, as the text says.

the text says that the salamanders have a 90% chance of a mutation

and the text says,  that if there is a mutation in the gene-seed the chance is 90% that this mutation is identical to the one that exists in the progenitor, aka: as the progenitor (salamanders) has no mutation/deficiency, there will be no deficiency in the successor chapter gene-seed.

so lets think this through:

basic gene seed of salamanders  is our 100

now we go into 1st successor chapter: 90% of a mutation/ deficiency)  which in turn has a 90% chance of looking like the progenitor gene-seed.

so basiccally 10% chance of no mutation from the gene- see of the salamanders (which means no deficiencies) from the statrt

then we have 90 % chance of mutation, which in turn   will transform 90% of that mutated gene-seed into one that is alike that of the salamanders (which has, as I have to repeat, no deficiencies)

meaning that of the 90% of mutated gene-seed, 90 % will look like the original salamanders gene-seed, which has, as I have to point out again, no deficiencies.

meaning that you end up with a mere 9% of mutated gene-seed from the genetic stock of the salamanders

" The Salamanders are more likely to have their genetic traits than the Space Wolves appear on new marines. As in 90% of Salamanders have cola black skin and red eyes, while about 75% of Space wolves have bestial features and traits."

this is wrong, as the transitions of the canis helix or the salamanders gene-seed have an effect on all their marines. all salamanders have the black skin and red eyes, all  space wolves will get the fangs and snout, which will only grow more prominent as they age. where do you think the term "long fangs" f.e. comes from. it was acutally the nom de guerre of one of the oldest  terran members of the space wolves legion... as we can read in "prospero burns"