Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-4851119-20140323173912/@comment-4851119-20140414073855

Hereticalthoughts wrote: 173.25.47.250 wrote: Inherited traits don't exist, I didn't know that.

In fact, I was wrong that my parents contributed to my genetic traits in any way.

In addition, you're at the delusion UNSC tech was better before they met the Covenant.

You're wrong, wrong and did I mention wrong?

A good deal of the tech advancements are reverse-engineered Covenant tech, putting them at a greater advantage after the war. See the M-145D Rhino and it's 320mm Zeus Plasma Cannon, with engagement data used to further other projects.

In addition, a single Legion is almost never deployed in full force.

Except the modifications given to the Spartans doesn't guarantee that their children will be Spartans, that'd be like saying if I replaced my arm with a robotic one, and I had a kid, that he'd have a robotic arm. Exactly. Granted, Astartes would likely have the same problem but it's null and void in their case since the augmentation process makes them sterile and they're psycho-indoctrinated to lose their sex drive during said process.

As to the Rhino with 320mm plasma cannon: The Leman Russ' Battle Cannon is a 580mm high-explosive weapon, and the Imperium has plasma weapons much larger than 320mm (see: Plasma Blastgun, Plasma Annihilator)