Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-8704612-20130425145556/@comment-7186329-20130504143321

Okay, okay stop picking on the `poor, little and misguided` Space Marines. I do not agree with you at all on the `emotional immaturity` of the Astartes.

The primarchs were negatively influenced as kids, and at an early and very impressionable age even for kids.

The astartes are taken at the age where the character of the person begins to develop and the person is impressionable. They are recruiting them such an early age because it is both right and necessary to mold them into superhumans. A developed human character and psyche is almolst impossible to influence or change. If you are going to turn someone into a superhuman killing machine, that might one day save the Galaxy, you want to do that before they have the chance to become an a@@$hole. Also recriting at that age ensures a stronger bond with the chapter.

Being taken to become a Space Marine is a privilege and an honour. It gives you the chance to become immortal. Most cultures from where the Astartes come from see it that way, because it is.

I am not going to give a lecture why the Imperium cannot afford to retreat even a single world. I am just going to say that it cannot.

The Astartes are the protectors of Humanity. The finest warriors we have to offer. They ensure the survival of the species by fighting the ` bloodiest engagements`. The Astartes are heroes, and they will be remembered as such.

Getting `vaporised by enemy fire` or `eaten alive by some evolutionary experiemtn gone manic` and the pain is all part of the job. And the Astertes can and do survive that. They are conditioned and trained to whistand and kill such horrors.

It does not take a century to mature. It could take one battle or experience to change someone.