Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-185.37.86.69-20160206091809/@comment-26420219-20160211093746

Even brilliant tacticians sometimes err, Guiliman launched an unsupported attack against the principles he had set in the Codex Astartes to surprise "Alpharius"; from there even a mediocre tactician can surround an unsupported ennemy. Besides orders can still be enacted after a general’s death and the Alpha Legion were famous for having more than one command HQ. With Alpharius slain another HQ consisting of Astartes-officers could fully well have taken command without needing Omegon to be present in the same battlezone. And the strategy of the Harrowing indicate that line-officers of the AL were tactically competent even without he presence of one of their Primarchs.