Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-69.142.168.238-20140724005240/@comment-6078851-20140725163900

i'm not talking about virus bombing, i'm talking about the physical destruction of the planet - like what the dark angels did to caliban.

the traitor forces outnumbered terra's defenders (that's why he had loyal chapters distracted) which is why horus was able to land so many ground forces at emps' doorstep. but if instead of launching troops at the ground he had launched the type of weapons the dark angels used on caliban then earth would be no more, and there's nothing earths defenders could have done about it, except watch in horror as terra broke apart.