Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-5781149-20130130013422/@comment-173.65.194.11-20130522211952

When you look at it from a soldiers stand point, myself being a veteran of 3 tours between Iraq and Afghanistan you must think from a soldiers standpoint of "Whom would I follow to hell and back?". For myself hands down and without a moment of thought it would be Colonel Commissar Ibram Gaunt. The man is what leaders are supposed to and emporer willing are made of. Sheer and utter badassery will always go to Yarrick and rightfully so, but think... who would you serve under?

There was a comment made by Gaunt (i think in Ghostmaker) in which he stated that " my soul would be damned the moment that I heard that Trooper So and So was dead and couldn't put a face behind that name." That concept is totally foreign and alien to the rigid Yarrick.

Toe to toe and lasgun to lasgun it doesn't trully matter who could kick who's ass. What matters is who can inspire the troops under his or her command to complete the mission at hand. Yarrick is an inspiration by merit of force of will, Gaunt is an inspiration by merit of action.

In summation Yarrick is by any standards a bad ass of epic proportions, however.... would you really want to serve under a man who would sacrifice your life for an objective without a seconds thought or lament your passing, however brave or futile? OR would you rather serve under the man who states " the dead will always haunt you, strive so that they be friendly ghosts".

Just the two cents of an old soldier who indulges his inner geek whenever possible... My money and loyaly and service would belong to Colonel- Commissar Ibram Gaunt.