Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-7699236-20150618150629/@comment-7699236-20150618161038

It could be possible that if a gene-seed mutated enough could lead to new innovation. After all, if Fabius Bile could recreate Horus perfectly, I'm sure changing gene-seed would be no trouble.

And what if the world that the rogue chapter (not a fully fledged chaos warband) was visiting was dominated by an Amazonian culture? Space Marines only take recruits who have proved themselves by a trial or a great hunt. And anyway, even if there was an ample supply of boys to recruit, surely a rogue chapter would broaden the criteria for recruitement just in case? They don't have a superior organization to rely upon, and so should recruit the maximum amount possible.

Not to mention they could exceed normal chapter strength since no one's going to punish them for violating the Codex Astartes.