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the equipment is stc based, hence the similarities.

genetic and biochemical enhancement to specialise humans fore forcertain roles is also not unheard of, the space marines however are simply an invention of empi and are his 5th product in that line.

with his anti psyker warriors(the outcast dead as source), then the thunder warriors then the primarchs and custodes and then the marines.