Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-7699236-20150618150629/@comment-25177957-20150618163445

Again, we already see the Amazonian culture implimented in other races, such as the Howling Banshees of the Eldar. For a closer example, the early Imperium had the Sisters of Silence, which were very Amazon-like.

Rogue Chapters need all of the gene seed they can get, and all aspirants must be able to fight and survive as an effective warrior of the chapter. A Rogue Chapter would have to be insane, bored, or suicidal to even consider recruiting female Space Marines. They simply cannot survive the organ implantations. Let's theorize for a moment that a female aspirant does survive the process, and become the galaxy's first female Space Marine. There's a 98% chance she would die in combat on her first battle, because she's in heavy power armor not meant for females, organs that do not match her natural biology and body structure, and since the organs and genetic enhancements wouldn't be working properly, this female Space Marine would also lack the strength needed to use Astartes weapons effectively. You have to understand the vast differences between basic male and female biology, there's no way organ implants designed for males, and genetic stock from a male (The Emperor) would work within a woman's body. If by some Emperor granted scientific miracle a woman did manage to survive as a Space Marine, this Space Marine wouldn't exactly be a woman any more, just a strange man who would most likely die in a few battles.

Renegade Chapters and Traitor legions already use females in their wars, not as Astartes of course, but they might make use of Chaos Cultists, rogue psykers, and renegade Guardsmen, which already, by chance have many females in their ranks in addition to male heretics.

Why would there be a need to violate the Codex Astartes if we've already pinned why loyalist marines wouldn't use them? Not to mention that many loyalist chapters already violate the Codex Astartes in extreme ways, without any sort of consequences. Take the Space Wolves for example.

Fabius Bile at present is too busy trying to recreate something as massive as the 20 primarchs, after his first attempts were foiled by Abaddon. Fabius Bile doesn't even want, nor has he ever wanted after the slave wars to find new gene seed for his Traitor legion. All of his efforts are toward cloning the primarchs and making similar abominations for his own purposes. Sure he could create a female Space Marine, but there's a 99.8% chance he wouldn't.