Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-4851119-20140118095944/@comment-86.155.215.82-20150122203952

Show me some definitive sources to show that mind wiping does not occur in the 30K era, to marines or anyone else for that matter. It doesn't have to be the Inquisitors (who weren't around till the beginning of the rebellion, that is true), that was just and example. If new marines can have old lives subdued and new ways inserted into them, servitors are programed and wiped as needed, then it's an option to aid a merge.

I am not and never have said that the legions were or are the same and 100% interchangeable with each other for specialist incidents e.g. A prolonged covert engagement would favour the Raven Guard, though in Angel Ex, we see that the Iron Hand Marine is fully capable of doing a similar job, even using each other equipment. Of course other legions have scout elements or even a more wide spread appreciation of a given tactical discipline. They can all slog it out however and do the core business of war craft so it wouldn't be a matter of totally wiping all old history, culture, experience or the such but more so keeping it in the background and getting on with things by learning new ways.

This occurred in very large numbers when they were reunited with their Primachs joined their legions, a mixture of Terran and Homeworld marines joined without major issues and all with a spread of genetic material, manner of speech, combat, culture and the like.

Also in Angel Ex, we have Warsmith Krouger (Spelling?) refer to the different appearence of different Iron Warrior marines due to them coming from different places. So there is differences and it's sufficient to create a non-standard look.

What is said to be the same, across the marines is the effect of the gene enhancing, which if anything will just soften all the marines into a very vaguely similar look e.g. chiselled muscles, powerful, smooth skin etc

The Deathwatch are joint operations and under one banner (operational aim) the medics harvest genevseed from any fallen brothers they can, so clearly while there are difference, they are not impossible to deal with or are a useless unit... so don't smile at me in a condescending way. And by the way, a joint operation is exactly that, a amalgamation of forces under one banner, by very definition...face palms... ;)

Why will you not have an open mind and just accept that you never know till it is written, till them, all sorts of things from the fairly obvious to nigh on impossible are potentially 'true'.