Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-7671639-20130511210709/@comment-9433138-20130515183030

Interesting ideas, Chapter Master. I'm glad to see that you and your chapter are taking this seriously. I've been in contact with my fellow Imperial Fists Captains. We can supply 380 battle-brothers plus Captains, Chaplains ecetera. This includes my 3rd company aswell as the 5th and 6th companies.

I can see the effectiveness of the decoy worlds, but I can agree that it is a costly plan. Our fleets are probably are greatest advantage. We move faster and with or combined efforts alongside the local battlefleets we could win in an open space battle. Also orbital bombardement on overrun planets is a neccesity. Exterminatus should be withheld to the last resort.

I have an idea of my own, but its very costly and will require to many deaths. We create a buffer zone of several systems with only their PDF and a few Imperial Guard regiments to slow the Tyranids down. Behind this buffer zone, we fortify the first planets the Tyranids will reach. With Ultramarine expertise on Tyranids and Imperial Fist experties on defences, a well-contructed fortress would hold them off. Of course the worlds we abbandon will die. And the Tyranids will get their biomass, unless we strip the planets down to the bare minimum ammount of life needed to keep the world running. But that would cost us time. Any thoughts on this strategy?