Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-4851119-20140118095944/@comment-8881468-20141224005725

1.they would stand out: genetics are unique for each legion.... each legionaire would be able to tell the difference between f.e. a ravcen guard and a world eater

2. as primarchs are, as far as gene seed quality is concerned, on equal level, their dna could not be mixed, as dna of primarch a would fight dna of primarch  b

3. tactics and fighting styles of the legions varied a lot, hence somebody indoctrinated in the style of the space wolves would have problems with the fighting style of the ultramarines f.e. ( and remem,ber that thje codex astartes is a "post heresy" work)

if you allow a unit of whatewer size to be indoctrinated and use a certain set of tactics for years or decades, they will chooose that behavior whjich they are familiar with over things that are unknown, untested or untried by them, ( okay i do not expect you to have a grasp of george herbert meade on  human behavior and experience but meh, whatevs.)

have you read "mark of calth" f.e. where the differences between the ultramarines and the word bearers ( which are probably the most numerous legions of that time, are made clear?)

do you want me to go on about the induction methods of the 30k legions and 40k chapters, which are already geared towards certain modes of fighting.

take the death gu retrewat > attack again", take the dark angels with their codex and the drills of the order....

a curious thing about vbehav ior: if you train for something so much that it becomes instincutal behavior (meaning sth that you do not have to think about), then you will have a very hard time doing sth else when faced with problems and situations, as to switc h for those strategies that you know and that you have accepted as your own.

both on a genetic and a social ( exoeriewnce, tactics, and so on) level, astartes of a different legion will stand out.

as we do not know wether the dna of 2 primarchs might fight each oher ( which is f.e. the case for people receiving a new organ) which leads to common sense saying that mixing is no good, which makes 2 legions on the same battlefield under one medical aegis, as far as procreation is concerned, unfeasible ( and securing the progemoids is one of the main tasks of the apothecaries)

your comparison to todays military service is q