Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-7699236-20150618150629/@comment-8881468-20151214072614

Aldaron The Hunter 96 wrote: Sterilization and gelding are two very different things people. They could be sterile from the chemicals but we don't know that for sure. Gelding is out of the question though. Like you say they are taken at a pre puberty age, but Astartes have the appearance of developed men. If they were mutilated, then turned into marines, they would be fat, with unmanly voices, no beards or mustaches, less developed facial features like chin and cheekbones, narrower shoulders, etc. But they are not they are developed males. We can conclude that they are intact, so to speak, and have functional hormonal distribution. If anything they are manlier than the average man, frequently described with guttural voices. (See Grimaldus)

Hahaha! Sisters are superior to guardsmen. They are not "thrown into a power armor and then let loose upon heretics". They are augmented; like 6'10 feet tall, pure muscle. Absolutely stronger than the strongesttt natural man. Maybe a Mars priest is stronger, maybe. But they are more forklift than man at that point. Obviously a few tears lower than Astartes but we can assume that they too are drawn from the toughest, mentally and physically, girls they have.

A selective breeding program of pre space marine recruits and sisters is possible but you have to consider that the arms of the imperium that propagate and maintain these programs have little to nothing to do with each other. Also the administration may see this as immoral or dangerous. We already have Astartes treating people like insects, and Sisters burning people without trial. I think hey wouldn't want to maximize this. look at the process of creation of Space Marines. ("Scars", "Descent of Angels" or a ton of short stories would probably help you) or take a look at the Ragnar Noivels ;)

as for the "being fat and so on problems", you take a eunuch as an example, however: that is because those have no other organ producing testosterone. Space Marines have other glands that produce that and other hormons, Biscopea and Ossmodula

As for Sisters of battle being modified: please tell me exactly where you found that. Not in the Sisters of Battle novels like Faith and Fire and Hammer and Anvil or that cain Novel that deals with them. Neither does the article on the Adepta Sororitas point "Recruitment". Nor does

http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Power_Armour#Adepta_Sororitas_Power_Armour

To quote it: [quote]Created initially by the forges on Mars for the Adepta Sororitas, this lighter variant of Power Armour provides excellent protection and increased strength with little to no reduction in movement speed or agility. Although, as the Sisters of Battle are not implanted with the Black Carapace that allows Astartes to cybernetically interface fully with their own armour, they must forego the more advanced life-support systems and strength-enhancing abilities used by the Space Marines.[/quote]

Where do you find gene therapy used on women?