Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-18016240-20140418063039/@comment-92.227.127.185-20140423210412

1. you forget that raven guard was from terra in the first place, we do not know how many of those veterans were around by the time corax was found ( which was enarly 2 centuries after the unification wars ( see article on raven guard, part : shadow of the wolf)

2."Drawing on the demeanour of the techno-savages from which it recruited, the proto-Legion quickly demonstrated its skill at reconnaissance and target identification, and it ability to transition from inscrutable watchfulness to rapid attack in the blink of an eye. Its Legionaries waged war by infiltrating into position, studying their enemy and, when the time was right, striking from the least anticipated quarter and slaying the foe outright in a bloody, yet brief assault."

means that certain tactics were employed before corax was even found

3. more generations than the insurgent sof deliverance were used, you might wanna check up on that in "deliverance lost" especially when read in combination with the problem of istvaan where the raven guard lost ~ 75000 of it's 80000 troops. and 2 insurgents captains saying about ther recuits than none remembers the old days.

4. why do you then bring in the corax complex ;) if you do not want to discuss the guard as a whole, as the distinct focus on stealth is more a thing of after istvaan, not before. corax might have forced mobile warfare oin his legion but that was sth that existed before... bloody assaults ftw.