Legion of the Damned

[Psychosplodge]

Sad space marines don't get it any better, ask the lamentors...

[Andersp90]

Nothing good happens to happy space marines. Ask the Flame Falcons.

Herp derp.

[bfmusashi]

Sad space marines don't get it any better, ask the lamentors...

Clearly, only angst, community service, or ADVENTURE can sustain a chapter perpetually.

[Psychosplodge]

But they don't understand our angst!

[Wolfshade]

I have never heard of any blood angles deciding to lie down and die when saved by the Sanguinor

The Sanguinor appearance is a very different kettle of fish, firstly space marines no know fear and secondly he doesn't appear looking like death.

The majority of battles it is the imperial guard that are facing the enemy.
If the situation is so bad that the LoD do appear they would be bruised, bloody and battered. Probably half mad with terror to begin with then out of the mists suddenly appear marines, which most guardsmen find terrifing in the first, but these are all black, totally unannouced appearing like the very spector of death. I very much doubt you would then suddenly be comforted and go, ah it's ok, we still might have a 90% fatality rate but its ok we will prevail in the end. No, for the boots on the ground, the herald of fighting a foe that needs astartes is worrying in itself and means that you probably would not survive, then to have the forlorn hope of space marines that makes the situation twice as bad.
No doubt to the commanders and other "back room" staff, they are a welcome addittion, but to the normal grunt it could only be considered a bad omen.

[Andersp90]

The Sanguinor appearance is a very different kettle of fish, firstly space marines no know fear and secondly he doesn't appear looking like death.

The majority of battles it is the imperial guard that are facing the enemy.
If the situation is so bad that the LoD do appear they would be bruised, bloody and battered. Probably half mad with terror to begin with then out of the mists suddenly appear marines, which most guardsmen find terrifing in the first, but these are all black, totally unannouced appearing like the very spector of death. I very much doubt you would then suddenly be comforted and go, ah it's ok, we still might have a 90% fatality rate but its ok we will prevail in the end. No, for the boots on the ground, the herald of fighting a foe that needs astartes is worrying in itself and means that you probably would not survive, then to have the forlorn hope of space marines that makes the situation twice as bad.
No doubt to the commanders and other "back room" staff, they are a welcome addittion, but to the normal grunt it could only be considered a bad omen.

Yes, a space marine can be an intemedating thing to MEET IN PERSON, but when they drop down from the skies and start raping the enemy, the reaction seems to be the same in every single 40k novel: epic morale boost.

The fall of damnos novel would be a prime example of that.

Seeing a unit of space marines clad in glowing sable armour, and firing glowing bolter rounds might be an eerie sight at first (well, that's how it's described in the fluff), but when they start stomping the enemy, all that is forgotten.

The Sanguinor and the legion of the damned both appear when all seems lost. The Sanguinor wont win you the battle - just even the odds. Thats the only real difference between to two.

[Psychosplodge]

They all just want a hug to help deal with their angst...

[Rissan4ever]

They all just want a hug to help deal with their angst...

Those poor super-human mega-warriors with fancy armor and high-quality weapons. They have it so hard.

[bfmusashi]

Those poor super-human mega-warriors with fancy armor and high-quality weapons. They have it so hard.

Love can't bloom on the battlefield. They just want someone to hug and squeeze and tell them everything's gonna be alright.

[Andersp90]

They all just want a hug to help deal with their angst...

*Hug*