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“This story is running in parallel with the birth of the Space Marines as a galactic-scale fighting force, because at this time they’re quite few in number, and there’s certainly not enough of them to conquer a galaxy – which is the Emperor’s next stage after securing Earth: to reconquer the galaxy. Back before then, the galaxy was humanity’s, as they’d expanded into space and claimed worlds all across it; and then in the Age of Strife that essentially collapsed overnight. So this was the plan to reclaim the galaxy for humanity, and this is where we first see the Space Marines as a mass-produced fighting force take the field – because some of the Thunder Warriors at the start are still alive, and they are not going quietly into the night. They, along with some other people, decide that the Emperor is becoming a tyrant. This is not what they fought for, and they’re going to tear this down before it gets out of hand. And at that point, the Space Marines are unleashed, and it’s terrifying, even to the Thunder Warriors.” Read more...
